Stranger Things season 1 Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers - Metacritic

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TV-14
Netflix
Jul 15, 2016
47 m

TV-14
Netflix
Jul 15, 2016
47 m

Summary Set in the 1980s Indiana, a young boy named Will (Noah Schnapp) disappears into thin air and the search for him that includes Will's best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard), leads to top secret experiments and a strange little girl (Millie Brown) in the woods.

Directed By: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

Written By: Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

TV-14
Netflix
Jul 15, 2016
47 m

TV-14
Netflix
Jul 15, 2016
47 m

Stranger Things

S1 • Episode 1

Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers

Air Date: Jul 15, 2016

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings

7.7

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Summary Set in the 1980s Indiana, a young boy named Will (Noah Schnapp) disappears into thin air and the search for him that includes Will's best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard), leads to top secret experiments and a strange little girl (Millie Brown) in the woods.

Created By: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

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Episode 1 • Jul 15, 2016 • 47 m

Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers

American scientists, working without oversight in an obscure laboratory in a backwater town, have managed to bring about the total destruction of mankind.

Episode 2 • Jul 15, 2016 • 55 m

Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street

Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.

Episode 3 • Jul 15, 2016 • 51 m

Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly

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.

Episode 4 • Jul 15, 2016 • 49 m

Chapter Four: The Body

Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Jonathan and Nancy form an unlikely alliance.

Episode 5 • Jul 15, 2016 • 52 m

Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat

Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.

Episode 6 • Jul 15, 2016 • 46 m

Chapter Six: The Monster

Hopper and Joyce find the truth about the lab's experiments. After their fight, the boys look for the missing Eleven.

Episode 7 • Jul 15, 2016 • 41 m

Chapter Seven: The Bathtub

The government comes searching for Eleven. Eleven looks for Will and Barb in the Upside Down.

Episode 8 • Jul 15, 2016 • 54 m

Chapter Eight: The Upside Down

Joyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.

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Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings

72% Positive
23 Ratings

13% Mixed
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16% Negative
5 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings

72% Positive
23 Ratings

13% Mixed
4 Ratings

16% Negative
5 Ratings

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