20 Flawless TV Character Arcs

So long as they keep finding ways to explore Eleven's growing powers and tangled past, Stranger Things could run forever. Despite ultimately being an ensemble show bursting with compelling characters, it's Eleven who has continuously stood out and stolen the spotlight.

Introduced as a monosyllabic, quietly traumatised young girl with supreme powers, Eleven was always portrayed as a real-life superhero, brave and mighty. As the show has gone on, this hasn't changed, but her heroics have also come with some hefty baggage, as she's confronted young love and her violent past to compelling growth.

Between her relationships with Mike and Hopper and her mysterious origins, which she's willing to confront head-on in order to protect her friends and family, Eleven has been through it all at a very young age, but in the process of being against the world has become all the stronger and more engaging.