Life imitates art. After season 2, Bob Newby the hero and Dr. Owens the good scientist are gone. Chief Hopper tries to be a parent and fails to get the kids to follow his orders. The kids do what they want, then all start fighting. Elsewhere, the evil Russians apparently have been around a while. They finally release the mind flayer, who gets a long-haired surfer kid to lead his invasion.
Yeah, Will Farrell as a cackling Russian general seems about right.
This game was definitely a strange thing. We had 78 seconds of joy, followed by 30 minutes of bunkering, followed by 13 minutes of utter disaster, followed by a couple of minutes of recovery.