Stranger Nerds

Episode 44: The Rightside Up

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:36:24 -0500

The Jersey Nerds conclude their fun adventure through the Upside Down and Hawkins as Hosts Mitchell Lea, Tommy Grant, Connor VanDemark, and Brandon Tew review the Season 5 and series finale: The Rightside Up!

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Episode 43: The Bridge

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:02:24 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew review the second to last episode of the series with Season 5, Episode 7: The Bridge!

Episode 42: Escape from Camazotz

Jersey Nerds Productions — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:06:12 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew review the second part of Volume 2 of Season 5 with Chapter 5: Escape from Camazotz!

Episode 41: Shock Jock

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:13:32 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew review the first part of Volume 2 of Season 5 with Chapter 5: Shock Jock!

Episode 40: The Sorcerer

Jersey Nerds Productions — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:53:32 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew review the final part of Volume 1 of Season 5 with Chapter 4: The Sorcerer!

Episode 39: The Turnbow Trap

Jersey Nerds Productions — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:56:23 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew dive into the Season 5, Chapter 3: The Turnbow Trap!

Episode 38: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler

Jersey Nerds Productions — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:10:49 -0500

The Jersey Nerds continue their adventure through the final season as Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew dive into the Season 5, Chapter 2: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler!

Episode 37: The Crawl

Jersey Nerds Productions — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:41:26 -0500

After along hiatus waiting for Season 5, we are back and ready to dive back into the Upside Down!
This week Tommy Grant, Mitchell Lea, and Brandon Tew dive into the Season 5 premiere titled The Crawl!

Episode 36: Season 5 Predictions

Jersey Nerds Productions — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:44 -0500

Having completed the first four seasons of Stranger Things, Mitchell, Tommy, and Connor now look ahead to the fifth and final season. They make their predictions on what they think we will see in the last eight episodes of one of the greatest Netflix series of all time!

Episode 35: The Piggyback

Jersey Nerds Productions — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:55:47 -0500

Mission Accomplished! Tommy and Mitchell have officially guided Connor through the wild and spooky world that lies within the Upside Down and Hawkins Indiana!
This week Tommy Grant, Connor VanDemark, and Mitchell Lea review scene-by-scene the Season 4 Finale: The Piggyback.

Episode 34: Papa

Jersey Nerds Productions — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy Grant, Connor VanDemark, and Mitchell Lea do a deep dive into Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 8: Papa! With one episode left in Season 4, the emotional buildup is really upping the anticipation for whats to come.

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Episode 33: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab

Jersey Nerds Productions — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy, Connor, and Mitchell review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 7: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab! This is the peak of Season 4 and some big revelations that blew us away!

Episode 32: The Dive

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy, Connor, and Mitchell review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 6: The Dive!

Episode 31: The NINA Project

Jersey Nerds Productions — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy, Connor, and Mitchell review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 5: The NINA Project!

Episode 30: Dear Billy

Jersey Nerds Productions — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy, Connor, and Mitchell review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 4: Dear Billy!

Episode 29: The Monster and the Superhero

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Jersey Nerds Tommy, Connor, and Mitchell review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 3: The Monster and the Superhero!

Episode 28: Vecna's Curse

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 2: Vecna's Curse!

Episode 27: The Hellfire Club

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 4, Chapter 1: The Hellfire Club!

Episode 26: The Battle of Starcourt

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 9: The Battle of Starcourt! The epic finale of season 3 that has been ranked highest amongst the Jersey Nerds and with good reason.

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Episode 25: The Bite

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 7: The Bite

Episode 24: E Pluribus Unum

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 24 May 2024 03:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 6: E Pluribus Unum

Episode 23: The Flayed

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 17 May 2024 03:00:00 -0400

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 5: The Flayed

Episode 22: The Sauna Test

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 4: The Sauna Test

Episode 21: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 3: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard

Episode 20: The Mall Rats

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 2: The Mall Rats

Episode 19: Suzie, Do You Copy?

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds have finally made it to Season 3! The season where Mitchell and Tommy have been eagerly awaiting to discuss!
The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 3, Chapter 1: Suzie, Do You Copy?

In this episode the Jersey Nerds talk about the new cast and who might be crucial to the story and the fact that we now officially have a bigger picture being brought to Hawkins, Indiana and thats the involvement of the USSR!

Episode 18: The Gate

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2 Finale, Chapter 9: The Gate.
Tommy, Mitchell, and Nick sit down and discuss the epic conclusion to Season 2 where we examine the influnece the Exorcism movie had over Wills possession and how The Duffer Brothers included some very cool cinematic shots when filming the battle at the Gate. While the Jersey Nerds definitely noticed the decrease in rating scores for this season, the Finale definitely pulled its weight in making this a season worth watching!

Episode 17: The Mind Flayer

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 8: The Mind Flayer
Mitchell, Connor, and Nick sit down and discuss what is without a doubt, the best episode of Season 2 and what made it so. And of course, we discuss the death of Bob the Brave, the best character in this season and how Sean Astin will be truly missed on the show!

Episode 16: The Lost Sister

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 03:30:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 7: The Lost Sister.
Connor and Tommy discuss the events of Eleven's solo side quest to find her "lost sister" who definitely takes things to a much darker approach. While this is definitely the most controversial episode of the show as being an episode / story arc that divided the fans, Connor and Tommy try to approach it with some optimism.

Episode 15: The Spy

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:29:25 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 6: The Spy.
But this week we changed things up a little bit, Tommy and Connor are flying solo for this episode and brought on Stranger Nerds' first official guest star Zak Wehrle, who is another native Jersey Boy, to help discuss this pivotal episode of Season 2.

Episode 14: Dig Dug

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 5: Dig Dug.
Topics that are discussed in the episode include... Pixar Creators playing a role in Stranger Things, Classic Arcade Games, Murray being one of the best comedic additions to the show, and much more!

Episode 13: Will the Wise

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 4: Will the Wise.
Topics that are discussed in the episode include... Is Noah Schnapp a good actor? Should Hopper have handled his anger with Eleven better, is Joyce secretly a street racer, is Nancy's character growth being held back by Jonathan and Steve and why does Dustin lie to his friends when "Friends Don't Lie"?

Episode 12: The Pollwog

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:02:20 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 3: The Pollywog.

Episode 11: Trick or Treat, Freak

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 2: Trick or Treat, Freak.

Episode 10: 80's Cinema in Stranger Things

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

In this special episode, Jersey Nerds Mitchell and Tommy talk about what they love most, movies! And not just any movies, but the 80's films that the Duffer Brothers claimed to have to had a heavy influence on the creation of Stranger Things.

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Episode 9: MADMAX

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 2, Chapter 1: The Upside Down.

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Episode 8: The Upside Down

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:39:41 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 1, Chapter 8: The Upside Down.

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Episode 7: The Bathtub

Jersey Nerds Productions — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0500

The Jersey Nerds review Stranger Things Season 1, Chapter 7: The Bathtub.