Dustin recruits Steve to hunt Dart in the cellar
Dustin explains why his pet is not a lizard, then Steve climbs into the storm cellar with his bat and finds what Dart left behind.
S2E6 · Chapter Six: The Spy
19 moments · 31 min of essential viewing in a 52-minute episode.
Moments, in order
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.
Murray calls out Nancy and Jonathan's two lies
Over vodka, the conspiracy journalist reads the pair cold: shared trauma, trust issues, and a couple who keep insisting they are just friends.
Nancy and Jonathan agree Murray is wrong, awkwardly
Neither can sleep after the reading. They meet in the hallway, insist a drunk stranger cannot have them figured out, and say good night.
Lucas gets the code red: Dart is a baby Demogorgon
Lucas's action-figure romance is interrupted by his little sister's mockery, then Dustin radios in with news about Dart and a meeting at the junkyard.
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.
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.
Lucas shows up at Max's house with proof
Lucas interrupts Max's chores to say he can prove his story. She covers for him with her stepbrother and hops on the bike.
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.
A virus with a hive mind
Owens lays out his theory that Will is infected by something whose hosts communicate, and Joyce asks what happens when nothing of her boy is left.
Steve's guide to girls: lions, ninjas and electricity
Walking the tracks, Steve coaches Dustin on acting like you do not care and reading the storm before you move, then warns him not to fall in love.
Steve reveals the secret of his hair
Dustin finally asks. Steve names the shampoo, the conditioner and the exact number of puffs, on pain of death if anyone finds out.
Hopper's message home to Eleven
From the lab, Hopper leaves a message for the cabin: he is not mad, he is sorry, he does not want to lose her, and she should eat the peas.
Will sees the shadow monster's weak spot
Mike waits impatiently and Hopper is kept out, then Will comes to with a vision and says he knows how to stop the shadow monster.
Junkyard reunion: Dustin and Lucas fight over Max
Steve approves the bus as a fort, Max arrives with Lucas, and the two boys bicker about who told her until Steve yells at them to help.
Lucas and Max on the bus roof
In the fog, Max tells Lucas about California, the divorce and an angry stepbrother she does not want to become; he tells her she is totally tubular.
Steve walks out as bait for Dart
Dart will not take the meat, so Steve steps out of the bus with the bat and offers himself as dinner while the kids watch from the windows.
Demodogs swarm the bus
Dart is not alone. Steve sprints back as the pack attacks the bus, Dustin screams into the radio, then the creatures suddenly leave.
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.
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