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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You think you know the 80’s. But then an archival newsreel from 5 WIYZ Hawkins, Indiana is uncovered and you question everything. Like why is Brenda Wood’s hair so totally amazing? Or, whatever happened to that girl Barbara Holland? Just how many Eggos did Eleven eat? The world needs to know!
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.
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.
Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
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.
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.
Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Shawn Levy and the Duffer Brothers sit down to discuss new characters and the season's most important themes.
Shawn Levy and the Duffer Brothers stick around to talk 1980s tech and teenage love triangles with Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo and Sadie Sink.
Joe Keery joins Shawn Levy, Gaten Matarazzo and the Duffer Brothers to shed light on Steve's evolution -- and the season's most surprising partnership.
Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Brett Gelman dissect a major new development, with insight from David Harbour and Shannon Purser.
Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp and Randy Havens discuss Mr. Clarke's influence. "Science Guy" Bill Nye and Sean Astin weigh in.
Sadie Sink, Brett Gelman, Dacre Montgomery and Linnea Berthelsen share their experiences creating new characters on a show with a huge fan following.
Jim Rash steers the cast and crew through a deep-dive discussion of the season's conclusion and what it means for the future of Hawkins.
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.
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.
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.
A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.
Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.
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.
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.
El is bullied at school. Joyce gets a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
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.
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.
Max is in grave danger... and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.
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.
Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.
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.
A concert in the upside down featuring The Go-Go's, Corey Hart, Soft Cell, and Charli XCX
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
November, 1987. The gang evades the military to scour the Upside Down for Vecna — but fails to notice a threat lurking closer to home.
Step inside the moment young Will runs for his life and see how the cast and crew returned to 1983 to create this terrifying scene.
“Nothing in Hawkins feels normal.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter One: The Crawl.”
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.
STAY. AWAY. FROM. HER. DAUGHTER. Go behind the scenes to see how this epic Karen Wheeler moment came to life.
“Finally, the demogorgon does come to the Wheeler house.” Get an exclusive behind the scenes deep dive of “Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler.”
Will gains unique insight into Vecna's next move, giving the crew an opportunity to set a trap. Holly explores her new surroundings.
How to win a battle when Eleven can’t save the day? The cast and crew break down the billboard scene from Episode 3.
“We love setting traps for monsters.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter Three: Turnbow Trap.”
The military tightens its grip on the town. Mike, Lucas and Robin orchestrate a daring escape. El comes face-to-face with the enemy.
Gather 'round the fireplace in Hawkins, where the flames crackle, the alphabet glows — and the holidays get turned Upside Down.
The MAC-Z battle is one of the most complicated sequences in Stranger Things history. Hear from the cast and crew how they made it happen.
“You really just want to see him fight back.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter Four: Sorcerer.”
The gang hatches an electrifying plan to reconnect Will to the hive mind. Tensions flare during a search of the Upside Down's Hawkins Lab.
GET OUT. GET OUT! Go behind the scenes as the cast and crew dissect the “turning point” in the party’s battle against Vecna.
“You get some really fearless performing. Which happened with Noah.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter Five: Shock Jock.”
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.
It’s life or death. Go behind the scenes of the explosive demodog battle at Hawkins Memorial Hospital.
“This episode is unique because it’s going from the very beginning.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz.”
On the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the party reunites to prepare for a battle with world-altering implications.
WE DON’T NEED A MAGIC BEAN! The cast and crew break down the making of the final battle plan.
“It is this pivot point towards the endgame.” Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes deep dive of “Chapter Seven: The Bridge.”
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.
Every party member plays a part. The cast and crew break down every detail that went into the final battle of Stranger Things.
An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.
