--- ---  # This _Stranger Things_ Season 3 Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 15, 2019 9:00 PM UTC  Stranger Things Stranger ThingsNetflix  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 15, 2019 9:00 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for [_Stranger Things_ season 3](https://time.com/5617328/stranger-things-season-3-review/). 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. Child endangerment or not, we call that a success. Stephen King Died Laughing at This Stranger Things Line ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/"},"headline":"This Stranger Things Season 3 Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing","datePublished":"2019-07-15T21:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:31.543Z","description":"Let's have a round of applause for Erica Sinclair","url":"https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Stephen King","TV","Stranger Things","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb355f5227d04f312/698a001f97cdff000a6b943c/erica-stranger-things-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb355f5227d04f312/698a001f97cdff000a6b943c/erica-stranger-things-season-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Erica Stranger Things","caption":"Erica Stranger Things","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5626843/stranger-things-3-stephen-king-tweet/","name":"This Stranger Things Season 3 Line Made Stephen King Fall Out of His Chair Laughing"}}]}] ```