The Duffer Brothers Had Too Many Good Ideas For STRANGER THINGS Season Two

In a new interview with Mashable, Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy says the show's second season is packed full of fresh ideas. So many, in fact, that the decision was made to save some of them for the show's all-but-guaranteed third season.

Says Levy:

“As the episodes were written by (the Duffer Brothers), they realized that there was too much story for nine episodes. So it forced us to be judicious in which stories we tell this season. So one of the surprises was, not all of our grand ideas are going to be serviced in one season…If we had 40 ideas going into the season, 30 (we) are going to pick, and the rest go in the back of our head for, hopefully, future chapters."

Levy then goes on to explain that all invovled were very determined to strike the right balance between character, spectacle and plot:

“As much density of story as our show has, we have to service the characters — and the moments and relationships between characters — above everything. If we stop being character-anchored, and we become pure genre, I think we take the beating heart out of Stranger Things, and we take the thing that people maybe don’t write articles about the most, but I think it’s what they love the most — these characters on screen.”

If you're a Stranger Things fan (it me, and I'm not sorry), all of the above probably sounds pretty good to you! If you're a Stranger Things hater, on the other hand, you're probably wondering where "relentless nostalgia porn" fits into Levy's carefully-balanced calculations. Everybody wins!

At this time, precious little is known about Stranger Things' second season, but rest assured we're keeping our eye on it and will report back to you whenever new updates roll in. Until then, feel free to tear one another apart over liking or disliking the Duffer Brothers' show in the comments section below.