'Stranger Things' gave us the best moment of the Emmys and you didn't even see it

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Stranger Things may not have exactly swept the Emmy Awards, but it did give us one of the most memorable moments of the 2017 ceremony -- it just wasn't one you saw on your screen.

During a commercial break, after Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown lost the outstanding supporting actress award to The Handmaid's Tale's Ann Dowd, Brown's costar David Harbour snuck across the aisle to console her, giving the 13-year-old actress a big hug and clutching her hands, seeming to give her a pep talk following the defeat.

Brown, for her part, looked like she took the loss in stride, smiling and laughing with Harbour during the break. 

Stranger Things didn't go home totally empty handed; the Netflix hit was nominated for 18 Emmys and won 5 in the technical categories handed out at last week's Creative Arts Emmys ceremony: main title design, main title theme music, single-camera picture editing, sound editing and casting.

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