In a flashback to July 4, 1985, Hopper survives the Key's explosion by jumping to a lower platform of Starcourt Base, but is captured by Soviet soldiers and sent to a prison camp in Kamchatka.
Max awakens and takes another Tylenol as the police arrive to investigate Wayne Munson's report of Chrissy Cunningham's mutilated corpse in his and his nephew's trailer. Max catches a glimpse of her body before being ordered away by the officers while government workers listen to chief Calvin Powell's call reporting the body.
In California, Mike and Eleven joyfully reunite, while the former notices Will's concealed painting, which Will refuses to show. Mike brings her flowers, which Eleven notices are signed "From, Mike" instead of her signature of "Love", to her slight disappointment. As Eleven walks and plans out the day with Mike, she references Angela as her friend, much to Will's confusion. They unknowingly pass by Murray, who has come to California to speak with Joyce.
As Robin excitedly recounts her interaction with Vickie to Steve and Y/n at their job at Family Video, a report about Chrissy's death comes on the TV, her name redacted. Hung over after a night of partying in the now abandoned Benny's Burgers, Lucas vomits in a toilet while Jason Carver reassures him. He watches the report about Chrissy's death on the TV with his teammates, unaware that she is the one being reported on, as the police arrive outside. Nancy and her peers at the school newspaper watch the report, and she invites Fred to go along with her to investigate after Barb's name is mentioned. As Chrissy's body is taken away, the reporter muses that the once safe Hawkins has been plagued by one tragedy after another, and wonders if it can be saved.
As Dustin watches the report with his mother, Max comes to his house to informs him that the body was Chrissy and that she saw her with Eddie, who has seemingly vanished. Dustin is adamant that Eddie would never hurt anyone, but Max is skeptical. She admits that she hasn't gone to the police with her account of seeing Eddie because the lights in her trailer went haywire when Chrissy was killed, and she saw Eddie flee the scene in terror. Dustin realizes they need to find Eddie to get his account.
Murray reads the note Joyce received, where it requests that she call a number to "make reservation" and not involve the government. It is signed by an "Enzo", which Joyce has concluded is code, "Enzo's" being the name of the restaurant Hopper asked her to a date at. Murray is adamant that Hopper is dead, and even if he was alive and in Russia, it is more likely that the Russians tortured information out of him and faked a ransom note in hopes of luring Joyce and Murray to them. Refusing to write Hopper off as dead, Joyce convinces Murray to let her call the number on an encrypted signal. In 1985, Hopper is met by Russian guards in the burning lab, The imprison and beat him to try and get Joyce's name, having a security picture of her, but he refuses to give her up even when they torture him by suffocation.
Mike, Eleven and Will go to a roller rink, where she continues to pretend she has a good social life. Will privately asks her why she keeps lying to Mike, which Eleven tries to ignore. Mike and Eleven skate together, while Will, visibly dejected, skates behind them. Angela, angry with Eleven for inadvertently getting her in trouble, arrives and formulates a plan when she sees her and Mike.
As the basketball team waits for the police to interview them individually, Lucas' teammate Patrick McKinney assures him that it is probably over nothing. Powell and Phil Callahan interview Jason over Chrissy's whereabouts the previous night and if she had ever interacted with Eddie. Jason realizes that the dead student being reported on the news is Chrissy and leaves Benny's, ignoring his teammates and briefly breaking down in the woods.
Max and Dustin go to Family Video.
They go through the door quickly.
"How many phones do you have?" Dustin asks seriously.
"Dusty..Max what are you guys doing here?" Y/n asks confused.
"A kid died" Steve says pointing at the tv.
"How many phones?" Dustin repeats panicking.
"Three including Keith's in the back" Y/n says concerned.
Dustin jumps over the counter knocking down tapes onto the floor.
"Hey! My tapes!" Steve says frustrated.
"This is our busiest time" Robin says sighing loudly.
"I empathize Robin I do but this is important" Dustin says getting onto the computer so they can comb the store's records and find the contact information of Eddie's friends. While Dustin searches, Max explains what she saw to them.
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The Byers Girl (On Pause until season 5)
Fanfiction*On hold until Season 5 is out* Y/n Byers is the middle child in the Byers family. Being the babysitter of the party makes her close to them but what happens when her little brother goes missing and her best friend Nancy starts falling for her best...
