Scripted series · Netflix
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
A new adventure awaits.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Brooklyn Davey Norstedt
Eleven (voice)
10 eps
Jolie Hoang-Rappaport
Max (voice)
10 eps
Luca Diaz
Mike (voice)
10 eps
Elisha Williams
Lucas (voice)
10 eps
Braxton Quinney
Dustin (voice)
10 eps
Benjamin Plessala
Will (voice)
10 eps
Odessa A'zion
Nikki (voice)
10 eps
Janeane Garofalo
Anna Baxter (voice)
7 eps
Lou Diamond Phillips
Daniel Fischer (voice)
7 eps
Alessandra Antonelli
Nancy (voice)
2 eps
Griffin Burns
Jonathan / Bradley (voice)
1 eps
Benjamin Valic
Charlie Dandridge (voice)
4 eps
Alysia Reiner
Karen Wheeler (voice)
1 eps
Pressly Coker
Mr. Clarke (voice)
1 eps
Georgia MacPhail
Jeanie (voice)
1 eps
Jodi Carlisle
Mrs. Gundersson (voice)
2 eps
Brett Gipson
Hopper (voice)
6 eps
Leith M. Burke
Farmer Eugene (voice)
1 eps
Ayah Weitz
Ella (voice)
1 eps
Valeria Rodriguez
Rosario (voice)
3 eps
Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.
Danny (voice)
1 eps
Matt Kaminsky
Mayor Kline / Carnie (voice)
1 eps
Jack Griffo
Jeff Nelson / Man in Snow (voice)
2 eps
Noah Baird
Teen #1 (voice)
1 eps
Gavin Hammon
Mulligan Brother #1 / Mulligan Brother #2 (voice)
1 eps
Jeremy Jordan
Steve (voice)
2 eps
Robert Englund
Cosmo (voice)
1 eps
Mark Whitten
Keith / Truck Driver (voice)
2 eps
Melissa Hutchison
Elise Withers (voice)
1 eps
Adam El Sharkawy
Staffer #1 (voice)
1 eps
Mason Blomberg
Peter (voice)
1 eps
Matthew Jayson Cwern
Coach Hammon (voice)
1 eps
Mara Junot
Newscaster (voice)
2 eps
Jim Titus
Officer Powell (voice)
2 eps
Jordan Reynolds
Officer Callaham (voice)
1 eps
Miriam Flynn
Flo (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Stranger Things: Tales from '85 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 10 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202610 episodes
6.3IMDbIn the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days. But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely? Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this untold story set in the Stranger Things universe.
Best episode · S01E04 Chapter Four: The Confession
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Season 2 · Unannounced
Season 2
0 episodes
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Chapter Four: The Confession
A worried Mike decides to come clean to Hopper, and Dustin drags Steve into the H.I.C. Nikki welcomes Will to the mosh pit. Lucas and Max hit the arcade.
- Directed by Philip J. Allora, JJ Conway
- Written by Dan Milano
S01E01
Chapter One: Welcome to Hawkins, New Kid
A surprising new threat alters the gang's plans to shovel snow for extra cash, bringing them face to face with danger and closer to a cool new student.
- Directed by Eric Robles, Sarah Jean Partington
- Written by Jennifer Muro, Eric Robles
S01E02
Chapter Two: Bad Harvest
Nikki joins the party — and the newly formed Hawkins Investigators Club. Strange things take root at a nearby farm and shake up the Winter Festival.
- Directed by JJ Conway
- Written by Eric Robles, Chad Quandt
S01E05
Chapter Five: The Weekly Watcher
When a photo that could put El in danger gets sold to a popular tabloid, the kids pull Nancy into a heist to get it back. If they can't? It's game over.
- Directed by Ben Choi
- Written by Joshua Pruett
S01E03
Chapter Three: Evolution
The kids look for answers about the mutant creatures plaguing their town and get a helpful lesson from Mrs. Baxter, their substitute science teacher.
- Directed by JJ Conway
- Written by Jennifer Muro, Chad Quandt
S01E08
Chapter Eight: The Party
Dustin finds danger at the Food Mart when two terrifying creatures break in. The gang gears up to go underground just in time for Nikki's birthday.
- Directed by Ben Choi
- Written by Jen Bardekoff, Ray Utarnachitt
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Chapter One: Welcome to Hawkins, New Kid
- Directed by Eric Robles, Sarah Jean Partington
- Written by Jennifer Muro, Eric Robles
S01E02
Chapter Two: Bad Harvest
- Directed by JJ Conway
- Written by Eric Robles, Chad Quandt
S01E03
Chapter Three: Evolution
- Directed by JJ Conway
- Written by Jennifer Muro, Chad Quandt
S01E04
Chapter Four: The Confession
- Directed by Philip J. Allora, JJ Conway
- Written by Dan Milano
S01E05
Chapter Five: The Weekly Watcher
- Directed by Ben Choi
- Written by Joshua Pruett
S01E06
Chapter Six: A Storm Is Coming
- Directed by Ashe Jacobson
- Written by Ray Utarnachitt
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Jennifer Muro
Creator
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Eric Robles
Showrunner
Dan Cohen
Executive producer
Shawn Levy
Executive producer
Matt Duffer
Executive producer
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Hilary Leavitt
Executive producer
Ross Duffer
Executive producer
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Ryan Little
Writer
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Jen Bardekoff
Writer
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Kevin Burke
Writer
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Joshua Pruett
Writer
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Ray Utarnachitt
Writer
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Dan Milano
Writer
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Alexis Quasarano
Writer
Chad Quandt
Writer
Chris Wyatt
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Eric RoblesExecutive Producer
- Emily MorrisProducer
- Rachel RichmondProducer
- Dan CohenExecutive Producer
- Shawn LevyExecutive Producer
- Matt DufferExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ryan LittleWriter
- Jen BardekoffWriter
- Jennifer MuroWriter
- Eric RoblesWriter
- Kevin BurkeWriter
- Joshua PruettWriter
Direction
- Eric RoblesDirector
- Philip J. AlloraDirector
- Ashe JacobsonDirector
- JJ ConwayDirector
- Ben ChoiDirector
- Sarah Jean PartingtonDirector
Music
- Brad BreeckOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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