On the surface, she and Billy appear to be having a pleasant dinner with Heather’s parents (her father, it’s worth noting, is Tom, Nancy’s boss), but something is off. To celebrate, he wants to take her out on a not-date dinner, and they plan to meet at 7. She runs out to the food court, and it all comes together. Thus, it's possible the streamer goes this route in order to avoid fans knowing too much about the season before it debuts.

So, Hopper does the deed, and then gets dolled up and heads to dinner with Joyce.It would certainly ruin his mood to learn that El has snuck out to the mall with Max, where she’s normally not allowed due to all the people. This allows her and Steve’s relationship to blossom into the friendship it was always meant to be. Perhaps it has already found new hosts, and El thinks she knows who.Hopper pays another visit to Larry Kline, and he has questions. Steve, however, disagrees, citing her involvement in band and drama. Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. Luckily, her mom is on her side, and Mrs. Wheeler encourages her daughter to keep pursuing the story so she can bring it to an even bigger outlet and make the Hawkins Post regret ever letting her go. S03E01 - Suzie, Do You Copy? Instead, she wants to communicate with him a different way: by touching him in her mind and, it turns out, falling into one of his memories. However, they’re not exactly sure what evil Russians look like. However, thanks to Will, the boys know the truth, and they issue a code red to Max, El, and Dustin. When the town’s threatened by enemies old and new, Eleven and her friends are reminded that evil never ends; it evolves. However, they aren’t answering their walkie-talkies, and when he gets back home, he resigns himself to the fact that his friends may have moved on without him — but so are his toys. If Murray, Hopper, and Joyce want to get down into the Russian fortress and destroy the machine, they’ll need the Scoop Troop’s guidance to do it. He throws his heart-to-heart out the window and instead goes full monster on Mike, making up that his grandmother is sick before privately threatening him, telling him that he needs to spend less time with El or he’ll forbid them from dating.Dustin, meanwhile, hasn’t given up. Full SPOILERS follow for our review of Stranger Things Season 3, episode 3, titled "The Case of the Missing Lifeguard." When they finally see what’s in the boxes, however, the mystery only intensifies.

However, the language barrier between her and their Russian prisoner Alexei makes getting answers difficult...and the fact that their car just exploded doesn’t help matters.Back in Hawkins, Nancy has spent the night with Mrs. Driscoll at the hospital, and has witnessed some disturbing stuff — disturbing because it’s From down under the mall, Dustin attempts to get in contact with his friends via walkie-talkie, but they’re too deep for the signal to transmit. The weird green liquid is used to make or power something, their initial theory being a nuclear weapon. Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Steve and Robin get captured by Russians as Dustin and Erica escape, and now Jonathan and Nancy have to outrun this new goo monster. They both open up about the trauma they still experience from the events, but Hopper says it’s important to him that her family feels safe. The games and food and flashing lights being set up in the square could almost make you forget about the town’s imminent peril, but don’t worry, Grigori shows up as a reminder. While he, Steve, Robin, and Erica can’t leave the elevator, the Russians can get in. He’s also the only person who speaks Russian and can help Hopper and Joyce communicate with Alexei.While the Scoop Troop has located the comms room from which they can transmit their cry for help, they’ll have to wade through a whole lobby of Russians to do it.

Instead, she’s joined by Billy, who says everything they’ve been building has been to end her, as well as all her friends. When they’re caught, it’s up to Steve “Never-Won-A-Fight” Harrington to save the day — and he does! When asked Somehow, Billy survives and runs off to relay what happened to Heather. Joyce ultimately makes this difficult decision, killing Hopper but saving all the kids in the mall. So they take Heather’s picture off the wall, and it’s back to the blindfold for El to see what Heathr is up to. He promises they’ll come back, and their final conversation is sealed with an “I love you.”Joyce, packing up the very last of their things, stumbles upon the note Hopper wrote for the heart-to-heart that never happened. With the help of Murray, he explains that they are trying to break through a barrier that opens a doorway between worlds. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map. While the Mind Flayer may still be kicking, season 3 throws a possible Russian spy plot into the mix. That’s fun, and it’s what El and Max decide to do after their break-ups with Mike and Lucas.

Looks intimidating? Stranger Things season 3 episode 3. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang throws as many fireworks as they can at the monster to explode it.Thanks to the code, Joyce and Hopper are able to get the keys and put them into their respective locks.

It’s there that Lucas convinces them to stock up on fireworks as a possible weapon, and that Mike comes so close to telling El he loves her before being interrupted.