Stranger Things Season 1 - Episode 1

Will's friends—Mike, Dustin, and Lucas—ignore police orders to stay home and venture into the woods to find Will. Instead, they stumble upon the runaway girl, Eleven, in the pouring rain. Key Themes and Style The episode is heavily influenced by the works of Steven Spielberg Stephen King

The episode opens in November 1983 at the Hawkins National Laboratory , where a scientist is killed by an unseen creature. Stranger Things Season 1 - Episode 1