Jim Hopper's first appearance.
Hopper brushing his teeth.
Hopper leaving to work at his job at the Hawkins Police Department.
Hopper working at the police station.
Hopper listening to the station's secretary, Florence "Flo" give out a daily report.
"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation."
Hopper listening to Joyce talk about her family life.
"99 out of 100 times, kid goes missing, kid is with a parent or a relative."
"Joyce, this is Hawkins."
Hopper arriving at Hawkins Middle School to speak to Will's friends.
Hopper questioning the boys on when they last saw Will.
Hopper giving Dustin an annoyed glare.
Hopper towering over the boys after ordering them to not go searching for Will.
Hopper investigating Mirkwood Forest.
Hopper finding Will's bike.
Hopper arriving at the Byers house with Will's bike.
Hopper telling Joyce and her older son,
Jonathan how he found Will's bike.
Hopper investigating the Byers house, believing Will had come home before he disappeared.
Hopper investigating the Byers' shed.
Hopper noticing some bullets to a shotgun are missing.
When the shed's light goes out, Hopper continues investigating.
Hopper having been jump scared by one of his officers when the shed's light mysterious comes back on.
Hopper ordering his officers to round a search party for Will.
Later that night, while leading a search party, Hopper meets Will's science teacher, Scott Clarke.
Hopper and Scott talking about science.
Hopper reminiscing his deceased daughter.
Hopper thanking Scott for the talk as he goes to continue leading the search party.
Hopper arriving at the Byers to inform them that Will had not been found.
Hopper after being asked by Joyce if he would recognize his own daughter's breathing.
Hopper being asked by Hopper if he can confront his father about Will.
Hopper forbidding Jonathan from visiting his father.
Hopper and his officers continuing to search for Will in the woods.
Hopper talking to his officers.
Hopper and Callahan at Sattlers' Quarry.
Hopper telling Callahan that no one would be able to survive a jump into the quarry.
Hopper hearing on his walkie that a call at Benny's Burgers has been made.
Hopper and his officers arriving at Benny's Burgers.
Hopper and his officers finding the corpse of the restaurant owner, Benny Hammond.
Hopper suspicious of Benny Hammond's "suicide."
Hopper questioning Earl, an acquaintance of Benny's.
Hopper getting interested when Earl says there was a "boy" was at Benny's restaurant before he died.
Hopper and his officers continuing to search for Will Byers later that night.
Hopper viewing a sewer tunnel when Scott Clarke finds a piece of a hospital gown near it.
Hopper and his officers arriving at the fence surrounding Hawkins National Laboratory.
Later, Hopper wakes up in the middle of the night, having slept with a woman.
Hopper reflecting as he stands outside his trailer.
The next day, upon arriving at Hawkins Lab, Hopper persuades the guard to let him investigate the facility.
After being allowed into the lab's facility, Hopper checks a sewer tunnel near the lab.
Hopper going to stand up as the lab's head of security says there are cameras all over the facility.
"Those cameras, you keep the tapes?"
Hopper having asked the head of security if he and his officers can see the lab's security footage.
Hopper asking the head of security questions on what the lab personnel do.
(Head of security: "Space lasers?") "Ignore him."
Hopper and his officers being shown surveillance footage on the nights of November 6 and 7.
Hopper looking at the footage, becoming suspicious when he sees no rain pouring on the footage.
Hopper talking to his officers as they start to leave the facility.
Hopper being asked what he's thinking about the people working at the lab.
"I don't know. But they're lying."
Hopper arriving at the public library.
Hopper meeting the librarian, Marissa who happens to his ex-girlfriend.
Hopper awkwardly apologizing to Marissa for how he ended their relationship on bad terms.
Hopper asking for information on Hawkins National Laboratory.
Hopper asking Marissa for newspaper articles on the lab.
Hopper and Powell doing research on Hawkins lab.
Hopper doing research, learning the lab was one of the institutions to host Project MKUltra, a covert operation designed and conducted by the CIA, with the goal of developing mind-control techniques.
Hopper driving to the quarry.
Hopper arriving at the quarry.
Hopper dismayed to see Will's body being found in the quarry.
Later, Hopper searches the Byers' house upon being told by Joyce she saw a creature inside.
After searching the house, Hopper tells Joyce that Will's body had been found in the quarry.
Hopper hearing Joyce insist who he found at the quarry wasn't Will.
Hopper and Jonathan in disbelief when Joyce explains she just spoke to Will through Christmas lights.
Hopper asking Joyce about the creature she saw.
Hopper and Jonathan listening to Joyce describe the creature as humanoid, but having no face.
Hopper trying to comfort Joyce, thinking she's acting out of grief over the recent news.
Hopper talking about how he grieved for his daughter and how he had to move on from the grief.
Hopper walking to his car after advising Joyce to go to the morgue tomorrow and get some rest.
Hopper about to drive away, leaving the Byers' house.
Hopper at the Roane County Coroner the next day.
Hopper hearing from the receptionist that the head of the coroner, Gary is not in today.
When asking who did the autopsy, Hopper hears from the receptionist that someone from State did.
Later, Hopper talks to Jonathan in the waiting room.
Hopper smiling at Jonathan.
Hopper and Jonathan seeing an infuriated Joyce refusing to sign a death certificate, saying the body she saw is not Will.
Hopper watching Jonathan follow his mom out of the morgue.
Later, Hopper meets with Gary, the local coroner.
Hopper questioning Gary who said he was kicked out of the morgue because the state police had jurisdiction to do the autopsy on Will Byers.
Hopper watching the news as he thanks Gary for answering his questions.
Hopper deciding to seek out the state trooper who found Will's body, David O'Bannon.
Hopper sitting with David O'Bannon at the local bar, Hideaway.
Hopper talking about his daughter to O'Bannon.
When O'Bannon asks what his daughter's name was, Hopper answers her name was Sarah.
Hopper and O'Bannon sharing a toast.
Hopper questioning O'Bannon.
Hopper asking O'Bannon if he was on the case of Will Byers' disappearance.
Hopper listening to O'Bannon explain how he found Will's body.
Knowing the quarry is owned by the Sattler Company and the state police have no jurisdiction there, Hopper knows O'Bannon is lying to him.
Hopper hearing O'Bannon refuse to talk or answer his questions.
Taking O'Bannon outside the bar, Hopper beats him up to get him to cooperate.
"Let's try this again. What were you doing out there? Who told you to be out there?"
Hopper interrogating O'Bannon who tells him he was ordered to be the one to discover Will's body and not let anyone get close to it.
"Who do you work for? The NSA? Hawkins Lab?"
Hopper noticing a car watching him.
Hopper running to confront the spy.
Hopper after the car and O'Bannon escape.
Later that night, Hopper returns to the morgue.
Hopper claiming to the receptionist, Patty that he left his hat at the morgue.
Hopper finding a state trooper guarding the room where Will's body is kept.
Hopper talking to the guard who isn't fooled by his lies.
Hopper after punching the guard, knocking him unconscious.
Hopper having taken the guard's keys.
Hopper going to unlock and open the door.
Hopper breaking into the morgue.
Hopper opening a refrigerated cabinet where Will's body is contained.
Hopper uncovering Will's body.
Hopper driving his car to the lab.
Hopper having gotten out of his car.
Hopper walking up to the lab's fence where he tears it open with bolt cutters.
Hopper sneaking into to the lab.
Hopper walking through the hallways of the lab.
Hopper hiding to avoid being spotted by some scientists.
Hopper finding a contaminated entrance to another hallway.
Hopper going to enter the hallway.
Hopper walking through the lab.
When confronted by the lab's head of security and a guard, Hopper tries to charm them.
After punching the head of security, Hopper takes the guard's keycard while holding him at gunpoint.
Hopper advancing towards the door while still holding the guard at gunpoint.
Upon entering a dark hallway, Hopper destroys the lock to the door to prevent anyone from following him.
Hopper investigating the lab.
Hopper walking through the lab's hallway.
Hopper finding a child's bedroom.
Hopper holding his gun as he continues to investigate the lab.
Hopper stopping at an elevator.
Hopper hearing footsteps approaching.
Hopper getting in the elevator.
Hopper exiting the elevator when it reaches the next floor.
Hopper entering the lab's basement.
Hopper entering a room with infected particles in the air.
Hopper finding a portal to an alternate dimension.
Hopper aiming his gun when he hears a noise.
Hopper about to be knocked out by some scientists who surprise attack him.
Hopper waking up the next morning in his home, next to beer cans and drugs.
Not fooled, Hopper briefly investigates outside.
Hopper checking his neck to find that he was sedated.
Hopper finding a listening bug device in a light before destroying it.
Later, a paranoid Hopper is visited by Powell and Callahan.
When his officers report that two hunters have gone missing, Hopper asks where they went hunting.
When Callahan answers near Kerley Road, Hopper realizes they disappeared in Mirkwood, the same place where Will vanished.
Hopper telling his officers not to investigate the hunters' disappearances, saying he'll handle it.
Hopper surprised when his officers report that Barbara Holland's car had been found by state troopers at a bus station in Indiana.
Hopper grinning, knowing and realizing the personnel of Hawkins Lab are truly behind the disappearances of the town's locals.
Later, Hopper calls his ex-wife, Diane.
Hopper telling Diane he'd enjoyed their years of marriage before telling her to take care of herself and her new family.
Hopper hearing his phone ring and knowing Diane is calling him, he decides not to answer it.
A paranoid Hopper checking Joyce's Christmas lights to see if any of them have a hidden microphone inside.
Hopper checking the last light bulb.
Hopper after checking all of the light bulbs.
"Okay. It should be okay. I can't guarantee you, but it should be okay."
(Joyce: "What the hell is going on, Hopper?") "They bugged my place."
Hopper telling Joyce how he discovered a conspiracy of the people at Hawkins Lab and now they're trailing him.
(Joyce: "You gotta explain this to me because I have no idea-") "I went to the morgue last night, Joyce."
Hopper telling Joyce that Will's body at the morgue was a fake.
"You were right. This whole time you were right."-Hopper apologizing to Joyce for not believing her.
Sitting at the kitchen table, Hopper tells Joyce what he discovered at Hawkins Lab.
Hopper explaining what he saw in the lab, including the child's room.
Hopper describing the child's drawing he saw within the room of the lab.
Hopper being shown a drawing Will made, revealing that the drawing he saw in the lab wasn't made by Will and that he is not held at the lab.
Hopper remembering and telling Joyce that Earl told him he saw a kid with a shaved head with Benny before he died.
Hopper beginning to realize that the shaved-kid was not Will.
Hopper showing Joyce documents on Terry Ives's case of her missing daughter.
Hopper realizing instead of looking for Will, he had been searching for Terry Ives's daughter, Jane.
The next day, Hopper writes down Terry Ives's address from an informant he's calling.
Hopper walking to Joyce's car after getting Terry Ives's address.
Hopper and Joyce about to drive to Terry Ives's house.
Hopper and Joyce arriving at Terry Ives's house.
"Hi, we're looking for Terry Ives. Is she here?"
(Becky Ives: "Who's asking?") "Hawkins police."
(Becky: "And you want to speak to my sister?") "If Terry Ives is your sister, then yeah. Yeah, we do."
Hopper and Joyce meeting Terry Ives.
Hopper and Joyce finding Terry in a catatonic state.
Later, Hopper and Joyce talk to Becky.
Hopper and Joyce listening to Becky describe what tests her sister did as an MKUltra test subject, hearing the organization wished to expand the boundaries of the human mind.
When asking to see photographs of Terry's daughter, Hopper and Joyce are surprised when Becky says that Terry miscarried when she left MKUltra.
Hopper being escorted into a nursery by Becky.
Hopper looking at a baby mobile as Becky explains Terry had built and kept the nursery up for her daughter, believing she is alive.
Hopper in deep thought when Becky explains because of the drugs Terry took at MKUltra, her daughter was born with psychic powers which was why she was abducted so she could be groomed into a weapon.
Hopper believing Jane's birth was likely covered up after Becky says hospitals have no records and claimed that Terry miscarried her child.
After talking to Becky, Hopper goes to leave the Ives' house.
Hopper in his car after leaving the Ives's house.
Hopper assuring Joyce that they will find Will.
Hopper telling Joyce they got a chance at finding Will and hopefully Terry's daughter.
Hopper using his walkie when one of his officers calls him.
Hopper surprised to hear his officer report that Jonathan has been taken to the station.
Hopper and Joyce learning about a monstrous alien creature Nancy and Jonathan had encountered.
Later, Hopper and Nancy see government agents surrounding the Wheeler house.
Hopper, Nancy, and Joyce watching the agents from across the street.
Hopper telling Nancy that the agents haven't found her brother yet by pointing up towards the sky.
Hopper and Nancy seeing a government helicopter searching for Mike.
Hopper asking Nancy where Mike could be hiding before Jonathan reveals he knows how to get in touch with Mike.
Hopper and Joyce walking through the lab's grounds to the building's entrance.
Hopper and Joyce startled by a bright light.
Hopper and Joyce getting caught by the lab's guards.
Hopper and Joyce with their hands up.
Hopper and Joyce getting captured.
Hopper being questioned by Martin Brenner.
Hopper reluctantly making a deal with Brenner, promising to reveal Eleven's location in exchange for the boys not being harmed and being allowed to rescue Will from the Upside Down.
Hopper entering Joyce's cell after making a deal with Brenner.
Hopper and Joyce escorted by guards.
Hopper telling Joyce of the agreement he made with Brenner.
"You want Will back? This place had nothing to do with it."
"That's the deal. You got it?"
Hopper and Joyce given hazmat suits as the Upside Down's atmosphere is toxic.
Hopper and Joyce wearing hazmat suits.
Hopper and Joyce in the contaminated lab's basement.
Hopper and Joyce going to enter through the gate to the Upside Down.
Hopper and Joyce hearing a noise.
A month later, Hopper attends a Christmas party at his job.
Hopper grabbing some food.
(Powell: "You leaving already, Chief?") "Oh, you think I actually wanted to come here? I was just hungry."
(Callahan: "That's the spirit.") "Well, your wife doesn't have time to cook for me."
Hopper being wished a merry Christmas from Flo.
Hopper leaving the party.
Hopper on the side of the road.
Hopper walking through the woods.
Hopper putting the food he got from the party, including an Eggo waffle in a box, believing El is still alive as he wants to find her.
Hopper laughing at
Murray Bauman's theory of Russian spies being in Hawkins.
When Murray indirectly mentions Eleven, Hopper decides to speak to him in his office.
Hopper listening to Murray voice his theory of possible Russians in Hawkins were the ones responsible for Barbara Holland's disappearance.
Hopper receiving a call from Flo about a new case.
Ending his meeting with Murray, Hopper advises his friend to stop investigating Barbara Holland's disappearance, due to being aware of her true fate.
Later, Hopper waits at the lab's parking lot.
Hopper meeting with Joyce and Will.
Hopper, Joyce, and Will walking to enter the lab.
Hopper seeing Dr.
Sam Owens arrive to begin his session with Will.
Hopper watching Will's session with Dr. Owens.
After Will's session, Hopper and Joyce meet with Dr. Owens in his office.
"What does this mean for the kid?"
Hopper listening to Owens describe the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Hopper and Joyce discuss whether to trust Owens as they leave the lab.
Hopper asking Joyce about her relationship with their old classmate,
Bob Newby.
"If things get worse, you call me first."
Hopper watching Joyce leave.
Before he leaves the facility, Hopper notices Dr. Owens watching him.
Hopper comparing the front yard of the Byers' house to a drawing Will made.
Inside the Byers' home, Hopper and Joyce talk about Will.
Hopper telling Joyce that Will's episodes are just flashbacks.
Hopper telling Joyce that she's going to have financial problems if she takes Will to different doctors.
Hopper discussing the kind of effects trauma has on people.
As he talks to Joyce, Hopper shares his cigarette with her.
Hopper chuckles when Joyce reacts in disgust after smoking his cigarette.
Hopper and Joyce reminiscing their trauma together.
A flashback of Hopper walking in the woods after leaving Eggos in a box.
Hopper walking through the woods.
Hopper hearing a noise right behind him.
Hopper surprised to see El alive and well.
In the present, Hopper goes to wake up El, telling her he's making a triple-decker Eggo extravaganza for breakfast.
Hopper's yummy grin as he shares an Eggo extravaganza with El.
Hopper eating breakfast with El.
Hopper asking El if she visited Mike last night through remote traveling upon noticing the TV cable leading to her room.
Hopper talking to El, reminding her it is still too dangerous for her to reunite with her friends.
Hopper promising El that once it's safe, she'll be able to reunite with Mike and the rest of her friends.
Hopper confused when El says "Friends don't lie."
Hopper listening to El remind him how many times he'd promised her when she can see her friends again.
"What is this? You counting the days now like some kind of prisoner?"
When El asks again when she can come out of hiding, Hopper does not know how to answer her question.
Hopper seeing El using her powers to cause their leftover breakfast food to spill all over his clothes.
Hopper seeing his clothes are stained.
Hopper kicking the table after El storms off into her room in anger.
In a flashback, Hopper cleans his shoes upon arriving at a cabin in the woods.
Hopper explaining to El that the cabin belonged to his grandfather.
Hopper hiding Sara's belongings.
Hopper and El looking around the cabin whom they decide to make it their home.
Hopper finding some record albums.
Hopper going to play some music on a record player.
"Alright, let's get to work."
Hopper cleaning the cabin.
Hopper screwing in locks on the cabin's front door.
Hopper watching El sweep the floor.
In another flashback, Hopper lies to Eleven about her mom's fate.
Hopper arriving at the Byers' house.
(Joyce: "Where have you been?") "I overslept. What the hell is going on? It's freezing."
Hopper having been told Will has been encountering the same shadow creature from his drawing through his episodes.
Hopper hearing because Will now has a connection the creature, he knows things that the creature knows now.
"Can you describe these now-memories?"
Hopper looking concerned for Will as the boy has a hard time explaining his "now-memories."
Hopper and Joyce watching Will draw his now-memories.
Hopper and Joyce looking at the drawings of Will's now-memories.
Hopper and Joyce noticing huge black lines in the drawings.
Hopper realizing the drawings' black lines connect to each other.
Hopper pushing a table back so he and Joyce have enough room to connect the drawings.
Hopper and Joyce working together as they place the drawings on the floor.
Hopper and Joyce connecting the drawings.
Hopper and Joyce going to connect more drawings.
Hopper going to help Joyce match the drawings' black lines.
Hopper matching the black lines on the drawings.
Hopper and Joyce looking at the connected drawings after they finish putting them together.
(Joyce: "It's sort of forking and branching. Like lightning.") "You think it's that storm?"
When Joyce takes note of the drawings resembling dirt and recalls Will's explanation of his now-memories, Hopper realizes the drawings resemble the rotting of the pumpkin fields.
Arriving at Merrill's pumpkin field, Hopper takes out a shovel from the back of his truck.
Hopper looking over his shoulder.
Hopper looking for a spot to dig.
Later, Hopper has dug up a large hole in the field.
Hopper continuing to dig deeper into the soil.
Hopper seeing his shovel hitting a black gooey substance.
Seeing the substance dissolve after stabbing it with his shovel, Hopper sees the substance form into an entrance.
Hopper deciding to go down into the hole to investigate.
Hopper climbing down into the hole.
Hopper realizing he's in a dark tunnel.
Hopper exploring the tunnel.
Hopper using his flashlight as he explores the tunnel.
Hopper exploring where he discovers he's in a network of tunnels.
Hopper coughing after getting sprayed by an alien spore.
Hopper unconscious after being sprayed by the alien spore.
Hopper waking up the next morning.
Hopper seeing he's still in the tunnels.
Hopper shining his flashlight to look for the entrance he came through.
Hopper finding himself trapped in the tunnels.
Hopper holding and using a knife to cut up his sleeve.
Hopper wearing a mask made out of his shirt's sleeve.
Hopper coming across two more tunnels.
Hopper taking the left tunnel.
Hopper struggling to breath as he still tries to find a way out of the tunnels.
Hopper finding an area of debris that contains animal carcasses.
Holding a box lighter, Hopper discovers the vines react negatively to fire.
Hopper using a makeshift torch to burn some vines.
After burning the vines, Hopper starts digging into the wall.
Hopper trying to escape the tunnels.
Hopper exhausted after his attempts to escape the tunnels fails.
Hopper suddenly grabbed by vines.
Hopper pinned down and restrained by vines.
Hopper sitting on a bench after being cleaned off by the lab's staff.
Hopper being asked by Owens on how he's doing.
Hopper wearing a hazmat suit.
Hopper, Owens, and a scientist descending down on an elevator.
Looking at the gate, Hopper listening to Owens describe how living organisms develop defensive mechanisms to survive.
Hopper looking at the gate, seeing how big and long is has gotten over the past year.
Hopper and Owens reaching the bottom of the gate.
Hopper being how the Gate has been spreading underneath Hawkins and poisoning the environment.
Hopper watching the surveillance of some soldiers going to venture into the tunnels.
Hopper in the void as El watches him through astral projection, realizing he's in danger.
Hopper calling military forces for help.
(Mike: "We can't just stay here while those things are loose!") "We stay here, and we wait for help."
Hopper entering a room, finding a saddened Joyce.
Hopper sitting quietly next to Joyce.
Hopper and Joyce mourning for Bob together.
Later, Hopper joins the kids to listen to them explain the shadow monster-the Mind Flayer.
Hopper and Mike listening to Dustin explain the Mind Flayer.
Hopper listening to Dustin explain that referencing a Dungeons & Dragons character to the shadow monster is the best option to understand it.
"Alright, great. How do you kill this thing? You shoot it with fireballs?"
Hopper annoyed when Dustin says he has no idea how to kill the Mind Flayer.
Hopper stressed out as no one knows how to kill the Mind Flayer.
Hopper listening to the kids point out they don't have time to wait for the military as the monsters are getting close to Hawkins.
Hopper hearing Joyce agree with the kids.
Hopper assuring Joyce he wants to kill the Mind Flayer too.
Hopper and his friends deciding to interrogate Will so they can figure out how to kill the Mind Flayer.
Hopper telling everyone that the gate has grown bigger.
"How is this important right now?"-Hopper annoyed when Dustin tries to explain that he calls the adolescent Demogorgons "Demodogs".
(El: "I can do it.") "You're not hearing me."
Hopper listening to Mike point out that even if El closes the gate, Will could be killed as he's possessed by the Mind Flayer.
In Will's room, Hopper hears Joyce reveal that the Mind Flayer likes cold temperatures.
Upon discovering the Mind Flayer needs to be burned out of Will, Hopper decides to have Will be exorcised at his cabin.
Hopper and Jonathan heading outside with an unconscious Will.
Hopper telling Jonathan where his cabin is located.
Hopper asking Jonathan to let him know when the Mind Flayer is out of Will so El can close the gate.
After dropping El off at Hawkins Middle School's Snow Ball dance, Hopper finds Joyce outside in the school parking lot.
Hopper lighting a cigarette as he stands next to Joyce.
"How are you holding up?"
"That feeling never goes away. It is true what they say, you know. Every day it does get a little easier."
Hopper comforting Joyce as she still grieves for Bob.
In 1985, Hopper watches TV on his chair.
Hopper getting curious to know what Mike and El are doing together.
Hopper reclining his chair to see what Mike and El are doing.
Hopper spotting Mike and El kissing each other.
Hopper going tp confront Mike and El.
When he opens the door, Hopper finds Mike and El reading books.
The next day, upon arriving at Melvald's, Hopper asks Joyce if he can talk to her.
Hopper complaining about Mike and El to Joyce.
"They're spending entirely too much time together!"
Hopper asking Joyce if she agrees that Mike and El are spending too much time together.
(Joyce: "I mean they're just kissing, right?") "But it is constant."
Hopper calling Mike and El's alone time together not normal and healthy.
(Joyce: "You can't force them apart.") "So I'm just supposed to let them do whatever they want?"
When Joyce says he needs to talk to Mike and El, Hopper thinks simply talking to them won't work.
Hopper hearing Joyce explain what a "heart to heart" is.
Hopper asking Joyce to talk to Mike and El for him.
Hopper trying to get Joyce to talk to Mike and El for him, but she refuses.
Hopper watching Joyce write down a speech for him.
Hopper at Hawkins City Hall.
Hopper meeting the mayor of Hawkins, Larry Kline.
Hopper discussing the protestors outside City Hall who angry over their businesses being shut down by Starcourt Mall.
Hopper pointing out that the civilians are doing their rights to protest.
Hopper trying to convince Kline not to have him stop the mob.
Hopper listening to Kline's plans to host a big Fourth of July celebration to boost his political campaign.
Hopper coldly glaring at Kline who orders him to arrest the protestors.
Hopper arresting a protestor.
Hopper putting the protestor in a police car.
Hopper and Officer Powell having finished arresting the protestors.
Hopper receiving a JCPenney bag from Flo.
Hopper admiring a new dress shirt Flo bought for him.
"It's cutting-edge stuff, all right?"
A drunk Hopper having returned home.
Hopper surprised to see El with
Max Mayfield instead of Mike.
Despite being confused, Hopper allows Max to spend the night with El.
Hopper satisfied after he lets the two girls hang out together.
The next morning, a sober Hopper takes a shower.
Hopper taking pills to help himself wake up.
Hopper noticing a note on the refrigerator from El, saying she has gone over to sleepover at Max's house before he hears a knock on his front door.
Arriving at the lab, Hopper gets bolt cutters from the back of his car.
Hopper asking Joyce if she's okay when he notices her looking at the spot where Bob died.
After hearing Joyce say she's fine, Hopper says they should start investigating.
Hopper trying to comfort Joyce.
Hopper searching the lab for the source of the noise.
Hopper holding his gun and flashlight.
Hopper going to open a door.
After entering a room, Hopper looks outside through the windows.
Hopper unaware that a hitman named Grigori is behind him.
Hopper getting attacked by Grigori.
Hopper being overpowered by Grigori.
Hopper being pinned down a table.
Hopper on the floor before he's knocked unconscious by Grigori.
Hopper's unconscious body being found by Joyce.
The next morning, Hopper wakes up, seeing he's back in his cabin.
"Joyce."-Hopper seeing Joyce standing beside him.
Hopper vomiting in a pot as Joyce looks away.
Hopper taking a painkiller.
Hopper drinking water as Joyce tells him how long he's been out and how he got back to his cabin.
(Joyce: "What's the last thing you remember?") "Some thug attacked me."
As he starts sitting up, Hopper insists he's fine as Joyce tells him he needs to rest.
"Where are my clothes?"-Hopper realizing he's naked.
Hopper finding his clothes outside, soaking wet from all the rain last night.
Back inside, Hopper and Joyce discuss the mysterious thug and why they didn't find anything at the lab.
Hopper seeing Joyce has written down part of his attacker's license plate number.
Hopper not satisfied with Joyce guessing the rest of the license plate number.
"I think you should stick to sales."
Hopper getting dressed as he points out to Joyce that it would probably take forever to find his mysterious attacker.
"What do you mean it wasn't a car?"-Hopper hearing Joyce say his attacker wasn't driving a car.
Later, Hopper and Joyce arrive at City Hall.
Hopper asking Kline's secretary if the mayor's in his office, which she says yes.
Hopper entering Kline's office where he locks the door.
Hopper going to sit down by the mayor's desk.
Hopper questioning Kline on his attacker as he remembered seeing him at City Hall days ago.
Hopper not fooled when Kline claims the man to be a plumber.
Hopper reminding Kline of his illegal activities such as partaking drugs and cheating on his wife.
(Kline: "You really want to play this game?") "It's not a game, Lar."
Hopper being threatened by Kline who reminds him he could reveal the times he did drugs and drank alcohol to the public.
Hopper hearing Kline insult his deceased daughter.
Hopper about to slam Kline against the door in retaliation.
"And your friend almost killed me last night, so I'd say we're still not even!"
Hopper interrogating Kline, demanding to tell him the identity of his attacker.
Hopper pinning the mayor down on his desk and he pulls out one of his fingers.
Hopper threatening to crush Kline's finger until the mayor reveals his attacker is an employee from Starcourt Mall.
"What do they want with these lands?"-Hopper upon hearing Starcourt Mall has been buying properties in East Hawkins.
Hopper asking Kline where the purchase documents to the land properties are.
Hopper escorting Kline out of his office while making an excuse for the mayor's injuries.
Hopper and Joyce arriving at the mayor's mansion.
Hopper following Kline to the upstairs floor.
In the mayor's bedroom, Hopper is given some documents by Kline.
"What exactly are we looking at?"
Hopper questioning Kline as Joyce reads the land deeds.
Hopper and Joyce hearing Kline confess the employees at Starcourt Mall are buying properties in East Hawkins for unknown reasons.
Hopper and Joyce looking at a framed map of Roane County.
Hopper listening to Joyce pinpoint all of the locations of the bought properties in East Hawkins.
Hopper and Joyce recalling a power outage happening in Hawkins four nights ago.
(Joyce: "And then the next day...") "Your magnets fell."
Hopper listening to Joyce discuss the machine Scott Clarke had told her about.
Hopper hearing Joyce realize they didn't find anything at the lab because the machine could be in one of the properties in East Hawkins.
An impressed Hopper asking Joyce to come work with him at the police department.
Hopper and Joyce hearing a noise, realizing the mayor is trying to escape.
Hopper stopping Kline from escaping.
"Don't move."-Hopper holding Grigori at gunpoint.
"You understand what I'm saying, big guy. Drop the weapon!"-Hopper before Grigori reveals he speaks English.
When Grigori does not believe Hopper will shoot him due to being a cop, he goes to show prove the hitman he is wrong.
Hopper on the ground as he's bested by Grigori in strength and combat.
Hopper having injured Grigori by hitting his knee with a wrench.
Hopper fails to catch his gun when Joyce throws it to him.
"Oh sh**t."-Hopper seeing the gun landed near Grigori.
Hopper and Joyce escaping the basement after capturing Alexei.
Hopper, Alexei, and Joyce running to his car.
As Joyce drives the car, Hopper and Alexei sit in the back where Grigori fires his gun at them.
"Still think it was our government?"-Hopper after escaping from Grigori.
The next day, Hopper tries to fix his car as its engine is badly damaged.
Hopper working on his car as Joyce tries to communicate with Alexei.
Hopper annoyed with Joyce's attempts to communicate with Alexei.
Hopper unfazed when Joyce says she's making progress with Alexei.
Hopper going to give Joyce his car keys to test to see if the car works.
Hopper sighing as Joyce gets in the car.
Hopper looking at the engine as Joyce tries to start the car.
(Joyce: "It's not working.") "Try it again."
Hopper hearing Alexei frantically speaking.
Hopper getting angry with Alexei just as smoke starts to build up from his car.
Hopper and Alexei seeing the smoke forming up from the car.
Hopper witnessing his car explode.
Hopper shocked after his car explodes.
Hopper, Joyce, and Alexei walking through the forest.
Hopper proposing to Joyce that they should go to Illinois as he knows someone who can help.
Hopper and Joyce getting out of the car after arriving at their destination.
(Joyce: "Thought you said this guy was a journalist.") "Yeah, yeah. He was."
Hopper, Alexei, and Joyce at Murray Bauman's home.
Hopper looking at the speaker by the front door, mistaking it as a camera.
Hopper, Alexei, and Joyce captured on a security camera footage.
When Murray asks for Alexei's full name, Hopper tells him he doesn't know what it is.
"It's all right. Don't worry. He's a little bit eccentric, but completely harmless."
Hopper, Alexei, and Joyce greeted by Murray.
Hopper, Alexei, and Joyce being told by Murray to wait after being let inside his home.
Hopper watching Murray scan Alexei.
"How long is this going to take? Cuz-"
Hopper being silenced by Murray who berates him for bringing a Russian into his home.
Hopper and Joyce talking in private.
"You know, pot calling the kettle black."
Hopper and Joyce's conversation being interrupted by Murray.
"Not a lovers' quarrel, pal."
Hopper watching Joyce lose her temper with Murray.
Hopper watching Joyce rant to Murray all the trouble they went through to get Alexei to him so he can translate what he says.
Hopper impressed after Joyce puts her foot down with Murray.
Hopper and Alexei silent as Murray allows them to make themselves comfortable.
The next day, Hopper comes back from Murray's warehouse after buying food from Burger King.
Hopper giving Alexei his meal from Burger King that he requested.
"And one extra-large Slurpee."
"Burger King is nowhere near the 7-Eleven, by the way."
Hopper and Joyce proceeding to question Alexei.
Hopper instructing Murray to tell Alexei that they know the generators he was working on are not powering Starcourt Mall.
"So what?"-Hopper after Murray tells him he gave Alexei a strawberry-flavored Slurpee instead of a cherry one.
"You tell him that it all tastes the goddamn same!"
After Murray tells Hopper Alexei still wants a cherry Slurpee, Hopper instructs Murray to tell Alexei he can forget it.
Hopper about to lose his temper when Murray says Alexei refuses to cooperate if he doesn't get a cherry Slurpee.
Hopper about to throw Alexei outside.
Hopper throwing two sets of keys at Alexei as he lets him go.
After letting Alexei go, Hopper is met with shocked reactions from Joyce and Murray.
"I get him his cherry Slurpee. Then, what? He wants a helicopter to charter him to his own private island. I have dealt with a-holes like this my entire life!"
Hopper noting that Alexei is scared after he stuck with him and Joyce yesterday instead of using an opportunity to escape.
Realizing Alexei is afraid of his superiors; Hopper believes he'll come back to them in order to be safe from the Russians.
When Alexei starts the car outside, Hopper thinks he's trying to call off his bluff.
Hopper trying to stop Joyce from heading outside, only for her to push him aside.
Hopper satisfied to his suspicions were correct as he sees Alexei not driving away.
"I'm sorry. What did he say?"
Hopper appeased that he managed to get Alexei to start cooperating.
Hopper looking behind his shoulder to see what Murray and Alexei are doing.
Upon hearing that two keys are required to turn off the machine, Hopper compares it to a nuclear launch.
"Joyce, did you hear the part where he said it was like an impenetrable fortress?"
(Joyce: "Yeah, but there has to be a way in.") "Yeah, there is. Our military."
Hopper arguing with Joyce, reminding her that she abruptly ended her call with the military as they are now focusing on saving the kids.
"What are you going to do? You gonna walk back to Hawkins?"
Hopper hearing Murray interrupt his argument with Joyce.
"Whoa!"-Hopper surprised and disgusted when Murray suggests he and Joyce admit their love for each other.
Hopper berated by Murray for closing his heart and not letting his true feelings out to the people he cares about.
Hopper accused by Murray for not embracing his feelings for Joyce.
Hopper stunned after Murray reprimands him and Joyce.
Hopper driving in awkward silence as Murray and Alexei laugh.
Hopper, Murray, and Joyce arriving at Hawkins' Fourth of July county fair.
Hopper and Joyce at the fair.
Hopper apologizing to Joyce for Murray's behavior.
Hopper assured by Joyce that she wasn't bothered by Murray's earlier outburst.
Hopper agreeing with Joyce to focus on finding the kids.
Hopper and Joyce walking through the fair to look for the kids.
Hopper seeing Grigori and the Russians have found him and Joyce.
Hopper surprise attacking Grigori at the fair's mirror room.
"The food court? You sure they said food court?"-Hopper when Murray says he heard a Russian transmission of children being found at the mall.
Later, Hopper and his friends catch up on what they've been doing and what encountered in the past few days, learning of the Mind Flayer's return.
Hopper dismayed to hear that his cabin has been destroyed by the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Hopper holding El in his lap as she recovers from her injury inflicted by the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Hopper as Joyce asks the children about the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Hopper sighing as he hears the Mind Flayer's avatar will probably be killed if the gate gets closed again.
Hopper, Murray, and Joyce looking at Alexei's map of the Russians' base.
Hopper and his friends coming up with a plan to sneak into the Russians' underground base in order to close the gate.
Hopper raising his eyebrows when
Erica Sinclair gets sassy with Murray.
Hopper listening to Erica point out the Russians will kill them if they wander around the base.
Hopper watching Dustin use the map to show the base's ventilation system which they can use to get to the Key.
Hopper listening to Dustin and Erica explain they can navigate him through the Russians' base.
Hopper allowing Dustin to navigate him through base by contacting him through his walkie while being somewhere safe.
Hopper hearing Dustin and Erica hearing that simply contacting him through a walkie won't work as its radio signal won't be strong enough down in the base.
Hopper being told Dustin has to contact with a stronger radio, specifically a radio tower which he already has.
Hopper being told by Dustin that he needs a head start to get to his radio tower so he can contact and guide him through the base.
Hopper shooting at some Russians after entering the secret base.
Hopper and Murray disguised as Russian soldiers.
Hopper and Joyce watching Murray go down into the ventilation system.
Through his walkie-talkie, Hopper hears from Dustin that his friends are trapped and cornered by the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Hopper and Joyce hearing Dustin contact his girlfriend,
Suzie Bingham to ask the number of Planck's Constant.
Hopper and Joyce baffled and dumbstruck when Dustin and Suzie start singing NeverEnding Story.
Hopper typing Planck's Constant to get the keys from the vault after Suzie gives the number at the end of the duet.
Hopper about to fight Grigori.
Hopper before his "death."
Right when Joyce turns the keys, Hopper sees the Key machine beginning to malfunction.
Hopper trying to escape from the explosion.
Hopper running to escape before the Key explodes.
Hopper lying unconscious after having survived the explosion.
Hopper working at the Kamchatka labor camp.
Alone with Antonov, Hopper is praised by the guard for his Russian accent and acting.
Hopper hearing from Antonov that Joyce and Murray are their way to Alaska to deliver $40,000 to secure his freedom.
Hopper and Antonov going over their plan to have Joyce and Murray bring the money to Yuri Ismaylov so he can get Hopper back to the United States.
Hopper raising his eyebrows when Antonov mentions Joyce.
Hopper getting intense when Antonov describes how he enjoyed speaking to Joyce over the phone.
"You promised me that she would be safe."
Hopper being assured by Antonov that Joyce will be safe.
Hopper told by Antonov to focus on how he plans to escape while being reminded he'll still be stuck in Kamchatka if he doesn't meet up with Yuri.
Hopper as Antonov tells another guard he's putting Hopper "in his place".
Hopper pointing to his cheek, showing Antonov that's where he wants to be punched.
Hopper about to be punched by Antonov in order to give the impression he was beaten up.
The next morning, Hopper exits his cell as part of the prison's protocol.
Hopper talking to Antonov, learning Joyce arrived in Alaska last night with the ransom money.
Hopper listening to Antonov comment how impressed he is of his bravery.
Hopper on the ground after Antonov pretends to intimidate him.
Getting back up, Hopper continues walking with the other prisoners.
Hopper getting his shackles checked by a guard.
Hopper and Antonov going through a metal gate to get back to work on the railroad.
Later, Hopper sulks on a bench, not bothering to help Antonov bribe another guard.
When Antonov asks if he wants to die, Hopper simply states that is why they're in this different part of the prison.
Hopper allowing Antonov to sit next to him.
(Antonov: "You're not thinking straight, American.") "No, for the first time in my life, I am thinking straight."
Hopper revealing and explaining how he was drafted into the Vietnam War.
Hopper also revealing how during the war, he got exposed to Agent Orange, which eventually killed his daughter, Sara.
Hopper telling Antonov how Joyce and El started coming into his life.
Initially believing Joyce and El needed him, Hopper realizes it was he who needed them.
After admitting to Antonov he was right about knowing the risks, Hopper now believes because he sent the ransom note to Joyce, he'd sentenced her to death.
"I'm not cursed. I am the curse."
After hearing the roar of a Demogorgon, Hopper hears Antonov admit he's right that they will possibly die in the prison.
The next day, Hopper goes to exit his cell on the guards' orders.
Hopper and Antonov entering the pit below their cell.
Hopper and Antonov seeing the guards open another door as they order them to follow through the door.
Entering a room, Hopper and Antonov find a table full of food.
Refusing to eat any of the food, Hopper instead drinks some liquor.
A drunk Hopper getting back up to the table.
Hopper still drinking as he hears the prisoners talk about the Demogorgon, knowing they have to fight it due to other prisoners have fought it before.
"Let me guess. This монстр is about nine feet tall? Thin, white skin? No face? No eyes?"
"Because I've seen one. I've fought one. And all your theories about it, they're all wrong."
"We're not here to train this monster with swords and axes. We're here to entertain it."
"And this food. It isn't to make us strong. It's to uh, make us plump. So we're full of the nutrients and protein that a growing monster might need."
Hopper telling the prisoners that this meal they're eating will be their last as they won't stand a chance against the Demogorgon.
After being brutally honest with the prisoners, Hopper goes to continue drinking.
Hopper asking Antonov what odds he has against surviving the Demogorgon.
Hopper and Antonov discussing the odds they have against surviving the Demogorgon and escaping the prison.
"But then we'll die as monster slayers. You'll be a legend."
Hopper and Antonov sitting together as they start talking about their children.
Hopper discussing and reflecting how children grow up.
After getting up, Hopper looks through the bars of his cell.
Hopper vaguely explaining the Demogorgon to Antonov.
Hopper vowing to kill the Demogorgon in order to protect El.
"But I guess I might as well give that prayer thing a try."
Hopper telling Antonov if they hope to escape and get back to their families, they need a miracle.
By morning, Hopper exits out of a hidden sewer.
Hopper having helped Joyce get out of the sewer.
Hopper helping Antonov out of the sewer.
Hopper, Joyce, and Antonov seeing they're close to the facility's gates.
Hopper and Joyce looking at each other.
Hopper overjoyed to finally escape the prison.
"You okay?"-Hopper after Murray drives his van out of the prison facility.
Hopper, Joyce, and Yuri in the back of the van.
"Where's that plane you came in on?"
Hopper shocked when Joyce says that the plane she and Murray came in had crashed.
Hopper questioning Yuri if he can get him and his friends to another plane.
An agitated Hopper grabbing Yuri who begins to cooperate with him.
Hopper and Joyce not giving into Yuri's charms as he tries smooth-talking them as Antonov holds him at gunpoint.
Later, Hopper tells Murray and Antonov that he'd received a call from a woman who claims to be an associate of Dr. Owens.
Hopper explaining that Owens is with the girl to fight an evil in Hawkins.
When Murray asks if the girl is El, Hopper replies it has to be El before revealing Joyce's children are also fighting the evil in Hawkins.
Hopper, Murray, and Antonov looking at Joyce who reminds them that the Mind Flayer's particles they saw earlier were alive, meaning a gate's open in Hawkins.
(Antonov: "Gate? What does this mean?") "It means we have to go home right now."
When Murray and Antonov say Yuri might be playing them, Hopper tries to suggest threatening him, only to hear the smuggler will just keep lying.
Hopper hearing Murray point out they wouldn't be able to make it to Hawkins in time to save El and her friends.
Hopper, Murray, and Antonov looking at Joyce when she says they do not have to make it back to Hawkins tonight.
When Joyce points out part of the Upside Down's hive mind is in Russia, Hopper realizes they just have to destroy the Mind Flayer's particles.
Hopper agreeing with Joyce's idea to return to the prison to destroy a piece of the Mind Flayer in order to save the kids.
"We broke out. We can break back in."
Hopper gathering weapons to return to the prison.
Hopper instructing Antonov to get Yuri in line to fly his helicopter to help him, Joyce, and Murray escape the prison once they destroyed the piece of the Mind Flayer.
"Oh, yeah. This will do. This will do just fine."-Hopper upon finding a flamethrower.