The WORST episodes of Stranger Things
Every episode of Stranger Things ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Stranger Things!
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
#1 - Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/1/2026
As Vecna prepares to destroy the world as we know it, the party must put everything on the line to defeat him once and for all.
#2 - Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2022
El is bullied at school. Joyce gets a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
#3 - Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/27/2022
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.
#4 - Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/27/2022
Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
#5 - Chapter Six: The Dive
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2022
Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.
#6 - Chapter Eight: Papa
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/1/2022
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
#7 - Chapter One: The Crawl
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/2025
November, 1987. The gang evades the military to scour the Upside Down for Vecna — but fails to notice a threat lurking closer to home.
#8 - Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2025
After a vicious attack at the Wheeler home, Mike and Nancy confront the cost of secrecy, while El and Hopper embark on a rescue mission.
#9 - Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2025
Will gains unique insight into Vecna's next move, giving the crew an opportunity to set a trap. Holly explores her new surroundings.
#10 - Chapter Four: Sorcerer
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/2025
The military tightens its grip on the town. Mike, Lucas and Robin orchestrate a daring escape. El comes face-to-face with the enemy.
#12 - Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/25/2025
As Holly and Max fight to escape Vecna's mind, El must find a way into Will's. Joyce wrestles with guilt. Jonathan and Nancy face a turning point.
#13 - Chapter Seven: The Bridge
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/25/2025
On the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the party reunites to prepare for a battle with world-altering implications.
#14 - Chapter Five: The Nina Project
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/2022
Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.
#15 - Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2022
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.
#16 - Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/2017
Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
#17 - Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/1/2022
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
#18 - Chapter Four: Will the Wise
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2017
An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
#19 - Chapter One: MADMAX
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2017
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.
#20 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2017
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.
#21 - Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/4/2019
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.
#22 - Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/4/2019
With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.
#23 - Chapter Three: The Pollywog
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2017
Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
#24 - Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#25 - Chapter Five: Dig Dug
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2017
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.