"Stranger Things" season four [1], volume one is set to hit Netflix on May 27, and we can't help but feel a little nostalgic for season one. When the first season premiered on the streamer way back in 2016, Millie Bobby Brown [2], Finn Wolfhard [3], Gaten Matarazzo [4], Caleb McLaughlin [5], Natalia Dyer [6], Charlie Heaton [7], Joe Keery [8], and Noah Schnapp [9] were new to the spotlight, but they quickly made us fall in love with the unruly group of preteens and teenagers who call Hawkins, IN, home.
In later seasons, they were joined by Sadie Sink [10], Priah Ferguson, and Maya Hawke [11], and the cast was anchored by incredible performances from Winona Ryder [12] and David Harbour [13].
Brown was only 12 when the first season premiered, and she opened up to Jimmy Fallon [14] about how her personal journey and the journey of her character, Eleven, mirror each other. "The main part and the slogan of this storyline is it's the beginning of the end," Brown explained. "We really have to dig deep into her beginning and how she became who she is with the people around her, and how to gain that autonomy and become this woman on her own. So this storyline this season really digs into that." In the new season, Eleven is also dealing with the loss of powers [15].
Netflix has already announced that "Stranger Things" season five [16] will be the last go around for the beloved characters, and Brown told Fallon that the new episodes will have "lots of answers" but also "lots of crying, lots of laughing." Grab a tissue box, and take a journey back in time with us as we revisit the "Stranger Things [17]" cast then and now.
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Finn Wolfhard [19] as Mike Wheeler (centre) with Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (left) and Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield (right)
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair (centre) with Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (left) and Finn Wolfhard [20] as Mike Wheeler (right)
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (left) with Finn Wolfhard [21] as Mike Wheeler (centre) and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair (right)
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (left) with Finn Wolfhard [22] as Mike Wheeler (right)
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers (right) with Finn Wolfhard [23] as Mike Wheeler (left) and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven (centre)
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in "Stranger Things" Season 2
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield (right) with Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (left)
Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair in "Stranger Things" Season 2
Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair in "Stranger Things" Season 3
Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair (left) with Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson (centre) and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair (right)
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in "Stranger Things" Season 4
From left to right: Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers (centre) with Joe Keery as Steve Harrington (left) and Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler (right)
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers (centre) with Noah Schnapp as Will Byers (left) and Finn Wolfhard [24] as Mike Wheeler (right)
Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in "Stranger Things" Season 3
Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in "Stranger Things" Season 4
Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 1
Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers in "Stranger Things" Season 4
David Harbour as Jim Hopper in "Stranger Things" Season 1
David Harbour as Jim Hopper in "Stranger Things" Season 4
