Stranger Things Season 3: Everything We Know (So Far)

Is it 1985 yet?
Sure, it's only been less than two weeks since Stranger Things season two debuted, but we here at E! News are already going through withdrawals, craving our next fix of '80s nostalgia. The bad news? It's going to be at least a year until season three is upon us. (As Dustin would say: "Son of a b--ch!") However, there is some good news: we've rounded up a bunch of hints and teases The Duffer Brothers have dropped about what's next for gang in Hawkins.

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Stranger Things Season 3 Everything We Know So Far

From what's next for Eleven to who Billy might be hooking up with when Stranger Things returns (as well as the storyline they didn't have room for in season two), here's what you can expect from season three:

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Halfway There?

The Duffer Brothers are still waffling on exactly how long the series will go, but four seasons seems to be the idea so far.
"I think, you know, four to five seasons is likely where we'll end up, but who knows?" Ross Duffer told us at the premiere. "I mean, none of this official, and we know where we want to go. We're trying to figure out still how long it'll take to get there, so we'll see."
Matt Duffer added, "It's hard, like four seems short, five seems long. So I don't know what to do." 

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Another Time-Jump

There will be a time jump for sure, the Duffer Brothers confirmed to us.
"We don't know how long, but the kids are growing up," Matt said. "But it's good, it makes the story evolve." Translation: expect about another year time-jump.

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Welcome to High School!

Get ready for high school, nerds. Yep, the kids will be entering high school in season three, as Matt confirmed on Beyond Stranger Things. ("We will be needing new teachers!" director Shawn Levy said.)
And fans can look to the final scene, set at the Snow Ball, for clues as to what's ahead for our group of kids, according to the show's costume designer, Kim Wilcox, who said their outfits are signs of  who they "might be becoming" in future seasons.
"It's a bunch of kids who are just on the cusp of becoming adults, it's their first time at a lot of these things," she told us. "There's a little bit of awkwardness, but it was really fun to see where each boy's personality might take us in the fitting, see what was right for them."

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Wanted: Eleven

Though she eventually saved the day, Eleven's big hero moment in the finale may come back to haunt her...as she seriously pissed off that monster.
 "This thing is very aware of Eleven," Ross said during Beyond Stranger Things. "I would be worried about Eleven. You slammed the door on him." Millie Bobby Brown simply exclaimed, "I'm screwed!"
Aside from dealing with monsters and closing gates, Eleven will also be facing—gulp!—being a teenage girl. "It's a little bit of a complicated dilemma with everyone wanting her to live a somewhat regular life," Matt said. "She's becoming a teenager with increasingly intense powers. I could see a lot of things going not so well."

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The Shadow Monster's Goal

The Duffer Brothers are still keeping the big bad's ultimate goal a secret, but Matt did tell Vulture, "It's implied that it wants to take over Hawkins, and continue to spread beyond that. In that way, it's very much like a virus that could take over the whole planet."

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More Numbers!

After meeting Kali (aka Eight), fans can expect to meet more of the children that were experimented on in future seasons. "I can't imagine that the world will only ever know Eleven and Eight," Levy told us at the premiere. "I think we've clearly implied there are other numbers."

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More Billy!

Dacre Montgomery stole many scenes as Billy, Hawkins' new resident bad boy and the show's human villain. But he was actually supposed to have a "bigger role" in season two.
"We ended up having so many characters it ended up, in a way, more teed up for season three than anything," Matt revealed to Vulture. "There was a whole teen supernatural story line that just got booted because it was just too cluttered, you know? A lot of that's just getting kicked into season three."
As for that now-iconic cookie moment with Mrs. Wheeler? Everyone is hoping for a hook-up in season three. "I feel like the word needs that," Levy said during Beyond Stranger Things.
"I think it'd be hot...Ted is not satisfying her," Matt said, with Ross adding, "She's lonely, if you notice she always has a glass of wine!"

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More Erica!

Speaking of scene-stealers, let's all take a moment to bow down to Erica, Lucas' sassy little sister, played to perfection by Priah Ferguson. Originally, she was only supposed to appear in one scene, but after filming it, the Duffers kept finding ways to add Erica.
"There is no version of season three where Erica doesn't have a majorly expanded role!" Matt told Vulture. "She's got to. She's too good."

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Jopper FTW?

Is that Joyce and Hopper's ‘ship name? Anyway, their chemistry will continue to be on display in future seasons, after Bob's (Sean Astin) death. "There's definitely something there. Part of it is that they're comfortable with each other and they've known each other for a long time," Ross told Vulture. "In my mind, Hopper still has some growing to do before that can happen. But [the chemistry] is definitely there."
And Jopper's No. 1 stan is Hopper himself, with Matt saying, "David [Harbour] is really into the idea of a Joyce-Hopper relationship."

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Love Triangle Continues

By the end of season two, Nancy seems to have chosen Jonathan over Steve, who became the world's favorite babysitter. But judging from the lingering look Steve gives Nancy in the finale, the complicated romance situation between the three seems far from over.
"I don't think it's the end of the story," Joe Kerry told us. "But I do think that the second season was a lot about him growing up and learning how to put people before him a little bit more. I don't think it's over… I think how they leave it is realistic."

Stranger Things season 2 is available to stream on Netflix. 

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