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Stranger Things – Season 5, Episode 2 Chapter Two: The Vanishing of

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Stranger Things – Season 5, Episode 2

Chapter Two: The Vanishing of

Aired Nov 26, 2025

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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.

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Maggie Fremont

New York Magazine/Vulture

Dec 1

4/5

The Demogorgon is loose in the Wheeler house. I believe the Party would refer to this as a code red. The reddest code red they’ve had in awhile. Stranger Things season five is not messing around, it seems.

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Randy Dankievitch

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Nov 30

C-

"Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler" is... a limply-paced, incredibly repetitive hour of shoddy dialogue and underwhelming character dynamics that fails to move both plot and character forward with any sense of conviction.

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Alan French

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Nov 30

7/10

Bravo to "The Vanishing of…" for needle drops. The "Fernando" needle drop was incredible. Truly an all-time move by Karen, and gives Cara Buono one of her best scenes in the entire show.

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Lyra Hale

Fangirlish

Nov 28

B

All the parents in Stranger Things Season 5 Episode 2 "Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler" were annoying me. Mrs. Wheeler gets a pass because she’s a BAMF.

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

Nov 27

4/5

"The Vanishing Of…" picks up where we left off a bit more dramatically than expected, by letting a Demogorgon loose in the Wheeler house. And I mean really loose.

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Synopsis

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.

Executive Producer: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen
Network: Netflix
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 26, 2025

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