The Best Episodes Directed By Ross Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.

Director: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.

Director: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.

Director: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.

Director: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Justin Doble

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: N/A

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer

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: Ross Duffer

Writer: Matt Duffer