‘Stranger Things’ Season 1 Revisited

House of R

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

Mal and Jo are back in Hawkins and the Upside Down for a rewatch of ‘Stranger Things’ in the run-up to the fifth and final season. First up: Revisiting Season 1! They talk about their original experience with the show and hand out some superlatives! (00:00) Intro(06:21) Opening Snapshot(29:48) Favorite Episode(36:43) Most Important Friendship(48:19) Funniest Moment(51:34) Most Emotional Moment(01:01:24) Scariest Moment(01:08:41) Most Electric Moment(01:14:22) Best Coming-of-Age Moment(01:19:00) Honoring the Nerds(01:25:32) Best Quote(01:27:31) Most Memorable Visual(01:33:35) Goopiest Goop(01:35:50) The Internet Was Wrong About This(01:41:29) Favorite Pop Culture Reference(01:45:02) Most Potent Use of '80s Nostalgia(01:46:55) Fit Lord(01:49:46) Best Needle Drop(01:51:33) Most Netflix-y Subtitle(01:52:32) Most Enticing Endgame Setup(02:01:57) Biggest Season 5 Question(02:10:24) Season 1 MVP Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna RobinsonProducers: Carlos Chiriboga and John RichterSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Greetings and welcome to House of Ar, a Ringerverse podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network.
1:01.5	I'm Mallory Rubin.
1:05.2	Joining me today, something's coming.
1:09.0	Something hungry for blood, something hungry for pods.
1:11.3	It's Joanna Robinson. Yeah, hungry for pods. It's Joanna Robinson.
1:13.0	Yeah, Hungry for Blood.
1:13.9	That's me.
1:15.2	Joe, do you copy?
1:16.3	Joe, Joe.
1:17.4	Can you read me? Over?
1:18.0	Over?
1:19.0	Hey, buddy.
1:19.8	Hi, pal.
1:21.2	Oh, Joanna, we are here to talk about Stranger Things.
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