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| Winona Ryder | ... |
Joyce Byers
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| David Harbour | ... |
Jim Hopper
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Finn Wolfhard | ... |
Mike Wheeler
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Millie Bobby Brown | ... |
Eleven
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Gaten Matarazzo | ... |
Dustin Henderson
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Caleb McLaughlin | ... |
Lucas Sinclair
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Natalia Dyer | ... |
Nancy Wheeler
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Charlie Heaton | ... |
Jonathan Byers
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Cara Buono | ... |
Karen Wheeler
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Matthew Modine | ... |
Dr. Martin Brenner
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Joe Keery | ... |
Steve Harrington
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Rob Morgan | ... |
Officer Powell
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| John Reynolds | ... |
Officer Callahan
(8 episodes, 2016)
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| Joe Chrest | ... |
Ted Wheeler
(7 episodes, 2016)
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| Noah Schnapp | ... |
Will Byers
(7 episodes, 2016)
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| Mark Steger | ... |
The Monster
(6 episodes, 2016)
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| Randall P. Havens | ... |
Mr. Clarke
(6 episodes, 2016)
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| Tobias Jelinek | ... |
Lead Agent
(6 episodes, 2016)
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Susan Shalhoub Larkin | ... |
Florence
(6 episodes, 2016)
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| Catherine Dyer | ... |
Agent Connie Frazier
(5 episodes, 2016)
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| Anniston Price | ... |
Holly Wheeler
(5 episodes, 2016)
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| Tinsley Price | ... |
Holly Wheeler
(5 episodes, 2016)
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| Peyton Wich | ... |
Troy
(5 episodes, 2016)
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| Ross Partridge | ... |
Lonnie Byers
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Hugh B. Holub | ... |
Scientist
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Cade Jones | ... |
James
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Chester Rushing | ... |
Tommy H.
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Chelsea Talmadge | ... |
Carol
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Robert Walker Branchaud | ... |
Agent Repairman
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Shannon Purser | ... |
Barbara Holland
(4 episodes, 2016)
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| Pete Burris | ... |
Hawkins Head of Security
(3 episodes, 2016)
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| Andrew Benator | ... |
Elevator Scientist
(3 episodes, 2016)
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Charles Lawlor | ... |
Mr. Melvald
(3 episodes, 2016)
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| Tony Vaughn | ... |
Principal Coleman
(3 episodes, 2016)
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| Glennellen Anderson | ... |
Nicole
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Aimee Mullins | ... |
Terry Ives
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Chris Sullivan | ... |
Benny Hammond
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Stefanie Butler | ... |
Cynthia
(2 episodes, 2016)
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David Dwyer | ... |
Earl
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Salem Murphy | ... |
High School Principal
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Jerri Tubbs | ... |
Diane Hopper
(2 episodes, 2016)
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| Ron Roggé | ... |
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.
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.