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Stranger Things (2016) series

Discussed in 13 episodes · 15 film takes
PKA Score 6.4/10
Kyle
6.3/10
11 takes
Woody
6.6/10
4 takes
IMDb 8.6
PKA rates this 2.2 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 359PKA 469PKA 580PKA 690PKA 800PKA 359: +0.90 (2 takes)PKA 432: +0.60 (1 take)PKA 504: +0.12 (1 take)PKA 558: +0.17 (1 take)PKA 580: -0.60 (1 take)PKA 589: -0.33 (3 takes)PKA 614: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 615: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 648: +0.65 (2 takes)PKA 761: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 800: -0.50 (1 take)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 589 @ 38:29 — PKN 589
Discussion of the completed Stranger Things series finale on Netflix, production costs, cast aging, and episode lengths
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“It's a ton of content it's what I wish Game of Thrones should have done hours and hours of content”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I've seen screen grabs of it where the special effects look bad. Like, I don't know, I bet a YouTuber could doctorate up and make it look better”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I've watched all of Stranger Things up until this season I haven't seen anything from this year I guess we'll finish it just to see how it ends but it's difficult”
Taylor · likely● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I don't know if y'all uh care about the stranger things season uh series finale it's all done now is on Netflix”
▶ PKN 580 @ 53:11 — PKN 580
Discussion of extended production schedules over nine years, child actors aging during filming, and Millie Bobby Brown's public profile development
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“they've made five seasons in nine years almost a decade and like you said anything with child actors it's so evident especially if it just happens to be during that month when they hit puberty”
Unknown · unverified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“they make eight episodes of stranger things every four years those kids are like 31 now and they like millie bobby brown is like a sexy girl on the internet now she was a child”
▶ PKN 504 @ 49:42 — PKN 504
Taylor discusses watching Stranger Things and explains why he dropped it after season one
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I like the first season and then i never picked it up again”
▶ PKA 319 @ 14:38 — Painkiller Already #319
Taylor discusses rewatching Stranger Things and sensory deprivation tanks in relation to MKUltra experiments the show is based on
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I re-watched Stranger Things the other day. And I think maybe if I get in one of those, then I could cross over to the other side or something.”
Paul · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“that kind of in part what Stranger Things is based on loosely is that kind of real-life experimentation that our government did”
▶ PKA 800 @ 12:01 — PKA 800 W/ Harley & Josh Wolf: Skidmark Hookups and Dirty Finger
Brief mention of casting actors too old for their teenage roles in later seasons.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Stranger Things is the biggest offender. You look at the last season of that, everybody's grown.”
▶ PKA 359 @ 1:37:47 — Painkiller Already #359
Hosts discuss both seasons; Taylor and Kyle praise season 1's casting and 80s aesthetic, debate merits of season 2
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love the 80s feel of it, and I thought the casting was some of the best casting that I've seen in a really long time.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love Stranger Things Season 1 so, so much. It's one of my favorite things I've ever watched.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“You really should watch Stranger Things too it's amazing have you yeah i've seen it i binge watched it”
▶ PKA 432 @ 1:25:06 — Painkiller Already #432
Discussion about the Netflix show Stranger Things and how the child actors actually look like children, unlike many other TV shows
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Stranger Things really sticks out to me is the prime example of that. Those are fucking children. When you see children play children, you're like, oh, shit. Those are fucking children.”
▶ PKA 784 @ 3:22:47 — PKA 784 W/ Vito: What Kind of Whale is Best?
Discussion of Stranger Things finale where Will comes out as gay, getting mixed reactions online
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“which that's kind of shows like a cultural shift like people are ripping on him coming out as gay five years ago that would have been like wow”
▶ PKA 761 @ 3:07:18 — PKA 761 W/ Chris James & Hutch: Kyle's Paranormal Experience
Discussion of Netflix series quality and cast aging over seasons
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Stranger Things had a really strong start. I I was so into season one of Stranger Things.”
▶ PKA 648 @ 22:13 — PKA 648 W/ F1nn5er: Wings Dominates Boogie, Mr Beast Fear Factor
Discussion of the show's quality and Steve Harrington character; Taylor mentions watching it recently
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm a huge Steve the hair Harrington Fanboy he's the guy who makes that show everyone hates on him but he's my favorite guy”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched all of it and I watched all of it somewhat recently... it was a strangely good shot”
Woody · unverified◆ mixed
“I've only seen the first season of that show and I kind of lost interest in it”
▶ PKA 615 @ 37:41 — PKA 615 W/ Destiny: Woodys Bathroom Tour, Kyles New Dog, Woody V
Woody and Jackie watching current season, excited about episodes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I cried at a thing last night I watched um I'm watching The Outsiders again it's that HBO mini series”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I was so excited to get home and watch the season finale of stranger six three it was a blast”
▶ PKA 614 @ 3:09:10 — PKA 614 W/ Tucker: Brett Farve Welfare Fraud, GOT Talk Returns,
Kyle discusses watching seasons of the show and character reactions to plot developments
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“we're just whatever one or two episodes in now so I can't say I want to ask uh some MMA questions so the um Oliveira is about to”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched season one like when it came out and then I got arrested so I didn't I I felt like weed was a key component to that show being amazing because I was blown away by season one”
▶ PKA 558 @ 53:11 — PKA 558 W/ Harley: Woodys Acting Class, How to be Good Looking,
Kyle discusses exhaustion with Stranger Things fandom and oversaturation of the show
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“i got arrested between season one and season two and being high was such a big part of watching stranger things to me”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“you know what else exhausted me stranger things exhausted me dude i love stranger things season one”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“and then like by the time season two came around i saw so many people that were like my stranger things tattoo and i was like you tattooed that bro”