StrangerThings 3: Premieres July 4 on Netflix
Some things have changed in Hawkins, Ind.
(theres a new mall!
), and some things havent (the Upside Down is still creepy AF!).
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The season takes place during the last summer before high school.
The kids are growing up, and that transition is going to be messy and awkward and painful.
Are they able to grow up without growing apart?
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Oh, and their hometown is still a hot spot for a lot of interdimensional terror.
Eleven closed the Gate, but the Mind Flayer is still alive in the Upside Down, teases Matt.
But the lightest scratch of the surface reveals financial struggles with the former and emotional strains with the latter.
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Its an upstairs-downstairs story with a modern twist.
Co-showrunner Ian Goldberg says the new addition fits perfectly with the seasons theme of redemption.
But, of course, the show is not over.
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Here, he teases what to expect from this final(?)
Theres a frantic desire on behalf of Logan and the company to fend that off, says Armstrong.
Kendall is now aligned with his dad, who has covered up his offsprings crimes.
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Strong says that his character shows this new allegiance and subservience to [his] father.
Theres definitely tension, says Foster.
Charles isnt just at home in his pjs eating bonbons.
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Hes basically where Liza was in season 1, having nothing and trying to reestablish himself.
It looks like a marble merkin!
Shor jokes about one large neckpiece.
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But stay June did, and now shes on a mission.
You have to fight fire with fire, Moss teases.
Thats become [Junes] journey in season 3.
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McQueens power swiftly attracts the attention of Zachary Quintos also supernaturally powered, but decidedly villainous, Charlie Manx.
Manx drives the children to a secret place or inscape of his creation called Christmasland.
Hes pretty dark, Quinto says of his character.
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Charlie Manx ferries back and forth between the real world and this warped and twisted Christmasland.
Nancy is then forced to break out the bleach and literally scour the asphalt of the deadly virus.
I try not to, honestly, theAssassination Nationdirector admits of verbalizing the show.
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And, at times, its beautiful and tragic.
I just say, Its about life.
To be more specific,Euphoriais about modern teenage life.
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Despite her previous sober living, Rue wastes no time returning to her old habits of drugs and partying.
But that doesnt make her job as showrunner any less challenging.
But theres much more toCity on a Hillthan its A-list pedigree.
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We get back to the good ol cops and robbers, says Hodge.
As a child, theStar Trekicon was himself interned with the rest of his family during World War II.
Theres a lot from my perspective as a Latino millennial, but its not just about that.
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Carlson is played in the seven-episode series by Crowes fellow antipodean, Naomi Watts.
The real Gretchen is an incredibly strong, ambitious woman, says executive producer Alex Metcalf.
Naomi really brought that to the fore.Clark Collis
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