Hopper: mornings are for coffee and contemplation
Hopper shuffles into the station late and hungover, waves off garden gnomes and a missing kid, and delivers his morning rule.
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17 moments.
What Hopper would give for a chance
Driving away from Terry's house, Joyce despairs of finding Will; Hopper reminds her the girl surfaced five nights ago, so they still have a chance.
Hopper drunk-dials his ex-wife
Alone and drinking, Hopper calls Diane to say he does not regret their seven years together; she asks him to take care of himself and hangs up.
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.
Hopper's breathing and the memory of a princess
Inside the Upside Down, Hopper talks Joyce through a panic attack and is pulled back into a bedtime story he once told his own daughter.
Hopper leaves the party with a plate of food
Hopper claims he only came to the station's Christmas party for the food, then drives his leftovers out to the woods and leaves them in a box.
Hopper questions the boys about Mirkwood
The party explains Will's route home via a road named from The Hobbit; Hopper orders them straight home with no investigating.
Troy tells Hopper the girl can make you fly
Troy's mother storms the station demanding an apology, and Hopper learns a shaved-headed girl who hangs with the losers broke his arm.
Hopper inspects Merrill's rotten pumpkin field
A farmer blames his feuding neighbor Eugene for poisoning his prize pumpkins overnight; Hopper humors him while eyeing the rot.
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.
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.
Joyce and Hopper: nightmares or flashbacks
Joyce shows Hopper Will's drawing; he calls the episodes flashbacks and says it will get better in time, then they share a cigarette like high school.
Hopper and the pumpkin conspiracy
A farmer swears his rival poisoned his pumpkins; Hopper blames cold weather until he hears every farm around has died the same night.
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.
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.
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.