Eight Years in Hawkins: How Stranger Things Grew Up With Us (And kind of Didn't)
Some shows you watch. Some shows you live through. I was just a kid when Stranger Things dropped in 2016. I remember the exact feeling of watching that first episode late at night (sadly after two years), lights off, completely unprepared for what was about to consume the next eight years of my life. Will Byers disappeared into the Upside Down, and somehow, I disappeared into Hawkins right along with him. Eight years. Think about that. I've grown up with these kids. I've watched Eleven learn what friendship means while I was learning the same thing. I've seen them face literal monsters while I faced my own version of high school, college applications, and now, the terrifying adult world of job hunting and existential dread. This wasn't just a show I binged. This was a show that aged with me, stumbled with me, and now, finally closes its chapter as I'm trying to open mine. So yeah, this one hits different. Let's talk about it honestly, the magic, the ...