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Erica Sinclair, portrayed by Priah Ferguson, is a main character in Stranger Things, being introduced in the second season as a recurring role before being promoted to the main cast from the third season onward. She is the younger sister of Lucas Sinclair. In 1984, she spent the months of October and November tormenting her brother, making fun of his Ghostbusters costume, touching his radio and action figures without his permission, and teasing his crush on Max Mayfield. In the summer of 1985, following the town's Starcourt Mall opening, Erica would spend her days with her posse of friends harassing Robin Buckley and Steve Harrington for free ice cream samples at the mall's ice cream parlor, Scoops Ahoy. She is soon asked by Steve, Robin, and Lucas' best friend Dustin Henderson to climb through the mall's vents to investigate the mall's supplies that withhold Russian weapons. Erica agrees in exchange from free ice cream for life. This simple task proves to be anything but, as the quartet discover a large Russian base underneath the mall attempting to open a portal to another dimension, a portal she discovers her brother and friends have battled to keep closed for the last two years. While assisting Dustin, she soon discovers that she holds nerd-like qualities with her love of My Little Pony, politics, and skills in math. Though Erica is initially in denial, Dustin tells her to embrace her nerdy nature. After escaping the base, she soon assists her brother and friends stopping the Mind Flayer. Three months later, Erica is given Dungeons & Dragons sets by Dustin and Lucas. In the spring of 1986, Erica's skills at Dungeons & Dragons rival those of the Hawkins High teens. When Lucas's basketball games interfere with Hellfire Club, Mike and Dustin are desperate to find a substitute player — and Erica may just be the dark horse they need. Later, she is informed of an entity called Vecna murdering teens around Hawkins where she joined her friends and brother in attempting to murder Vecna. After a brief scuffle with members of the Hawkins High basketball team at the old Creel House, Erica and her friends were able to fend off Vecna, but were unable to prevent four gates to the Upside Down being opened. In the aftermath, Erica and Lucas visit Max Mayfield in the hospital as she placed in a coma, following their encounter with Vecna before witnessing particles from the Upside Down falling down into the town of Hawkins.
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Barbara Robinson
for Barbara Robinson in Never Flinch
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When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guilty” in “an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,” Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard—a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness. Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.
