‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Details Are Revealed by Cast and Creators

The mystery of “Stranger Things” star Winona Ryder’s bizarre facial expressions at this year’s SAG Awards may still remain unsolved (well, mostly, anyway), but plot details for the second season of the Netflix series are being revealed by the show’s creators and cast members.

First off, the season will pick up almost a year after the events of the first run, perhaps appropriately on Halloween.

[...] it seems like he’s having some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Will’s mother Joyce (played by Ryder), meanwhile, has taken up with a former high-school classmate named Bob (played by “The Goonies” alum Sean Astin), and attempting to bring some sense of normalcy to her distraught family, according to Ryder.