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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things into the ol’ VCR. 

Listen, friends, I won’t drag this out. Stranger Things has become a cultural phenomenon, and there isn’t a lot about it that hasn’t already been said. 

However, I love this show, so I wanted to write a little piece about Stranger Things to give it its dues. 

Stranger Things premiered back in the summer of 2016, and it was an instant hit. The mixture of 80s nostalgia, horror, and sci-fi set it up for success. 

Like everyone else, I was immediately taken by Stranger Things. I have my fair share of merch, and I’ve decorated my windows with the famous string light alphabet for Halloween. Recently, I even got a Stranger Things tattoo from my artist. 

For a series that pays homage to so many films, Stranger Things does an excellent job of still creating original storylines that are entertaining to watch. Also, if you didn’t sob at Hopper’s letter to Eleven, I can’t help you.  

Stranger Things also harbors a deeper meaning for me because the second half of Stranger Things 4 was the last thing I watched before I found out my mom was going to die. I’ll spare all of you the jokes I made as a coping mechanism about it.

To lift the mood back up, I want to give my definitive ranking of the seasons, and it might honestly shock some of you (she said knowing it probably won’t). My current ranking of the Stranger Things seasons is: 

• 1 
• 2 
• 4
• 3

I know people rag on Stranger Things 3, but I enjoy it. I’ll fully admit that Stranger Things 4 is objectively better though. I also cried more in 4, so there’s that. 

Stranger Things 5 will give us an ending to this particular arc in Hawkins, but I’m excited to see what other stories The Duffer Brothers have in mind for our beloved universe. They’ve promised us more stories from the world of Hawkins, and you know what they say, “Friends don’t lie.”