Stranger Things: Hope in the Upside Down
The Demogorgon approaches. All you have is a package of Eggos…and hope.
#107 – Stranger Things and the Radical Pursuit of a Loving God
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: After giving you an episode-by-episode breakdown of the hottest show of the Summer (maybe year?), we get our writers together to talk about Stranger Things at even greater length! There is…
Stranger Things: S01E08 The Upside Down
Well, we made it. Whew! That was a crazy ride. In just eight episodes we’ve been through a lot with the residents of Hawkins. On this side of the darkness, in my opinion, we’re all the better for the journey.…
Stranger Things: S01E07 The Bathtub
Dr. Brenner and crew are closing in on our boy wonders and Eleven, our intrepid superhero. The opening scene shows Lucas warning Mike, Dustin, and Eleven that the bad men are coming for them. Thus proceeds one of the most…
Stranger Things: S01E06 The Monster
Imagine you got sucked into a portal that took you to a dark, parallel world where you were chased by an unknown monster and barely made it out alive. Be a little shocked, would you? I’d say that’s an understatement.…
Stranger Things: S01E04 The Body
A vast expanse of stars is the first image we see after the harrowing conclusion of episode three, in which the “body” of Will Byers was discovered. What seemed like concrete evidence of Will’s fate is nearly immediately countered by…
Stranger Things: S01E03 Holly Jolly
Barb is dead. Long live Barb! Nancy gives in to Steve’s consistent pursuit of her after the pool party while Barb struggles out of what the audience now comes to see as a parallel reality: She is in the swimming…
Stranger Things: S01E02 The Weirdo on Maple Street
Only two episodes into Stranger Things and there’s really only one question to ask: are you hooked yet? You are, admit it. Or, if you’ve already finished the series, you can probably point to this episode as the one where…
Stranger Things: S01E01 The Vanishing of Will Byers
By the time the mysterious, shaven-head girl, Eleven, emerges from the woods and meets our three intrepid boy wonders, we have completed the first episode of The Duffer Brothers’ new Netflix series, Stranger Things, and been plunged into a 80s-tinged…