Chapter Seven: The Bathtub

Found the previous six episodes of the first season of 'Stranger Things' of extremely high quality, with the weakest episodes (the second and sixth chapters still being good) and chapters 3 and 4 being especially brilliant. It is hard to not expect a lot from any penultimate episode for a season for any show, especially with the standard of what came before being so high. Season 1 could not have been a more promising start for 'Stranger Things', which at its best turned out to be one of the surprising winners on Netflix.

One of the best episodes of Season 1, and perhaps even of 'Stranger Things', is this one, "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub". The show started off beautifully setting things up and "Chapter 3: Holly Jolly" and "Chapter Four: The Body" did equally beautifully at starting to putting the introduced chess pieces into place and expanding upon what was seen before. "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" sees these pieces put into place and couldn't have been done so more wonderfully.

"Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" is a winner in every area and at its best it's quite masterful. The production values are superb. Very stylish and atmospheric, with some truly beautiful images that one can't believe such high quality comes from a Netflix show. Not to mention the highly impressive special effects that put a good deal of big budget films in recent years to shame. The music has a wonderful 80s nostalgic vibe while also being quite haunting, enhancing the atmosphere beautifully.

Writing is thought-probing and has a lot of brains and heart. The humour is gentle but very subtly witty and funny, while there is non-over sentimental poignancy and suspenseful tension. The story always intrigues, is never too obvious, is tightly paced while still having breathing space and has a great tense and nostalgic atmosphere. The season has not lost its suspense yet and its nostalgic element is done affectionately and reminds one of Stephen King's childhood friendship depictions in 'Stand By Me' and 'IT'.

The characters have not lost what made them interesting and are actually more so from how much they've grown, Eleven is especially well written. All the acting is dead on, Millie Bobby Brown's is beyond her years and she has great chemistry with the other child actors.

In summary, masterful. 10/10.

The Bathtub continues the first season in an even greater fashion. The story continues to be well-written gets a lot more suspenseful as Eleven and the others form a plan to defeat the DemoGorgon and get Will back. The production design and sets still compliment the 1980s setting respectfully and also provides some really good editing and directing. The music score continues to be very good and the pacing is still great. And the acting continues to be great too with everyone including Millie Bobby Brown providing some great chemistry. Which is exactly why this is one of the three best episodes of the entire first season. This receives a gold medal from me. Recommended! :)

This is the best episode of season one! I was on the edge of my seat throughout the show, but this episode took it to the next level! This is so tense, so scary, so thrilling. I wish there were more shows like this, that have such smart storytelling. This is the best thriller series I've ever seen, I can't think of a better horror show. The way this episode unfolds is masterful. The best part of this episode is the performances, though. Especially from Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, and Charlie Heaton. This episode contains the most frightening image of the show, and the most character building. This is a prime example of a great TV episode. The direction, the writing, the performances, even the cinematography and editing! Great episode in a wonderful show! Love it! Highly recommend it for fans of thrillers, and everyone in general!

I'm not a critic and I'm not here to tell people the mistakes of this episode , i just want to help them understand how much this episode worthes , and i think this episode worthes 9.3

Lucas warns his friends that the bad men from the Hawkins Laboratory are coming and they must flee. They are pursued by Brenner and his agents and El uses her power to flip a van and stop the others. They hide in a junkyard and meet Lucas. At the police station, Jonathan is released by Hopper and Joyce and he and Nancy tells about the monster. Troy arrives at the station with his mother and tells about El´s abilities. Hopper, Joyce, Nancy and Jonathan seek out Mike, Dustin and Lucas and they use Will's walkie-talkie to contact them. They meet the boys and El at the junkyard and head to Nancy´s house, where Dustin calls Mr. Clarke to learn how to make the deprivation tank.

In "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub", El finds the fate of Barb and Will using a deprivation tank. Now the team that knows that there is a monster and the Upside Down. Will they succeed in rescuing Will? My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub"