Stranger Things Second Season Recap in 3 Minutes
Episode 1: MADMAX Kali helps criminals escape Will experiences an Upside Down vision at the arcade Max arrives as new student from California Murray suspects Eleven is a Russian experiment and confronts Hopper Hopper investigates mysteriously rotting pumpkin fields Owens explains Will’s visions as trauma Mike continues radio attempts to reach missing Eleven Eleven revealed alive, living secretly in Hopper’s cabin Episode 2: Trick or Treat, Freak Eleven wants to trick-or-treat but Hopper forbids it Will continues experiencing traumatic visions of the Upside Down Nancy feels guilty about Barb and fights with Steve Max joins the boys for trick-or-treating Will sees a massive shadow monster in a vision Dustin finds a mysterious creature in his trash can Eleven secretly watches Mike while hiding at the cabin Episode 3: The Pollyanna Dustin names the creature D’Artagnan and keeps it Will keeps experiencing visions of the Upside Down Dustin reveals Dart to the boys at school Dart escapes into the school Will confronts the shadow monster Nancy and Jonathan plan to expose what happened to Barb Eleven sees Mike with Max and trips Max Hopper discovers pumpkin field rot is tied to the lab Episode 4: Will the Wise Will collapses after another terrifying vision on the field Will describes a dark entity that “likes it cold” and fears heat Will draws massive vine-like maps of the monster’s spread Eleven meets her mother Dustin finds Dart has grown and eaten his cat Hopper discovers spreading vines underground connected to the Upside Down Episode 5: Dig Dug Will senses Hopper trapped in the Upside Down tunnels Joyce, Bob, and Will use drawings to locate Hopper Lucas tells Max the truth about last year’s events Nancy and Jonathan take Barb’s story to Murray Joyce and Bob rescue Hopper before soldiers burn the tunnels Will screams in pain and convulses Episode 6: The Spy Will is hospitalized Dustin recruits Steve and Lucas to hunt Dart Will reveals the monster has a hive mind Kids battle baby Demogorgons at junkyard; creatures suddenly leave Will leads soldiers into a trap and Demodogs slaughter them Episode 7: The Lost Sister Eleven sees visions of another girl in her mother’s memories Eleven finds Kali and joins her group Kali teaches Eleven to use anger for power Kali trains Eleven to use anger to increase power Ray Carroll reveals Brenner is alive Eleven leaves Kali to return home and help Episode 8: The Mind Flayer Demodogs breach the lab and attack government personnel Joyce sedates Will to stop spying Dustin confirms Dart has grown and is now dangerous Billy forced by abusive father to find missing Max Bob is killed by Demodogs while escaping Group regroups at Hopper’s cabin to plan next move Dustin identifies the enemy as a hive mind “Mind Flayer” Will communicates “CLOSE GATE” via Morse code Eleven returns and kills the demodogs Episode 9: The Gate Hopper explains hiding Eleven to protect everyone from danger Group realizes closing the gate could also kill Will Plan formed to force Mind Flayer out of Will Billy attacks Steve before Max drugs and threatens him Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy overheat Will to force the Mind Flayer out of Will Kids burn tunnels to distract demodogs from Eleven Eleven closes the gate, destroying the monster’s army Hopper legally becomes Eleven’s father Play Stranger Things word guessing game here