Joyce and Bob sneak a kiss in the stockroom
Bob visits Joyce at work, admits he can't stop thinking about her, and asks that Jonathan skip the scary movies for movie night.
Bob Newby
Joyce's kind boyfriend from the RadioShack, a puzzle solver who wants a quiet life. Played by Sean Astin.
17 moments · 29 min
Will heads out with Bob's camcorder
Joyce gives Will a camera lesson and a promise to come home if anything feels wrong; Jonathan lets him trick-or-treat alone with a 9:00 curfew.
Bob suggests leaving Hawkins together
Joyce admits she cannot function when Will is away; Bob floats moving to Maine and a RadioShack job, and she says this is not a normal family.
Bob tells Will the Mr. Baldo story: stand your ground
Driving Will to school, Bob Newby recalls a clown who haunted his dreams for months until he stopped running and told it to go away.
Bob tells Joyce he likes everything that comes with her
Bob confesses his feelings, mentions kids bullying Will on his camera tape, and admits he never punched back; now he gets to date Joyce Byers.
Joyce calls Bob at RadioShack to play the Halloween tape
Bob talks Joyce through a VHS-C adapter in jargon she cannot follow; once the tape plays she sees the kids taunting Will and his panic.
Bob the Brain shows up with brain teasers
Bob drops by to help a sick Will, Joyce turns him away at the door, then changes her mind and calls him back.
Bob realizes Will's drawings are a map of Hawkins
Asked to find the X with no questions, Bob spots Lovers' Lake and the rivers and works out the vines are a map of the town.
Will's now-memories lead to Hopper's truck and the tunnels
Will shouts turn right from a vision, they find Hopper's truck by a hole full of vines, and Joyce makes Bob dig her down into Will's map.
Joyce and Bob cut Hopper free of the vines
Following his hat through the tunnels, Joyce finds Hopper being strangled by vines and hacks him loose as the lab team floods in.
Bob Newby, superhero, and a son who does not recognize him
Bob tells Joyce about the papers he signed and jokes about Maine, then Will wakes up and does not know who he is.
Cold open: the demo-dogs breach the lab
Hopper and the lab staff watch the pack test the glass from the other side; the defences fail and the alarm goes up as the attack starts.
Will has to be put to sleep
With the lab overrun, Mike argues Will is a spy for the shadow monster. Joyce asks her screaming son if he knows her before holding him down to sedate him.
Bob Newby, superhero: Bob volunteers for the breakers
Only Bob knows BASIC, so he insists on going down to the basement alone. Hopper teaches him the gun in four words, and Bob promises to get everyone out.
Open sesame: Bob gets the doors open
Alone in the dark basement, Bob resets the breakers and reboots the system while Nancy and Jonathan rattle the gate outside. The locks release and he cheers.
Guided through the halls: get in the closet
The stairwell is no longer clear. Bob improvises with an extinguisher, hands over the radio, and is talked through the corridors until he has to hide.
Bob's run for the front door
Told he is almost home free, Bob makes a break for the lobby. Joyce arrives just in time to watch and Hopper has to drag her away.