Home > Stranger Things > Season 1 « TV Series Page Stranger Things: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 96% Average Rating: 8.04/10 Season Reviews: 82 Fresh: 79 Rotten: 3 Critics Consensus: Exciting, heartbreaking, and sometimes scary, Stranger Things acts as an addictive homage to Spielberg films and vintage 1980s television. 96% Average Rating: 7.86/10 Season Reviews: 25 Fresh: 24 Rotten: 1 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Exciting, heartbreaking, and sometimes scary, Stranger Things acts as an addictive homage to Spielberg films and vintage 1980s television. AUDIENCE SCORE 95% liked it Average Rating: 4.6/5 User Ratings: 10625 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers Air date: Jul 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. More 2 Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street Air date: Jul 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. More 3 Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly Air date: Jul 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. More 4 Chapter Four: The Body Air date: Jul 15, 2016 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. More 5 Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat Air date: Jul 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. More 6 Chapter Six: The Monster Air date: Jul 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. More 7 Chapter Seven: The Bathtub Air date: Jul 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. More 8 Chapter Eight: The Upside Down Air date: Jul 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. More Stranger Things: Season 1 Videos 0:46 Stranger Things: Season 1 Featurette - Eleven 3:06 Stranger Things: Season 1 Featurette - Winona Ryder Stranger Things: Season 1 Trailer 1 2:11 Stranger Things: Season 1 Trailer 2 View All Videos (4) Stranger Things: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (50) Tv Season Info Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jul 15, 2016 Creators: Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer Exec. Producers: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Karl Gajdusek Cast Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers David Harbour as Chief Hopper Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Matthew Modine as Dr. Martin Brenner Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler Peyton Wich as Troy Harrington Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Linnea Berthelsen as Roman/Kali Shannon Purser as Barbara Holland Jackie Dallas as Jen Show More Cast News & Interviews for Stranger Things: Season 1 Which Movie Star Fared Best on TV? Julia Roberts in Homecoming and More Small-Screen Debuts The Scariest TV Episodes Ever Writers Guild: 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced View All Stranger Things: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers Air date: Jul 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. More 2 Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street Air date: Jul 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. More 3 Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly Air date: Jul 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. More 4 Chapter Four: The Body Air date: Jul 15, 2016 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. More 5 Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat Air date: Jul 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. More 6 Chapter Six: The Monster Air date: Jul 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. More 7 Chapter Seven: The Bathtub Air date: Jul 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. More 8 Chapter Eight: The Upside Down Air date: Jul 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. More Critic Reviews for Stranger Things Season 1 All Critics (82) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (3) In the spirit of longform TV mysteries such as Lost and Under the Dome comes a playfully spooky, Stephen Kingesque headscratcher designed to hook you five minutes in. Feb 10, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Jim Schembri 3AW Top Critic Yes, this show lives in the past, but it isn't stuck there. Where, say, Fuller House or The X-Files ask if you remember your old life, Stranger Things reminds you of what it's like to be alive right now. Jul 27, 2016 | Full Review… Vinnie Mancuso Observer Top Critic In the hands of its directors, the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things is at turns touching (when it explores teenage love and friendship) and harrowing (when it follows the creature that turns out to be terrorizing the town). Jul 26, 2016 | Full Review… Lenika Cruz The Atlantic Top Critic The films "Stranger Things" honors transcended their genres. This seems happy to propitiate them. Aug 24, 2016 | Rating: B | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Stranger Things is a rare example of a cultural phenomenon that has delivered wistfulness and familiarity without simply giving audiences more of the same. Aug 4, 2016 | Full Review… Anna Leszkiewicz New Statesman Top Critic Don't just watch it for the nostalgia or the genuine creeps, watch it because it's compelling storytelling. Jul 28, 2016 | Full Review… Wenlei Ma News.com.au Top Critic They will melt your hearts, especially Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven. Nov 16, 2018 | Full Review… Gem Seddon SFX Magazine The Duffers clearly understand what makes these properties beloved, delivering a rich original story that takes place in Anytown, USA. Oct 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… Alan French AwardsCircuit.com In all manners of ways then, Stranger Things represents the quintessential film-making design that is known as remix culture. Aug 28, 2018 | Full Review… Akhil Arora Gadgets360 Indeed, by the fifth episode, you can pretty much see how it's all going to end. With this work, the pleasures of mystery solving are nothing compared to the pleasures of bathing in the ambience of 1980s cinema. Aug 22, 2018 | Full Review… Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) View All Critic Reviews (82) Audience Reviews for Stranger Things: Season 1 ½ One of the best new shows in 2016, Stranger Things started off slowly but quickly hooked me into its intriguing story line. Though the acting and writing were the best it still managed to be surprisingly entertaining. SylvesterK Super Reviewer ½ This show is simply great. Easily the biggest and best Netflix TV Show ever made "Stranger Things" is so brilliant, bold, and well strange that it has and will continue to make waves in pop culture. I especially like how this TV Series is almost like a crime piece with all of its different angles and parts to it to develop a well thought out story. Very well done deserves its RT if not a little higher. TylerH Super Reviewer ½ An amazing early 80s throwback, the screenplay and actors do an amazing job of conveying a sense of the time with references and feel in the show. I usually don't expect much from kid actors but all of the child actors here were amazing. Story hooks you pretty quick and after just 8 quick episodes, you definitely want more. I'd recommend this to anyone that has liked any or all of these: ET, The X-Files, Super 8, etc... PatrickW Super Reviewer On the whole, "Stranger Things" is on par with the post-season-one "Fringe" television series. It's got a good story and well-done sets, costumes and hair. Nice script and music. While the cast is hardly a tour de force, Ryder does a better than average job at portraying a desperate and frantic woman on the edge of sanity. It's a solid, entertaining series but it fails to capture the imagination with enthusiasm as one might expect from some of the over-hyped reviews. ChristianC Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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