Show Notes
Housekeeping - Alex discusses moving away from monthly news roundups and pushing current movie news content the show wants to discuss to the Facebook page.
Main Topic - Erik and Alex return to Hawkins, IN, where in October 1984 a handful of citizens are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued, but few in the small town know the details of the events, and those that do have been sworn to secrecy by the government. When Will is found to be still influenced by entities from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn there is a larger threat to their lives, town, and this side of the universe.
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