Stranger Things Rewatch | Chapter 5: The Flea and the Acrobat
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🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Kit, Andy, and Steve explore one of the most mythic and mind-bending chapters of Stranger Things Season 1 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat. The boundaries of reality begin to blur as the boys learn about the concept of alternate dimensions—specifically, a dark mirror of our world known as the Upside Down. Hopper digs deeper into the mystery of the lab and uncovers chilling evidence of a cover-up, while Nancy and Jonathan follow a strange lead of their own.
00:00:00 - Introduction:
Welcome to a new episode of Streaming Things, where we dive deep into the world of streaming content!
00:02:55 - Stranger Things MadLibs Word Search:
Steve solicits Kit and Andy for words to create a MadLibs story.
00:05:11 - Overall Thoughts:
Our hosts share their initial impressions and overarching thoughts on today's movie/TV episode.
00:10:34 - Scene by Scene Recap:
Join us as we break down the episode or movie scene by scene.
01:17:00 - Chocolate Puddings:
The hosts list their top 3 moments of the episode.
01:24:58 - Easter Eggos:
The hosts name any easter eggs from the 80s they were able to pull from watching this episode.
01:34:20 - Eleven out of 10 Performance:
The hosts recognize the talent they think delivered the best performance of the episode.
01:35:59 - Step Into the Nina:
Steve plays clips from the podcast’s original coverage for Kit and Andy to react to.
01:46:29 - Stranger Things MadLibs Story Reveal:
Steve reads the MadLibs story that Kit and Andy helped create.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's like holes, but it's so dark and empty. |
| 0:03.0 | Will! |
| 0:04.0 | What's it mean? |
| 0:06.0 | 11. |
| 0:07.0 | Friends don't lie. |
| 0:09.0 | Stop it! You're freaking around! |
| 0:12.0 | He's freaking me out. |
| 0:13.0 | The upside down. |
| 0:15.0 | Do you understand what he's talking about? |
| 0:18.0 | No. |
| 0:19.0 | I found a the bunny! |
| 0:23.9 | Oh, God, please tell me to stop the kid. |
| 0:26.3 | I need you to hide. |
| 0:30.0 | Mornings are for coffee in contemplation. |
| 0:34.2 | Oh, shit. |
| 0:35.9 | Welcome back. |
| 0:36.6 | My name is Kit. |
| 0:37.4 | I'm Mandy. And I'm Steve. And this is streaming things. Welcome back. My name is Kit. I'm Mandy. |
| 0:38.2 | And I'm Steve. |
| 0:43.0 | And this is streaming things, streaming stranger things. |
| 0:47.0 | This time, it's episode five of season one, chapter five. |
| 0:49.3 | The Flea and the Acrobat. |
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