Dr. Brenner inspects the breach at the lab
Hazmat teams seal off the east wing of Hawkins Lab as Brenner descends to see where it came from, and asks about the girl.
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Hopper and Joyce walk up to the lab fence
Hopper's plan is to let himself get caught; guards swarm them at the gate as The Clash plays out the episode.
No rain on the tape: Hopper knows the lab is lying
The security chief swears nobody gets in, but the footage from the night Will vanished is bone dry during a storm.
Hopper gets chewed out by the librarian he ghosted
Marissa tells Hopper exactly what he should have called to say, then the deputies start digging through newspapers on Hawkins Lab.
Eleven's flashback: the cat test, the guards, and 'incredible'
Eleven refuses to hurt a cat, is dragged toward solitary, and shows Papa what she can do; back in the present she escapes to meet Mike.
Eleven remembers Papa and the bath
A flashback on the tracks: Brenner tells a younger Eleven they are going farther than ever before, and she quietly agrees to the bath.
Joyce tells Brenner to go to hell
Brenner asks Joyce to help him find the thing that took her son. Joyce answers with everything he did to her boy, then two words.
Hopper bluffs his way into a deal
Strapped to a chair, Hopper lays out everything the lab did, invents a friend at the Times, and dictates terms to the men holding him.
Hopper trades Eleven's location for a way into the gate
Hopper names his price for giving up the girl, then explains the deal to a stunned Joyce as they are handed suits for the atmosphere inside.
Shepard is sent through the gate and something finds him
A lab man in a hazmat suit is lowered into the wall; over the comm he reports something else in there, screams to be pulled out, and the line goes dead.
Hopper catches the trooper lying about the quarry
Hopper points out the quarry is Sattler-owned, not state-run, follows O'Bannon outside and beats out who told him to guard the body.
Hopper talks his way through the Hawkins Lab gate
Deputies joke about space weapons while Hopper leans on the gate guard: a panicked mayor, reporters, ten minutes tops.
Papa tells Eleven not to turn away this time
Flashback: Brenner coaches a frightened Eleven in front of observers to reach for the thing that is calling her.
Owens warns of the Anniversary Effect; Hopper tells Joyce to call him first
The doctor predicts more episodes and asks for trust; outside, Joyce bristles and Hopper backs the science but insists she call him if it worsens.
Hopper demands the lab convince him the rot is contained
With a map of dead crops three miles wide pointing at the lab, Hopper reminds Dr. Owens of their deal and insists he prove there is no leak.
Terry storms the lab for Jane and is shocked into the loop
In the memory Terry forces her way into Hawkins Lab, finds her child in the rainbow room and is dragged away; the words of her loop fall into place.
Joyce demands answers from the lab doctors
Joyce tears into the Hawkins Lab staff who told her to be patient, and asks the room whether anyone can say what is wrong with her son.
Owens shows Hopper what is growing under the lab
Cleared by the doctors, Hopper is walked down to see how far the rot from the gate has spread, and why they have not burned it.
Will remembers Mike but not Hopper
The doctor tests Will's memory: he knows his friend in the photo but not the man who carried him out, and says the soldiers upset something.
The news: Hawkins Lab admits to Barb's death
A broadcast reports that Department of Energy officials have admitted the death and cover-up of Barbara Holland, as the national spotlight hits Hawkins.