EPISODE: 2.08 "The Mind Flayer" SYNOPSIS: An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside. REVIEW: After the momentum killer that was "The Lost Sister", Stranger Things picks right up where it left off with...
EPISODE: 2.07 "The Lost Sister" SYNOPSIS: Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past. REVIEW: When the Duffer Brothers first developed Stranger Things, it was being envisioned as an anthology series. Obviously, the...
EPISODE: 2.06 "The Spy" SYNOPSIS: Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger, but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond. REVIEW: In the second of the two episodes helmed by Oscar winning filmmaker...
EPISODE: 2.05 "Dig Dug" SYNOPSIS: Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem. REVIEW: Stranger Things 2 continues to get mired in the same things that befall every sequel. While The Duffer Brothers have tried...
Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned PLOT: The assault on the Saviors continues in multiple locations and a long-lost character returns. REVIEW: This is more like it. The second episode of The Walking Dead‘s eighth season is, like the season...
EPISODE: 2.04 "Will the Wise" SYNOPSIS: An ailing Will opens up to Joyce — with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery. REVIEW: At the end of the previous episode, "The Pollywog", it finally looked like Stranger Things was returning to what it used to...
EPISODE: 2.03 "The Pollywog" SYNOPSIS: Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears. REVIEW: It feels a bit weird to say this after how completely sold I was with the first season of Stranger Things, but...
EPISODE: 2.02 "Trick or Treat, Freak" SYNOPSIS: After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mikewonders if Eleven is still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb. REVIEW: When Stranger Things 2 debuted it's first images and trailers, the fact that the kids were all wearing costumes from GHOSTBUSTERS...
EPISODE: 2.01 "MADMAX" SYNOPSIS: As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins. REVIEW: Last year, Stranger Things came out of nowhere and blew audiences away....
Season 8, Episode 1: Mercy PLOT: “All-Out War” begins as the other communities attack the Sanctuary of Negan and his Saviors. REVIEW: Just one week after Fear the Walking Dead finished its best-yet season with back-to-back episodes, its companion series...
