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    Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2 Rides into Paranormal Activity

    Watch a Season 1 recap to refresh your memory before new episodes arrive.

    By Keisha Hatchett
    Sept. 15, 2026

What’s next for the Hawkins Investigators Club after defeating the Horde Queen and preventing her from opening a new gate to the Upside Down? A ghostly new terror unlike anything they’ve faced before. 

“We’re the first line of defense against paranormal threats to our town,” Dustin (voiced by Braxton Quinney) says in the trailer for Season 2 of Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, which you can watch above.

Premiering on Sept. 17, the new season picks up right after the events of the Season 1 finale. The crew — which also includes Eleven (Brooklyn Davey Norstedt), Mike (Luca Diaz), Will (Benjamin Plessala), Lucas (Elisha “EJ” Williams), Max (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport), and Nikki (Odessa A’zion) — resumes its regular activities of arcade gaming and HIC missions, as well as preparing for the upcoming Valentine’s Day festivities. There’s just one problem: A strange new phenomenon is surfacing all over their town of Hawkins, Indiana. 

“We think that the kids are going back to their normal lives, but we start to discover that these flowers are popping up all over Hawkins,” says showrunner Eric Robles. 

They may look beautiful on the outside, but there’s a supernatural secret embedded within those colorful petals. To make matters worse, “Nikki and Max are scheming to sell the flowers all over Hawkins,” Robles adds. “Now [they] are going to be everywhere, which creates a bigger problem.” 

Two animated children stand back to back in a glowing, blue-illuminated field with floating orbs at night, surrounded by tall trees under a purple sky with light rays. Another child appears in the distant background.
Six animated teens sit together on a wooden floor in a dim, candle-lit cabin, looking up at a mysterious figure. Candles, a camera on a tripod, and a spiral drawn on the floor set a tense, supernatural scene.

So what exactly are the mysterious iridescent flowers? And who — or what — is behind the other weird occurrences that are happening throughout the town? That’s up to the HIC to figure out when new episodes arrive this fall. For now, keep scrolling for more clues about Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2, headed your way soon. 

What is Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2 about?

The gang is back at it, and so are the strange creatures lurking about their seemingly quaint town. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, mysterious “ghostly” apparitions and a swarm of hate sprites are wreaking havoc around Hawkins. The HIC must uncover the truth behind these paranormal events before a new gate to the Upside Down is ripped open. 

Upcoming episodes will see the gang return to familiar places, like Hawkins Middle School and the Palace Arcade. But they’ll also step into fresh territory.

 “What's really exciting is we're going to go places that we haven't been to before,” Robles teases. “There's a mine in Hawkins that we haven't explored yet.”

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Who’s in the Season 2 cast?

The whole Hawkins crew will be back for new episodes, including: 

  • Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven
  • Luca Diaz as Mike
  • Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max
  • Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas
  • Braxton Quinney as Dustin
  • Benjamin Plessala as Will
  • Odessa A’zion as Nikki Baxter

Additional cast also returning for Season 2 include:

  • Brett Gipson as Hopper
  • Janeane Garofalo as Anna Baxter
  • Jeremy Jordan as Steve Harrington
  • Alessandra Antonelli as Nancy Wheeler
  • Valeria Rodriguez as Rosario
  • Jack Griffo as Jeff

Where can I see a recap of Season 1?

Ahead of new episodes, get a refresher on Season 1 with the video above.

What is the release date for Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2?

Open your Trapper Keeper and write down this date: Sept. 17. That’s when new episodes roll out. 


Before diving into the next adventure, rewatch Season 1 of Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 now on Netflix. 

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