"Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new." It's Winter 1986 and the Byers and El are visiting Hawkins for one week - but things get messy fast. Max has been keeping her hidden feelings for El secret from all her friends, doubting the possibility that El would ever like her back. But as the week progresses, El catches herself feeling something she can't quite understand, and it becomes clear that El and Max aren't "just friends".