When a young boy disappears, his mother, a sheriff, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.
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 Joyce Byers (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Jim Hopper (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Mike Wheeler (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Eleven (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Dustin Henderson (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Lucas Sinclair (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Nancy Wheeler (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Jonathan Byers (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Karen Wheeler (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Dr. Martin Brenner (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Steve Harrington (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Officer Powell (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Officer Callahan (8 episodes, 2016)
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 Ted Wheeler (7 episodes, 2016)
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 Will Byers (7 episodes, 2016)
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 The Monster (6 episodes, 2016)
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 Mr. Clarke (6 episodes, 2016)
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 Lead Agent (6 episodes, 2016)
Susan Shalhoub Larkin ...
 Florence (6 episodes, 2016)
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 Agent Connie Frazier (5 episodes, 2016)
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 Holly Wheeler (5 episodes, 2016)
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 Holly Wheeler (5 episodes, 2016)
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 Troy (5 episodes, 2016)
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 Lonnie Byers (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Scientist (4 episodes, 2016)
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 James (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Tommy H. (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Carol (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Agent Repairman (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Barbara Holland (4 episodes, 2016)
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 Hawkins Head of Security (3 episodes, 2016)
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 Elevator Scientist (3 episodes, 2016)
Charles Lawlor ...
 Mr. Melvald (3 episodes, 2016)
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 Principal Coleman (3 episodes, 2016)
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 Nicole (2 episodes, 2016)
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 Terry Ives (2 episodes, 2016)
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 Benny Hammond (2 episodes, 2016)
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 Cynthia (2 episodes, 2016)
David Dwyer ...
 Earl (2 episodes, 2016)
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 High School Principal (2 episodes, 2016)
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 Diane Hopper (2 episodes, 2016)
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 State Trooper O'Bannon (2 episodes, 2016)
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In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child - which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town, while a few locals begin to understand that there's more going on than meets the eye. Written by Charles J.

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Winona Ryder's characters name is Joyce, who she shares the same name with Buffy's mother on the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" a show also about growing up and battling darkness. See more »

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Tthe M939 5 ton trucks the soldiers used were in production at the time, but were just recently introduced, and would not yet have been distributed to such a second line unit. See more »

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Steven Spielberg meets Stephen King
15 July 2016 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Stranger Things is the newest foray into Netflix's original programming, of which brings us their most impressive- and strange- production to date. When a young boy named Will Byers goes missing, his friends, mother and the town are thrust into a conspiracy involving a mysterious girl named Eleven and something even more sinister hiding in the woods of Hawkins, Indiana.

From the get-go, you can tell this is an homage to classic '80s Spielberg, drawing on E.T. and Close Encounters, as well as JJ Abrams' Super 8. But, as the show progresses, it becomes more and more like a twisted Stephen King story set in a Spielberg movie. It becomes a dark and twisted ride into an even darker and more disturbing world where the stakes feel higher than anything before it.

I can't go into great detail because spoiling even just a bit of the story takes away from the greater mystery, but I can say, it's one of the most thrilling and intense series to be on TV, without being on TV. If it were to continue, they have to pull the same punches they did with the first season, because they took a great many clichés, and somehow made them fresh and surprising, save for just a couple that they purposefully left cliché.


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