Their plates contain meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans, and there are more dinner rolls on the table. The Wheeler family sit down for yet another dinner, this time joined by Dustin and Lucas. "Got you breakfast," he tells her, pulling the Eggo out of his pocket and handing it over. While toasting his own Eggos the next morning, he stashes one in his pocket to bring down to Eleven. If you're familiar with any one food from "Stranger Things," chances are it's the frozen Eggo waffles that are a favorite of Eleven's.Īfter Mike and his friends Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin) find Eleven in the woods, Mike sets her up in his basement overnight. Eleven runs into the back, where she is greeted by two men with guns, while "Connie" lets three more in through the front door. He answers it, and a woman (Catherine Dyer) introduces herself as "Connie Frazier, Social Services."īenny lets her inside, where she promptly shoots him. He gets her to smile for the first time, but then there's a knock at the door. When Karen says no, Nancy and Mike start arguing, and Mike says Nancy is just pissed off because she wants to hang out with Steve Haarington (Joe Keery), who he reveals to their parents is Nancy's new boyfriend.īack at Benny's, Eleven is eating strawberry ice cream from a quart-sized carton while Benny washes dishes. While Mike continues to worry about the still missing Will, Nancy asks if she can study with her friend Barbara "Barb" Holland (Shannon Purser).
Karen's serving a classic comfort-food meal of chicken, tater tots and mixed veggies (peas, carrots and corn, to be specific), plus dinner rolls and iced tea. Later that night, the members of the Wheeler family sit around their kitchen table again, this time for dinner. It's then that he delivers the very quotable line, "Mornings are for coffee and contemplation." (With a mouthful of donut, of course.) He fills up a mug and grabs an old-fashioned glazed donut out of a large pink box. When Hopper strolls into the Hawkins Police Department - presumably late, based on the "nice of you to show" comment from the receptionist, he heads straight for the coffee.
Hawkins police chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is clearly a fan of cigarettes and booze, but he's also happy to indulge in the donut and coffee combo that's stereotypical of many small town cops in TV shows and movies. Hopper's glazed donut and a cup of coffee "You're disgusting," Mike retorts, before pouring syrup onto Nancy's eggs, too.Ģ. "That's disgusting," Mike's sister Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) tells him. The camera cuts to the Wheeler's breakfast table, which also features scrambled eggs and orange juice, plus pancakes and maple syrup. When she realizes Will isn't in his bedroom, Joyce phones Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono) to see if Will is at her house with her son and his friend, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard). In the Byers home, Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) is rushing out of the house for work while her eldest son, Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) prepares a breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast and orange juice for himself and his younger brother Will Byers (Noah Schnapp).
The first episode of the series introduces many of the main characters while they all get ready to start their seemingly normal days.
Netflix "STRANGER THINGS" SEASON 1 CHAPTER ONE: THE VANISHING OF WILL BYERSġ.