Spoilers, for anyone who hasn’t seen season one of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
Barb is back, and she ain’t happy.
The internet’s current favorite dowdy redhead from “Stranger Things” got to confront her abandoners in a sketch from Wednesday’s “Tonight Show,” though head writer A.D. Miles replaced original Barb Shannon Purser.
Jock Steve, played by Fallon instead of Jean Ralphio lookalike Joe Keery, brings Barb down to the basement, where preteen boys Dustin (Gaten Matazarro), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and a surprisingly whole Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) are playing Dungeons and Dragons.
“What the f—?” she yells at the assembled “Stranger Things” boys. “There were two people down there, and you rescued one of ‘em,” she says, flipping them the bird.
One of the more surprising elements of the “Stranger Things” internet phenomenon was the outpouring of love for Barb, best friend of Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer).
When practical Barb was taken by the Monster into the Upside Down, and then later revealed to be dead, it inspired the #JusticeforBarb topic on Twitter.
11 Summer TV Winners and Losers: From 'Stranger Things' to 'Mr Robot' (Photos)
As the summer of 2016 draws to a close, some TV shows that debuted this season will live on in our minds for years, while others fade into obscurity. TheWrap looks back on some of the best and worst shows of the summer.
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Winner: "Stranger Things" This Netflix series from the Duffer brothers didn't have a lot of buzz going in, but once it dropped it was all anyone could talk about for weeks. The mix of '80s nostalgia and spine-tingling thrills and chills made the show a hit. Add a scene-stealing turn from Winona Ryder and the top-notch young cast and you've got fans already clamoring for more.
Loser: "BrainDead" CBS' newest summer series came in with plenty of buzz. Created by Robert and Michelle King -- the team behind "The Good Wife" -- the show promised to be a smart look at DC insiders through the lens of an alien invasion sci-fi series. But the show's ratings have been disappointing to say the least, averaging less than 3 million viewers per episode thus far.
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Winner: "Orange Is the New Black" The Netflix prison dramedy returned in fine form in Season 4, generating laughs and tears in equal measure. The show also stirred plenty of controversy when it killed off a fan favorite and gave characters played by Natasha Lyonne and Lori Petty incredibly memorable story arcs.
Loser: Viacom This has been a horrible summer for Viacom, one that mercifully may be on the upswing following the official ousting of Philippe Dauman. And that's not the only key turnover at the publicly traded company. In addition to all that boardroom drama, Larry Wilmore was let go from his Comedy Central show after just 18 months. Then there was that whole weird thing with "Inside Amy Schumer" ... let's just hope Trevor Noah improves.
Winner: NBC NBC did exactly what executives said it would -- the broadcaster overtook CBS to become top dog in the 52-week TV season, thanks to the Rio Olympics. While the Summer Games didn't blow Nielsen away, they did exactly that to the competition. It wouldn’t be fair to peg NBC's entire summer on just two weeks, since series like "America's Got Talent" and "American Ninja Warrior" shined for far longer.
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Loser: HBO HBO had another great Emmy season, with more nominations than ever for "Game of Thrones," but it was a rocky road for its latest big prestige project hope, "The Night Of," which didn't exactly become the next "True Detective." Fellow summer series "Vice Principals" also failed to make much of an impact.
Winner: Justin Baldoni While The CW made a breakout star out of "Jane The Virgin's" Gina Rodriguez, it's also made a winner out of her co-star Justin Baldoni, who's gotten to see his passion project "My Last Days" not only run on the network's streaming service CW Seed, but become a primetime TV show as well.
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Loser: "Mr. Robot" Despite the USA series garnering four Emmy nominations, its second season has failed to generate the same buzz as the first. The ratings for Season 2 are about half of what Season 1 generated. Some Emmy wins and delayed viewing may boost it down the road, but for now this one falls in the loser column.
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Winner: Fox News Fox News Channel should have been a huge loser this summer, as former CEO and chairman Roger Ailes stepped down in amid sexual harassment claims. However, viewers tell a different story and Fox has continued to dominate cable news ratings despite the on-going turmoil surrounding Ailes.
Winner: ABC Game Shows ABC dominated the summer with the surprise hit "Celebrity Family Feud," and the network expanded that strategy by adding revivals of three other classic game shows, "Match Game," "$100,000 Pyramid" and "To Tell the Truth" to the line-up this year.
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Winner: NBA Well, we got a seven-game championship series -- it was just a weird journey along the way, complete with a key suspension for Draymond Green's below-the-belt obsession. Not that ABC's complaining, of course -- especially after that traditional fall TV season.
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TheWrap reveals which networks boasted the biggest hits of the summer, and which landed duds or off-screen drama
As the summer of 2016 draws to a close, some TV shows that debuted this season will live on in our minds for years, while others fade into obscurity. TheWrap looks back on some of the best and worst shows of the summer.
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