Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street
- Episode aired Jul 15, 2016
- TV-14
- 55m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
24K
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Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.
John Reynolds
- Officer Callahan
- (as John Paul Reynolds)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) is referenced throughout the first season, the allusions to the film are at their most prominent in "The Weirdo on Maple Street". The Duffer Brothers (Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer) have said: "Just as E.T. is about the connection between E.T. and Elliot, The Weirdo on Maple Street is about the connection between Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard)." In the film, Elliot feigns illness to stay home from school and be with E.T. He shows E.T. his toys, including Star Wars figures. Mike does exactly the same, showing her his Yoda figurine. When alone, Eleven explores the Wheeler house, becoming mesmerized by the television; E.T. did the same in Elliot's home.
- GoofsWhile it is true that for most of the 20th century AT&T had a monopoly on the telecommunications industry and it's also true that customers could not buy their own phones, they had to rent them from Bell Systems, a telecommunications company owned by AT&T. However the federal government finally broke up the AT&T monopoly on January 8, 1982. After that customers could start buying their own phones. So as this show takes place in November of 1983, after the power surge Joyce would of needed to buy a new phone as Bell Systems no longer rented them out to customers.
- Quotes
Dustin Henderson: We never would've upset you if we knew you had superpowers.
- ConnectionsReferences Godzilla (1954)
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Is a monster due on Maple Street?
The Duffer Brothers' homage to '80s sci-fi/fantasy continues with teenage geek Mike (Finn Wolfhard) sneaking runaway mystery girl Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) into his home, where he tries to work out who she is, and what her connection is to missing school friend Will. Meanwhile, Mike's older sister Nancy (Natalia Dyer) is out partying with boyfriend Steve (which will undoubtedly put her in some kind of mortal danger for the next episode), Will's mother Joyce tries to make contact with her son via the telephone, and the 'bad people', led by Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) continue their hunt for Eleven.
Although the story isn't progressed all that much in this second episode, the likable characters ensure that the time passes quickly, with all involved putting in sterling performances. The references to Spielberg movies continue, with nods to ET (sinister scientists, Eleven hiding in a closet) and a Jaws poster adorning a bedroom wall, while fantasy fans might make a connection with the title of this episode and a classic tale from Season One of The Twilight Zone.
Although the story isn't progressed all that much in this second episode, the likable characters ensure that the time passes quickly, with all involved putting in sterling performances. The references to Spielberg movies continue, with nods to ET (sinister scientists, Eleven hiding in a closet) and a Jaws poster adorning a bedroom wall, while fantasy fans might make a connection with the title of this episode and a classic tale from Season One of The Twilight Zone.
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- Aug 3, 2016
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