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"Life Sketch: Begum Khaleda Zia". Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.

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Barbara Crossette (17 October 1993). "Conversations: Khaleda Zia; A Woman Leader for a Land That Defies Islamic Stereotypes". The New York Times.

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William Green; Alex Perry (10 April 2006). "We Have Arrested So Many". Time. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011.

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Alex Perry (3 April 2006). "Rebuilding Bangladesh". Time. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010.

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Khaleda Zia at IMDb
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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season is being released in three parts in November and December 2025. The show combines elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and coming-of-age drama.

Set in the 1980s, the series centers on the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, after a young girl with psychokinetic abilities, named Eleven, opens a gateway between Earth and a hostile alternate dimension known as the Upside Down at a nearby human experimentation facility. The cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Linda Hamilton.

The Duffer Brothers developed Stranger Things as a blend of investigative drama and supernatural horror with childlike wonder, infusing references to the popular culture of the 1980s. Several thematic and directorial elements were inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, David Lynch, Stephen King, Wes Craven, H. P. Lovecraft, and FromSoftware. The show also drew inspiration from Cold War-era experiments and conspiracy theories involving secret government programs.

Stranger Things has received critical acclaim throughout its run, with praise for its characterization, atmosphere, acting, directing, writing, and nostalgic homage to 1980s cinema, making it a hallmark of 1980s nostalgia. It has garnered many accolades. Stranger Things is a flagship series for Netflix, drawing record viewership with each season's release. The series has expanded into a media franchise, including an animated spin-off, Stranger Things: Tales from '85, and a 2023 West End prequel stage play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow. It has also inspired several books, comics, tie-in media, a pop-up shop, and a Dungeons and Dragons board game based on the series.

Overview

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Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. Hawkins is described (in Season 2) as, 'the town where nothing ever happens'.
The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but also secretly experiments with the paranormal and supernatural, sometimes with human test subjects. They inadvertently create a portal to an alternate dimension referred to as the Upside Down, whose presence begins to affect the residents of Hawkins in unusual ways.

The first season begins in November 1983 when Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down, dubbed the "Demogorgon". His mother, Joyce, Police Chief Jim Hopper, and a group of volunteers search for him. A young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and is found by Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair. Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will. Mike's older sister Nancy and Will's older brother Jonathan learn about the Demogorgon and the existence of the Upside Down.

The second season is set eleven months later, in October 1984. Will has been rescued, but he begins experiencing premonitions of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the Upside Down. When it is discovered that Will is still being affected by an entity from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn that anything connected to the dimension is part of a hive mind known as the Mind Flayer. Lucas earns the affection of new classmate Max Mayfield, while Dustin teams up with Nancy's ex-boyfriend Steve Harrington to fend off a horde of adolescent Demogorgons that soon threaten the rest of their friends.

The third season is set nine months later, in the days leading up to the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. The new Starcourt Mall becomes the center of attention for Hawkins residents. Hopper adopts Eleven and becomes increasingly concerned about her relationship with Mike. Dustin, Steve, and Steve's coworker Robin Buckley, along with Lucas's younger sister Erica, discover that a secret Soviet laboratory beneath Starcourt is attempting to reopen the gateway to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer possesses Max's stepbrother Billy Hargrove and begins creating physical vessels made of melted flesh to carry out its will.

The fourth season is set eight months later, in March 1986. The Byers family and a de-powered Eleven have moved to Lenora, California, for a fresh start. In Hawkins, a human banished to an alternate dimension —later dubbed Vecna—begins killing teenagers to open gates between the two worlds and targets Max as his next victim. To help Eleven regain her powers, Dr. Sam Owens takes her to a secure facility. Joyce and Murray Bauman travel to Russia to rescue Hopper from a Gulag in the Kamchatka region. Vecna reveals to Nancy and Eleven that he was the murderous first test subject at the Hawkins Laboratory who later took control of the Mind Flayer after being banished to an alternate dimension by Eleven.

The fifth and final season is set in the fall of 1987. The group seeks to find and kill Vecna after rifts open throughout Hawkins. Their mission turns complicated when the military arrives to hunt Eleven, and when Nancy and Mike's younger sister Holly is kidnapped by Vecna. The Upside Down is revealed to be a wormhole between Hawkins and another dimension known as the Abyss, created by Eleven in 1983. Vecna's goal is to merge the two worlds together via the Upside Down, using children as vessels to amplify his power. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approaches, the group prepares for a final confrontation.

Cast and characters

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Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, the mother of Will and Jonathan Byers. She is divorced from their father, Lonnie Byers. In season two, she dates her old high school classmate, Bob Newby, who is later killed by the demo-dogs. She and Hopper have feelings for each other.

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David Harbour as Jim Hopper, the chief of Hawkins Police Department. After his young daughter Sara died of cancer, Hopper divorced and lapsed into alcoholism. He becomes more responsible, saving Will Byers after he is taken in season 1, and adopting Eleven as his daughter. He and Joyce have feelings for each other.

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Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, middle child and the only son of Karen and Ted Wheeler, brother of Nancy and Holly, and one of Will Byers's three close friends. He is an intelligent and conscientious student and is committed to his friends. He develops romantic feelings for Eleven and later dates her.

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Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper ("El"), a girl with telepathic and psychokinetic abilities as a result of being one of Dr. Brenner's subjects from Hawkins National Laboratory. She escapes the lab and eventually becomes an adoptive daughter to Jim Hopper and takes his surname, and adjusts to living a normal life with the help of Mike (whom she later dates) and his friends.

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Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, one of Will Byers's friends. His cleidocranial dysplasia causes him to lisp. In the second season, he is proud of his new front teeth and is attracted to Max. In season 3, he gets a girlfriend, Suzie (portrayed by Gabriella Pizzolo), whom he met at Camp Know Where prior to the start of the season.

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Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, one of Will's friends. He is wary of Eleven but later befriends her. In season two, he is one of Max's love interests and eventually becomes her boyfriend in season three. He becomes more popular in season 4 as a result of joining the Hawkins High basketball team, which briefly puts him at odds with his regular friend group.

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Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, daughter of Karen and Ted and older sister of Mike and Holly. Studious and rule-abiding, Nancy finds another side of herself while investigating the Hawkins Lab and the death of her friend Barbara. In the first two seasons, she is the girlfriend of Steve Harrington but breaks up with him and then dates Jonathan Byers. She is an aspiring journalist.

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Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, the older brother of Will Byers and the son of Joyce Byers. He is a quiet and kind-hearted teenager, an outsider at school, and an aspiring photographer. He is close with his mother and brother, and he becomes the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler.

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Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, mother of Nancy, Mike, and Holly, who is mostly unaware of her children's activities.

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Matthew Modine as Dr. Martin Brenner (seasons 1 and 4; recurring: season 2), the scientist in charge of Hawkins Laboratory and training Eleven. Manipulative and remote, he and his team search for Eleven in season 1 after she escapes. He is referred to as "Papa" by Eleven. In season 4, he returns to help Eleven regain her powers and protects her from the government agents hunting her down.

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Noah Schnapp as Will Byers (season 2–present; recurring: season 1), the son of Joyce Byers and younger brother of Jonathan Byers. He is captured by a monster from the Upside Down in season 1. He later develops a connection to the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer due to his capture.

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Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield (season 2–present), Billy's younger stepsister and a tomboy who catches the attention of both Lucas and Dustin, eventually dating Lucas. In season 4, she becomes one of the teens targeted by Vecna, ultimately fighting him and ending up in a coma.

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Joe Keery as Steve Harrington (season 2–present; recurring: season 1), a popular high school student and the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler. He ostracizes Jonathan Byers but later befriends him. He and Nancy break up in season two but remain friends. He is known as the "babysitter" of the group, often left to look after the kids, particularly Dustin, with whom he forms a strong rapport.

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Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove (seasons 2–3; guest: season 4), Max's violent, unpredictable, and abusive older stepbrother. He challenges Steve's popularity. In season 3, he is controlled by the Mind Flayer and dies in the process.

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Sean Astin as Bob Newby (season 2; season 3–4: flashbacks), a former schoolmate of Joyce and Hopper who runs the Hawkins RadioShack. He is Joyce's boyfriend, putting him at odds with Hopper. He dies at the end of season 2 after being attacked by Demodogs while helping Joyce.

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Paul Reiser as Dr. Sam Owens (seasons 2 and 4; guest: season 3), a Department of Energy executive who replaces Brenner as director of Hawkins Laboratory. He is committed to scientific research yet empathetic to the residents of Hawkins, and he helps Hopper adopt Eleven as his legal daughter. He returns with Brenner in season 4 to help Eleven regain her powers and to protect her from government agents hunting her.

External links

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"Life Sketch: Begum Khaleda Zia". Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.

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Barbara Crossette (17 October 1993). "Conversations: Khaleda Zia; A Woman Leader for a Land That Defies Islamic Stereotypes". The New York Times.

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William Green; Alex Perry (10 April 2006). "We Have Arrested So Many". Time. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011.

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Alex Perry (3 April 2006). "Rebuilding Bangladesh". Time. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010.

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Khaleda Zia at IMDb

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TITLE: Stranger_Things

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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season is being released in three parts in November and December 2025. The show combines elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and coming-of-age drama.

Set in the 1980s, the series centers on the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, after a young girl with psychokinetic abilities, named Eleven, opens a gateway between Earth and a hostile alternate dimension known as the Upside Down at a nearby human experimentation facility. The cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Linda Hamilton.

The Duffer Brothers developed Stranger Things as a blend of investigative drama and supernatural horror with childlike wonder, infusing references to the popular culture of the 1980s. Several thematic and directorial elements were inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, David Lynch, Stephen King, Wes Craven, H. P. Lovecraft, and FromSoftware. The show also drew inspiration from Cold War-era experiments and conspiracy theories involving secret government programs.

Stranger Things has received critical acclaim throughout its run, with praise for its characterization, atmosphere, acting, directing, writing, and nostalgic homage to 1980s cinema, making it a hallmark of 1980s nostalgia. It has garnered many accolades. Stranger Things is a flagship series for Netflix, drawing record viewership with each season's release. The series has expanded into a media franchise, including an animated spin-off, Stranger Things: Tales from '85, and a 2023 West End prequel stage play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow. It has also inspired several books, comics, tie-in media, a pop-up shop, and a Dungeons and Dragons board game based on the series.

Overview

=================

Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. Hawkins is described (in Season 2) as, 'the town where nothing ever happens'.

The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but also secretly experiments with the paranormal and supernatural, sometimes with human test subjects. They inadvertently create a portal to an alternate dimension referred to as the Upside Down, whose presence begins to affect the residents of Hawkins in unusual ways.

The first season begins in November 1983 when Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down, dubbed the "Demogorgon". His mother, Joyce, Police Chief Jim Hopper, and a group of volunteers search for him. A young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and is found by Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair. Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will. Mike's older sister Nancy and Will's older brother Jonathan learn about the Demogorgon and the existence of the Upside Down.

The second season is set eleven months later, in October 1984. Will has been rescued, but he begins experiencing premonitions of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the Upside Down. When it is discovered that Will is still being affected by an entity from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn that anything connected to the dimension is part of a hive mind known as the Mind Flayer. Lucas earns the affection of new classmate Max Mayfield, while Dustin teams up with Nancy's ex-boyfriend Steve Harrington to fend off a horde of adolescent Demogorgons that soon threaten the rest of their friends.

The third season is set nine months later, in the days leading up to the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. The new Starcourt Mall becomes the center of attention for Hawkins residents. Hopper adopts Eleven and becomes increasingly concerned about her relationship with Mike. Dustin, Steve, and Steve's coworker Robin Buckley, along with Lucas's younger sister Erica, discover that a secret Soviet laboratory beneath Starcourt is attempting to reopen the gateway to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer possesses Max's stepbrother Billy Hargrove and begins creating physical vessels made of melted flesh to carry out its will.

The fourth season is set eight months later, in March 1986. The Byers family and a de-powered Eleven have moved to Lenora, California, for a fresh start. In Hawkins, a human banished to an alternate dimension —later dubbed Vecna—begins killing teenagers to open gates between the two worlds and targets Max as his next victim. To help Eleven regain her powers, Dr. Sam Owens takes her to a secure facility. Joyce and Murray Bauman travel to Russia to rescue Hopper from a Gulag in the Kamchatka region. Vecna reveals to Nancy and Eleven that he was the murderous first test subject at the Hawkins Laboratory who later took control of the Mind Flayer after being banished to an alternate dimension by Eleven.

The fifth and final season is set in the fall of 1987. The group seeks to find and kill Vecna after rifts open throughout Hawkins. Their mission turns complicated when the military arrives to hunt Eleven, and when Nancy and Mike's younger sister Holly is kidnapped by Vecna. The Upside Down is revealed to be a wormhole between Hawkins and another dimension known as the Abyss, created by Eleven in 1983. Vecna's goal is to merge the two worlds together via the Upside Down, using children as vessels to amplify his power. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approaches, the group prepares for a final confrontation.

Cast and characters

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Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, the mother of Will and Jonathan Byers. She is divorced from their father, Lonnie Byers. In season two, she dates her old high school classmate, Bob Newby, who is later killed by the demo-dogs. She and Hopper have feelings for each other.

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David Harbour as Jim Hopper, the chief of Hawkins Police Department. After his young daughter Sara died of cancer, Hopper divorced and lapsed into alcoholism. He becomes more responsible, saving Will Byers after he is taken in season 1, and adopting Eleven as his daughter. He and Joyce have feelings for each other.

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Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, middle child and the only son of Karen and Ted Wheeler, brother of Nancy and Holly, and one of Will Byers's three close friends. He is an intelligent and conscientious student and is committed to his friends. He develops romantic feelings for Eleven and later dates her.

-

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper ("El"), a girl with telepathic and psychokinetic abilities as a result of being one of Dr. Brenner's subjects from Hawkins National Laboratory. She escapes the lab and eventually becomes an adoptive daughter to Jim Hopper and takes his surname, and adjusts to living a normal life with the help of Mike (whom she later dates) and his friends.

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Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, one of Will Byers's friends. His cleidocranial dysplasia causes him to lisp. In the second season, he is proud of his new front teeth and is attracted to Max. In season 3, he gets a girlfriend, Suzie (portrayed by Gabriella Pizzolo), whom he met at Camp Know Where prior to the start of the season.

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Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, one of Will's friends. He is wary of Eleven but later befriends her. In season two, he is one of Max's love interests and eventually becomes her boyfriend in season three. He becomes more popular in season 4 as a result of joining the Hawkins High basketball team, which briefly puts him at odds with his regular friend group.

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Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, daughter of Karen and Ted and older sister of Mike and Holly. Studious and rule-abiding, Nancy finds another side of herself while investigating the Hawkins Lab and the death of her friend Barbara. In the first two seasons, she is the girlfriend of Steve Harrington but breaks up with him and then dates Jonathan Byers. She is an aspiring journalist.

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Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, the older brother of Will Byers and the son of Joyce Byers. He is a quiet and kind-hearted teenager, an outsider at school, and an aspiring photographer. He is close with his mother and brother, and he becomes the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler.

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Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, mother of Nancy, Mike, and Holly, who is mostly unaware of her children's activities.

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Matthew Modine as Dr. Martin Brenner (seasons 1 and 4; recurring: season 2), the scientist in charge of Hawkins Laboratory and training Eleven. Manipulative and remote, he and his team search for Eleven in season 1 after she escapes. He is referred to as "Papa" by Eleven. In season 4, he returns to help Eleven regain her powers and protects her from the government agents hunting her down.

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Noah Schnapp as Will Byers (season 2–present; recurring: season 1), the son of Joyce Byers and younger brother of Jonathan Byers. He is captured by a monster from the Upside Down in season 1. He later develops a connection to the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer due to his capture.

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Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield (season 2–present), Billy's younger stepsister and a tomboy who catches the attention of both Lucas and Dustin, eventually dating Lucas. In season 4, she becomes one of the teens targeted by Vecna, ultimately fighting him and ending up in a coma.

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Joe Keery as Steve Harrington (season 2–present; recurring: season 1), a popular high school student and the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler. He ostracizes Jonathan Byers but later befriends him. He and Nancy break up in season two but remain friends. He is known as the "babysitter" of the group, often left to look after the kids, particularly Dustin, with whom he forms a strong rapport.

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Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove (seasons 2–3; guest: season 4), Max's violent, unpredictable, and abusive older stepbrother. He challenges Steve's popularity. In season 3, he is controlled by the Mind Flayer and dies in the process.

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Sean Astin as Bob Newby (season 2; season 3–4: flashbacks), a former schoolmate of Joyce and Hopper who runs the Hawkins RadioShack. He is Joyce's boyfriend, putting him at odds with Hopper. He dies at the end of season 2 after being attacked by Demodogs while helping Joyce.

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Paul Reiser as Dr. Sam Owens (seasons 2 and 4; guest: season 3), a Department of Energy executive who replaces Brenner as director of Hawkins Laboratory. He is committed to scientific research yet empathetic to the residents of Hawkins, and he helps Hopper adopt Eleven as his legal daughter. He returns with Brenner in season 4 to help Eleven regain her powers and to protect her from government agents hunting her.