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#StrangerThings4 offers the deepest insight yet into Max, Sadie Sink’s character.

“Season 4 is when we really dive into the immense amount of pain that she’s in as a result of Billy’s death and the grief that she’s processing,” says Sink. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Everyone has different coping mechanisms, and for some opening up to others is really helpful,” Sink explains. “It could be helpful to Max, but it doesn’t operate like that for her. It’s easier to just avoid the conversation altogether.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

Max channels her feelings into music instead, inspiring a revival of interest in Kate Bush’s classic “Running Up That Hill.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Running Up That Hill” can be heard through Max’s Walkman. The emotional lead single off Bush’s fifth studio album, “Hounds of Love,” continues to play a key role as Max’s favorite song in subsequent scenes of the series, which is set in the 1980s. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Also back for #StrangerThings4 is Hopper, and nobody’s gladder than David Harbour, who wants to peel back the layers of the character and reveal “the hero that you’ve always wanted him to be” (as long as he survives this season, that is). latimes.com/entertainment-…

David Harbour: “This season, and especially the first seven episodes, is his dark night of the Soul... He’s had a certain joie de vivre or a certain Harrison Ford carefree-ness to all of it. And I think here is a season where we don’t see as much of that.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

After 3 years, what has changed for #StrangerThings?

For one, the cast is older and facing a new threat: adulthood. @LorraineAli explains how Season 4 succeeds by treating adolescence as the torturous experience it is for those who don’t fit in. latimes.com/entertainment-…