--- title: Stephen King Died Laughing at This Stranger Things Line description: If you thought the breakout star of Stranger Things season 3 was Erica Sinclair (Priah Ferguson), then you're in good company. canonical: https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-15T21:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:54:16.009Z og:title: This Stranger Things Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing og:description: Let's have a round of applause for Erica Sinclair og:url: https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb355f5227d04f312/698a001f97cdff000a6b943c/erica-stranger-things-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Erica Stranger Things og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Stranger Things Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing twitter:description: Let's have a round of applause for Erica Sinclair twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb355f5227d04f312/698a001f97cdff000a6b943c/erica-stranger-things-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This _Stranger Things_ Season 3 Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing > Sponsored content. 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If you thought the fan favorite of _Stranger Things_ season 3 was [Erica Sinclair](https://time.com/5617287/stranger-things-3-ending-explained/) (Priah Ferguson), then you’re in good company. Stephen King apparently laughed so hard at one of Erica’s perfectly timed one-liners that he fell out of his chair. The author — whose own work is [frequently referenced](https://time.com/5610388/stranger-things-3-references/) by showrunners [Matt and Ross Duffer](https://time.com/4985669/stranger-things-cast-duffer-brothers/) — took to Twitter on Sunday to share his reaction to Erica’s on-point summation of Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Steve (Joe Keery) and [Robin’s (Maya Hawke)](https://time.com/5622831/stranger-things-3-robin-maya-hawke/) idea to have her crawl through Starcourt Mall’s air vents to infiiltrate the Russians’ storage locker. “STRANGER THINGS: ‘Commence Operation Child Endangerment.’ I fell off my chair,” he tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1150498768015560704) Considering the fact that the storage locker ended up being an elevator that trapped the group in a top-secret underground lab complete with a gate to the Upside Down, Erica was exactly right. But hey, not only did everyone in the Scoops Troop end up surviving the season, they also played a critical role in defeating the Mind-Flayer monster. 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