While following any show over a significant period of time, you subtly build an emotional connection with it. Much like how you build a bond with your classmates – people you miss after school ends, but who eventually fade away without leaving much of an impact. But that isn’t the case with a best friend, your gang, a brother from another mother, or a girlfriend. Saying goodbye to any of these significant figures always feels like giving away a piece of your heart for them to keep. Stranger Things, my friend, you will always have a piece of my heart.
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When I had just started to dip my toe into the ocean of content worldwide, you came into my life with your bunch of nerdy kids, weird characters, and a strange thing. As a sixteen-year-old, it was my first binge experience—almost eight hours straight, glued to the TV, just to see if the nerds would finally find Will with the help of their new friend El, who was – as Dustin proudly said – “crazy”. Dustin, Eleven and Mike from Stranger Things Season 1 (Photo: IMDb)
Since then, you have been an active part of my life growing up, with each season dropping at a crucial point in my life, and the gaps in between filled with me rewatching the episodes every now and then, either by myself or with another friend whom I introduced
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