Number 1 from Stranger Things is the designation for a minor but lore-significant figure within the clandestine paramilitary organization known as The Order, later revealed as the scientific black-budget unit overseeing the MKUltra-derived experiments in Hawkins. This profile explains Number 1’s canonical identity, hierarchy, limited on-screen presence, and why the role matters to the show’s institutional villain architecture without conflating them with the central Mind Flayer threat.
