Stranger Things Season 4 Part 2: Release Date, Trailer, and Everything You Need to Know
Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 left us with a major cliffhanger, and we're counting down the days until Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and this season's main villain Vecna return to our screens. Part 2 of Season 4 drops later this week, and we're preparing ourselves for two long episodes packed with adventure. Netflix has also shared the full trailer for the next installment, and it's obvious that Hawkins is in some real danger and Eleven could be the only one to stop Vecna in his tracks.
TV Guide has put together everything you need to know about Season 4's final episodes.
Season 4 Part 2 Trailer
If you haven't been able to stop listening to "
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" since the first half of Season 4 was released, the trailer for Part 2 won't change that. The full trailer for the supersized final two episodes of Season 4, set to the Kate Bush song that played such a big role in Part 1, was released on June 21, and it teases a massive battle for Hawkins. "I have this terrible feeling," Robin (Maya Hawke) says in the footage. "It might not work out for us this time."
A teaser for Season 4 Part 2 was previously released in early June.
Release Date
Stranger Things 4 returns in July. Season 4 Part 2, containing two episodes, arrives on July 1. The first half of the season was released on May 27.
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First Look Images
Netflix dropped the first look images for Stranger Things Season 4 Part 2 on June 14. While some characters are still isolated from the rest, we're beginning to see more of them reunite following the conclusion of Season 4 Part 1. In one image, the crew that was stuck in the Upside Down — Steve (Joe Keery), Robin, and Eddie (Joseph Quinn) — is back in the human dimension and crowds by a table next to Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Erica (Priah Ferguson). The big surprise here is that Nancy (Natalia Dyer), who Vecna previously stopped from leaving the Upside Down, is also with the group!
Upside Down, is also with the group!
Natalia Dyer, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Joseph Quinn, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin,
Stranger Things Season 4
In another image, we see Eleven next to Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine). It's unclear what stage of her training process she's in, but we certainly hope that she has her powers back by the time this scene takes place.
Millie Bobby Brown and Matthew Modine, Stranger Things
NetflixWe also see a shot of the group in Russia. Joyce (Winona Ryder), Murray (Brett Gelman), and Hopper (David Harbour) are now joined by former prison guard Dmitri (Tom Wlaschiha).
Tom Wlaschiha, Brett Gelman, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Stranger Things 4
NetflixEpisode Lengths
Episode 7 of Stranger Things Season 4 was already movie length, coming in at over 90 minutes, but Episode 9, which caps off the whole season will be even longer. According to an interview conducted by Variety with The Duffer Brothers, Episode 9 will be two and a half hours long and contains more visual effects than the entirety of Season 3.
Where We Left Off
Season 4, Part 1 Recap
The events of Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 should still be fresh in everyone's minds, but if you are still a bit unclear about the reveal of Vecna's backstory, TV Guide is here to catch you up. For the inside take on how the Vecna reveal came together, we spoke to actor Jamie Campbell Bower about the terrifying new Upside Down villain. If you're looking for a more beat-by-beat breakdown of where everyone is at the end of Part 1, we have that too. In a nutshell, everyone is very separated — in some cases by continents and oceans — and Vecna is ready to take over the world.
Season 3 Recap
The third installment of Stranger Things is all about fighting the Mind Flayer and preventing the Gate to the Upside Down from fully reopening. Much of the action surrounds Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery), stepbrother to Max and a lifeguard at the community pool. In the first episode, Billy's car crashes and he is dragged into an abandoned mill. Remember the part of the Mind Flayer that was burned from Will in Season 2? That part never left the human world, and it once again connects to the Mind Flayer when a group of Russian scientists create a small opening in the Gate — more on this later.
In the mill, the revived Mind Flayer piece attacks Billy, and he becomes the creature's new host. Billy is instructed to create an army of the Flayed, or those possessed by the Mind Flayer. He sets out to capture residents of Hawkins, and the first victim is his fellow lifeguard, Heather Holloway (Francesca Reale). By accident, Eleven sees Heather in trouble with Billy while she's in The Void. She alerts Max, who is now her new best friend after Eleven broke up with Mike. Along with Mike, Will, and Lucas, they confirm that the Mind Flayer has possessed Billy after trapping him in a sauna and witnessing his reaction to heat.
Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin; Stranger Things
NetflixAnother sign of the Mind Flayer's return? Rabid rats in Hawkins, which Nancy and Jonathan — who are dating this season — investigate without their editors' permission while interning at Hawkins Post. After being repeatedly mocked for her story ideas, Nancy decides to take matters into her own hands and visits the home of Doris Driscoll (Peggy Miley) with Jonathan. During their first visit, they see a violent rat that Doris has captured — one of many that she says have been eating her bags of fertilizer. It turns out that all these rats have also been possessed by the Mind Flayer. When Nancy and Jonathan make a second trip to Doris' home, they find that Doris is now eating fertilizer — she has become one of the Flayed.
While Billy helps the Mind Flayer build an army, another scheme unfolds. In the first episode of the season, Dustin intercepts a Russian message with the radio tower he built to communicate with new girlfriend Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo). He shares this information with Steve and Robin — Steve's co-worker at the ice cream parlor in Starcourt Mall — and together they crack the code. The secret message references the very mall that Steve and Robin work at, and the group enlists the help of Lucas' sister Erica to find out more. They soon discover there is an underground operation happening directly beneath Starcourt Mall, where Russian scientists are — yup, you've guessed it — trying to reopen the portal to the Upside Down.
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