Stranger Things season 4 volume 1 released on Netflix on May 27, 2022, and took a deep dive into Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) past. The series opens up with a flashback of Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) experimenting on children in 1979. This confirms that Eleven is not the only child who had telekinetic powers in Hawkins Lab. There are a handful of kids who participate in exercises every day to increase their telekinetic abilities.
A much younger Eleven struggles to fit in with the other children in Hawkins Lab and is ostracized by them. Her struggle to control her powers makes her look weak to them. However, in reality, she is the strongest out of all the children, which Brenner knows. While the flashbacks are exciting and confirm more telekinetic children, it also sadly explains why Eleven was the only child with powers to be discovered.
In 1979, a mysterious incident occurs that kills every single child in Hawkins Lab, with the exception of Eleven. The staff members are killed, too, with only Brenner and Eleven surviving. This is why Eleven would later appear to be Brenner’s only test subject. However, while the flashbacks explain what happened to the other children, it doesn’t explain what happened to 008/Kali (Linnea Berthelsen).
Who is 008?
Viewers will recall in season 2 that there was one other child with telekinetic powers who was still alive. The season opens up with a young girl in Pennsylvania, who has an 008 tattoo on her arm. She has psychic powers that allow her to make other people see things. However, she’s not using her powers for good means and instead uses them to form a criminal gang that robs banks.
Meanwhile, Eleven, tired of being holed up in Jim Hopper’s (David Harbour) house, leaves in search of her mother, Terry Ives (Aimee Mullins). When she meets her, they are able to communicate telepathically and Eleven discovers her memories of Kali. Realizing she has a “sister” who was also experimented on by Brenner, Eleven sets out to find her. Eventually, the two meet each other in Chicago and Eleven temporarily joins their gang.
However, Eleven doesn’t agree with Kali and the gang’s thirst for vengeance against Brenner and all who worked for him. She ends up departing from the group and returning to Hawkins to save her friends.
What happened to 008?
The last we see of Kali is episode 7 of season 2, where she escapes the police with her gang and Eleven leaves. However, she is mentioned in season 4 by Peter Ballard (Jamie Campbell Bower). In a flashback, he has a conversation with Eleven and briefly mentions Kali isn’t present at the lab at that time. This means she escaped from Hawkins Lab before the massacre, hence, why she’s still alive. She has not been physically present, though, since season 2 so her whereabouts are unknown.
Will Kali return in Stranger Things season 4 volume 2?
The reason Kali’s story is important, is because Stranger Things seems to be building up to her return. Kali was special—the only child with unique psychic powers. All of the other children in Hawkins Labs seem to be practically clones of 001 and all have the same telekinetic powers as him. However, Kali is the only one who can create projections and hallucinations with her mind. She can conjure up visuals of spiders, walls, or even make herself and others appear invisible.
The only other one who seems to have this mind manipulation power is Vecna. It has never been explained why Kali’s powers are different, but the similarities to Vecna can’t be a coincidence. This could mean she is either connected to Vecna or that her powers are the key to stopping him.
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Stranger Things Season 4 is arguably the best season of the show so far, according to fans, but there’s one character fans are concerned about.
We provide a recap on who 008 is, reveal what fans are saying about the character’s possible appearance in Season 4 Part 2, and provide an episode guide.
Created by The Duffer Brothers for Netflix, the science-fiction horror drama Stranger Things first premiered in 2016 starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Natalia Dyer, and many more in a narrative set in the 80s town of Hawkings, Indiana where the disappearance of a boy triggers a chain of supernatural events.
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Who is 008 and what happened to her?
Kali Prasad, also known as 008, was introduced during Stranger Things Season 2 Episode 7 and is played by Linnea Berthelsen.
While Eleven was in Chicago, she bonded with 008 as they were both kids involved in the experiments within Hawkins Lab and Kali taught Eleven how to unlock the potential of her powers. Kali’s powers included the ability to create realistic visions and make others hallucinate.
Despite being one of the kids involved in the experiments, fans pointed out that Kali was not included in the flashbacks we saw during Season 4, leaving some to believe that she will appear in Season 4 Part 2.
The last we saw of Kali was in the same episode she appeared in, where her and the gang disappeared after dodging the police and saying goodbye to Eleven.
Stranger Things fans believe 008 will show up in Season 4 Part 2
One fan admitted that they couldn’t remember much from Season 2, especially the episode featuring 008, which could explain why she has become somewhat of a forgotten character:
Another fan shared the theory that 008 is going to be in Part 2 of Season 4, possibly the episode where Vecna is defeated:
Lastly, this fan stated they were confused after seeing all the kids dead in the lab but wondered where 008 was during this event:
How many episodes are in Stranger Things Season 4?
Stranger Things Season 4 Part 2 will release on Netflix on Friday, July 1, 2022.
The first seven episodes of Season 4 aired within Part 1 and Part 2 will only consist of two episodes to conclude the penultimate outing.
Season 5 has also already been confirmed and will serve as the show’s final season, much to the fans’ disappointment.
Below is an episode guide to Season 4 Part 1 and the titles of the last two episodes in Part 2:
- Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
- Chapter Two: Vecna’s Curse
- Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero
- Chapter Four: Dear Billy
- Chapter Five: The Nina Project
- Chapter Six: The Dive
- Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
PART TWO
- Chapter Eight: Papa
- Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
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Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 is now streaming on Netflix.
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