What are those guys at the plant up to? They send some poor guy in a radiation suit into a mass of rubbery plantlike stuff where he is sucked into something beyond. He is tethered to a very strong cable. He screams, disappears, and the cable is returned with only a chunk of him attached. Just previously, the body of Will has been brought in by a mass of police cars. At least we think it is Will. Joyce refuses to believe it is him. When she goes to identify the body, she is convinced that this "thing" is not him. Meanwhile, the kids dress Eleven up in more conventional girl clothes with a blond wig. They are able to hear Will's voice on a walkie talkie. Nancy goes to the party house and sees a faceless creature. Joyce had previously been chased by a faceless creature from inside her bedroom wall. Jim Hopper continues to investigate why there was so much attention paid to Will's body, and he gets information from the man who discovered the body. He now knows that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Joyce has another incident, Things come to quite a head as this ends. Great storytelling. Better than most television.
34 Reviews
Getting Better and Better
claudio_carvalho31 December 2017
Joyce discloses to Hopper that she is in contact with Will and that there is a monster in the wall, but he believes she is delusional. In the morgue, Joyce does not confirm the body is Will´s. Hopper does not understand why the autopsy was not carried out by Gary, but by state officials. El shows Mike that Will is alive using his walkie talkie and he summons his friends to the basement. They decide to take El to the school to use Mr. Clarke´s radio that is more powerful. In the Hawkins Laboratory, one man crosses the gate to the other dimension attached by a line but he is attacked and vanishes. Nancy seeks out Jonathan to discuss about the photo he took of Barb at the swimming pool. El and Joyce contact Will at the same time. Hopper decides to investigate the truth about Will´s body and comes up to surprising discoveries.
"Chapter Four: The Body" is so far the best episode of "Strange Things". Now the viewer learns that there is a parallel dimension where Will is trapped inside. The persistent Hopper is disclosing the truth about his disappearance. And people is finally believing in Joyce despite her lunatic behavior. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Chapter Four: The Body"
"Chapter Four: The Body" is so far the best episode of "Strange Things". Now the viewer learns that there is a parallel dimension where Will is trapped inside. The persistent Hopper is disclosing the truth about his disappearance. And people is finally believing in Joyce despite her lunatic behavior. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Chapter Four: The Body"
Some answers, more questions
Mr-Fusion4 November 2016
I'm pretty sure no one expected the body fished out of the lake was actually Will; although, with the nutballs experiments going on at Hawkins lab, I was ready to accept clone or some other sort of doppelgänger. Certainly not a stuffed dummy, which is exactly what made this one another highlight: Hopper's the one who made the discover, and he knows something bad is being covered up at that lab. He's all fired up, on the offensive, and it's one of the most exciting things to witness, thus far.
I never thought I'd be as into the show as I am, and there's a little part of me that's disappointed we've already reached the halfway mark. "The Body" is another winner; worthy performances, haunting imagery and a fantastic deepening mystery.
8/10
I never thought I'd be as into the show as I am, and there's a little part of me that's disappointed we've already reached the halfway mark. "The Body" is another winner; worthy performances, haunting imagery and a fantastic deepening mystery.
8/10
Chapter Four: The Body (#1.4)
ComedyFan201018 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This episode was the best so far. So much is happening and it all makes it more and more interesting. The fact that it isn't the right body was a great answer for us. And I loved how at this episode people start to realize that Joyce isn't all insane no matter how things that she says sound. The body is wrong, there is a monster, now they will be able to search together. Her seeing Will through the wall was a great scene.
Stranger Things gets even more complex and this episode is a sign of better things to come
gavin-thelordofthefu-48-46029717 November 2018
Chapter Four: The Body is another solid episode and one of the best in the first season. Not only does it get more complex in the best way, but it's a sign that things are getting better.
The story, which revolves around Nancy and Jonathan trying to discover the disappearance of Nancy while Joyce thinks that Will is still alive as she tries to communicate with him by using the Christmas lights and El helping Mike, Dustin, and Lucas find Will, is another example of a plot in a Netflix show done right. The emotion, the atmosphere, the depth, and the pacing done perfectly. The situations are once again interesting, you feel for the characters and what they're going through to find Will. The performances are still spot on and Oscar-worthy the best coming from Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown, the directing from Shawn Levy is great, and the music score continues to be neat by once again paying tribute to the 1980s respectfully.
Overall, another great episode and one of the best episodes of season 1. :)
The story, which revolves around Nancy and Jonathan trying to discover the disappearance of Nancy while Joyce thinks that Will is still alive as she tries to communicate with him by using the Christmas lights and El helping Mike, Dustin, and Lucas find Will, is another example of a plot in a Netflix show done right. The emotion, the atmosphere, the depth, and the pacing done perfectly. The situations are once again interesting, you feel for the characters and what they're going through to find Will. The performances are still spot on and Oscar-worthy the best coming from Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown, the directing from Shawn Levy is great, and the music score continues to be neat by once again paying tribute to the 1980s respectfully.
Overall, another great episode and one of the best episodes of season 1. :)
Deepening mysteries
TheLittleSongbird30 March 2021
Season 1 started off excellently with "The Vanishing of Will Byers", which made me very excited for what was to come. Was a little let down by "The Weirdo on Maple Street" while still finding a huge amount to like about it. The season returned to form with one of its best episodes "Holly, Jolly". So if the previous three episodes impressed you, like they did me, any high expectations for "Chapter 4: The Body" is completely understandable and natural.
"Chapter 4: The Body", the halfway mark of Season 1, turned out to be not only every bit as brilliant as "Holly, Jolly" but perhaps be even better for similar reasons. It continues to build upon what was set up to begin with, moving the chess pieces around and continues to start putting them into place. While also including more pieces to deepen the mystery. Meaning that questions are answered while introducing more to be explored later. It is a brilliant episode and shows that such a promising first season has not in any way lost momentum.
The production values are superb. Very stylish and atmospheric, with some truly beautiful images that one can't believe such high quality comes from a Netflix show. Not to mention the highly impressive special effects that put a good deal of big budget films in recent years to shame. The music has a wonderful 80s nostalgic vibe while also being quite haunting, enhancing the atmosphere beautifully.
Writing is thought-probing and has a lot of brains and heart. The humour is gentle but very subtly witty and funny, while there is a poignancy (without being too sentimental) and tension. Throughout "Chapter Four: The Body" has creepiness, intriguing mystery, inventive sci-fi, affectionate nostalgia and emotional impact. The mystery is deeper and more complex but is always intriguing and never confusing, and while the suspense factor is not as high as the first and third episodes this episode is not entirely devoid of it.
As to be expected, the character writing is still meaty and worth investing in, the character interaction is tense, entertaining and poignant and the performances (especially Millie Bobby Brown) are uniformly great. Winona Ryder started to grow on me too.
Summing up, fantastic. 10/10.
"Chapter 4: The Body", the halfway mark of Season 1, turned out to be not only every bit as brilliant as "Holly, Jolly" but perhaps be even better for similar reasons. It continues to build upon what was set up to begin with, moving the chess pieces around and continues to start putting them into place. While also including more pieces to deepen the mystery. Meaning that questions are answered while introducing more to be explored later. It is a brilliant episode and shows that such a promising first season has not in any way lost momentum.
The production values are superb. Very stylish and atmospheric, with some truly beautiful images that one can't believe such high quality comes from a Netflix show. Not to mention the highly impressive special effects that put a good deal of big budget films in recent years to shame. The music has a wonderful 80s nostalgic vibe while also being quite haunting, enhancing the atmosphere beautifully.
Writing is thought-probing and has a lot of brains and heart. The humour is gentle but very subtly witty and funny, while there is a poignancy (without being too sentimental) and tension. Throughout "Chapter Four: The Body" has creepiness, intriguing mystery, inventive sci-fi, affectionate nostalgia and emotional impact. The mystery is deeper and more complex but is always intriguing and never confusing, and while the suspense factor is not as high as the first and third episodes this episode is not entirely devoid of it.
As to be expected, the character writing is still meaty and worth investing in, the character interaction is tense, entertaining and poignant and the performances (especially Millie Bobby Brown) are uniformly great. Winona Ryder started to grow on me too.
Summing up, fantastic. 10/10.
Plot becomes relatively complex but the show remains just as entertaining
ahmadmobeenqazi21 July 2016
Okayy. So there were many influential scenes in "The Body", an episode filled with narrative intricacies, if though, a little light on suspense.
The major reveal of course is kind of partial, as the show had led us to believe that there was something else, more sinister going on and it couldn't be as simple or linear as it appeared. This isn't to say that it wasn't any less effective; in fact, the execution is close to perfect.
Winona Ryder continued her exceptional run as Joyce, and the kids gave their all as well. The storyline meanwhile, expands a bit, taking on a more metaphysical direction. More detail and explanation would no doubt be provided in the subsequent chapters. What matters though is whether the direction the story takes is interesting or not.. And I can assure you that it's interesting, and then some.
Taken separately, "The Body" doesn't offer as much of depth or emotional impact as "Holly, Jolly" did, but that's not the issue. Because, like mentioned previously, this miniseries is designed to be regarded as an extended movie, and not a weekly drama. Thus, the bits and pieces it places in the middle of the story to make it more beefy and comprehensive form a very important process, especially now that it has to shape the factors and form an ending.
There's a school scene involving bullies and underdogs near the second half of the episode and it's the highlight. I think it's safe to declare at this moment that Stranger Things has succeeded in creating multiple characters so wholesome and so 4- D that you can't help but root for them.
Verdict: 9/10. A necessary if a bit of a slow-burn chapter that forwards the story while maintaining the level of entertainment we've come to expect of this show now.
The major reveal of course is kind of partial, as the show had led us to believe that there was something else, more sinister going on and it couldn't be as simple or linear as it appeared. This isn't to say that it wasn't any less effective; in fact, the execution is close to perfect.
Winona Ryder continued her exceptional run as Joyce, and the kids gave their all as well. The storyline meanwhile, expands a bit, taking on a more metaphysical direction. More detail and explanation would no doubt be provided in the subsequent chapters. What matters though is whether the direction the story takes is interesting or not.. And I can assure you that it's interesting, and then some.
Taken separately, "The Body" doesn't offer as much of depth or emotional impact as "Holly, Jolly" did, but that's not the issue. Because, like mentioned previously, this miniseries is designed to be regarded as an extended movie, and not a weekly drama. Thus, the bits and pieces it places in the middle of the story to make it more beefy and comprehensive form a very important process, especially now that it has to shape the factors and form an ending.
There's a school scene involving bullies and underdogs near the second half of the episode and it's the highlight. I think it's safe to declare at this moment that Stranger Things has succeeded in creating multiple characters so wholesome and so 4- D that you can't help but root for them.
Verdict: 9/10. A necessary if a bit of a slow-burn chapter that forwards the story while maintaining the level of entertainment we've come to expect of this show now.
All the story are clashing together.
ououzaza13 September 2019
Questions answered, questions raised
Fluke_Skywalker13 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The key to a series like this is to hook you and then reel you in slowly, and that's exactly what they've done here. Every question that gets answered raises two more. It's the sort of thing that can get exhausting over the course of a standard 22-25 episode network run, but in a more abbreviated format it can be insanely addictive.
I have to make special note of the performances here, all uniformly excellent, but particularly those of Wynona Ryder, David Harbour and Charlie Heaton. They really help to ground this rather fantastical premise and give it a beating heart.
I have to make special note of the performances here, all uniformly excellent, but particularly those of Wynona Ryder, David Harbour and Charlie Heaton. They really help to ground this rather fantastical premise and give it a beating heart.
The mystery deepens.
BA_Harrison5 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
In Episode 4 of Stranger Things, the body found face-down in the quarry is identified as missing schoolboy Will Byers, but his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) believes otherwise. Intrepid cop Jim Hopper (David Harbour) investigates the matter and discovers that the corpse is a fake: it appears that someone at the Hawkins Institute is going to a lot of trouble to hide the truth. Meanwhile, Will's older brother Jonathan is worried about his mother's sanity, the woman having taken an axe to the wall of her home in an attempt to find her son; however, he realises that she isn't crazy after all when he finds photographic proof of the faceless monster that she claims to have seen.
Homage to the '80s Stranger Things continues to move at a leisurely pace, but, as before, it proves to be thoroughly engaging, with excellent performances, solid direction and well-realised production design that pays great attention to period detail.
Homage to the '80s Stranger Things continues to move at a leisurely pace, but, as before, it proves to be thoroughly engaging, with excellent performances, solid direction and well-realised production design that pays great attention to period detail.
9
Edvis-19975 May 2019
My opinion
ahmuuuu28 June 2019
Hanging In There
tarkatheauteur12 October 2018
I came to this show having heard and read good things about it. I had not realised that it was so kid-centred, however, and four episodes in I am finding all the usual stuff about lunch-table and school-locker assholery, schoolyard bullies, self-appointed cool kids versus perceived nerdy kids and sneaky teenage sex-and-alcohol all a bit tedious. I am also getting a bit weary of the running homage to ET in particular, right down now to smuggling the found creature out of the house in a rather unbecoming blond wig. That said, having almost given up an episode ago, I did find my interest picking up here, perhaps because of Hopper's increasing involvement in the mystery. For me, David Harbour as Hopper is the star of this, while Wynona Rider continues to put in an excruciatingly over-the-top performance. The younger kids are growing on me too. I would give this 7, which is enough to keep me watching for now.
JUST MY OPINION
amirbpoper-7562416 September 2019
Not just the 80's "Infinite terror, infinite space"
boridhastard20 August 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I have only just got in to this series and I am blown away at how good it is. This episode is by far the best so far and pays homage not only to "Stand by Me" that was the original title of the short story the film was based on but draws massive influence, ideas and influence from "Event Horizon" a hidden gem of the 90's.
The explanation of how you would get to the "upside down" by use of piece of paper being folded and pencil passing through folded time and space is almost exactly the same minus the scantily clad poster. The henchman who is sent in to the "upside down" via the use of a harness that end up being a parallel Universe is almost exactly the same as Just entering the magnetic drive resulting in him mysteriously being pulled by an unknown entity.
This will not interest most people I just haven't see as yet the reference to Event Horizon to which this episode takes most of its influence.
The explanation of how you would get to the "upside down" by use of piece of paper being folded and pencil passing through folded time and space is almost exactly the same minus the scantily clad poster. The henchman who is sent in to the "upside down" via the use of a harness that end up being a parallel Universe is almost exactly the same as Just entering the magnetic drive resulting in him mysteriously being pulled by an unknown entity.
This will not interest most people I just haven't see as yet the reference to Event Horizon to which this episode takes most of its influence.
"Pretty good"
juanmaffeo4 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Holy crap, that ending. I don't really care if I thought that wasn't Will's body on the previous episode, the fake body revelation here had me on the edge of my seat.
Acting wise, there are some amazing performances here with Hopper knocking it out of the park. Johnathan keeps being one of my favourite characters (and one of the best acted) and Dr. Benner finally talks.
Story wise, it's a notable improvement over the two previous episodes, but it has a couple of missteps. The bullies' scene was unnecessary (they could've showed that El cares for Mike in more interesting way), we get some cringeworthy scenes with Nancy (the interrogation with the cops, the argument with her mom), but it definitely succeeds in other parts. Hopper's storyline gets more and more interesting, we get more Alien- esque scenes (which I can't get enough of) and a lovely scene involving El's look change.
Acting wise, there are some amazing performances here with Hopper knocking it out of the park. Johnathan keeps being one of my favourite characters (and one of the best acted) and Dr. Benner finally talks.
Story wise, it's a notable improvement over the two previous episodes, but it has a couple of missteps. The bullies' scene was unnecessary (they could've showed that El cares for Mike in more interesting way), we get some cringeworthy scenes with Nancy (the interrogation with the cops, the argument with her mom), but it definitely succeeds in other parts. Hopper's storyline gets more and more interesting, we get more Alien- esque scenes (which I can't get enough of) and a lovely scene involving El's look change.
Jim is reminding me fox mulder from x-files more and more every episode
CursedChico19 December 2020
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Jim is reminding me fox mulder from x-files more and more every episode
Without fear, he went directly to that center of research. He also lost his relative like fox mulder.
The kids heard also mother's voice. I hope they speak to her.
Now, 4 groups search for clues independently. Kids, sheriff, mother, will's brother-his friend.
I hope they can cooperate.
Will's brother is so annoying. Like science believers how say "if science cant explain anything, i dont believe it". It is same.
In previous episodes, i had guessed it could be another dimension. I did not expect such dark dimension.
The person went to bottom and get killed. Probably it is a gate.
Without fear, he went directly to that center of research. He also lost his relative like fox mulder.
The kids heard also mother's voice. I hope they speak to her.
Now, 4 groups search for clues independently. Kids, sheriff, mother, will's brother-his friend.
I hope they can cooperate.
Will's brother is so annoying. Like science believers how say "if science cant explain anything, i dont believe it". It is same.
In previous episodes, i had guessed it could be another dimension. I did not expect such dark dimension.
The person went to bottom and get killed. Probably it is a gate.
Will's Body?
vivianla25 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I love Nancy's vibes and her figure.
Mike is angry at Eleven and gets worried at the static from the walkie-talkie. However Eleven tunes it to Will's voice and this catches his attention.
The three boys get together and plan. They decide that Eleven needs a transformation. Mike experiments with makeup on Eleven and the two other boys search through costume boxes.
Eleven comes out in a blonde wig and pink dress. Mike says she looks "Pretty..." then pauses and ends with "Good".
At school a male staff member approaches the four of them telling them to go to the assembly. He hands them the keys to the room they want to enter. He introduces himself to Eleven and asks who she is. The boys hilariously answer for her, Mike talking over her to give her the name Eleanor. She is here for the assembly and is a second cousin.
Nancy is in hot water. She talks with bf who doesn't want her to talk to the police about his party. Nancy and her mom sit to talk with police and questions bringing up her night with Steve comes up.
Nancy and mom are home and mom is furious at Nancy. Nancy says it is not a big deal and she slept with Steve.
The police officer who came off as a bit lazy at first is looking into the case deeply. He manages to get into the room where Will's supposed body is. He takes out a knife and cuts the body - fluff comes out. It is not a real body.
Mike is angry at Eleven and gets worried at the static from the walkie-talkie. However Eleven tunes it to Will's voice and this catches his attention.
The three boys get together and plan. They decide that Eleven needs a transformation. Mike experiments with makeup on Eleven and the two other boys search through costume boxes.
Eleven comes out in a blonde wig and pink dress. Mike says she looks "Pretty..." then pauses and ends with "Good".
At school a male staff member approaches the four of them telling them to go to the assembly. He hands them the keys to the room they want to enter. He introduces himself to Eleven and asks who she is. The boys hilariously answer for her, Mike talking over her to give her the name Eleanor. She is here for the assembly and is a second cousin.
Nancy is in hot water. She talks with bf who doesn't want her to talk to the police about his party. Nancy and her mom sit to talk with police and questions bringing up her night with Steve comes up.
Nancy and mom are home and mom is furious at Nancy. Nancy says it is not a big deal and she slept with Steve.
The police officer who came off as a bit lazy at first is looking into the case deeply. He manages to get into the room where Will's supposed body is. He takes out a knife and cuts the body - fluff comes out. It is not a real body.
Huh
danajs2414 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Well things are starting to make sense to a few of the characters. Creep brother was found out, creep boyfriend has shown his true colors, and mom has completely lost it in her findings. The boys have figured out a little bit of El's powers, but they seem to take a pretty big toll on her each time. I'm thinking in order to get Will back, she's going to push herself to death and then talk something about friends back to Michael. The sheriff has almost lost it as much as the mom, beating up two police officers in this episode and then breaking into the energy place. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the long run. He's going to get arrested before uncovering anything important it looks like.
The Man With No Face
amongpixels9 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The relationship building between the kids and Eleven is incredibly sweet, the beginnings of an interesting government conspiracy grow, the dramatic moments feel genuine, the 80s vibe feels stronger than ever (also nice to hear some Joy Division, which fits perfectly), and the overall narrative really starts picking up speed as all of the characters begin putting the puzzle pieces together in an incredibly entertaining and engaging manner. There is some continuity/editing errors here and there (Mike looking over pages that change between shots, Mike talking from behind but there is no audio, choppy editing with Hopper punching the State Trooper outside the bar, etc.), and it's a little silly how none of the teachers notice the fight growing in the gymnasium right beside them, but with every scene furthering the narrative and characters so effectively I can't help but love the episode regardless.
Just so good
Joshumms29 March 2022
One body, two bodies...
tenshi_ippikiookami12 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Is the body Will? Is it from someone else? Joyce doesn't seem to believe her son is dead, the kids are very mad at Eleven for lying to them, and Hooper knows something is smelling fishy (and it's not the body).
"The Body" does for another entertaining three-quarters of an hour in front of the screen (but sadly, little more). It all keeps being more or less the same (shady organization with a hole in their wall; teenage with powers; older teenagers' relationships...) and it doesn't advance as fast as it should (the show should probably have been six episodes instead of the eight), but the viewer won't complain. And why will they not? Because the relationships are good (the acting helps), the mystery is not head-spinning and simple to follow, and it has nice homages to previous movies/shows from the past (and some posters around the way).
On a side note, using powers to make the 'bully' pee themselves is a little juvenile, and keeps with the messages about humiliation and being stronger that are just basically lazy and bad psychology images.
"The Body" does for another entertaining three-quarters of an hour in front of the screen (but sadly, little more). It all keeps being more or less the same (shady organization with a hole in their wall; teenage with powers; older teenagers' relationships...) and it doesn't advance as fast as it should (the show should probably have been six episodes instead of the eight), but the viewer won't complain. And why will they not? Because the relationships are good (the acting helps), the mystery is not head-spinning and simple to follow, and it has nice homages to previous movies/shows from the past (and some posters around the way).
On a side note, using powers to make the 'bully' pee themselves is a little juvenile, and keeps with the messages about humiliation and being stronger that are just basically lazy and bad psychology images.
is it Will?
AvionPrince1618 February 2022
An interesting episode. We know more about Will an Barbara. Eleven becoming more friends with the guys. Hopper find something pretty strange about what.seem to be the body of Will. Pretty nice to follow and to know more about the mysteries of the TV show. And we want to know how it will end.
good show
Lythas_8516 August 2021
Ensemble cast which does not put women as badasses and men as buffoons and incompetent morons. That's a miracle.
When men are the ones powerful and strong, like Percy jackson, they usually make them dumb and their female counterparts as the smart ones who look down on them.
And when the females are the strong ones, they usually need no men.. they can do it all.
Not here.. winona is crazy good at her character and the dude playing the chief is also doing an amazing job.
The kids are great too.
When men are the ones powerful and strong, like Percy jackson, they usually make them dumb and their female counterparts as the smart ones who look down on them.
And when the females are the strong ones, they usually need no men.. they can do it all.
Not here.. winona is crazy good at her character and the dude playing the chief is also doing an amazing job.
The kids are great too.
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