Stranger Things: S1. Ch5. The Flea and the Acrobat

from Investigating · host Sarah Watson & Lea Nasrallah

In the aftermath of the previous episode, Joyce's ex, Lonnie shows up to "help," Hopper is fully on board Joyce's crazy train, tensions come to a head within the kids' group, and Nancy steps foot into the Upside Down. Listen to hear Lea and Sarah discuss Nancy and Jonathan's defiance of gender norms, El's desire for a "normal" life with a nuclear family, and the 80's view of parents' culpability for raising "queer" children.

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