When Netflix series Stranger Things returns for its third season, you can be sure all the elements we've come to expect will be there: the return of the Shadow Monster, the Upside Down, and more adventures with our scrappy teenage heroes.

This time around, waffle-loving Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is off school enjoying the summer of 1985. But some things may surprise audiences.

Eleven is dating Mike (Finn Wolfhard); Max (Sadie Sink) is dating Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and there may even be a budding romance between Eleven's adoptive father, Hopper (David Harbour), and Joyce (Winona Ryder).

"At its heart, this is the summer of love on Stranger Things," David tells TV WEEK on the Atlanta set. "Everybody gets to wear cute clothes and fall in love, [but] there is still that horrible sci-fi element underneath."

Finn admits Mike has a lot more on his mind than the Shadow Monster this season.

"Eleven and Mike are in the honeymoon phase of middle-school dating and we've started kissing," he teases.