As Season 2 begins, you can see <The Terminator> on the Hawkins theater marquee! This confirms the <Stranger Things> setting of October 1984. In Season 2, Episode 2, Eleven watches a TV commercial for <The Terminator>. The assassin Grigori in Season 3 exudes the vibe of Arnold Schwarzenegger's machine-like presence from the Terminator. And finally, in Season 5, the production team cast Linda Hamilton, the warrior from <The Terminator>! The <Stranger Things> creators are definitely successful fanboys.