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S5E2
Chapter Two: The Vanishing of...
Stranger Things · 2025-11-26 · 58 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 17 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
After a vicious attack at the Wheeler home, Mike and Nancy confront the cost of secrecy, while El and Hopper embark on a rescue mission.
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
6
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
63
how much it moved you
Read from 17 comments — 11 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
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.
Reddit18 read
“Hollys imaginary friend being Vecna was pretty obvious so glad they revealed it quickly”
Almighty_Nothing▲ 2,442about 0–15% inread it ↗
“That cold opening was insane, holy hell”
ofthewest93▲ 1,927about 0–15% inread it ↗
“that Lucas scene was heartbreaking”
ghastlychild▲ 1,700about 60–70% inread it ↗
“INSANE opener”
Fredrick_Denning▲ 1,651about 0–10% inread it ↗
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.
Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler
Sherman Augustus as Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan
Emanuel Borria as Sergeant Luis Ramirez
Alex Breaux as Lieutenant Robert Akers
Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow
Calista Craig as Mary
Eden Stephens as Debbie Miller