Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat

While Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat may not be in the same league as the third and fourth episodes, it's still another great episode and shows a sign that things are getting better.

The story, while not in the same complexity as the previous episodes, is still well-written in a scene where Mike and Lucas argue whether or not El is reliable or not that she's still helping them find Will, the writing continues to be superb, the production values are well spent, the performances are still great and the child actors have been getting better each episode thanks to their chemistry while Hooper and Joyce continue to be interesting adult characters, the pacing never drags and the music score continues to respect the 1980s perfectly.

Overall, not in the same complexity as the third and fourth episodes, but still an addictive episode of the first season.

Well it was pretty decent episode. Interesting plot but something was missing. Maybe it was a little bit too slow, lack of action

'The Flea and the Acrobat' continues the "holy crap" series of suspense endings, but it wasn't my favorite aspect. As good as this is, there's no topping that cold open. Hopper charging into the lab and ending up going full-on paranoid ... I don't want to spoil much here, but Joyce finally finds out about Will's fake body - after having just buried it - and I really hope he doesn't actually turn up dead at the end of the season; this woman's been through enough.

The search for Will continues (as intensely as always) but I found myself more interested in Hopper and Joyce. Didn't expect that.

7/10

Numerous things take place here. The Sheriff invades the facility where the experimenting is going on, but finds himself back at his trailer. He now knows that Will's body was a fake. It is a dummy, filled with cotton. Of course, the coroner was one of "their" guys. The boys explain the dark vale that is the parallel universe. They take El and start to look for a magnetic center. Will's father shows up for the funeral and we realize that he is after insurance money for the death of his son. After the funeral, Nancy and Jonathan go off on their own, looking for the faceless man. They make some startling discoveries. The boys get in a fight and El uses her power to separate them, but one of them is hurt. During all this, El is having flashbacks of how she was being used.

And again, entertaining episode, interesting story. everything are great! but Loser's logic is kinda weird.