Budding romance. A brand-new mall. And rabid rats running toward danger. It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins ... and one summer can change everything.
Cast
Millie Bobby Brown
Eleven
Winona Ryder
Joyce Byers
David Harbour
Jim Hopper
Finn Wolfhard
Mike Wheeler
Gaten Matarazzo
Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin
Lucas Sinclair
Noah Schnapp
Will Byers
Sadie Sink
Max Mayfield
Charlie Heaton
Jonathan Byers
Natalia Dyer
Nancy Wheeler
Joe Keery
Steve Harrington
Maya Hawke
Robin Buckley
Cara Buono
Karen Wheeler
Priah Ferguson
Erica Sinclair
Brett Gelman
Murray Bauman
Paul Reiser
Sam Owens
Dacre Montgomery
Billy Hargrove
Sean Astin
Bob Newby
Christopher Convery
Young Billy
Dakota James Alden Lane
Lifeguard / Mall Goer
Matthew Cardarople
Keith
Mo Anouti
Russian Prisoner
Nikita Bogolyubov
Russian Guard
Yevgeniy Kartashov
Officer
Zack Sayenko
Nervous Guard
Will Chase
Neil Hargrove
Arthur Darbinyan
Doctor Zharkov
Misha Kuznetsov
Ozerov
Beth Riesgraf
Billy's Mother
Pat Gallaher
Government Man
Dan Triandiflou
Rich Douchebag Todd
Serge Levin
Mechanic
Michael Silvio Fortino
Gas Station Cashier
Caroline Arapoglou
Winnie Kline
Chantell D. Christopher
Hospital Receptionist
John Mullins
Gross Hairy Man
Anthony Belevtsov
Lynx Security Guard #1
Megan Hayes
Jazzercise Lady
Holly A. Morris
Janet
Sean Michael Weber
Pool Manager
Daryn Kahn
Delivery Man
Susan Shalhoub Larkin
Florence
Jake Busey
Bruce
Cary Elwes
Mayor Larry Kline
Andrey Ivchenko
Grigori
Peggy Miley
Mrs. Driscoll
Randy Havens
Scott Clarke
Alec Utgoff
Alexei
Francesca Reale
Heather Holloway
Michael Park
Tom Holloway
Allyssa Brooke
Mayor Kline's Secretary
Erika Coleman
Anna Jacobi
John Vodka
Major General Stepanov
Samuel Goergen
Fireworks Kid
Jacey Sink
Young Max
Sydney Bullock
Stacey
Catherine Curtin
Claudia Henderson
Gabriella Pizzolo
Suzie
Rob Morgan
Calvin Powell
Aimee Mullins
Terry Ives
John Reynolds
Phil Callahan
Joe Chrest
Ted Wheeler
Greta Glenn
Secretary #2
Alexander Chernyshev
Russian Scientist
Nita Hardy
Secretary #1
Nita Hardy
Secretary #1
Episodes
Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.
Chapter Four: The Sauna Test
A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.
Chapter Five: The Flayed
Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum
Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.
Chapter Seven: The Bite
With time running out -- and an assassin close behind -- Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
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