The creators of 'Stranger Things' still have lots of stories they want to tell in season 2
Warning: Potential spoilers ahead for season one of "Stranger Things."
For those of you who devoured the first season of the Netflix original series "Stranger Things," you probably have a few questions about the main characters that you're dying to have answered.
Most of the loose ends are tied up, but a lot of people have been wondering whether the second season would be a continuation of the first season's plot, or whether the Duffer Brothers would go down the "American Horror Story" route of having each season be entirely self-contained, tied together only by theme and a few cast members.
Based on comments the series creators Ross and Matt Duffer made in a group interview, they're not ready to leave Indiana just yet.
When Tech Insider asked about the decision to have the second season of "Stranger Things" be a direct continuation of the events of season one, Ross Duffer said, "We had this main tension of Will going missing in season one and we wanted to resolve that tension at the end of the season, but there are still a lot of unresolved issues."
Among those unresolved issues are big questions surrounding the condition of both Will and Eleven. For example:
- What long-term effects has the Upside-Down had on Will?
- Did Eleven survive her encounter with the Demogorgon?
- Why did Hopper get whisked away in a black car?
- Does he know if Eleven is alive?
Hopefully we'll get answers to what's nagging our brains, but Ross Duffer said the second season will deal with its own set of questions.
"Obviously we've left some dangling threads at the end of the season that we'd like to resolve - and we love these characters and we want to continue with them for a little bit - but unlike a traditional TV show, what we really want to do is treat the second season as if it were a sequel, you know, a movie sequel, in that we do have a new tension. It's still tied into the original events in season one but there's a new main tension that needs to be resolved as well, and that idea to us is exciting."
Whatever the second season focuses on, we can't wait to tune in. But really...
Is Eleven okay?