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Who Is Ted Wheeler From ‘Stranger Things’? Meet Mike and Nancy’s Dad Ahead of Season 5

Stranger Things season 5 will return in 2025, but ahead of the final season, Life & Style has a refresher on Ted Wheeler, the most oblivious dad in Hawkins.

Viewers watched Karen get ready for her date with Billy, but just before she left the house, she saw Ted and Holly cuddled up, asleep, in his recliner and realized she would be making a mistake. By the end of Stranger Things season 4, a giant portal had opened up in Hawkins due to Vecna ( Jamie Bower) and the Upside Down beginning to leak into the real world, but the local news bulletin Ted watched in the final episode blamed the mayhem on an earthquake. His consistent aloofness, near-total disengagement from his own family’s drama and his bizarre calm during town-wide chaos that has practically plagued Hawkins since season 3 have sparked a theory that he’s more than just a checked-out dad oblivious to what’s happening around him.

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