The boys reach Mirkwood: did you hear that?
Calling for Will in the rain, Dustin argues for turning back right before a noise stops all three of them. Episode cliffhanger.
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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.
Nancy crawls through the tree and vanishes
Following the blood trail, Nancy climbs into a hollow tree and comes out somewhere wrong; Jonathan calls her name into empty woods.
The bunker falls: 'I am Ashwathama'
Police break in as Gaitonde reveals Dilbagh Singh introduced his third father; the standoff ends with his promise that he will not die.
Greetings from Suleiman Isa
Gaitonde marks the last time he saw Kukoo, and Isa's men announce themselves with an attack.
Men in black rescue Gaitonde; the third father's 25-day game
Gaitonde's miracle arrives, he names the mastermind who saved him, and the countdown to save Mumbai snaps back to Sartaj in the present.
Dustin's trash can surprise
Still muttering tubular, Dustin hears something in the bin outside and lifts the lid. Mews the cat is not going to like this.
Will stands his ground against the shadow
Alone on the field with Bob's words in his head, Will stops running and shouts at the towering shadow to go away, and it turns on him.
Dustin comes home to find what Dart has done
Dustin's mother cannot find the cat; Dustin goes to the basement to talk to Dart about Will and finds a horror waiting for him.
Will wakes up: he saw Hopper and thinks he will die
Will wakes Joyce in the night with a vision of Hopper in danger.
Will's confession: it was a trap
Will apologizes and says he was made to do it. Mike realizes the soldiers are walking into a trap, and Will says it is already too late.
Demo-dogs surround the Byers house
Hopper orders everyone from the windows and Nancy takes the shotgun. The pack circles outside, then one comes crashing through, already dead.