"Stranger Things" Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers (TV Episode 2016) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Steve and Nancy kiss in a few scenes
  • A few references to sex and suggestive things.

Violence & Gore

  • Nothing violent in this episode
  • A woman shoots a man in the head. Nothing graphically shown.
  • A lot of black ink that may also be blood is shown on the walls.
  • Dustin says to eat kangaroos for dinner.
  • A very creepy phone call has a ton of heavy breathing and a very weird noise of what seems like strangles or something else.
  • A phone zaps, meaning a probable power outtage.
  • At the beginning of the episode, a scientist gets pulled and choked by a creature.
  • Not much is shown, but a lot is referenced.
  • Hopper's daughter died, only referenced.

Profanity

  • 4 uses of s**t, a few uses of damn and hell.
  • 1 character says "don't be a p***y"
  • Joyce says that her husband called her son a and then she mouths "f*g" but doesn't say it
  • There are no at all religious profanity's in season 1 or 2.
  • At the beginning too a character call one of the other characters older sisters boy friend a D bag but he says the real thing the characters sister calls her brother one too in the same episode but the first is easy to miss

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Hopper takes a pill and drinks beer before getting ready for work.
  • A lot of smoking.
  • Joyce smokes in a very anxious and distressed manner.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Not much happens in the episode that is too intense, but the ambience and tone of the scenary and story is very intense.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scene where the Demogorgon captures Will Byers could be frightening for some.
  • It is said that Eleven is part of strange biochemical projects.

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