Worst episodes of Stranger Things
Explore the comprehensive ranking of Stranger Things episodes, meticulously evaluated through thousands of fan votes. Uncover the lowest rated moments of Stranger Things!
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
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7.0
#2 - Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister
Season 2, Episode 7, 10/27/2017
Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
7.7
#3 - Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Season 3, Episode 2, 7/4/2019
Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
7.8
#4 - Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
Season 3, Episode 3, 7/4/2019
With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.
7.9
#5 - Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Season 3, Episode 1, 7/4/2019
Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
7.9
#6 - Chapter Five: The Flayed
Season 3, Episode 5, 7/4/2019
Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
8.0
#7 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
Season 2, Episode 2, 10/27/2017
After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.
8.1
#8 - Chapter Three: The Pollywog
Season 2, Episode 3, 10/27/2017
Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
8.1
#9 - Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum
Season 3, Episode 6, 7/4/2019
Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.
8.1
#10 - Chapter Five: The Nina Project
Season 4, Episode 5, 5/27/2022
Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.
8.2
#11 - Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
Season 1, Episode 2, 7/15/2016
Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods. Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.
8.2
#12 - Chapter Four: Will the Wise
Season 2, Episode 4, 10/27/2017
An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
8.2
#13 - Chapter Five: Dig Dug
Season 2, Episode 5, 10/27/2017
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.
8.2
#14 - Chapter Four: The Sauna Test
Season 3, Episode 4, 7/4/2019
A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.
8.2
#15 - Chapter Seven: The Bite
Season 3, Episode 7, 7/4/2019
With time running out -- and an assassin close behind -- Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
8.2
#16 - Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse
Season 4, Episode 2, 5/27/2022
A plane brings Mike to California — and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.
8.2
#17 - Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero
Season 4, Episode 3, 5/27/2022
Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
8.2
#18 - Chapter Six: The Dive
Season 4, Episode 6, 5/27/2022
Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.
8.4
#19 - Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
Season 1, Episode 1, 7/15/2016
On his way home from a friend's house, young Will sees something terrifying. Nearby, a sinister secret lurks in the depths of a government lab.
8.4
#20 - Chapter Four: The Body
Season 1, Episode 4, 7/15/2016
Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Nancy and Jonathan form an unlikely alliance.
8.4
#21 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
Season 1, Episode 5, 7/15/2016
Hopper breaks into the lab while Nancy and Jonathan confront the force that took Will. The boys ask Mr. Clarke how to travel to another dimension.
8.4
#22 - Chapter Six: The Monster
Season 1, Episode 6, 7/15/2016
A frantic Jonathan looks for Nancy in the darkness, but Steve's looking for her, too. Hopper and Joyce uncover the truth about the lab's experiments.
8.4
#23 - Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
Season 1, Episode 7, 7/15/2016
Eleven struggles to reach Will, while Lucas warns that "the bad men are coming." Nancy and Jonathan show the police what Jonathan caught on camera.
8.4
#24 - Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Season 1, Episode 8, 7/15/2016
Dr. Brenner holds Hopper and Joyce for questioning while the boys wait with Eleven in the gym. Back at Will's, Nancy and Jonathan prepare for battle.
8.4
#25 - Chapter One: MADMAX
Season 2, Episode 1, 10/27/2017
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.
8.5
#26 - Chapter Six: The Spy
Season 2, Episode 6, 10/27/2017
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.
8.5
#27 - Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
Season 2, Episode 8, 10/27/2017
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
8.5
#28 - Chapter Nine: The Gate
Season 2, Episode 9, 10/27/2017
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
8.5
#29 - Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Season 3, Episode 8, 7/4/2019
Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
8.5
#30 - Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
Season 4, Episode 9, 7/1/2022
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
8.6
#31 - Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly
Season 1, Episode 3, 7/15/2016
An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.
8.7
#32 - Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Season 4, Episode 1, 5/27/2022
El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
8.7
#33 - Chapter Eight: Papa
Season 4, Episode 8, 7/1/2022
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
8.8
#34 - Chapter Four: Dear Billy
Season 4, Episode 4, 5/27/2022
Max is in grave danger... and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.
9.0
#35 - Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
Season 4, Episode 7, 5/27/2022
As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives — and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.Summary
The worst rated episodes are:S5E1 - Chapter One: The Crawl - 0.0
S2E7 - Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister - 7.0
S3E2 - Chapter Two: The Mall Rats - 7.7
S3E3 - Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard - 7.8
S3E1 - Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? - 7.9
S3E5 - Chapter Five: The Flayed - 7.9
S2E2 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak - 8.0
S2E3 - Chapter Three: The Pollywog - 8.1
S3E6 - Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum - 8.1
S4E5 - Chapter Five: The Nina Project - 8.1
