It is absurd. It is tonally jarring. It is absolutely perfect.
: Their friendship blossomed as Max helped Eleven explore her own identity outside of her relationship with Mike. stranger things season 3
In the end, it was a season of growth, friendship, and sacrifice. The gang emerged victorious, but not without scars. As they looked out over the small town of Hawkins, they knew that they had become something more than just friends - they had become a family. It is absurd
. While the kids are trading Dungeons & Dragons for summer romance, a darker force is literalizing the "growing pains" of adolescence. The Summer of Change : Their friendship blossomed as Max helped Eleven
Despite Eleven closing the gate in Season 2, a fragment of the Mind Flayer remains in Hawkins. It begins "flaying" (possessing) rats and humans—starting with Billy Hargrove—to build a massive, corporeal biomass monster.