Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat
- Episode aired Jul 15, 2016
- TV-14
- 52m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
22K
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Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.
John Reynolds
- Officer Callahan
- (as John Paul Reynolds)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the boys and El (Millie Bobby Brown) are walking to try and find the gate, they walk along railroad tracks in pairs, in a scene very reminiscent of scenes from Stand by Me (1986). "Stand By Me" was based on "The Body" by Stephen King. King is a major influence on this series.
- GoofsWhen Hopper wakes up in his trailer, he storms outside with his gun and we see that there are no vehicles parked. Later, when the officers come to tell him about the missing hunters, we see his truck parked there as the officers are leaving.
- Quotes
Lucas Sinclair: [while following the compasses along the train tracks] How much further?
Dustin Henderson: I don't know. These only tell direction, not distance. You really need to learn more about compasses!
Lucas Sinclair: I'm just saying: how do we know when we get to the gate?
Dustin Henderson: Uh, I think a portal to another dimension is gonna be pretty obvious!
- ConnectionsReferences Bambi (1942)
- SoundtracksGreen Desert
Written by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke
Performed by Tangerine Dream
Courtesy of Jive Records
Featured review
Three fatal flaws
This episode just committed three plot flaws that ruin a show for me.
1. Let's not tell anybody. Nobody will believe us.
2. Let's explore in small, easily defeatable groups.
3. I'm a plucky teenage girl and I am going to explore the blood dripping tree where an animal corpse has disappeared that opens up into an ethereal world with that great anti-monster device, the flashlight.
Combined with the tropes of "evil scientist". " government cover-up" and "Bullies and nerds", the show has a lot of lazy writing.
There is a photograph with a shadowy faceless figure right where the friend disappeared by the swimming pool. That would be sufficient to, at least, get someone's attention.
1. Let's not tell anybody. Nobody will believe us.
2. Let's explore in small, easily defeatable groups.
3. I'm a plucky teenage girl and I am going to explore the blood dripping tree where an animal corpse has disappeared that opens up into an ethereal world with that great anti-monster device, the flashlight.
Combined with the tropes of "evil scientist". " government cover-up" and "Bullies and nerds", the show has a lot of lazy writing.
There is a photograph with a shadowy faceless figure right where the friend disappeared by the swimming pool. That would be sufficient to, at least, get someone's attention.
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- bloopville
- Oct 27, 2016
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- Filming locations
- Rockdale County Junkyard, Highway 138, Conyers, Georgia(Boys With Eleven, at the Junkyard looking for The Gate)
- Production companies
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- Runtime52 minutes
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- Sound mix
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