Stranger Things Season 4 Images Show Hopper's Rescue Mission & Return
New first-look images from Stranger Things season 4 show details of Hopper's triumphant return. The series, which was created by The Duffer Brothers, has been one of Netflix's biggest hit series since its first season dropped in 2016. The series, which follows the residents of Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s, combines elements of Amblin film spectacle, '80s horror, and Dungeons & Dragons lore to create a supernatural thriller that brings retro to life in an effortlessly modern way. Stranger Things season 4 was delayed by pandemic considerations, but part 1 will be dropping on the streaming platform on May 27, 2022, followed by part 2 on July 1, 2022.
Jim Hopper, played by David Harbour, has been a major figure in the series since season 1. The former Chief of Police in Hawkins, Hopper is a surrogate father to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), a young girl with telekinetic powers. In season 3, the gang discovered a Russian base under the mall attempting to harness the power of the town's gate to the Upside Down, and it seemed that Hopper was killed in an explosion while attempting to shut them down. However, it was revealed in a Stranger Things season 4 teaser that he has been transported to Russia and is currently in a prison work camp in Kamchatka.
Netflix released a gallery of images from Stranger Things season 4. Included among the batch were two that detail the journey of Hopper, who is heading back home to Hawkins this season. One shows Joyce (Winona Ryder) on her rescue mission, presumably in Russia, in front of what may be a downed plane. The other shows a more rugged Hopper, his head now completely shaved. Check out both full-size photos below:
The rest of the cast of Stranger Things season 4 will be filled out by Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, and Brett Gelman. The season will follow several different threads, as a terrifying new evil surfaces while Joyce and Hopper are out of the country. The show has teased some major developments involving Eleven returning to the lab where she was imprisoned in the beginning of season 1, and major supernatural occurrences (potentially including time travel) in the haunted Creel House.
Stranger Things viewers have had to wait quite a while for new episodes, considering the fact that season 3 aired in mid-2019. However, it seems like they are making up for lost time by cramming as many big-ticket storylines as possible into this season. The show will be ending with season 5, so this penultimate season will also be packed with extra import and drama in the lead-up to the grand finale.
Source: Netflix