Published Apr 26, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT And it makes for the best episode of the cartoon spinoff Dustin (L) and Steve (R) bonding. Netflix Sign in to your Polygon.com account During the second season of Stranger Things , one of the best new elements introduced was the unlikely friendship between Dustin Henderson ( Gaten Matarazzo ) and Steve Harrington ( Joe Keery ). But like so much else in the show’s final season , this bond was robbed of its charm. Fortunately, one of the episodes of the new animated Stranger Things spinoff, Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 , brings Dustin and Steve's bromance back to the forefront, allowing for a delightful reminder of why these two clicked in the first place. When Stranger Things began, Dustin and Steve were seemingly opposite characters. Dustin was an excitable science nerd while Steve was a perfect-haired popular jock, but the second season found them both in vulnerable places.…