S2E1

Chapter One: MADMAX

Stranger Things · 2017-10-27 · 48 min

FLICKFEEL

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from 15 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.

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

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 15 comments — 4 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.
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

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.

Reddit15 read

“It hasn't even been 10 minutes and I again already love Mike's dad. He just doesn't give a fuck about anything and it's hilarious.”
Jackbo_Manhorse▲ 2,232about 0–10% inread it ↗
“Oh my god. Eleven living with Hopper and learning how to speak and looking so healthy I’m gonna cry”
▲ 2,183about 0–33% inread it ↗
“OH MY GOD I DIED LAUGHING WHEN MULLET CAME OUT TO ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE”
▲ 1,072about 33–66% inread it ↗
“First episode was insanely good.”
rosiest72▲ 527about 0–15% in

who made it

directed: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
written: Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Brett Gelman as Murray
Gilbert Glenn Brown as Cop #4
Madelyn Cline as Tina
Brian F. Durkin as Cop #1
Lauren Halperin as Dr. Owens' Assistant
Christopher Johnson as Cop #2
Fenton Lawless as Merril

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