Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
- Episode aired Jul 15, 2016
- TV-14
- 55m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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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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A perfect continuation of the pilot episode and remains consistent throughout
Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street is a solid second episode of the first season. It continues where the pilot episode left off and remains consistent throughout. My only quibble is that the house party where Nancy and Jonathan go to felt a bit too awkward for my tastes, but that's doesn't matter because the rest of the episode retains the same stuff that made the first episode a great start.
The story is still intriguing with a raw and tear-jerking scene with Winona Ryder and Charlie Heaton. There's also a little more back story for the other characters aside from Joyce and Jonathan. The kid protagonists Mike, Dustin and Lucas share their chemistry that feels natural thanks to Wolfhard Matarazzo and Mclaughlin's solid performances. Natalia Dyer, Shannon Purser (who played Barbara in the first episode) and David Harbour continue to deliver excellent performances and Millie Bobby Brown continues to excel as Eleven in a very well-written flashback revolving around her character. The cinematography is still gorgeous with a brilliantly lit atmosphere it retained from the first episode and the music score is still impressive, continuing to compliment the 1980s decade and setting perfectly.
Overall, a solid second episode of the first season and remains as consistent as Chapter One. Thumbs up from me. :)
The story is still intriguing with a raw and tear-jerking scene with Winona Ryder and Charlie Heaton. There's also a little more back story for the other characters aside from Joyce and Jonathan. The kid protagonists Mike, Dustin and Lucas share their chemistry that feels natural thanks to Wolfhard Matarazzo and Mclaughlin's solid performances. Natalia Dyer, Shannon Purser (who played Barbara in the first episode) and David Harbour continue to deliver excellent performances and Millie Bobby Brown continues to excel as Eleven in a very well-written flashback revolving around her character. The cinematography is still gorgeous with a brilliantly lit atmosphere it retained from the first episode and the music score is still impressive, continuing to compliment the 1980s decade and setting perfectly.
Overall, a solid second episode of the first season and remains as consistent as Chapter One. Thumbs up from me. :)
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