Kathleen, Miles and Kirk breathlessly discuss our instant reactions to Stranger Things 5 Volume 1.

We are full steam ahead. We will be back with four more episodes in the next two weeks- one for each chapter!

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk throw out some theories and make some predictions for Stranger Things 5. 11 questions to get us thinking and prognosticating!

Disclaimer: **We have not consumed any non-Duffer approved spoilers at all**.

0. 🕷️ Review First 5 Minutes of Season 5 (1:47)

1. ⚾️ Call Your Shot - A BOLD prediction (10:11)

2. 🤔 Answer Required - What is a mystery that needs to be answered in Season 5? (16:49) 

3. 📈 Character Arc – Who will have the most growth within Season 5? (22:47) 

4. 💞 Love Line - Which couple will define Season 5—and which one won’t make it? (28:31) 

5. 🎸 Soundtrack Time Machine – What song do you want for a Season 5 needle drop? (35:16)

6. 📺 Pop Culture Fever – What late 80’s movie, show, trend etc. should be referenced? (40:37)

7.  🥰 That Early Stranger Things Feel - What do you want called back from season 1-3? (46:28)

8. 🐠 Season 4 Nugget  - What small thing from Season 4 could be big for Season 5? (48:34)

9. ☠️ The Death Toll - Ok, Ok, Ok- who is gonna die in Season 5? (52:20)

10. 🤮  I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? (57:20)

11. 🎬 The Ending Tone – What will it be? (1:02:58)

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk cover as much as we possibly can about the Stranger Things 5 trailer.

Will and Red Vecna, Aerobics Eleven and Motörhead Hopper, Nancy and Dustin going through it, Radio stations and explosions and demogorgans oh my!

Then (45:53) we return to our hot take/unpopular opinions of last episode to ATONE or DOUBLE DOWN.

We will be back for a Season 5 Predictions & Preview podcast next week on the path to Season 5!

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk are back with 11 questions about Seasons 1-4. This is a finale to our 2025 Re-Watch before we all turn our full attention to Stranger Things 5!

Hot take/Unpopular opinion alert- the hot take/unpopular opinion question lives up to it's name!

1. 🔥 What’s a hot take only you would bring up about Stranger Things? (1:11) 

2. 🧠 Which character do you understand the most—and why? (13:00)

3. 🧒 Who is the most underrated character—and why do they deserve more love? (18:55)

4. 🎒 If you could follow one character during a “missing” off-screen story, who would it be? (23:29)

5. 🎭 What acting performance made you feel the most— and why did it stick with you? (27:41)

6. 🧵 Which character had the best long-term arc from Season 1-4? (33:12)

7.  🌍 If you could be in background of any scene- which would it be? (40:41)

8. 📼 The nostalgia factor—what 80s references do you personally connect with most? (44:04)

9. 🎶 Best music moment—what song choice hit the hardest? (48:15)

10. 📝 Which moment or choice do you still wish had gone differently? (53:15)

11. 🧪 What’s the most “Stranger Things” moment in entire series? (61:06)

Kathleen and Miles are joined by first time viewer, Kirk to review the second volume of the fourth season of Stranger Things!

Join us as we discuss the fates of Brenner, Jason, Eddie, Max and Vecna. We talk about Eleven’s unlocking of her powers with love, Will’s deep-beneath-the-surface conversations with Mike and Jonathan and oh yeah, Joyce, Hopper and Murray in Russia kickin’ some butt as well. 

We end with MVP (most valuable player) and LVP (least valuable player) awards.

ALERT! We will be back next week with 11 questions for each of us to answer about Seasons 1-4.

Kathleen and Miles are joined by first time viewer, Kirk to review the first volume of the fourth season of Stranger Things!

Join us as we discuss the new villain of Vecna and the demise of his victims, Max running up that hill, and Eleven’s flashbacks to 1979. We talk about the Hawkins gang’s quest for answers, The California crew’s trail of carnage, Hopper’s brutal time in Russia and the final twists at the end of Chapter 7 'Massacre at Hawkins Lab'!

We end with MVP (most valuable player) and LVP (least valuable player) awards and Kirk's predictions for Volume 2 of Season 4

Kathleen and Miles are joined by first time viewer, Kirk to review the third season of Stranger Things!

Join us as we discuss the Battle of Starcourt including Joyce’s turning of the key, Billy’s final act of good and the Never Ending Story interlude. We talk about the “Meat Flayer”, Operation Child Endangerment, Robin and Steve, Eleven and Mike and if Will can just get one dang game of D&D!

We end with MVP (most valuable player) and LVP (least valuable player) awards and Kirk's predictions for Season 4.

Kathleen and Miles are joined by first time viewer, Kirk to review the second season of Stranger Things!

Join us as we discuss the Snow Ball, The Lost Sister, and Will's "spycraft" with the Mind Flayer. We talk about Bob and his untimely demise, Hopper with the world's most powerful teenager in Eleven, Nancy and Jonathan's take down of the Lab and the introduction of MADMAX the zoomer into The Party!

We end with MVP (most valuable player) and LVP (least valuable player) awards and Kirk's predictions for Season 3.

Our 2025 re-watch continues with each release (Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4.1 and 4.2).

Kathleen and Miles are joined by first time viewer, Kirk to review the first season of Stranger Things!

Join us as we discuss the Party's search for Will, varying acceptances of Eleven and the kids' ability to understand the supernatural through D&D. We talk about Wionona Ryder's performance as Joyce, Hopper's legendary arc, Nancy and Jonathan's hunt and Steve's redemption.

We end with MVP (most valuable player) and LVP (least valuable player) awards and Kirk's predictions for Season 2.

Our 2025 re-watch will continue with each release (Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4.1 and 4.2).

Kathleen & Miles review five things apiece from the Stranger Things 5 trailer that piqued our interest, made us feel or got us PUMPED!