S5E4

Chapter Four: Sorcerer

Stranger Things · 2025-11-26 · 87 min

FLICKFEEL

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from 13 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

The military tightens its grip on the town. Mike, Lucas and Robin orchestrate a daring escape. El comes face-to-face with the enemy.

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 13 comments — 6 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.

Reddit13 read

“that one scene where vecna sliced through the eyes and mouth of a soldier was so fucking brutal”
interstellarcosmos▲ 5,470about 40–60% inread it ↗
“this episode was so good!”
AnneShirley310▲ 3,080about 75–100% inread it ↗
“That moment when Will basically became The One was in-fucking-credible.”
Downtown_Agent3323▲ 2,371about 75–100% inread it ↗
“When Eleven broke that guard’s neck without a second thought, I thought finally they’re not holding back.”
Lehmanite▲ 1,205about 33–66% in

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.

Linnea Berthelsen as Kali
Sherman Augustus as Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan
Emanuel Borria as Sergeant Luis Ramirez
Alex Breaux as Lieutenant Robert Akers
Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow
LLuke Kokotek as Young Will Byers
Calista Craig as Mary

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