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!
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2022
El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2017
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
#19 - Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#20 - Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#21 - Chapter Six: The Spy
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2017
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.
#22 - Chapter Six: The Monster
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#23 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#24 - Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.
#25 - Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2016
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.