We then catch up with the party. Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Max (a new, red-haired skateboarder girl) are playing Dragon’s Lair at the arcade. Will is noticeably absent. He’s been having "episodes."
The lab is officially shut down. Hopper has officially adopted Eleven, giving her a new legal name: . She wears a beautiful pink dress to the dance.
Setting: Hawkins, Indiana – Fall 1984. Almost a year after the disappearance and rescue of Will Byers. The Calm Before the Storm The season opens with a "previously on" recap, but then immediately shows something new: a flashback to Hawkins Lab on the night Eleven opened the Gate. A police officer witnesses a terrifying, tentacled creature in the tunnels before being killed. Stranger Things -2017- Season 2 Web Series
After a fight where Eleven uses her powers to throw Hopper across the room, she runs away. Using her powers, she locates her mother, , in a catatonic state, and her aunt. Through a sensory deprivation tank, she mind-dives into her mother’s memories and sees that she has a "sister"—another test subject from Hawkins Lab.
Eleven follows a trail to Chicago and finds (008), a punk-rock runaway with the power to create powerful illusions. Kali leads a gang of outcast misfits who rob and kill bad people. Kali tries to convince Eleven to embrace her anger, hunt down the other Hawkins Lab scientists, and avenge their "papa" (Dr. Brenner, who may still be alive). We then catch up with the party
She steps forward, lets out a scream, and , crushing several Demo-dogs. She then closes a huge metal door with her mind, saving everyone. The Final Plan: Close the Gate With Will possessed and the tunnels spreading, Dr. Owens reveals the only solution: close the massive Gate in the basement of Hawkins Lab before the Mind Flayer’s entire army crosses over.
There, in the dark, icy wasteland, we see the —a colossal, 50-foot-tall spider-like shadow—towering over the ruins of the Hawkins Lab Gate. It stares directly at the camera (and thus, at the real world), letting out a low, rumbling growl. He’s been having "episodes
Using Will as a spy, the Mind Flayer sends the Demo-dog army to attack Hawkins Lab. Hopper, Joyce, Mike, and the kids are trapped inside. A massive shootout occurs. Bob dies. The soldiers die. Just as the Demo-dogs break through the final doors, Eleven arrives.