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Stranger Things 2 - The Scariest Enemy is Time

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't binged on Stranger Things 2 then stop here. Please... “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me, time after time” - Cyndi Lauper By the time the gate closes, the Hawkins Lab shuts down and we reach the Snow Ball slow dance with Cyndi Lauper’s iconic refrain to “Time After Time” playing in the background, something is abundantly clear in Stranger Things 2: The real enemy to the Party hasn’t been the Demogorgon or the Demodogs, or the Shadow Government facility workers or even the all-powerful Mind Flayer. Rather, the greatest existential threat to Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas is Time. It’s the threat of growing up and leaving behind the things that at once made them (and really all of us) innocent, sweet, selfless and brave. It’s the difficult and confusing slow burn into their formative teenage years and the prospect of time changing everything they fundamentally know about themselves and each other. If life is like a string of mov