Overview
- The 10-episode spinoff, released Thursday, April 23, sits between Seasons 2 and 3 and runs about 25 to 30 minutes per episode.
- Eric Robles is showrunner, with creators Matt and Ross Duffer serving as executive producers alongside animation work from Flying Bark Productions.
- The original actors do not return, with Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Luca Diaz as Mike, and Brett Gipson as Hopper among the new voices.
- Set during a snowy winter in Hawkins, the series introduces Nikki Baxter and her mother, voiced by Odessa A’zion and Janeane Garofalo, in a story that remains official franchise canon.
- Early reviews are divided, with Dexerto and the San Francisco Chronicle praising its lively, nostalgic feel, while Variety, Mashable, and IndieWire criticize it as repetitive or franchise-first.