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  "path": "/2026/tv/reviews/stranger-things-tales-from-85-review-animated-spinoff-1236728076/",
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  "textContent": "Most spinoffs expand their flagship shows in a direction. That direction could be forward, following a beloved character past the events of the original story, á la “Frasier”; it could be backward, fleshing out the origins of a person or place with pre-established significance, the approach taken by both current “Game of Thrones” offshoots. It […]",
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