Stranger Things

Things change over the summer: Jonathan, Nancy, Steve, and Billy get jobs; Dustin goes to science camp; El and Mike become an item; Lucas and Max almost become an item. Meanwhile, mysterious power outages plague Hawkins and rats start exploding.

While El and Max go shopping, Nancy and Wheeler follow up on the exploding rats. Billy takes a coworker on a field trip, and Joyce blows off dinner with Jim to meet with Mr. Clarke.

El goes astrally projecting and discovers that Billy has done something with Heather. While the girls try to find the missing lifeguard, Will tries to get Mike and Lucas interested in D&D. Dustin and Steve spy on the mall shops, and Robin tries to decipher the Russian message.

Mike, Lucas, and Will recruit El and Max to help them learn who the Mind Flayer's host is. Robin, Steve, and Dustin recruit someone to sneak into Lynx, and Nancy and Jonathan are fired.

The Scoop Group explore the tunnels beneath Starcourt, while Nancy and Jonathan recruit Mike and the others to help them discover what happen to the Holloways and find the Mind Flayer's base of operations.

Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.

El and the others defend themselves as the Flayer tracks them down. The Scoop Group escape the Russian base and hide in a movie theater, but the Russians close in on them.

The Flayer comes to the mall to get El, and Dustin contacts Suzie to provide Jim and Joyce with needed information. El reminds Billy of his past, and Jim and Joyce have an argument about not arguing.