Madelyn Cline | Stranger Things

• Genre: Science fiction, Horror, Mystery, Drama
• Created by: The Duffer Brothers
• Showrunners: Karl Gajdusek, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
• Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink,Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Amybeth McNulty, Linda Hamilton
• Composers: Michael Stein, Kyle Dixon
• No. of seasons: 4
• No. of episodes: 34
• Executive producers: Karl Gajdusek, Brian Wright, Cindy Holland, Matt Thunell, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, The Duffer Brothers, Iain Paterson, Curtis Gwinn
• Cinematography: Tim Ives, Tod Campbell, Lachlan Milne, David Franco, Ricardo Diaz, Caleb Heymann, Brett Jutkiewicz
• Editors: Dean Zimmerman, Kevin D. Ross, Nat Fuller, Katheryn Naranjo
• Running time: 42–142 minutes
• Production companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre Productions, Upside Down Pictures
• Network: Netflix
• Release: July 15, 2016 – present

In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to a child's disappearance, which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise-peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town, while a few of the locals begin to understand that more is going on than meets the eye.

"Chapter One: MADMAX"

On October 28, 1984, a woman with the power to make people see things and with a tattoo reading "008" on her arm is part of a gang that robs a bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flee the cops using those powers 008 have. Hawkins, Indiana, prepares for Halloween. Maxine "Max" Mayfield, a new girl at school, captures Dustin and Lucas's attention. Joyce is dating her old high school classmate Bob Newby. Hopper investigates a field of mysteriously rotting pumpkins and conspiracy theorist Murray Bauman investigates people who saw Eleven, believing her to be a Russian spy. Mike and Nancy deal with losing Eleven and Barb, and Will has been having apparent hallucinations of the Upside Down, with an enormous, tentacled shadow monster. Joyce and Hopper take Will to Hawkins Lab to the new lab's director, Dr. Sam Owens, who has been giving Will routine medical exams since his return. Owens theorizes that Will's episodes are PTSD brought on by the anniversary of his disappearance. The inter-dimensional gate in the lab's basement has been growing, worrying Owens. Nancy and Steve have dinner with Barb's parents, who still believe their daughter to be missing and who have hired Murray Bauman to find her. Hopper goes home to a cabin in the woods where he secretly lives with Eleven.

"Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak"

Flashbacks reveal that after killing the Demogorgon, Eleven awoke in the Upside Down. She escaped back into the real world, but hides in the woods after seeing government officials interrogate Mike at his home. In present time, it is Halloween and Eleven asks Hopper if she can go trick-or-treating. Hopper insists that she remain hidden until he and Owens come up with an arrangement that would allow her to live a normal life, which frustrates the homebound Eleven. More pumpkin fields rot across town and Hopper discovers an organic substance in the fields. Nancy wants to tell Barb's parents the truth about her death, but Steve fears that Hawkins Lab could come after them if they tell anyone the truth. They attend a Halloween party where Nancy gets drunk and berates Steve for his lack of empathy for Barb's parents. Before leaving, Steve requests Jonathan to take Nancy home. The boys go trick-or-treating and are later joined by Max. Will has another episode and tells Mike about his visions, leading Mike to admit that he is trying to contact Eleven. Dustin returns home after trick-or-treating and finds a strange creature in his trash can.