Strange things are afoot in Hawkins, Indiana, where a young boy's sudden disappearance unearths a young girl with otherworldly powers.
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
Charlie Heaton
Jonathan Byers
Natalia Dyer
Nancy Wheeler
Joe Keery
Steve Harrington
Cara Buono
Karen Wheeler
Matthew Modine
Martin Brenner
Christi Waldon
Marissa
Adam Boyer
Hunting Store Owner
Andrew Benator
Elevator Scientist
Peyton Wich
Troy
Charles Lawlor
Donald Melvald
Chris Sullivan
Benny Hammond
Bethany Anne Lind
Sandra
Glennellen Anderson
Nicole
Cynthia Barrett
Marsha Holland
Sierra Rae
Ally
Cade Jones
James
Mark Withers
Gary
Marianne Fraulo
Patty
Tony Vaughn
Principal Coleman
Amy Seimetz
Becky Ives
Ross Partridge
Lonnie Byers
Linda Kang
Female Clerk
Kevin Patrick Murphy
Grocery Store Manager
Robert Walker Branchaud
Agent Repairman
Shae Britt
Mary Mack Girl #2
Jackie Dallas
Jen
Abigail Whitlock
Mary Mack Girl #1
Amy Parrish
Troy's Mom
Pete Burris
Hawkins Head of Security
Tobias Jelinek
Lead Agent
Shannon Purser
Barbara “Barb” Holland
Lucius Baston
Technician
David Dwyer
Earl
Salem Murphy
High School Principal
Mark Steger
The Monster
Chester Rushing
Tommy H.
Camden Ella Brown
Middle School Girl
Judy McGee Burley
Cafeteria Worker
Bradford Haynes
Charles Sinclair
Jerri Tubbs
Diane Hopper
Bill Eudaly
Pastor Charles
Kaylee Glover
Jennifer Hayes
Susan Shalhoub Larkin
Florence
Randy Havens
Scott Clarke
Rob Morgan
Calvin Powell
Karen Ceesay
Sue Sinclair
Aimee Mullins
Terry Ives
John Reynolds
Phil Callahan
Joe Chrest
Ted Wheeler
Chelsea Talmadge
Carol Perkins
Tinsley Price
Holly Wheeler
Anniston Price
Holly Wheeler
Shawn Levy
Morgue Worker
Chase Stokes
Reed
Jaxon McHan
Fighting Kid
Jaxon McHan
Fighting Kid
Elle Graham
Sara Hopper
Episodes
Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
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.
Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
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.
Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly
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.
Chapter Four: The Body
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.
Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
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.
Chapter Six: The Monster
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.
Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
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.
Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
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.
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