Will’s mother sees him through the supernatural events happening at her house. Eleven reveals Will is alive in the Upside Down with her psychic powers. This does not fool our various protagonists. Hawkins Lab tries to throw off the investigation by creating a copy of Will’s body and having it discovered in the quarry. Meanwhile, Will tells his mother, through the Christmas lights, to run. The same silhouette can be seen in Jonathan’s picture of Barb, which he recognizes as the thing his mother described seeing. They find Barb’s car and spot a silhouette of the Demogorgon in the woods. Nancy, seeing Barb in one of the pictures, enlists Jonathan’s help in finding her. He discovers that a number of children might have been abducted and experimented on by the scientists.īack with Jonathan, his photos are discovered by Steve’s gang and torn apart. Now with two missing person case, local police chief, Jim Hopper, begins his investigation into Hawkins Lab after a scrap of a hospital gown is found on the fence surrounding the facility. Meanwhile, Will’s mother hangs up Christmas lights in her house in a desperate attempt to communicate with her son. We get our first look at the Upside Down when Barb is tragically killed by what Mike and friends call the Demogorgon. During the party, Nancy becomes very, very close with Steve and Barb vanishes. He snaps a few pictures because he is shy and an avid photographer. It is during one of these searches that he comes across the party at Steve’s house. Jonathan, Will’s older brother, doesn’t believe what she says but searches night and day for Will feverishly. Barb is best friend ever.Īs the town continues to search for Will, the boy’s mother starts noticing some spooky things happening at her house. Barb is naturally worried for her friend, since Steve has a bit of a reputation, but she supports Nancy anyway. Nancy has a crush on Steve, so this is her chance to get closer. Meanwhile, Will’s older sister, Nancy, and her best friend, Barb, are invited by Steve to a party at his house. A young girl with the number 11 tattooed on her arm shows up, pursued by some very ruthless “social workers.” Mike, Dustin, and Lucas, while searching for Will in the woods, run into the girl, whom they dub Eleven (El for short), and hide her in Mike’s basement. Yet as one person vanishes, another appears. In fact, no one can find the boy anywhere. However, come morning, Will has yet to arrive at his house.
Sadly, the boys must soon pause their game and go home. This is perhaps the most unique, but succinct way of introducing personalities I have yet seen. Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas are introduced to us as they play a campaign of Dungeons & Dragons.
It began, as all good things do, with a band of geeks.
I loved it just as much as you did and with the second season coming out October 27 th, I decided to do a quick recap to get everyone up to speed on the events so far. Its 80s charm and intriguing supernatural mystery kept us all on the edge of our seats. Stranger Things was the surprise Halloween hit last year we never knew we needed. Hang those Christmas lights, ready your weapons, and roll for Initiative! The Demogorgon approaches.