Member-only story
Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 1 Review: “The Hellfire Club”
It’s finally back, and it’s terrifying af.
The new season of Stranger Things comes out with a bang and introduces us to a horrifying new villain, a few new characters, and a higher-than-average body count.
It’s been nearly three years since we watched the Battle of Starcourt Mall and it honestly feels like a lifetime ago. If you want to get warmed up for the new season, you can check out my preview article right here.
But the show is finally back, and In this review of Stranger Things Season 4 episode one: The Hellfire Club, we will break down the plot, look at some themes, and also point out some of the classic 1980s references throughout the episode.
Episode 1: The Hellfire Club Plot Summary
We start with a new Stranger Things-inspired Netflix card which was pretty cool to see. And then we open in 1979 at the Hawkins Lab. We see Dr. Brenner gets ready for work and then spends time with “10.” But all hell breaks loose and we see the demise of many other numbers only to reveal Eleven, and it looks like she caused all the carnage.
We are then set in March 1986. Eleven, Joyce, Jonathan, and Will are in California, and Eleven — who we now know as Jane — is writing to Mike. She talks about…
