20 Best TV Episodes Of 2016 

13. The Body - Stranger Things

Best TV Episodes 2016
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The buzziest TV show of 2016, Stranger Things was the best series of summer: a neatly packaged eight episodes of nostalgia, mystery, Spielbergian wonder, King horror, some of the best child acting around, and the return of Winona Ryder.

Giving the rate of binge-watching, not to mention consistent quality, picking one episode from the bunch wasn't easy. The one that just about stands above the others, though, is The Body.

The fourth episode of the season, this is where things really start to turn (there's an interesting structural parallel with The OA there).

Picking up after the shocking return of 'Will's body', this episode continues to build the mystery. Ryder gets to go full 'am I crazy?' with an axe to the wall, Eleven has that now-famous makeover, and the episode completely flips from start to finish, with reveals about Will, the monster, and the Upside Down.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.