Stranger Things (Netflix 2016, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo)

In Stranger Things, a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family, and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl. The series, set in Indiana, is a love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation.

From Netflix’s press release, August 2016… Today, Netflix announced the breakout summer series, Stranger Things, has been renewed for a second session. Stranger Things 2 will debut in 2017. Writers/ creators Matt and Ross Duffer will return. Nine (9) new episodes are confirmed for the second season. Stranger Things 2 will be produced by 21 Laps for Netflix. Executive Producers Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and the Duffer Brothers will all return for the second season.

From Netflix’s press release, July 2017… It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.

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production details
USA | Netflix | 17×50 minutes | Broadcast from 15 July 2016

Dan Cohen as Executive Producer
Karl Gajdusek as Executive Producer
Matt Duffer as Creator/Executive Producer/Director of pilot
Ross Duffer as Creator/Executive Producer/Director of pilot
Shawn Levy as Executive Producer

cast
Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler
Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers
David Harbour as Jim Hopper
Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
Paul Reiser as Dr. Sam Owens
Matthew Cardarople as Keith
Al Mitchell as Eugene
Apollo GT as Pedestrian
Adam Boyer as Hunting Store Owner
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler
Joe Keery as Steven Harrington
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield
Dacre Montgomery as Billy
Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner
Maya Hawke as Robin

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EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON ONE
1. CHAPTER ONE: THE VANISHING OF WILL BYERS
2. CHAPTER TWO: THE WEIRDO ON MAPLE STREET
3. CHAPTER THREE: HOLLY, JOLLY
4. CHAPTER FOUR: THE BODY
5. CHAPTER FIVE: THE FLEA AND THE ACROBAT
6. CHAPTER SIX: THE MONSTER
7. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE BATHTUB
8. CHAPTER EIGHT: THE UPSIDE DOWN

SEASON TWO
1. CHAPTER ONE: MADMAX
2. CHAPTER TWO: TRICK OR TREAT, FREAK
3. CHAPTER THREE: THE POLLYWOG
4. CHAPTER FOUR: WILL THE WISE
5. CHAPTER FIVE: DIG DUG
6. CHAPTER SIX: THE SPY
7. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LOST SISTER
8. CHAPTER EIGHT: THE MIND FLAYER
9. CHAPTER NINE: THE GATE

SEASON THREE
1. CHAPTER ONE: SUZIE, DO YOU COPY?
2. CHAPTER TWO: THE MALL RATS
3. CHAPTER THREE: THE CASE OF THE MISSING LIFEGUARD
4. CHAPTER FOUR: THE SAUNA TEST
5. CHAPTER FIVE: THE FLAYED
6. CHAPTER SIX: E PLURIBUS UNUM
7. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE BITE
8. CHAPTER EIGHT: THE BATTLE OF STARCOURT

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