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Stranger Things
When young Will Byers vanishes, his friends, family, and a girl with psychokinetic powers uncover a secret lab, a parallel dimension, and a monster that will haunt Hawkins for nearly a decade.
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AI Summary
80s-set sci-fi horror about kids vs. government labs and monsters from the Upside Down — Netflix's biggest global hit, now complete after five seasons.
Series Details
Series Overview
- Premise
- Government psychic experiments in Hawkins, Indiana open a portal to the Upside Down — a dark mirror dimension ruled by ever-evolving monsters.
- Tone
- 80s nostalgia, coming-of-age adventure, horror, and blockbuster-scale action.
- Setting
- Hawkins, Indiana — 1983 (S1) through November 1987 (S5).
- Timeline
- Five seasons across 42 episodes; Season 4 and 5 use extended runtimes (up to 150 minutes).
Production
- Filming locations
- Jackson County, Georgia (Hawkins); Atlanta; New Mexico (S4–5); Lithuania (S4 prison sequences)
- Showrunners
- Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (The Duffer Brothers)
- Composers
- Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (S U R V I V E)
- Production companies
- 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre Productions, Upside Down Pictures
- Delays
- COVID-19 (Season 4), 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes (Season 5)
Expanded Universe
- Stage play
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2023) — West End prequel
- Animated spin-off
- Tales from '85 (2026)
- Main antagonists
- Demogorgon (S1), Mind Flayer (S2–3), Vecna / Henry Creel (S4–5)
Episodes
S03E01
S03E02
S03E03
S03E04
S03E05
S03E06
S03E07
S03E08
Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Summer 1985 — the Starcourt Mall opens as strange power outages hit Hawkins. · 51 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Eleven and Max bond at the mall; Nancy and Jonathan investigate rats. · 50 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
Billy behaves erratically; Eleven searches for Heather the lifeguard. · 50 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Four: The Sauna Test
The group tests whether Billy is Flayed using a sauna. · 53 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Five: The Flayed
The Flayed assemble; Eleven reads Billy's memories. · 52 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum
Hopper and Joyce infiltrate a Russian base beneath the mall. · 60 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Seven: The Bite
Eleven is bitten and loses her powers; the Flayed converge. · 55 min · Jul 4, 2019
Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Season finale — the Party fights the Mind Flayer at Starcourt Mall. · 78 min · Jul 4, 2019
Cast & Characters
Millie Bobby Brown
Eleven / Jane Hopper
Finn Wolfhard
Mike Wheeler
Gaten Matarazzo
Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin
Lucas Sinclair
Noah Schnapp
Will Byers
Winona Ryder
Joyce Byers
David Harbour
Jim Hopper
Natalia Dyer
Nancy Wheeler
Charlie Heaton
Jonathan Byers
Joe Keery
Steve Harrington
Sadie Sink
Max Mayfield
Maya Hawke
Robin Buckley
Eleven
Character
Will Byers
Character
Jim Hopper
Character
Vecna
Character
Max Mayfield
Character
Crew
Matt Duffer
Creator / Showrunner / Writer / Director
Ross Duffer
Creator / Showrunner / Writer / Director
Shawn Levy
Executive Producer / Director
Dan Cohen
Executive Producer
Kyle Dixon
Composer
Michael Stein
Composer
Chris Tragar
Production Designer
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