The Mind Flayer: the kids explain the hive mind
The party lays out the shadow monster as a hive mind and reaches for a D&D analogy. Hopper calls it a kids' game; Dustin says the manual is not for kids.
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Same episode, in order
- 01Cold open: the demo-dogs breach the lab
- 02Will has to be put to sleep
- 03Neil puts Billy in his place
- 04Dart ate Mews: the party learns the truth in the car
- 05Bob Newby, superhero: Bob volunteers for the breakers
- 06Open sesame: Bob gets the doors open
- 07Guided through the halls: get in the closet
- 08Bob's run for the front door
- 09Demo-dogs: Dustin names the enemy
- 10The Mind Flayer: the kids explain the hive mind
- 11Joyce decides: we have to kill it
- 12Dustin apologises and Lucas denies the electricity
- 13Mike tells Max about El
- 14Will wakes up tied to a chair
- 15Joyce's rainbow ship: the crayon memory
- 16Jonathan remembers building Castle Byers
- 17Mike's first day of kindergarten speech
- 18Morse code: Will spells out the answer
- 19The phone rings: it knows where they are
- 20Demo-dogs surround the Byers house
In playlists
Mike Wheeler's Best Moments
The leader of the group of friends, the first to shelter Eleven. Played by Finn Wolfhard.
Dustin Henderson's Best Moments
The group's curious, sharp-tongued scientist, never without a theory. Played by Gaten Matarazzo.
Jim Hopper's Best Moments
Hawkins' police chief, a man with a lost past who takes the Byers case seriously when nobody else does. Played by David Harbour.
Lucas Sinclair's Best Moments
The group's skeptic, quickest to question Eleven and to act. Played by Caleb McLaughlin.
Joyce Byers's Best Moments
Will's mother, who refuses to believe her son is gone and will tear her house apart to reach him. Played by Winona Ryder.
Nancy Wheeler's Best Moments
Mike's older sister, pulled from her own high-school life into the search. Played by Natalia Dyer.
Jonathan Byers's Best Moments
Will's older brother, a loner with a camera who looks for his brother his own way. Played by Charlie Heaton.
Steve Harrington's Best Moments
The popular senior dating Nancy, more than the hair suggests. Played by Joe Keery.
Max Mayfield's Best Moments
The new girl in Hawkins, a skateboarder with the arcade high score and a stepbrother she fears. Played by Sadie Sink.
Jim Hopper & Joyce Byers
The chief and the mother who refuses to be told she is crazy. 46 scenes together, in story order.
Nancy Wheeler & Jonathan Byers
The girl next door and the loner with the camera, monster-hunting together. 46 scenes together, in story order.
Nancy Wheeler & Steve Harrington
The high-school couple whose romance the Upside Down pulls apart. 25 scenes together, in story order.
Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
The babysitter and the kid with the pet demodog: the show's best friendship. 20 scenes together, in story order.
Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair
The party: the three boys, their walkie-talkies and every argument. 70 scenes together, in story order.
Lucas Sinclair & Max Mayfield
The skateboarder from California and the boy who kept turning up at her arcade. 29 scenes together, in story order.