About three years glided by between the premieres of Stranger Issues seasons 3 and 4, and Netflix subscribers have been clearly anxious to meet up with the present’s characters by the point the brand new season was launched. Deadline experiences that Stranger Issues season 4 had the largest premiere weekend within the historical past of Netflix unique sequence, with 286.79 million hours seen. That far surpassed the 193 million hours that have been seen of Bridgerton season 2 over its premiere weekend.
Stranger Issues season 4 reached #1 in 83 nations, one other premiere weekend file. The sequence made it into the Prime 10 in all 93 nations the place Netflix is monitoring viewership. The brand new season additionally gave the viewership of earlier seasons a lift, with all three touchdown within the Netflix Prime 10 for English-language sequence for the week of Might 23-29. 38 million hours have been seen of season 1 in that week, 22.2 million hours of season 2 have been seen, and 24.3 million hours of season 3 have been seen. “Stranger Issues crowded the Prime 5, taking the No. 1 spot (Season 4, V.1), No. 3 (Season 1), No. 4 (Season 3) and No. 5 (Season 2.)”
Additionally benefiting from the return of Stranger Issues is Kate Bush, whose 1985 track “Working Up That Hill” is prominently featured in season 4. Viewers clearly needed to hearken to the track some extra after listening to it on the present, as a result of “Working Up That Hill” rocketed as much as the #1 spot on iTunes. On Spotify, there was a 8700% enhance in international streams of “Working Up That Hill”. There was a 9900% enhance in streams within the US, and a 1600% enhance in international streams of Kate Bush’s total catalog. Stranger Issues viewers are additionally answerable for the 1030% enhance in international streams of “Cross the Dutchie” by Musical Youth.
Stranger Issues season 4 has the next synopsis:
It’s been six months because the Battle of Starcourt, which introduced terror and destruction to Hawkins. Battling the aftermath, our group of pals are separated for the primary time – and navigating the complexities of highschool hasn’t made issues any simpler. On this most weak time, a brand new and horrifying supernatural risk surfaces, presenting a grotesque thriller that, if solved, may lastly put an finish to the horrors of the Upside Down.
Episodes of Stranger Issues season 4 have been written by the Duffer Brothers (401, 402, 407, 408, 409), Caitlin Schneiderhan (403), Paul Dichter (404), Kate Trefry (405), and Curtis Gwinn (406). They have been directed by the Duffer Brothers (401, 402, 407, 408, 409), Shawn Levy (403, 404), and Nimród Antal (405, 406).
Right here’s the listing of this season’s solid members and the characters they play:
Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Matthew Modine (Dr. Brenner), Paul Reiser (Dr. Owens), Jamie Campbell Bower (Peter Ballard), Joseph Quinn (Eddie Munson), Eduardo Franco (Argyle), Sherman Augustus (Lt. Colonel Sullivan), Mason Dye (Jason Carver), Nikola Djuricko (Yuri), Tom Wlaschiha (Dmitri), Myles Truitt (Patrick), Regina Ting Chen (Ms. Kelly), Grace Van Dien (Chrissy), Logan Riley Bruner (Fred Benson), Logan Allen (Jake), Elodie Grace Orkin (Angela), John Reynolds (Officer Callahan), Rob Morgan (Chief Powell), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), and Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund (Victor Creel).
Stranger Issues is produced by Monkey Bloodbath Productions and 21 Laps Leisure. The Duffer Brothers function government producers alongside Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Leisure, Iain Paterson, and Curtis Gwinn.
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Two extra episodes of Stranger Issues season 4 are coming to Netflix on July 1st.
