Stranger Things is now dangerously close to the end of this first season, since this is the seventh episode, entitled “Chapter Seven: The Bathtub” and in it, everyone finally comes together to try to rescue Will.

The episode started with a really amazing scene in which Lucas tells the others the Bad Men are coming. The 3 friends get out of Mike’s house and later meet with Lucas, which means the Stranger Kids are back together. With Eleven’s help they manage to outrun the Bad Men, in the most amazing way imaginable, and they go hide. In what I thought was a new low, the people of the “Power Company” went to Mike’s house and asked for his parent’s help.

What I liked most about this episode was the fact that the 3 storylines we have been seeing in the last few episode (The stranger kids; Hopper and Joyce; Nancy and Jonathan) finally came together. Early in the episode Hopper and Joyce went to the station where they found Jonathan and Nancy. The police had gone through his car and showed the sheriff everything they found in there. Jonathan came clean and told them what he and Nancy were planning on doing: hunt the Monster. Right after this, Troy went to the station and told Hopper about Eleven, which he recognized to be the kid from Benny’s diner, and that she is friends with the Stranger Kids.

When they all get together, they tell each other everything they know. Eleven tries to contact Will through the walkie-talkie and when she fails she tells them how she can go to the Upside Down with the proper equipment. It is when they are preparing the “bathtub” that the best scenes of the episode happen. I don’t really know why, but it seems that for some reason I forget most of the time Eleven is a kid just like any other. Maybe because she has powers, or because she doesn’t talk much; maybe because we never saw her with her parents, or because she is so badass sometimes. But whatever the reason was, I totally did not forget that in this episode and all thanks to Joyce. I loved the connection they made, and they definitely proved it when Joyce was the one who managed to calm Eleven when she was in the bathtub. It really does seem like a childless mother and a motherless child are the perfect fit.

Another scene I also liked was the one between Mike and Nancy, when they promised each other there will be no more secrets. I think this was the only scene so far that we saw these two actually being brother and sister. Sure we saw them in the same scene a few times, but they were usually arguing with each other. I also loved how they immediately lied to each other after they promised not to. Mike asked Nancy if she likes Jonathan to which she replied no, even though it is definitely not true. But the best reaction was totally Mike’s when Nancy asked him if he likes Eleven: “WHAT? No. Ew! Gross!” I laughed so much when he said this.

In the bathtub, Eleven managed to see the Upside Down, where she found what I think was Barb’s body (even though it didn’t really seem like her). She kept searching and later she found Will. She told him to wait, they were coming to get him.

After this, Hopper, with Joyce tagging along, went to the Lab. I really have no idea what he is trying to do, because I am sure he knew he couldn’t just get there and walk straight to the Gate without being stopped. Meanwhile, Nancy realized she can’t just let Hopper and Joyce do this alone, because if the monster finds them, he will kill them, since they aren’t really prepared to take it down. She and Jonathan sneak into the police station and steal back their things, ready to go back to monster hunting.

This was definitely an amazing episode and we can totally see things are coming to an end. Hopper and Joyce are now coming for Will and Nancy and Jonathan prepare to hunt down the Monster. But don’t worry because obviously the Stranger Kids are not going to sit back and do nothing. I am giving this episode a 9.5/10.

Next episode, the eight, is entitled “Chapter Eight: The Upside Down” and, as a season finale, it promises to get very intense and full of stranger things, so don’t miss my review.