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S5E7
Chapter Seven: The Bridge
Stranger Things · 2025-12-25 · 67 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 14 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
On the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the party reunites to prepare for a battle with world-altering implications.
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
90
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
0
how much it moved you
Read from 14 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.
Reddit14 read
“The reunion got me weeping.”
Outrageous-Voice-591▲ 1,703about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I cackled so hard”
NewWaysToDream▲ 1,403about 50–75% inread it ↗
“how tf is this going to wrap up in a 2 hour finale where 1/4 of it is an epilogue…”
glimmerskies▲ 1,269about 75–100% inread it ↗
“Made me genuinely laugh out loud.”
Licit_x64▲ 910about 50–75% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Shawn Levy, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
- written
- Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Linnea Berthelsen as Kali
Randy Havens as Mr. Clarke
Sherman Augustus as Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan
Alex Breaux as Lieutenant Robert Akers
Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow
Calista Craig as Mary
Alyse Elna Lewis as Wendy