

Hopper and Joyce find a broken egg and the ruins of Castle Byers.

The lights go back to normal and they realize it has vanished. The DeĮmogorgon bursts out of the ceiling and they run to Will's room, where they have set up a signal to alert them to it getting caught in a set bear trap. Noticing Nancy's slit palm and the house's state, Steve becomes confused and Nancy points her gun at him to get him to leave just as the lights flicker. Before they can say anything, Steve Harrington knocks on Jonathan's door, wanting to apologize for fighting him. Nancy and Jonathan slit their palms and end up holding hands. As Joyce begins to panic once in the Upside Down, Hopper tries to calm her and remembers doing the same thing for his daughter Sara when she had trouble breathing, the first sign of her cancer. Hopper and Joyce suit up and go through the lab's gate. As the soldiers and scientists leave for Hawkins Middle, Frazier wonders what will happen if they find Will, which Brenner assures will not happen. Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper heading to the gateīrenner agrees to Hopper's deal on the condition that he gives up Eleven, and Hopper agrees so long as Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair are not harmed.

Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler set up several traps for theĭemogorgon in the Byers house, and Jonathan creates a weapon by hammering several nails through a baseball bat.

Hopper tries to deal for the freedom to venture into the Upside Down and find Will in exchange for forgetting the lab's illegal activities. Jim Hopper is repeatedly tasered and interrogated by Connie Frazier, who threatens to kill him and make it look like a drug overdose. In Hawkins National Laboratory, Martin Brenner sits down with an enraged Joyce Byers, who wants retribution for the faking of her son's death. Back at Will's, Nancy and Jonathan prepare for battle. Brenner holds Hopper and Joyce for questioning while the boys wait with Eleven in the gym.
