The Best Episodes Directed By Matt Duffer
Every TV Episode Directed by Matt Duffer Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Matt Duffer Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Matt Duffer is "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab", rated 9/10 from 122 user votes. It was "written by Matt Duffer". "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" aired on 5/27/2022 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club".
9.0/10 122 votes#1 - Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2022
As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives — and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.7/10 360 votes#2 - Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2022
El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.7/10 169 votes#3 - Chapter Eight: Papa
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/1/2022
Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.6/10 159 votes#4 - Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/1/2022
With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.5/10 146 votes#5 - Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2017
An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.5/10 151 votes#6 - Chapter Nine: The Gate
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/2017
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.5/10 134 votes#7 - Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/4/2019
Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.4/10 1,391 votes#8 - Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2016
On his way home from a friend's house, young Will sees something terrifying. Nearby, a sinister secret lurks in the depths of a government lab.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.4/10 238 votes#9 - Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2016
Hopper breaks into the lab while Nancy and Jonathan confront the force that took Will. The boys ask Mr. Clarke how to travel to another dimension.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.4/10 181 votes#10 - Chapter Seven: The Bathtub
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/15/2016
Eleven struggles to reach Will, while Lucas warns that "the bad men are coming." Nancy and Jonathan show the police what Jonathan caught on camera.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Justin Doble
8.4/10 190 votes#11 - Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2016
Dr. Brenner holds Hopper and Joyce for questioning while the boys wait with Eleven in the gym. Back at Will's, Nancy and Jonathan prepare for battle.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 244 votes#12 - Chapter One: MADMAX
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2017
As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.3/10 180 votes#13 - Chapter Six: The Monster
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/15/2016
A frantic Jonathan looks for Nancy in the darkness, but Steve's looking for her, too. Hopper and Joyce uncover the truth about the lab's experiments.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.2/10 357 votes#14 - Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2016
Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods. Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.2/10 125 votes#15 - Chapter Seven: The Bite
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/4/2019
With time running out -- and an assassin close behind -- Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.2/10 134 votes#16 - Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 5/27/2022
A plane brings Mike to California — and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
8.0/10 160 votes#17 - Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2017
After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
7.9/10 227 votes#18 - Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2019
Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer
7.7/10 136 votes#19 - Chapter Two: The Mall Rats
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/4/2019
Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
Director: Matt Duffer
Writer: Matt Duffer