An in-depth discussion of Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat, the fifth episode of Season 1 of Stranger Things.

Meghan and Stacy dive into the next episode in our season 1 re-watch. From baseball bats and monster hunting, to funeral after-parties, to a gaslighting competition between Lonnie Byers and the goons of Hawkins Lab, this episode is a good one. We discuss the way the complexities of marriage and relationships are explored and continue the journey of the blue hair tie. Meghan has been doing her “homework,” so even more references from 80s movies are discussed, including a pretty long discussion of Poltergeist (the timestamps for that are 8:40 to 14:40, in case you haven’t seen the movie and want to skip that part).