Home > Stranger Things > Season 1 « TV Series Page Stranger Things: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Stranger Things Critics Consensus Exciting, heartbreaking, and sometimes scary, Stranger Things acts as an addictive homage to Spielberg films and vintage 1980s television. 97% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 89 96% Audience Score User Ratings: 11959 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. 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 1:23 Stranger Things: Season 1 Featurette - Bloopers View All Videos (5) Stranger Things: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (51) Tv Season Info A love letter to the '80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl. Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jul 15, 2016 Creators: Matt Duffer, Ross 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 Sadie Sink as Max Linnea Berthelsen as Roman/Kali Shannon Purser as Barbara Holland Jackie Dallas as Jen Show More Cast News & Interviews for Stranger Things: Season 1 10 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This July Which Movie Star Fared Best on TV? Julia Roberts in Homecoming and More Small-Screen Debuts The Scariest TV Episodes Ever 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 (89) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (86) | 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 Stranger Things is nothing if not a surprising, sometimes scary, moving and successful homage to the era of Spielberg's 'ET' and the 1980s themselves. Jul 8, 2016 | Full Review… Liz Calvario indieWire Top Critic The Duffers' meticulous world-building pays off again and again... None of that would work without good characters, and Stranger Things has those in abundance. Jan 14, 2020 | Full Review… Chris McCoy Memphis Flyer Trust us, from the moment you press play on this one, you will be hooked in, and you may need to cancel all plans for the immediate future. Jan 2, 2020 | Full Review… Fiona Flynn entertainment.ie SHENANIGANS ARE GOING DOWN! Sep 20, 2019 | Full Review… Sarah Musnicky Legion of Leia at Vital Thrills While deeply enjoyable, nearly the entire cast of Stranger Things is white. This kind of retro tokenism is not something we should be nostalgic about. Aug 4, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Li Lai Mediaversity Reviews Outstanding. All killer; no filler episodes! May 8, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… Jason Escamilla EskimoTV I was completely absorbed. Apr 11, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net View All Critic Reviews (89) Audience Reviews for Stranger Things: Season 1 14h ago One of the greatest Shows ever. Szalontai M 2d ago Great series with the vibe of my childhood. It's a must for everyone grown up in the 80ies. Max M 2d ago Fantastic. One of the best shows I have ever seen. Absolutely worth a watch. Fred R Jun 29, 2020 There's nothing i can't like like about it.Absolutely amazing. And the show is nostalgic so why not? <3 <3 <3 Minal A Jun 28, 2020 One of the best series. Authentic atmosphere of the 80's in all details. No other production made the crazy hair style of that time so attractive :) Denis M Jun 28, 2020 it was amazing!!! I love the spookiness the adventure and the mystery!!! Chris L Jun 20, 2020 I'm not a fan of either horror movies nor Steven King's nor even Steven Spilberg's. (I do not meant I hate them.) Despite of that, as a result, I was willing to watch it. What I can tell you is that the kind of man enjoyed the whole episodes of first season in 2 nights. Stranger Things is absolutely different from the classic SF adventure nor a horror flick with a bunch of bloods that frighten me in no pause to have some breaks. As a matter of fact, it is more just between human drama and detective drama. At present, probably I already get enough into the following series, then I feel like debating with someone else about how would it comes an end and human relationships like who gonna be whom. There is a bunch of things to consider. The story is mysterious, the main characters have each charm, all actors have good talent to play, full of pop culture references with good vibe music. Then, I want to emphasize there was less sadistic shots than I respected in advance only because it is rated PG 15. I recommend to watch it for who prefer Harry Potter. Kota U Jun 18, 2020 There's nothing about this show that I don't like. It has three things that, mixed together, make an amazing entertainment smoothie: the 80's, action thriller adventure & paranormal monsters. It was everything I could've hoped for. I actually started watching the series once Season 3 came out (the trailer for that season was incredible and decided to give it a try). From a film analysis perspective, one of the things I love the most about this show is the chemistry between all the characters. I love it when there are multiple characters that you can mix and match, seeing their different personalities interact. Multiple characters create a world that feels open and real as opposed to a closed-feeling world that is limited by what you see. The soundtrack is also amazing. I discovered a lot of new 80's music this way but I cannot but mention Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein's soundtrack. Flipping incredible. It got me wanting to get into the music industry just because of the way they give the 80's feel to the thrilling and tense music. I have to brag that the three times I've watched all three seasons I never once skipped the intro. Simple but sets the tone so well. Hats off to the Duffer brothers. I admit that the first four episodes are somewhat slow and heavy but after that you get the most out of it. Please go watch this. Connor S Jun 17, 2020 Remarkably well done. And ftr, I don't start jizzing over something just because it happens to contain references to "my fav retro things" or other such nonsense, but it takes what it's trying to replicate--I'm sorry, but there's really not so much originality in it since everything really has already been done in some manner or form--but somewhere between classic Stephen King (think novels, not movies, they just don't have the right feel) or the like, the science fiction movies of the 80's and late 70's, and a plethora of different fictional influences (not just sci-fi, though that's definitely the biggest part of it), and you'll get where this series is trying to go, and attention to detail does matter. Mind you, I can never get over the strong E.T. vibe: I think it's the kids and the bikes, really. I forgive that though. (No, I'm not an E.T. fan, sorry. It's alright, definitely an understandable landmark, but not a personal favourite.) Anyway, I'm definitely hooked, and it's more than hard to put down once you start watching for more than just a few minutes. Hell, it's damned near impossible. Brandon S Jun 17, 2020 Loved it, this series hits a sweet spot between 80's nostalgia, supernatural, horror, humour & kids adventure. Bit overacted by Winona Rider, and there's some suspension of disbelief involved, but that's par for the course. Good fun and engaging storyline. 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