Steve Harrington's spiked baseball bat vanished after "Stranger Things" Season 2, but "Stranger Things: Tales from '85" just brought it back in a major way.

The wait for more "Stranger Things" is finally over. Months after the ending of the main series, Netflix's hit franchise is back with an animated story taking place between Season 3 and 4. If you've been yearning for more stories from the Hawkins crew,

Tales From ’85 Season 2 has not been officially confirmed by Netflix yet, but cast and creators hint at future plans. Here’s what we know so far.

Eric Robles and Ian Graham discuss bridging the gap between seasons two and three, using Avatar-level epic animation, and bringing the franchise's iconic Kyle Lambert posters to life.

How do you keep Stranger Things going four months after the show ended? Netflix’s answer, it seems, is to step back in time to the gap between seasons 2 and 3, launching an anim

Tales From ‘85’ season 1 is the new animated series on Netflix, set between season 2 and 3 of the original series.

Tales from ‘85” was released on Netflix Wednesday. Based on the original live action series and fitting into the timeline of the show between seasons two and three, the animated

Across 10 episodes, our Hawkins heroes return in an entertaining snow-covered adventure that forgets the stakes of Vecna and the Upside Down. Instead, Tales From ‘85 places the Party in a fun-filled monster side quest that introduces new characters and new threats and reminds us why we fell in love with Stranger Things in the first place.

'Stranger Things: Tales from '85,' premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2026 and features a new character who repeats Max Mayfield's (Sadie Sink) arc.