A body comes out of the quarry and Mike turns on Eleven
Hopper watches divers pull a small body from the water; the boys see it on the news and Mike screams at Eleven for lying.
Jim Hopper & Eleven
A grieving chief and the kid he hides: the makeshift family at the heart of the show. 26 scenes together, in story order.
26 moments · 40 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
Nancy and Hopper radio Mike: We're here
Nancy uses the AV room ham radio to reach her brother; the boys debate a Lando Calrissian trap until Mike finally answers.
- 03
The acrobat and the flea: Eleven tries to find Will
Nancy hugs Mike and notices her dress; the boys explain the Upside Down with a flea and a tightrope; Eleven reaches and comes up empty.
- 04
Eleven finds Barb in the Upside Down
In the void Eleven calls Barb's name and finds her; she surfaces screaming one word while Joyce holds her, then names Castle Byers.
- 05
Eleven reaches Will: Mom is coming
Eleven finds Will in his fort and relays Joyce's message to hold on; she comes out of the water shaking and is told she did good.
- 06
Will is found; Mike promises Eleven the Snow Ball
Joyce and Hopper pull Will out of the thing holding him in the Upside Down while Mike carries a fading Eleven and promises her Eggos and a dance.
- 07
Hopper comes home late to the cabin, and someone is waiting
A reproach about signals and lateness, a rule about dinner before dessert: the episode ends on who Hopper has been keeping secret.
- 08
Hopper and Eleven's Halloween compromise
A sheet-ghost at breakfast asks to go trick-or-treating; Hopper says no risks, then offers candy and a scary movie at 5:15. Word of the day: compromise.
- 09
Hopper, late, pleads through the cabin door
Hours past 5:15, Hopper arrives with candy and apologies, talks to a locked door about heart attacks and getting fat, and gets no answer.
- 10
Eleven counts 326 days of Hopper saying soon
A triple-decker Eggo breakfast sours when Eleven demands to see Mike; Hopper's promise of soon has reached day 326, and her anger shakes the cabin.
- 11
Hopper shows Eleven her new home
Hopper walks Eleven through his grandfather's dusty cabin, admits it takes some imagination, and tells her this is where she lives now.
- 12
Cabin cleanup montage to Jim Croce
Hopper drops the needle on a record and he and Eleven sweep, scrub and rebuild the cabin to You Don't Mess Around with Jim.
- 13
Hopper lays down the three Don't Be Stupid rules
A trip wire for an alarm, curtains always drawn, a secret knock, never out alone: Hopper's house rules for keeping Eleven hidden.
- 14
Eleven asks Hopper if she has a mother
Hopper reads Eleven a bedtime book about an orphan; she asks about her own mother, then remembers wandering alone, asking the way to the school.
- 15
Hopper grounds Eleven: no Eggos, no TV
Hopper tears into Eleven for leaving the cabin and nearly being seen; she fires back that nothing ever happens, and he grounds her.
- 16
You are like Papa: Eleven and Hopper's fight boils over
The TV punishment escalates by the week, Eleven compares Hopper to Papa, he threatens the lab and calls her a brat, and a door slams between them.
- 17
Hopper's awkward morning after and eight missed calls
Hopper tries to say something about last night, settles for ordering a cleanup, then Flo radios that Joyce has been calling all morning.
- 18
Hopper's radio apology reaches an empty cabin
Over the radio Hopper tells El he is not angry about their fight and that he is sorry; she wakes from a bad dream to Kali, not him.
- 19
Kali teaches Eleven to pull a train with her anger
On the rail yard Kali tells Eleven to stop hiding from her pain and channel it; flashes of Hopper and Papa fuel her until the boxcar moves.
- 20
Eleven hears Mike calling from the lab
Sitting with the gang's poker game, Eleven drifts through memories of Mike and Hopper, then sees Mike in danger shouting about a trap.
- 21
Mike confronts Hopper for hiding Eleven for 353 days
Eleven walks back into the Byers house; Mike's joy turns to fury when he learns Hopper kept her hidden all year, and he screams that Hopper is a liar.
- 22
Eleven meets Max, sees Will, and agrees to close the gate
Dustin shows off his new teeth, Max introduces herself, and Eleven sees how sick Will is before Hopper asks if she can shut the gate she opened.
- 23
Demo-dogs, and why closing the gate could kill Will
Dustin names the Demo-dogs, Eleven insists she can close the gate, Mike realises that would kill Will, and Joyce decides to burn the thing out of him.
- 24
Hopper and Eleven in the truck: the black hole and Sarah
Driving to the lab, Hopper asks about the punk look, apologises for his lies, and finally tells Eleven about his daughter Sarah. They make up. Bitchin'.
- 25
Hopper finds Owens and asks him to give Eleven a normal life
In the wrecked lab, Hopper patches up a wounded Doc Owens, introduces Eleven, and asks him to help her live without being treated like a lab rat.
- 26
Eleven closes the gate
Haunted by Papa's words about her wound, Eleven pushes with everything she has and seals the gate while Hopper holds the line; he tells her she did good.