We’re only a few weeks out before the third season of Stranger Things finally arrives on July 4 and Netflix has decided to get the hype train rolling by releasing one last action-packed trailer.
There’s so much to unpack so let’s just dive straight in with our tinfoil hats firmly on our heads, shall we?
The trailer basically confirms the theory that cougar mum eye candy, Billy, will be taken over by the gross new monster and essentially serve as its host. Secondly, the monster appears to arrive at Hawkins by possessing rats before he stumbles upon Billy.
But those facts pale in comparison to the massive theory we have for dad Steve based on the new snippets of footage we’ve seen. Best warm yourselves up because this is going to require a bit of stretching.
The new trailer shows Steve and Dustin stumbling across some weird green liquid:
We also get a glimpse of some mysterious government people doing some weird experiments with some crazy equipment, as well as this private investigator dude:
In each of the released Stranger Things 3 trailers and clips, we see how the new Hawkins mall quickly goes from the new town hot spot to chaotic battle spot (there’s an episode titled ‘The Battle of Starcourt’) involvingEleven and the gang, the government and whatever popped out from the Upside Down.
Here’s where our theory comes in:
- The Hawkins mall is a mere front for the government’s new experiment.
- That green liquid Steve and Dustin discover is being used to control all who visit the mall as part of said experiment.
- The green liquid sample in Steve and Dustin’s possession was lost by the government before the duo stumbled upon it and that mysterious investigator dude was sent to look for it.
- But before Steve and Dustin can tell Hopper and the gang about the government’s plan, the investigator finds them.
- They get caught after an almighty struggle and it leads to this needle-in-the-neck moment in the first Stranger Things 3 trailer:
After getting Steve under their control using that green stuff, the government then use him to infiltrate the gang in order to stop them from interfering with whatever nefarious plan they’ve got going on.
Aaaaand end theory.
Poor Steve, he really doesn’t come out of this one well, if he comes out of it at all.
Now this could all be bollocks and is wildly off the mark, but hey, coming up with theories is part of the fun with Stranger Things. As long as they don’t kill Steve, then I’ll be cool with whatever the show has in store for us come July 4.