Episode
Stranger Things: Tales from '85: Chapter Five: The Weekly Watcher
Overview
When a photo that could put El in danger gets sold to a popular tabloid, the kids pull Nancy into a heist to get it back. If they can't? It's game over.
Details
- Series
- Stranger Things: Tales from '85
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2026-04-23
- Runtime
- 29 min
Episode context
Chapter Five: The Weekly Watcher is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Stranger Things: Tales from '85. It aired on 2026-04-23. The runtime is 29 min.
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