Is Season 4 of Stranger Things going to witness a time travel theory? Get the clue from the recent teaser drop about the sci-fi drama. Let’s find it together.
Netflix’s Stranger Things season 4, dropped a new teaser that hinted at the return of Dr Brenner, the presence of more test subjects from Hawkins Lab, and an imprisoned Eleven at the lab, but it also suggested that the Stranger Things 4 storyline related to time travel. Fans of this Sci-fi horror series took the world by storm when it first released in 2016. Ever since the 3rd season has concluded in 2019, the fans have been eagerly waiting for Stranger Things Season 4 to release.
Stranger Things Season 4 was set to release last year but got halted because of the pandemic, this paired up with the special video released on February 14th, 2020, which confirmed that Hopper is still alive, making it even more difficult for the fans to wait.
Stranger Things 3 ended with Hopper allegedly dying and Eleven losing all her power and leaving Hawkins along with Will and his mother. The post credit scene however teased that Hopper might actually be alive. This got confirmed in the special video released by Netflix in 2020 titled, “from Russia with love”.
Apart from this, not much was known about Stranger Things Season 4. However, a new teaser released which revealed the return of Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) and the presence of more test subjects, along with Eleven locked in a room at the lab. All these relegations have made fans curious and consider that Stranger Things season 4 might be dealing with time travel, which actually fits quite well with the theme of the show and also its biggest inspirations.
Stranger Things Season 4 time travel plotline
Stranger Things Season 4’s marketing began as early as September 2019 with the announcement of the show’s renewal by Netflix for a 4th season, for which Netflix released a short teaser. In the teaser, the logo of the series appears along with a big four and at the same time the screen starts glitching.
We are then taken to the Upside Down, where the four and the logo get slowly covered in tendrils and a clock, located on a random tree on the left side of the screen, and it is heard ticking. The teaser ends with the caption “we’re not in Hawkins anymore”, and the viewers later learn that season 4 will be centered around the Upside Down, Russia.
Stranger Things Season 4 Time Travel Fanfiction Theory
Various theories on how Stranger Things Season 4 will deal with time travel specially when Season 3 had made a bunch of reference on Back to the Future, has stemmed from the clock in the teaser. Stranger Things Season 3, which was set in 1985, made sure to include a couple of nods to it, such as a poster at the local cinema, a big part of the final battle taking place in a mall parking lot and the Scoops Troop (Steve, Robin, Dustin, and Erica) hiding out in a screening of the movie.
The most recent teaser has also hinted at the same, by paying close attention to the clock and having it tick for over half of the video’s length. This theory of time travel in Stranger Things season 4 is further backed by Dr. Brenner’s appearance, who hasn’t been seen since season 1, the lab, the subjects of the lab, and most importantly Eleven locked in her room at the lab, all of these are events that must have taken place years ago.
