Episodes Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers July 15, 2016 Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street July 15, 2016 Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly July 15, 2016 Chapter Four: The Body July 15, 2016 Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat July 15, 2016 Chapter Six: The Monster July 15, 2016 Chapter Seven: The Bathtub July 15, 2016 Chapter Eight: The Upside Down July 15, 2016 Directed by Matt Duffer Ross Duffer Shawn Levy Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Jessie Nickson-Lopez   Jessica Mecklenburg   Justin Doble   Alison Tatlock   Paul Dichter   Cast Winona Ryder ... Joyce Byers (8 episodes) David Harbour ... Jim Hopper (8 episodes) Finn Wolfhard ... Mike Wheeler (8 episodes) Millie Bobby Brown ... Eleven (8 episodes) Gaten Matarazzo ... Dustin Henderson (8 episodes) Caleb McLaughlin ... Lucas Sinclair (8 episodes) Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler (8 episodes) Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers (8 episodes) Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler (8 episodes) Matthew Modine ... Martin Brenner (8 episodes) Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington (8 episodes) Rob Morgan ... Officer Powell (8 episodes) John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (8 episodes) (as John Paul Reynolds) Joe Chrest ... Ted Wheeler (7 episodes) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers (6 episodes) Mark Steger ... The Monster (6 episodes) Randy Havens ... Scott Clarke (6 episodes) Tobias Jelinek ... Lead Agent (6 episodes) Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence (6 episodes) Catherine Dyer ... Agent Connie Frazier (5 episodes) Anniston Price ... Holly Wheeler (5 episodes) Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler (5 episodes) Peyton Wich ... Troy (5 episodes) Ross Partridge ... Lonnie Byers (4 episodes) Hugh B. Holub ... Scientist (4 episodes) (as Hugh Holub) Cade Jones ... James (4 episodes) Chester Rushing ... Tommy Hagan (4 episodes) Chelsea Talmadge ... Carol Perkins (4 episodes) Robert Walker Branchaud ... Agent Repairman (4 episodes) (as Robert Walker-Branchaud) Shannon Purser ... Barbara Holland (3 episodes) Andrew Benator ... Elevator Scientist (3 episodes) Tony Vaughn ... Principal Coleman (3 episodes) Charles Lawlor ... Mr. Melvald (3 episodes) Pete Burris ... Hawkins Head of Security (3 episodes) Chris Sullivan ... Benny Hammond (2 episodes) Stefanie Butler ... Cynthia (2 episodes) David Dwyer ... Earl (2 episodes) Salem Hadeed ... High School Principal (2 episodes) (as Salem Hadeed-Murphy) Glennellen Anderson ... Nicole (2 episodes) Aimee Mullins ... Terry Ives (2 episodes) Ron Roggé ... State Trooper O'Bannon (2 episodes) (as Ron Rogge) Jerri Tubbs ... Diane Hopper (2 episodes) Anthony Reynolds ... Agent Brenda Wood ... Local Newswoman Bethany Anne Lind ... Sandra Cynthia Barrett ... Mrs. Holland Miles Mussenden ... M.P. Officer Patrick Sierra Rae ... Ally (as Sierra Vemeyer) Christi Waldon ... Marissa Danny Boushebel ... English Teacher Jason Davis ... Test Subject Arthur Lee Dozier ... Greg McCorkle (as Arthur Lee Dozier V) Ron Fallica ... State Trooper Marianne Fraulo ... Patty Adam Gagan ... Ground Controller Jon Kohler ... Funeral Director Shawn Levy ... Morgue Worker Cody Robinson ... Test Pilot Shepard (as Christopher Cody Robinson) Paul Ryden ... Field Reporter Mark Withers ... Gary Bill Eudaly ... Pastor Charles Kaylee Glover ... Jennifer Hayes Andre Pushkin ... Russian Man Amy Seimetz ... Becky Ives Adam Boyer ... Hunting Store Owner Linda Kang ... Female Clerk Kevin Patrick Murphy ... Grocery Store Manager Chase Stokes ... Reed Shae Britt ... Mary Mack Girl #2 Jackie Dallas ... Jen Charles Green ... Movie Theatre Manager Amy Parrish ... Troy's Mom Abigail Whitlock ... Mary Mack Girl #1 Lucius Baston ... Technician Elle Graham ... Sara Hopper Uncredited Cast Jim Heard ... Townsperson (8 episodes) Stephen Dean ... Hawkins Police Officer (4 episodes) Shannon Purser ... Barbara Holland (3 episodes) Camden Ella Brown ... Middle School Girl (3 episodes) Stephen M. LaBar Jr. ... Agent (3 episodes) John Archer Lundgren ... Winky's Patron (3 episodes) Ryder Morlong ... Middle School Student (3 episodes) Owen Beam ... Middle School Student (2 episodes) Mikayla Fields ... Middle School Student (2 episodes) Isabel Chanel Freeman ... Middle School Kid (2 episodes) Shelby Christine Freeman ... Middle School Kid (2 episodes) Alex Hargett ... High School Student (2 episodes) Walter Hendrix III ... Lab Tech #1 (2 episodes) Jaxon McHan ... Fighting Kid (2 episodes) Max Perethian ... Lab Tech #2 (2 episodes) Fernando Campos ... Security Guard (2 episodes) Philip Dido ... Security Guard (2 episodes) Daniel Martinez ... Middle School Student (2 episodes) Julaine Tackett ... High School Student (2 episodes) Daniel Jarvie ... Special Agent (2 episodes) Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Anastasia Bastien ... Middle School Student Jb Blaine ... Student Stephen Conroy ... Agent #2 Gordon Dillard Jr. ... Agent #3 Aiden Hattier ... Science Class Kid Jesse Kindred ... Phone Tapper Shane Donovan Lewis ... Middle School Student Ryan Newton ... High School Student Bobby Pizer ... High School Student Brady Rogers ... Firefighter Leticia Sabater ... Salchipapa Singer (spanish promo) Anthony Porrey ... High School Student Mikey Evgen ... Teen in Lunchroom Daniel McGraw ... Person in Town Terry Thomas ... Person in Town Ashley Windham ... Kid at Funeral Judy McGee Burley ... Cafeteria Worker Daniel Guttenberg ... Mr. Henderson Bradford Haynes ... Mr. Sinclair Tabitha Kilgore ... Mrs. Henderson Tara Wescott ... Mrs. Sinclair Marshall Choka ... Scientist Rachel Marie Wilson ... Grocery Store Patron Marisol Correa ... Townspeople Cade Shepard ... Special Agent Rory Healy ... Agent Duke Jackson ... Agent Lourenz Oviedo ... Officer Jaye Tyroff ... Military Police #4 Andrew Ward ... Military Truck Driver / soldier Produced by Dan Cohen   Justin Doble   Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Karl Gajdusek   Rand Geiger   Cindy Holland   Shawn Levy   Jessica Mecklenburg   Emily Morris   Iain Paterson   Alison Tatlock   Matthew Thunell   Brian Wright   Original Music by Kyle Dixon Michael Stein

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