Sadie Sink | Stranger Things | Season 2

 

"Chapter One: MADMAX"

On October 28, 1984, a woman with the power to make people see things and with a tattoo reading "008" on her arm is part of a gang that robs a bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flee the cops using those powers 008 have. Hawkins, Indiana, prepares for Halloween. Maxine "Max" Mayfield, a new girl at school, captures Dustin and Lucas's attention. Joyce is dating her old high school classmate Bob Newby. Hopper investigates a field of mysteriously rotting pumpkins and conspiracy theorist Murray Bauman investigates people who saw Eleven, believing her to be a Russian spy. Mike and Nancy deal with losing Eleven and Barb, and Will has been having apparent hallucinations of the Upside Down, with an enormous, tentacled shadow monster. Joyce and Hopper take Will to Hawkins Lab to the new lab's director, Dr. Sam Owens, who has been giving Will routine medical exams since his return. Owens theorizes that Will's episodes are PTSD brought on by the anniversary of his disappearance. The inter-dimensional gate in the lab's basement has been growing, worrying Owens. Nancy and Steve have dinner with Barb's parents, who still believe their daughter to be missing and who have hired Murray Bauman to find her. Hopper goes home to a cabin in the woods where he secretly lives with Eleven.

"Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak"

Flashbacks reveal that after killing the Demogorgon, Eleven awoke in the Upside Down. She escaped back into the real world, but hides in the woods after seeing government officials interrogate Mike at his home. In present time, it is Halloween and Eleven asks Hopper if she can go trick-or-treating. Hopper insists that she remain hidden until he and Owens come up with an arrangement that would allow her to live a normal life, which frustrates the homebound Eleven. More pumpkin fields rot across town and Hopper discovers an organic substance in the fields. Nancy wants to tell Barb's parents the truth about her death, but Steve fears that Hawkins Lab could come after them if they tell anyone the truth. They attend a Halloween party where Nancy gets drunk and berates Steve for his lack of empathy for Barb's parents. Before leaving, Steve requests Jonathan to take Nancy home. The boys go trick-or-treating and are later joined by Max. Will has another episode and tells Mike about his visions, leading Mike to admit that he is trying to contact Eleven. Dustin returns home after trick-or-treating and finds a strange creature in his trash can.

"Chapter Three: The Pollywog"

Flashbacks reveal that Hopper found Eleven in the woods and agreed to take care of her in his grandfather's old hunting cabin if she agreed not to leave the cabin. In the present, Bob encourages Will to face his fears, not understanding the nature of Will's episodes. Nancy persuades Jonathan to help her tell Barb's parents the truth. They arrange a meeting with Barb's mother in a public park the following day, fearing that Owens may be tapping the phone lines. The creature Dustin found in his trash can is a small, slug-like animal that he names D'Artagnan ("Dart"). He shows Dart to the other kids, and Will concludes that it is from the Upside Down, as it makes a noise similar to one Will heard in his visions. Hopper accuses Owens of failing to keep the gate contained, becoming increasingly concerned about the pumpkin fields. Frustrated with being stuck in the cabin, Eleven leaves to look for Mike; at the school, she sees him arguing with Max but thinks they are flirting. Will suffers from another episode and follows Bob's advice to confront the shadow monster, but it latches to him.

"Chapter Four: Will the Wise"

Joyce and the kids awaken an unconscious Will. Joyce takes Will home, but finds him acting strangely, scribbling furiously on pieces of paper and demanding that the house be kept cold. Eleven returns to the cabin and argues with Hopper over her sneaking out, destroying the cabin's windows in a fit of rage. Joyce calls Hopper and together they discover that Will's scribbles line up. Hopper recognizes that the drawings represent vines, and he leaves. Nancy and Jonathan are captured by Owen's agents when they try to contact Barb's mother and are taken to Hawkins Lab, where Owens shows them the gate to the Upside Down. He admits Barb died in the Upside Down, and says that he wants to prevent foreign governments from learning of it. They are released, and it is revealed that Nancy was secretly recording Owens. An infatuated Lucas tries to get closer to Max, but her violent older stepbrother Billy Hargrove intervenes. While cleaning up her mess the following morning, Eleven finds Hopper's research of her biological mother, Terry Ives, and tries to contact Terry with her powers. A horrified Dustin finds that Dart has broken out of its cage, devoured his pet cat, and is an infant Demogorgon, also known as a Demodog. Hopper digs into one of the pumpkin fields and finds a tunnel resembling the Upside Down.

"Chapter Five: Dig Dug"

Hopper becomes trapped in the tunnels and passes out. Mike sleeps over at the Byers' house to help Will recover. Will has a vision of Hopper, leading Joyce to recruit Bob's help to determine its meaning. Bob identifies Will's drawings as a map of Hawkins and the pumpkin field as the place Hopper was going. Nancy and Jonathan take the tape of Owens' admission to Murray, who realizes the public will not believe the truth and suggests watering it down to make it more palatable. Lucas reveals the truth of Will's disappearance to Max. Dustin traps Dart in his storm cellar and enlists Steve's help to recapture it. Eleven tracks down Terry and Becky Ives. Terry and Eleven are able to communicate using their psychic powers, and Terry reveals to Eleven that she tried to rescue her at the lab and was subjected to a brain-damaging dose of shock therapy by Dr. Brenner. Eleven learns that there was another girl trained like her. Joyce, Bob, Will, and Mike rescue Hopper, and scientists from the lab soon arrive and set the tunnels on fire. As this happens, Will collapses and begins convulsing and screaming in agony.

"Chapter Six: The Spy"

Will is rushed to the lab, demonstrating memory loss. Owens theorizes that the shadow monster is a virus that has spread to Will's brain and is controlling him, and that the creatures from the Upside Down share a hive mind. Therefore, damaging the tunnels will be lethal to the now-infected Will. Nancy and Jonathan spend the night at Murray's, who forces them to admit their feelings for each other. The following morning, the trio send copies of the tape of Owens' admission to numerous newspapers around the country. Nancy and Jonathan discover Will's drawings upon returning to the Byers' house. Lucas and Max regroup with Dustin and Steve, and the group attempt to lure Dart to a junkyard. Max apologizes for being hostile to Lucas, explaining that Billy's violence results from his father getting re-married to Max's mother. Dart arrives in the junkyard flanked by a pack of adolescent monsters. Steve and the kids are cornered until the pack unexpectedly run away. Steve realizes that the Demodogs are being summoned elsewhere. Will discovers a location that the monster prevents him from seeing. Unaware that the monster is manipulating Will, Owens sends a team to investigate. The team is killed by the demodogs, who make their way into the lab.

"Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer"

The pack of Demodogs attack the lab, killing all of the scientists minus Dr Owens. Will is sedated, after Mike deduces he is a spy, so that Will doesn't know where they are. Mike, Joyce, Hopper, Bob, Owens, and an unconscious Will escape and take refuge in a room when the power goes out. Bob leaves and manages to restore the power and open the doors. Mike, Hopper, Joyce, and Will escape, with Owens staying to guide Bob. After hiding from a Demodog, a broomstick falls to the floor, triggering a chase by the Demodog. Bob is attacked and killed by a second Demodog as Joyce watches in despair. The group is rescued by Jonathan, Nancy, Steve, and the other children. At the Byers house, they name the monster the "Mind Flayer", who wants to conquer their world and kill them all. They manage to get Will to contact them in Morse code by telling him good memories of his childhood, with Will telling them to close the gate. With a noise, Will detects where he is and sends a Demodog. Eleven arrives and kills the Demodog with her powers and reunites with Mike.

"Chapter Nine: The Gate"

Mike is angry at Hopper for hiding Eleven from him. The group and Eleven come up with a plan to close the gate without killing Will. Hopper and Eleven go to the lab while Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, and an unconscious Will go to Hopper's cabin to burn the Mind Flayer out from him. Meanwhile, Steve, Mike, Dustin, Max, and Lucas, stay behind to stay safe. Billy arrives to find Max and has a fight with Steve; after Steve was knocked out by Billy, Max sedates Billy and makes him promise to leave them alone. In a cabin, Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy turn up the heat and successfully drive the Mind Flayer out of Will. While not part of the plan, Steve, Mike, Dustin, Max, and Lucas enter the tunnels and burn the core and attract the demodogs; as they flee, they encounter Dart, who lets them through after Dustin gave it nougat chocolate. Hopper finds Owens injured in the lab. Eleven tries to close the portal and the remaining demodogs try to stop her; Hopper neutralizes them. Eleven manages to close the gate. A month later, Owens facilitates Hopper's adoption of Eleven as Jane Hopper. At the winter formal "Snow Ball", Max and Lucas dance and kiss, as do Mike and Eleven, and Nancy dances with a heartbroken Dustin. In the Upside Down, the Mind Flayer watches the group at Hawkins Middle School.