The BEST episodes directed by Matt Duffer
#1 - Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
Stranger Things - Season 4 - Episode 7
As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives — and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.
#2 - Chapter Nine: The Gate
Stranger Things - Season 2 - Episode 9
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
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#3 - Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Stranger Things - Season 3 - Episode 8
Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
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#4 - Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
Stranger Things - Season 4 - Episode 9
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
#5 - Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 8
Dr. Brenner holds Hopper and Joyce for questioning while the boys wait with Eleven in the gym. Back at Will's, Nancy and Jonathan prepare for battle.
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#6 - Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
Stranger Things - Season 2 - Episode 8
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
#7 - Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 7
Eleven struggles to reach Will, while Lucas warns that "the bad men are coming." Nancy and Jonathan show the police what Jonathan caught on camera.
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#8 - Chapter Seven: The Bite
Stranger Things - Season 3 - Episode 7
With time running out -- and an assassin close behind -- Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
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#9 - Chapter Six: The Monster
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 6
A frantic Jonathan looks for Nancy in the darkness, but Steve's looking for her, too. Hopper and Joyce uncover the truth about the lab's experiments.
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#10 - Chapter Eight: Papa
Stranger Things - Season 4 - Episode 8
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
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#11 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 5
Hopper breaks into the lab while Nancy and Jonathan confront the force that took Will. The boys ask Mr. Clarke how to travel to another dimension.
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#12 - Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 1
On his way home from a friend's house, young Will sees something terrifying. Nearby, a sinister secret lurks in the depths of a government lab.
#13 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
Stranger Things - Season 2 - Episode 2
After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.
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#14 - Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
Stranger Things - Season 1 - Episode 2
Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods. Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.
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#15 - Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse
Stranger Things - Season 4 - Episode 2
A plane brings Mike to California — and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.
#16 - Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Stranger Things - Season 4 - Episode 1
El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
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#17 - Chapter One: MADMAX
Stranger Things - Season 2 - Episode 1
As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.
#18 - Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Stranger Things - Season 3 - Episode 1
Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
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#19 - Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Stranger Things - Season 3 - Episode 2
Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
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