S1E8
Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Stranger Things · 2016-07-15 · 54 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 23 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
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.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
75
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
63
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 23 comments — 9 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“the story is captivating from start to finish”
zombiejh▲ 2,336about 0–100% inread it ↗
“You could see it in the way he handled his upside down world induction in episode one.”
versusgorilla▲ 2,068about 0–10% inread it ↗
“Anyone else really enjoy the finale DnD scene? Thought it was really well done.”
procor1▲ 1,866about 90–100% inread it ↗
“loved it from start to finish”
Pinkie-osaurus▲ 1,483about 0–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
- written
- Paul Dichter
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
Joe Keery as Steve Harrington
Pete Burris as Hawkins Head of Security
Tobias Jelinek as Lead Agent
Lucius Baston as Technician
Mark Steger as The Monster
Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper
Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence