If you spent an intact weekend geeking out overStranger Thingsthis summer , then chance are you haveplentyofunanswered questionsabout the show ’s many lingering mysteries . And while you likely wo n’t notice out about the origins of the Upside Down , for instance , untilseason two drop cloth next year , a newSaturday Night Liveparody sketch dig some rather pointed fun at one of your grownup question : what the snake pit happened to Lucas Sinclair ’s family line ?
The cartoon start withStranger Thingscreators , the Duffer Brothers , admitting to the " little oversight " of omitting the character ’s family – well , besidesthat top-notch legal brief appearanceduring a funeral scene . But it turn over out Lucas ' parents ( dally by Leslie Jones and Kenan Thomspson ) have actually been trying to incur him for days and they are not felicitous about it . Although Lucas ( Sasheer Zamata ) , Dustin ( Lin - Manuel Miranda ) , and Mike ( Kyle Mooney ) attempt to explain the peril they all face from the Upside Down and the Demogorgon , the adults only become increasingly fishy .
" It ’s like the normal public , but scarier and there ’s peril at every tour , " Lucas enjoin of the colored other public , to which his mom pointedly responds , " Baby , citizenry who bet like us already inhabit in the Upside Down . "
Eleven ( Kate McKinnon ) only makes things worse by using her powers to block Mr. Sinclair in place , but it ’s the sudden appearance of Police Chief Hopper that truly startles them , which basically caps off the survey ’s humorous commentary on systemic racial discrimination . But the sketch is better watch than explain , so check it out in the clip indicate above . Oh , and do n’t pretermit Eleven ’s chemical reaction to a box seat of Eggo waffle . It ’s just large .
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