The fourth season starts off with Dr. Martin Brenner’s unusually meticulous morning routine. It’s September 8, 1979 and back at the Hawkins National Laboratories. Dr. Brenner walks into the Rainbow Room and directs his attention to 010. He sits down next to the boy, asking him if he’d like to do lessons.
All is calm. Eerie, but calm.
If you’re unfamiliar with Stranger Things, let us get you up to speed. You’ve been transported back to the ’80s, surrounded by teenagers with little-to-no parent supervision (latch-key children at their finest) and there’s a girl with supernatural powers with an affinity for eggo waffles. With a whiff of nostalgia and a whole lot of confusion, it’s a thriller sci-fi thriller that’ll have you hooked. If you don’t like to be on the edge of your seat and enjoy a really solid plot line, that’s fine too. Also big thing to note, people die in this series. It’s not a happy-go-lucky series. It’s a far cry away from Sweet Magnolia, but still a respectful distance away from Squid Game.
Without spoiling too much further, in the first season there were 10 deaths total. In the opening scenes of the fourth season, there are 15 dead bodies shown. It’s simple math, but that’s 50% more deaths in one scene than the entire first season combined.
It appears that the kids at Hawkins High aren’t the only part of Stranger Things that have grown; so have the filter counts. There are 232 counts of language in the first season. 585 in the fourth. 115 counts of violence/blood/gore in the first season. 538 in the fourth.
Now, if you’ve watched the first season, you know you didn’t sign up to watch The Baby-Sitters Club, although Steve might disagree. This isn’t your typical teenybopper, gather the family for an uplifting movie night classic kind of series. You’ll be on the edge of your seat with cliff-hangers at the end of each riveting episode. So much so, if this IS your cup of tea, you’ll be asking for seconds.
Just because you enjoyed the first season, doesn’t mean you signed up for twice as much profanity and gore just to know what happens next. Find out what’s next, without ALL 585 counts of language and 538 counts of violence.
Critics and viewers across the board have asked for a show-stopping fourth season, and the Duffer Brothers delivered ten-fold. It has shattered all previous VidAngel records, making it the most-watched TV series on our site. Watch the entire series of Stranger Things now with VidAngel!
I’m confused, this seems to imply that the filters would be up to “watch the finale of Stranger Things Season 4 on VidANgel today!” There still aren’t filters for the finale, just the episode before it. Can we expect filters for the finale soon?
We apologize for the wait and are so grateful for your patience! At the time we published this article, the first half of the finale/Volume 2 was live on VidAngel. The 9th episode took longer than anticipated. We have the 9th episode available now on VidAngel! 🙂
Why aren’t the pool/swimsuits scenes filtered out on season 3?
Our Filter Guidelines were developed to give you the best filtering options, while still preserving as much of the movie flow as possible. We do our best to ensure the plot and the storyline remain as close to what the creators intended, and that the movie flows as smoothly as possible, even with filters.
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For example, much of the plot would be lost if we removed all immodesty from a period drama such as Bridgerton or Outlander. The wardrobe reflects the time period and can be considered immodest by some. Because of how filtering every scene with an immodest dress would affect the storyline, we did not create filters for all instances that have a character in an immodest dress.
Baywatch is another example. This movie is about people swimming and wearing swimwear. We created 180 immodesty filters, but the movie will still show people in swimsuits.