The Best Episodes Directed By Shawn Levy

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.9/10(203 votes)

   #1 - Chapter Four: Dear Billy

   S4:E45/27/2022

   Max is in grave danger... and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.

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   8.5/10(333 votes)

   #2 - Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly

   S1:E37/15/2016

   An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.

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   8.5/10(329 votes)

   #3 - Chapter Four: The Body

   S1:E47/15/2016

   Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Nancy and Jonathan form an unlikely alliance.

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   8.3/10(213 votes)

   #4 - Chapter Four: Will the Wise

   S2:E410/27/2017

   An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.

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   8.3/10(200 votes)

   #5 - Chapter Four: The Sauna Test

   S3:E47/4/2019

   A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.

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   8.1/10(171 votes)

   #6 - Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero

   S4:E35/27/2022

   Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.

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   8.1/10(222 votes)

   #7 - Chapter Three: The Pollywog

   S2:E310/27/2017

   Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.

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   7.9/10(196 votes)

   #8 - Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard

   S3:E37/4/2019

   With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.

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   7.6/10(19 votes)

   #9 - Kimmy Drives a Car!

   S2:E64/15/2016

   Hipsters invade the neighborhood when Titus rents his apartment on Airbnb. Kimmy finally reaches her limit with Jacqueline's self-centered attitude.

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    6.8/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz

    S5:E612/25/2025

    As Holly and Max fight to escape Vecna's mind, El must find a way into Will's. Joyce wrestles with guilt. Jonathan and Nancy face a turning point.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Episode 1

    S1:E111/2/2023

    August 1944. In Nazi-occupied Saint-Malo, Marie broadcasts through an air raid — an act punishable by death. Werner, a young German soldier, listens in.

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12. 

    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Episode 2

    S1:E211/2/2023

    During an intense interrogation, Marie recalls the Nazi invasion of Paris as Werner remembers a fateful visit from an SS officer to his orphanage.

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    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

    S1:E311/2/2023

    After earning Etienne's trust, Werner opens up about his haunting past and his ties to shortwave 13.10. Daniel goes to great lengths to trick the Gestapo.

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    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Episode 4

    S1:E411/2/2023

    A hellbent von Rumpel makes his final bid to find the Sea of Flames. As artillery falls and American forces breach the city, Werner races to save Marie.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Nature of the Beast

    S1:E912/18/2002

    When a hit is put out on the life of legendary mob boss, Al Hawke, the only person he trusts to protect him is his son, Detective Reese. Reese turns to Helena for help, but when she learns that Reese's father is the same man who killed Dinah's mother, Black Canary, her loyalties are tested.

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    5.8/10(162 votes)

    #16 - Chapter Seven: The Bridge

    S5:E712/25/2025

    On the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the party reunites to prepare for a battle with world-altering implications.

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