<Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" </Td> <Td> The Duffer Brothers </Td> <Td> The Duffer Brothers </Td> <Td> July 15, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> On November 6, 1983, in a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature . While bicycling home from a Dungeons & Dragons session with his friends, 12 - year - old Will Byers encounters the creature and vanishes . The next day, a buzz - cut young girl wearing a hospital gown steals food from a local diner . The owner, Benny, takes pity on her and feeds her before calling social services . From a tattoo on her arm, he learns that her name is Eleven . A woman posing as a social worker arrives and murders Benny . Armed men search the diner for Eleven, but she escapes . Will's mother Joyce believes she hears Will's voice on a distorted phone call, but her phone short circuits . Will's friends Mike, Dustin, and Lucas search for Will in the woods and find Eleven . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" </Td> <Td> The Duffer Brothers </Td> <Td> The Duffer Brothers </Td> <Td> July 15, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 15) </Td> </Tr>

What happens in stranger things season 1 episode 1