Remember back in the summer of 2016 when this little show popped up on Netflix with a logo design that resembled a paperback horror novel from the 1980s? We’ve come a long way as a society over those eight and a half years. There have been a lot of ups and downs, but one constant through it all has been the show . Netflix’s coming-of-age mystery-horror show felt like it was ripped out of the same universe of films like E.T. or The Goonies and helped build Netflix into what it is today. Now we’re waiting for the fifth and final season of it, which is said to be its biggest yet.

It’s crazy to think that in less than a decade, the Duffer brothers have given us a show that has defined an era of streaming television. As Stranger Things gears up for its final season this year, it’s time to look back at the episodes that have defined the series over its unforgettable run.

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Season 3 Episode 3 – This one may fly under the radar and get some flack, but the third season is when things start to lean more toward grisly and gory moments of the show. Case in point: the needle-drop moment where Billy and his girlfriend kill her parents after a dinner party goes wrong, with the song “American Pie” playing over the scene. It’s almost as if, just like the song used in the scene, the theme of innocence is lost in the characters and the show as a whole now.