In Season Two of Stranger Things, Steve and Dustin became the best new duo of the series. It was unexpected and delightful. The two went on an adventure for Dart, and along the way they shared the secret to Steve's hair, the mysteries of women, and more. That dynamic will return in Season Three, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We'll definitely get to see some more of Steve Harrington in Season Three, and I'll just say we won't be abandoning the Dad Steve magic," Stranger Things executive producer Shawn Levy said at a red carpet event this weekend. "I don't want to say much more, but I literally feel that we were walking along and we stumbled onto a gold mine with Dad Steve."
The other good news is that the next season will take place in summer 1985, one year after the second season, and all the relationships we saw blossom at the end of Season Two will remain a central part of the show.
"Mike and Eleven are going strong, so that's a relationship that continues, and same with Mad Max and Lucas. But Again, they're like 13 or 14-year-old kids, so what does romance mean at that stage of life? It can never be simple and stable relationships and there's fun to that instability," Levy said.
Back to the Future will be the cultural touchstone of Season Three, just as Ghostbusters was in the previous season. And while there's no official release date yet, Levy said they plan to begin production this week.
Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.
