Netflix just dropped the first trailer for the eight-episode third season of Stranger Things, and it’s…emotional.
The trailer opens with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Will (Noah Schnapp), Max (Sadie Sink), and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) throwing a surprise party for Dustin’s (Gaten Matarazzo) return home from summer camp (Camp Know Where.)
The surprise doesn’t go as planned. Dustin is spooked and accidentally blasts Lucas in the face with hairspray.
These kids have seen been through some s—t. While season two saw our protagonists successfully fending off the otherworldly baddie, suggesting that they may be able to enjoy their childhoods just a little bit longer, season three dispels any such myth. We catch a glimpse of where every character is at to the tune of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.”
Summer vacation is in full swing, with Independence Day featured prominently as the day to which every plot point seems to build (incidentally, or not, the season will be available to stream this July 4.)
The gang is doing summer break stuff but also starting to drift apart (“We’re not kids anymore,” says Mike. “I mean what did you think, we’re just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?”).
Eleven and Max read magazines and sing into hairbrushes and go to the mall.
Billy gets a job as a lifeguard at the local pool.
There’s a trained killer with a pistol walking slowly through a funhouse.
Joyce is predictably sitting on the couch, while Hopper is predictably protective and concerned.
Something awful happens atthe mall.
Maybe this thing?
The episode titles are: “Suzie, Do You Copy?,” “The Mall Rats,” “The Case of the Missing Lifeguard,” “The Sauna Test,” “The Source,” “The Birthday,” “The Bite,” and “The Battle of Starcourt.”
Wach the full trailer for StrangerThings season 3 below:
Naturally, people are stoked.
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Getting in line n— oh, wait. Scratch that. Can’t wait!!!! @Stranger_Things https://t.co/hN5lP6oU4p
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 20, 2019
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When you get a notification that @Stranger_Things dropped the S3 trailer. https://t.co/3WRnNfNNXU
— Harrison Koonts (@HKoonts) March 20, 2019
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every good friendship has a handshake @Stranger_Things pic.twitter.com/6peN1JiiBD
— elizabeth ann lowder (@getlowder) March 20, 2019
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Accurate representation of me shouting about Stranger Things season three over the next few months. #StrangerThings3 pic.twitter.com/N8glYQ6kDZ
— Adele Ankers (@AdeleAnkers) March 20, 2019
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Im really glad they gave Hoppers #mustache a larger role in season 3. Looking forward to what it has to offer. @Stranger_Things pic.twitter.com/8hqOzYBgPN
— Slamuel (@midnightDOLPH1N) March 20, 2019
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THE FLAVOUR INDEED https://t.co/lwlHsXmbvz
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) March 20, 2019
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stranger things kids are teenagers now im pic.twitter.com/txAaj5UJcW
— ✨??its greer??✨ (@grakkerss) March 20, 2019
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Me: I can't get anything done today. The Stranger Things trailer came out.
Wife: It's three minutes long.
Me: I have to watch it 95 times.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) March 20, 2019
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Life Update: I have sold my soul to Stranger Things https://t.co/q2sBR7UM4A
— Rebecca Ahmed (@rebeccaaliahmed) March 20, 2019
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STRANGER THINGS 3 pic.twitter.com/RUVDEqZrN9
— mirta ♡ (@hxppilyghostin) March 20, 2019
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Oh My God I can't wait to see this now season. #StrangerThings #StrangerThings3 pic.twitter.com/hYmOvScjsA
— Ohmyseries (@Justone10780594) March 20, 2019
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Oh, I am FEELIN that shirt, my dude. #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/NyL3yWhxMs
— A Jason Tabrys (@jtabrys) March 20, 2019
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IS THAT THE HAIR SPRAY STEVE TOLD HIM ABOUT #StrangerThings3 pic.twitter.com/bvNB8HQwVv
— sharifa? (@ITSN0TUITSME) March 20, 2019
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OK so I'm ridiculously hyped for Stranger Things 3 in all regards, but above all I want all of Eleven's outfits. pic.twitter.com/vWhWF6qG6i
— bigmouse strikes again ?? (@heather_mousie) March 20, 2019
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Stranger Things 3 looks so hype!!!!!!! #StrangerThings3pic.twitter.com/WrWK01XJqF
— Raychel Davis ? (@RaychelDavis13) March 20, 2019
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WHOS HURTING STEVE IM GONNA START SWINGING pic.twitter.com/Xyv6vDYJsn
— alexa™ (@whisperrjosephh) March 20, 2019
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Can … can we have a full season of just these two @netflix #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/L0rFdyb3wI
— Musal (@FoniLunbo) March 20, 2019