In Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt, the eighth and final episode of the third season of the series, the characters of Hawkins’ face off against the Russians, the mind flayer, and their army of possessed humans in an epic, high-stakes battle that will determine the fate of their town and possibly the world.

The episode begins with the group infiltrating the Russian lab beneath the mall, where they discover that the Russians have constructed a machine designed to reopen …

In Chapter Seven: The Bite, the seventh episode of the third season of the series, Strange things start happening around Hawkins as people start getting afflicted with the mysterious disease that is causing them to behave erratically. Meanwhile, Hopper and Joyce team up to investigate what could be causing this outbreak.

The episode begins with a group of rats acting strangely in a warehouse, followed by a worker who gets bitten by one of the rats. Quickly, he succumbs to …

The sixth episode of Stranger Things’ third season, Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum, opens with the aftermath of the attack at the abandoned steelworks. The group realizes that they have no choice but to destroy the Mind Flayer’s source materials in the steelworks in order to halt the opening of the gate to the Upside Down.

Billy and the Mind Flayer’s army of infected citizens are still advancing towards the final battle. Meanwhile, Joyce and Hopper are working together to …

The fifth episode of Stranger Things’ third season, Chapter Five: The Flayed, begins with the Mind Flayer’s influence continuing to spread throughout Hawkins, transforming the citizens into a hive mind. Billy is taken to the underground bunker by the Mind Flayer and is used as a vessel to influence more people.

Meanwhile, Dustin and Erica enlist the help of Steve and Robin at the mall to crack the Russian code that they found in the last episode. They are shocked …

The fourth episode of Stranger Things’ third season, Chapter Four: The Sauna Test, starts with the upcoming Fourth of July celebration in the town of Hawkins. The team is still trying to locate the Mind Flayer’s lair and is beginning to devise strategies for stopping the threat that comes from the Upside Down.

As the team is devising their plan, they discover that the Mind Flayer had previously attempted to infiltrate the small town unnoticed by possessing hosts. They decide …

The third episode of the third season of Stranger Things, Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard, starts off with the disappearance of Billy and Heather, a lifeguard at the local pool. The team is starting to piece things together regarding the strange happenings in Hawkins as the plot thickens.

Mike, Lucas, and Dustin are still trying to decode the Russian message they intercepted and discuss their theories. Meanwhile, Hopper and Joyce question a number of townspeople about the …

In Episode Two of Season Three, Chapter Two: The Mall Rats, the town of Hawkins catches a fever for the grand opening of the Starcourt Mall. The team is still trying to unravel the mystery of the strange occurrences happening in the town. The episode starts off with Billy waking up from a nightmare about his time in the Upside Down, suggesting that the Mind Flayer has some kind of hold on him.

Max and Eleven are bonding over the …

The first episode of the third season of Stranger Things, Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy, starts off with a group of scientists in a secret underground facility in Russia. They are working on opening up a gate to the Upside Down, a parallel dimension that is home to dangerous creatures.

Back in Hawkins, it’s summertime and the characters have moved on with their own lives. Eleven and Mike are in a relationship, Lucas and Max are still together, and …