The Best Episodes of Stranger Things
Last Updated: May 28, 2019
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.
#1 - Chapter Nine: The Gate
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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#2 - Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
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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#3 - Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
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.
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#4 - Chapter Six: The Spy
Season 2 - Episode 6
Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger, but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond.
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#5 - Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
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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#6 - Chapter Four: The Body
Season 1 - Episode 4
Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Nancy and Jonathan form an unlikely alliance.
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#7 - Chapter Six: The Monster
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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#8 - Chapter Five: Dig Dug
Season 2 - Episode 5
Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. “Bob the Brain” tackles a difficult problem.
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#9 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
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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#10 - Chapter Four: Will the Wise
Season 2 - Episode 4
An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
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#11 - Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly
Season 1 - Episode 3
An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.
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#12 - Chapter Three: The Pollywog
Season 2 - Episode 3
Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
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#13 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
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 One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
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.
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#15 - Chapter One: MADMAX
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.
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#16 - Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
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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#17 - Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister
Season 2 - Episode 7
Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
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