Netflix's Stranger Things spinoff Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 will return much sooner than many fans may have guessed. The show’s second season drops on Sept. 17, just a few months after the first season, which aired on April 23. The news release announcing this return date provides the following description of what’s to come: “With Valentine’s Day on the way, the gang must uncover the truth behind ghostly apparitions and a swarm of strange creatures causing chaos around town.”