But Wait...There's More! "Beyond Stranger Things"

Beyond Stranger Things (2017)

Starring Jim Rash

The Story:

Now that you've finished Stranger Things 2, and don't dare watch an episode of this without finishing the entire season because...

SPOILERS!!!!

Jim Rash sits down with most of the cast and Shawn Levy and the Duffer Brothers to talk about what went into making the show and how they made some of their decisions.

And how some of those decisions made themselves, and created a snowball effect on the overall series.

I guess The Walking Dead has a similar program that airs weekly, and I'm not sure if any other shows have it, but this was a fun, breezy, yet informative 22 minutes where Rash moderates a table full of the cast and get their insights into what happened and what might still happen in the future.

7 episodes total, and my favorites were the ones with Levy and the Duffers on the panel as they help lend more behind-the-scenes knowledge to what they were thinking when certain things happened this season.

If you like these kinds of shows, you're going to really enjoy this one.

If you're not sure, give the first episode a try (it will pop up automatically to start at the end of Episode 9 of Stranger Things 2) and see what you think.

Final Grade: A-

Those Kids Are Growing Up So Fast..."Stranger Things 2"

Stranger Things 2 (2017)

TV-14

Starring David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser, Sean Astin

Created by Matt & Ross Duffer

The Story:

Nearly a year has passed since the events from Stranger Things. However, there's a new Doctor (Reiser) in charge at the Department of Energy, and he's doing everything in his power to help Will (Schnapp) with his episodes that are still tormenting him from being in the Upside Down.

Welcome back to Hawkins Indiana, population a couple million binging on their favorite kids from the 80s! :)

So if you are like the millions that fell in love with Stranger Things last year, and watched as it became a pop-culture phenomenon in the year in between seasons, your wait is finally over.

If you're one that thinks Stranger Things is overrated and being pushed down our throats...

You're dead to me.

:)

The Duffer Brothers are back, and they will fill in the gaps with what has happened in the year we've been away, and with some other flashbacks, they'll take us back even farther.

A whole slew of new characters will be introduced, and Will Byers will graduate from plot device in Season One to Plot Device with a little more to do in Season 2. ;)

The dynamics between the two seasons is really evident, and they don't try and forcefully recreate the magic of season one. This is another year, and the characters have grown and changed, and will continue to do so for as long as the series runs.

That's a good thing.

So there you go.

No spoilers in there, but I'm pretty sure if you watched Season One, you are likely already finished with Season Two and came to the same conclusion:

Really? We have to wait another year for the next season?!?!

: )

Final Grade: A