One of many ongoing mysteries inside Stranger Things is the identification of Eleven’s father. To this point, viewers have seen her organic mom, Terry Ives, in addition to Dr. Brenner, whom Eleven known as “Papa.” Nevertheless, it’s not clear if Dr. Brenner really is her father. Curiously, a Stranger Issues tie-in novel, Suspicious Minds, urged a special particular person totally. Who is the lacking piece in Eleven’s household tree?
[Spoiler alert: The following story may contain spoilers for Stranger Things Seasons 1-3 and Suspicious Minds.]
Some followers theorize that Dr. Brenner actually is Eleven’s organic father
In Seasons 1 and a pair of, items of Eleven’s origin story began coming collectively. Viewers realized that Eleven’s (performed by Millie Bobby Brown) actual identify was Jane and that Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) experimented on her at Hawkins Laboratory till she developed supernatural powers.
Eleven’s mom, Terry Ives (Aimee Mullins), tried to rescue her daughter from Dr. Brenner’s clutches, however he captured Terry and experimented on her till she turned mentally unstable. Nevertheless, she did develop related powers to her daughter.
Stranger Issues appeared to recommend that Dr. Brenner solely branded himself as Eleven’s “Papa.” Nevertheless, some followers imagine {that a} organic connection between the 2 may very well exist. As one fan on Reddit identified, Stranger Issues confirmed pictures of Terry and Dr. Brenner collectively, seemingly indicating that they knew one another earlier than the experiments started.
Dr. Brenner may have been Terry’s love curiosity and the beginning father of her child. Granted, he will not be the finest father, however a father nonetheless.
Sadly, the scientist was presumed useless in season 1, so followers by no means heard him share any extra particulars in regards to the experiments. Nevertheless, it’s rumored that Dr. Brenner will return in Stranger Issues Season 4, so maybe he’ll make clear the identification of Eleven’s beginning father.
A ‘Stranger Things’ novel names Eleven’s father as Andrew Wealthy
Gwenda Bond’s 2019 Stranger Issues novel Suspicious Minds acted as a prequel to season 1. Happening in the summertime of 1969, the guide revealed that Terry volunteered to take part within the Hawkins Lab experiments whereas she was in faculty. On the time, she apparently had a boyfriend named Andrew Wealthy and have become pregnant together with his youngster. Nevertheless, Andrew was drafted into the Vietnam Struggle and died earlier than he may meet Jane.
The guide depicted Terry’s time in Hawkins Lab as she tried to uncover the federal government’s secrets and techniques. As Screen Rant famous, the guide did create some plotholes relating to timelines and different components revealed in Stranger Issues, so it might not have been totally canon. However, at the least followers can have a model of the story the place Eleven’s father is not shrouded in thriller.
Eleven’s adoptive father Hopper will return in ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4
Followers could not but know who Eleven’s organic father is, however one factor is sure: her adoptive father will return. On the finish of season 3, Hopper (David Harbour) sacrificed himself to save lots of Hawkins and was presumed useless. Nevertheless, a Stranger Issues Season 4 teaser, seen above, later revealed that he one way or the other survived and ended up at a Russian jail.
Harbour has teased a number of instances that the brand new season will showcase Hopper’s epic return to Hawkins. In a July 2021 interview with Collider, the actor revealed that followers would see a really totally different model of Hopper in season 4.
“He’s been, as we’ve seen, he’s in this Russian prison, so we get to reinvent him in a sense,” Harbour mentioned. “He gets to have a rebirth from what he had become, and we’d always sort of planned this almost resurrection of you have Gandalf dies, Gandalf the [White] re-emerge, and I’m really interested in this resurgence of him.”
It’s not clear but what will likely be in retailer for Stranger Issues Season 4, however hopefully, followers will obtain the solutions they’ve been in search of relating to Eleven’s beginning dad and mom. Even when the reality of her father is by no means revealed, it is going to doubtless be comforting to know that she’ll have Hopper in her life once more.
