Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
- Episode aired Jul 15, 2016
- TV-14
- 55m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
24K
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Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.
John Reynolds
- Officer Callahan
- (as John Paul Reynolds)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) is referenced throughout the first season, the allusions to the film are at their most prominent in "The Weirdo on Maple Street". The Duffer Brothers (Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer) have said: "Just as E.T. is about the connection between E.T. and Elliot, The Weirdo on Maple Street is about the connection between Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard)." In the film, Elliot feigns illness to stay home from school and be with E.T. He shows E.T. his toys, including Star Wars figures. Mike does exactly the same, showing her his Yoda figurine. When alone, Eleven explores the Wheeler house, becoming mesmerized by the television; E.T. did the same in Elliot's home.
- GoofsWhile it is true that for most of the 20th century AT&T had a monopoly on the telecommunications industry and it's also true that customers could not buy their own phones, they had to rent them from Bell Systems, a telecommunications company owned by AT&T. However the federal government finally broke up the AT&T monopoly on January 8, 1982. After that customers could start buying their own phones. So as this show takes place in November of 1983, after the power surge Joyce would of needed to buy a new phone as Bell Systems no longer rented them out to customers.
- Quotes
Dustin Henderson: We never would've upset you if we knew you had superpowers.
- ConnectionsReferences Godzilla (1954)
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Things are heating up
Chapter Two of "Stranger Things" is closer to what the creators of the show probably intended than the first episode ever was.
It starts with the pace. It is better, faster, more things happen, and it offers more mystery and a better atmosphere than the start of the series.
It continues with the depiction of the 80s, way more lively and realistic than in the first episode, in which all looked like someone trying to copy the 80s style of movies and TV series and failing, all a little bit fake.
The acting also helps, even though sometimes it is a little bit on the primary school play. It is more assured than in the first episode, all actors more comfortable in their roles. It helps that the plot gives its characters something to do.
Talking about the plot. It is still a little bit as if a group of friends had decided to get together and throw all the typical and topical ideas from the 80s in a hat and then decided to pick some of them up randomly and make a story out of that thin thread. We continue with the developing of the 'mysterious' Eleven's story-line, and also with Will's search. For like a couple of seconds we can enjoy again Modine's super-white hair. All of it is quite basic and seen a hundred of times before. The actors delivery of the dialogue is what glues the story for now.
Better direction, good quality production also adds to a second episode which seems to show that the series knows a little bit where it is heading. Let's see if they keep that way.
It starts with the pace. It is better, faster, more things happen, and it offers more mystery and a better atmosphere than the start of the series.
It continues with the depiction of the 80s, way more lively and realistic than in the first episode, in which all looked like someone trying to copy the 80s style of movies and TV series and failing, all a little bit fake.
The acting also helps, even though sometimes it is a little bit on the primary school play. It is more assured than in the first episode, all actors more comfortable in their roles. It helps that the plot gives its characters something to do.
Talking about the plot. It is still a little bit as if a group of friends had decided to get together and throw all the typical and topical ideas from the 80s in a hat and then decided to pick some of them up randomly and make a story out of that thin thread. We continue with the developing of the 'mysterious' Eleven's story-line, and also with Will's search. For like a couple of seconds we can enjoy again Modine's super-white hair. All of it is quite basic and seen a hundred of times before. The actors delivery of the dialogue is what glues the story for now.
Better direction, good quality production also adds to a second episode which seems to show that the series knows a little bit where it is heading. Let's see if they keep that way.
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- tenshi_ippikiookami
- Dec 11, 2016
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