Stranger Things: S1. Ch8. The Upside Down

from Investigating · host Sarah Watson & Lea Nasrallah

Joyce and Hopper head to the lab to find Will, Nancy and Jonathan prepare to lure the Demogorgon to the Byers' house, and Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Eleven face down Brenner at the school. Listen as Sarah and Lea discuss the behind the scenes design of the monster, the original choice to kill off Steve and Eleven and why that was changed, their concerns with how Eleven's arc is handled, and more.

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