Notice: This story comprises spoilers from “Stranger Issues” Season 5, Quantity 2.
Eight is again — and so is actress Linnea Berthelsen.
Precisely eight (ha) years after showing in “Stranger Issues 2,” Berthelsen returns to the hit Netflix sci-fi sequence as Kali Prasad. The newly-released “Stranger Issues 5” Quantity 2 teases an enormous function for Eight within the present’s finale.
However who’s the actress behind this character, and what’s Eight’s total function in “Stranger Issues’” previous and future? Learn on to search out out.
Who’s Linnea Berthelsen?
Linnea Berthelsen is a comparatively unknown actor who has gained recognition for her function in “Stranger Issues.” Born in India and raised in in Denmark, Berthelsen began her profession by showing in quite a lot of brief movies together with “Mirrors,” “Teenland” and “Natskygge.”
In 2017, Berthelsen gained recognition for her function in “Stranger Issues” as Eleven’s sister, Kali Prasad (also referred to as Eight). Berthelsen appeared in three episodes of “Stranger Issues’” second season, together with the notorious episode “The Misplaced Sister.”
Exterior of “Stranger Issues,” Berthelsen hasn’t appeared in a lot. The actress, did, nonetheless, star in 4 episodes of the sci-fi sequence “Devs.” “Devs” was created, written and directed by Alex Garland, whose cinematic credit embody “28 Days Later,” “Ex Machina,” “Annihilation,” “Civil Battle” and, quickly, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.” Berthelsen appeared within the acclaimed sequence, a couple of software program engineer investigating the mysterious demise of her boyfriend, as Jen, the coworker and companion of the present’s principal character, Lily.
Who’s Eight?
Kali Prasad is a “sister” of Eleven’s, with each having been basically raised by Dr. Martin Brenner as check topics at Hawkins Lab. Whereas Eleven developed telekinetic and telepathic skills, Eight’s powers give her the power to trigger hallucinations and psychic manipulations.
Earlier than being taken to Hawkins Lab, the Rainbow Room and a lifetime of experimentation, Kali grew up in London, the place she was kidnapped on the age of 5. Finally, Kali escaped the lab, becoming a member of up with a gang to kill the individuals who ruined her life.
Kali’s previous grew to become the middle of the “Stranger Issues 2” episode “The Misplaced Sister,” the place Eleven joins up with the gang and (as Hopper factors out in “Stranger Issues 5” Quantity 2) learns the phrase “bitchin’.” The episode was controversial for being an enormous diversion from the primary storyline of the present’s second season.
What’s Eight’s function in “Stranger Issues 5”?
All through the primary quantity of “Stranger Issues 5,” Hopper and Eleven tried to interrupt right into a room within the Upside Down the place they thought Vecna was being held by the navy. Within the navy base, they uncover that who they thought could be Vecna is definitely Eight, held captive by Dr. Kay (Linda Hamilton) and her staff. It’s the primary time that Kali (and Linnea Berthelsen) has appeared within the present since “Stranger Issues 2.”
Eleven and Hopper carry Kali with them out of the Upside Down, with Hopper and Kali butting heads over Eleven’s function on the planet to return. After being kidnapped by the navy for a second time, Kali stays aggressive and vindictive, trying to enlist Eleven to assist her cease their actions for good.
Within the penultimate episode of “Stranger Issues” (and the ultimate episode of the fifth season’s second quantity), Kali makes a plan with Eleven that entails the 2 of them sacrificing themselves after they destroy the Upside Down. This, Kali surmises, would preserve the navy and authorities from ever having the ability to create extra superpowered kids, as dropping each Henry Creel and Eleven would destroy their two strongest entities.
It’s unclear what function Kali will play within the ultimate episode, although it appears clear that she has no intention of permitting Eleven to stay if it means placing extra kids at risk. This can doubtless result in a confrontation between Kali and Hopper, whose sole objective this season has been preserving Eleven protected and alive.
Followers must wait till New 12 months’s Eve to see if Hopper is on a idiot’s errand within the ultimate episode of “Stranger Issues.”
