So, if you enjoy the kind of aimless theorizing that probably has little (if any) baring on the actual events of "Stranger Things" Season 2, please read on. Just a quick SPOILER WARNING: We will be talking about this first season in depth so if you haven't watched it yet, please do.

Chapter 1: What Could Happen

A Different Story Altogether
There hasn't been anything to explicitly suggest that it would follow a normal television cycle, with one season having any connection whatsoever to the previous season. Instead, it could adopt the anthology concept, so favored by Ryan Murphy and his confederates, wherein each season would be wholly different from each other, with only slight, tenuous connections between them. "Stranger Things" could do the same thing; Season 2 could be more hardcore, scarier, less whimsical. But how far away can you get from the core principles of "Stranger Things," the Spielbergian wonder and kitschy aesthetic, before it stops becoming "Stranger Things"? It doesn't seem as pliable a framework as, say, "American Horror Story." But we could be wrong.

Chapter 2: What Should Happen

One way of adding some retro bang, though, would be to hire big-name '80s directors behind the camera. "Dead of Summer," the Freeform series with a similar vibe, has gone out of its way to hire directors like Mick Garris (who helmed a number of King adaptations, including much of his '90s TV output), Ron Underwood (who directed "Tremors") and legendary filmmakers like John Landis ("An American Werewolf in Paris") and Joe Dante ("Gremlins"). (Even CBS's "Braindead" has hired people like Roger Corman acolyte Alan Arkush to helm episodes.) It would be another way of nodding to the past without explicitly referencing it.

More Episodes
It's never a good thing when shot-gunning an entire series in a single weekend feels easy. And yet "Stranger Things," with its clipped, eight-episode runtime, felt too short. When it comes back, it should have a few more episodes, or perhaps just longer ones. Those Stephen King miniseries sure were good (hey, "Kingdom Hospital" had 13 one-hour installments).

Chapter 3: Why It Doesn't Matter

Ultimately, though, what the second season of "Stranger Things" could (or should) be doesn't matter. The Duffer Brothers have let us into their wonderfully weird worldview and have done so brilliantly. This really is phenomenal entertainment, orchestrated by a pair of creative minds who understand the power (and danger) of nostalgia and have created something that will probably be seen as every bit as classic as what they were emulating.

So, "Stranger Things" Season 2, whenever it is and whatever form it takes, will be welcomed with open arms.