Overview
- The 10-episode series, which launched Thursday on Netflix, streams worldwide in sub‑30‑minute chapters.
- Set in winter 1985 between Seasons 2 and 3, the show follows the core kids facing a fresh monster threat in Hawkins.
- None of the live‑action stars voice their roles, with a new cast led by Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven and Luca Diaz as Mike.
- Early reaction from critics points to vivid animation and Odessa A’zion’s Nikki Baxter as highlights, with many questioning its necessity and fit with later canon, as a small Rotten Tomatoes sample hovers near 80%.
- Showrunner Eric Robles steers Flying Bark’s stylized take under executive producers Matt and Ross Duffer and Shawn Levy, framing creatures as Hawkins Lab science fused with Upside Down matter.