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Images of Joyce Byers from Netflix's 2016 series Stranger Things.
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Joyce's season 1 poster.
Joyce on the season one poster.
Joyce on a Twitter promo poster paying homage to the 1981 film The Evil Dead.
Joyce's season two poster.
Joyce in the main season 2 poster.
Joyce's season three poster.
Joyce on the main season 3 poster.
Joyce on the MAD MAX Beyond Starcourt promo poster.
Joyce on an Indiana Jones homage poster.
Joyce's season four poster.
Joyce on the main season 4 poster.
Joyce’s Season One & Five character reflection poster.
Joyce on the main Season Five poster.
Season 1[]
Joyce's first appearance as she searches through a sofa for her car keys.
Joyce finding Will's bedroom empty.
Joyce asking Jonathan where Will is.
Joyce hearing Jonathan answer he doesn't know.
Joyce upset when Jonathan says he doesn't know where Will is as he worked a late shift last night.
Joyce disappointed in Jonathan as he explains Will spent time with his friends at the Wheeler's house.
Joyce going to call the Wheeler family.
Joyce calling the Wheeler family to see if Will spent the night with them.
After calling Karen Wheeler, Joyce starts to get worried.
Joyce in the office of Police Chief Jim Hopper.
"I've been waiting here over an hour, Hopper!"
"He's not like you. He's not like me. He's not like...most."
(Hopper: "His clothes? What's wrong with his clothes?") "I don't know. Does that matter?"
Joyce talking about her ex-husband, Lonnie, mentioning how poorly he treated Will in the past.
Joyce smoking as she talks to Hopper.
"You said 99 out of 100. What about the other time?"
Joyce begging Hopper to find her son.
In a flashback, Joyce arrives at Will's hideout, Castle Byers.
"Ringy ding-ding. Anyone home?"
Joyce being asked by Will what his password is to enter his fort.
Joyce guessing Will's secret password.
Joyce with Will in a Castle Byers.
"You don't get nightmares, do you?"
Later, Joyce calls her ex-husband's girlfriend, Cynthia in order to get in touch with her former husband.
Joyce frustrated after Cynthia rudely hangs up on her.
Joyce trying to get in touch with her ex-husband, Lonnie.
Joyce and Jonathan seeing Hopper arrive with Will's bike.
"It was just lying there??"
Joyce and Jonathan hearing the police say they had found Will's bike in the woods.
Joyce asking Hopper if there was any blood on the bike which he answers no.
Joyce and Jonathan watching Hopper search the house, believing Will had managed to come home before he disappeared.
"I don't know I have two boys. I mean look at this place."
Later that night, Joyce and Jonathan work on missing posters for Will.
Admiring Jonathan's photographs, Joyce apologizes to her son for not paying more attention to him.
Joyce asking Jonathan what's wrong when she notices him starting to cry.
Joyce comforting Jonathan when he reveals he blames himself for Will's disappearance.
"This was not your fault."
Joyce reassuring Jonathan that she feels Will in her heart even if he's not with them right now.
Joyce calming Jonathan down as she talks to him.
"Look at this one."-Joyce finding a picture of Will.
Joyce and Jonathan crying over Will.
Joyce going to answer the phone when it rings.
Joyce answering the phone.
Joyce hearing someone breathing on the other end of the phone.
"Will?"
Joyce surprised when she recognizes Will's breathing over the phone.
Joyce hearing a monstrous chirp over the phone.
"What have you done to my boy?!"
Joyce after the phone suddenly gets electrocuted and destroyed.
Joyce sobbing hysterically.
Joyce being comforted by Jonathan.
Joyce and Jonathan at the kitchen table the next morning.
Joyce and Jonathan having a conversation.
Joyce upset to hear that Will had not been found.
Joyce and Jonathan watching Hopper go to check on their destroyed phone.
"You're not saying that's weird?"-Joyce referring to the destroyed phone.
Joyce explaining to Hopper that Will called her last night.
Joyce and Jonathan asking Hopper if he could trace the call.
Joyce and Jonathan hearing Hopper say he can't trace their phone call due to their phone being destroyed.
"You think I'm making this up?"
"You think I don't know my son's own breathing. Wouldn't you know your own daughter's?"
(Hopper: "Have you heard from Lonnie yet?") "No."
Joyce entering Melvald's General Store.
Joyce telling her boss, Donald she's not here to work.
Joyce telling her boss she's only at the store to buy some things.
"I need a new phone."
Joyce paying for the phone while asking Donald for an advance as she gave Jonathan all of her money to make missing posters for Will.
Joyce thanking Donald when he decides to submit to her request.
Joyce watching Donald give her an advance, only for him to say he'll have to shorten it.
Joyce asking her boss for two weeks in advance.
Joyce persuading Donald by reminding him that she never missed a shift or called in sick and worked during the holidays.
"I need this phone, and two weeks’ advance."
"And a pack of camels."
Joyce waiting for the phone to ring.
Joyce hearing Will's voice over the phone.
Joyce breaking down when the call is cut off again.
Joyce noticing the hallway lights flickering.
Joyce as something tries to come through the wall.
Joyce watching her lights flicker and hearing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" play on the radio.
Joyce trying to talk to Will through the lights.
Joyce trying to show Jonathan that Will is talking through the lights.
"It's not the electricity."
Joyce not being believed by Jonathan.
Joyce reminded that the police is still looking for Will.
Joyce sitting alone after being told to get some rest.
Later, Joyce opens up a box full of Christmas lights.
Joyce hammering a nail above a bookshelf.
Joyce hammering nails on the walls of her house.
Joyce standing on the sofa as she goes to hammer more nails into walls.
Joyce starting to put up Christmas lights.
Joyce guiding the strand of lights.
Joyce putting up Christmas lights around her house.
After finishing up hanging the lights, Joyce realizes she needs more lights to communicate with Will.
Joyce back at Melvald's General Store.
Joyce buying more Christmas lights and another phone.
"Just ring me up, Donald."
After returning home, Joyce looks at the Christmas lights she hung up.
Joyce examining the lights.
Joyce hearing a knock on the front door.
Joyce answering the door.
Joyce meeting with her friend, Karen Wheeler.
Joyce sitting in the kitchen with Karen and her three-year old daughter, Holly.
(Karen: "How's Jonathan doing?") "You know, he's good at taking care of himself."
(Karen: "Is something the matter?") "We're having electrical problems."
Joyce being assured by Karen and her husband will help if she ever needs it.
Joyce and Karen noticing Holly is gone.
Upon finding Holly in Will's room, Joyce gives her to Karen.
Joyce thanking Karen for her hospitality before advising her she should get going after realizing Holly had seen something in Will's room.
Joyce smoking when her dog barks.
Joyce noticing the Christmas lights flickering on and off.
Seeing the lights blinking, Joyce gets an idea.
Joyce sitting in a secret cabinet, holding a ball of Christmas lights.
Joyce satisfied to see Will is able to talk to her through the lights.
Joyce communicates to Will through the Christmas lights.
Joyce painting the alphabet on a wall.
Later that night, Joyce finishes painting the wall.
"Okay, baby. Talk to me."
Joyce having created a makeshift Ouija board to better communicate with Will.
Joyce spelling out the letters that Will shines a light on.
"Right here."-Joyce seeing Will's message say he's "right here".
Joyce confused with Will's message, not understanding how he can be at home when she can't see him.
Joyce seeing another message being spelled out by Will on the wall.
Joyce being told by Will to run.
Joyce horrified to see a monstrous creature bursting through her wall.
Joyce fleeing in terror when the monster bursts through her wall.
Joyce running down the road to get away from the creature.
Joyce being stopped by Jonathan's car.
A fearful Joyce embracing Jonathan.
Later, when the police arrive at her house, Joyce is told by Hopper that Will was found dead in the quarry.
Joyce refusing to believe Will is dead due to having spoken with him.
Joyce trying to explain how she spoke with Will through the lights.
Joyce being met with disbelief looks from Hopper and Jonathan.
Joyce trying to explain the creature she saw after talking to Will.
"But it didn't have a face."
Joyce listening to Hopper trying to console her as he thinks she's acting out of grief.
Joyce begging Hopper to believe her.
Joyce alone after Hopper advises her to get some rest.
Joyce checking the walls.
Joyce walking outside to get an axe from her shed.
Joyce sitting in the dark living room, armed with an axe.
Joyce having fallen asleep.
Joyce waking up.
Joyce hearing a voice before a manifestation of Will appears before her.
Joyce startled before she snaps back to reality.
Joyce being woken up by Jonathan the next morning.
Joyce asking what time is it, which Jonathan answers they have to go to the coroner.
Joyce and Jonathan at the morgue.
"He has a birthmark on his right arm. Can you show that to me, please?"
Later, Joyce argues with the coroner, refusing to sign a death certificate.
"Look, I don't know what you think that thing is, but that is not my son."
(Hopper: "Joyce, wait-") "No!"
Joyce leaving the morgue.
Joyce walking through the town.
Joyce crossing a crosswalk as Jonathan catches up to her.
"Just go home, Jonathan."
Joyce getting into an argument with Jonathan who accuses her of going crazy and insisting Will is still alive.
"For that thing back there?"
Despite assuring she finds Will talking through the lights crazy, Joyce insists she heard him and that he's still alive.
Joyce walking away as Jonathan continues to accuse her of losing her sanity.
Upon returning home, Joyce starts playing the song "Should I Stay or Should I Go" on a radio.
Joyce waiting for Will to respond.
Joyce wanting Will talk to her in some way.
Joyce checking a light, only to see it not blinking like it was the last time Will spoke to her.
Joyce on the verge of giving up of believing Will's survival.
Joyce hearing someone knock on the wall.
Joyce hearing Will's voice within the wall.
Having ran outside, Joyce is confused to see Will is not on the other side of the wall.
After coming back inside, Joyce begins searching for Will in the wall.
Joyce ripping the wallpaper where she finds Will through a small, enclosed portal.
An overjoyed Joyce sobbing as she's happy to see Will is still alive.
Joyce talking to Will, promising him that she will find and save him.
After the portal disappears, Joyce begins destroying the wall with a sledgehammer.
Joyce having destroyed the wall.
Joyce distressed to see Will and the portal are gone.
Joyce looking through the hole as she starts to breakdown.
Later, Joyce hears a car pulling up.
Joyce embracing her ex-husband when he arrives at her house.
Joyce being calmed down by her ex-husband, Lonnie.
Joyce sitting with Lonnie.
"God, it's like I can't feel him anymore."
Joyce telling Lonnie not to look at her like she's crazy like everyone else has been doing.
Joyce hearing Lonnie bring up her aunt who had anxiety problems.
Joyce unsure what to say when Lonnie tells her to consider that all these encounters with Will are just fantasies.
Joyce believing no one can help her no one can help her get over Will.
Joyce crying.
Joyce and Lonnie drinking alcohol together.
Joyce and Lonnie sitting together as they see Jonathan return home.
Joyce explaining to Jonathan that Lonnie will be staying with them for a while.
Joyce as Lonnie tells Jonathan not to worry about the hole in the wall.
Joyce and Lonnie staring at Jonathan when he asks if the monster came back.
Joyce quiet as Jonathan asks Lonnie if they can speak in private.
The next morning, a grief-stricken Joyce sits in Will's bedroom.
Joyce being helped up by Lonnie so they can leave to go to the funeral.
Joyce and the people of Hawkins attending Will's fake funeral.
Joyce during the funeral.
Joyce silent as Lonnie receives condolences from Karen and her husband, Ted.
Joyce standing in somberness as the funeral comes to an end.
Joyce feeling isolated and sad due to people thinking she's crazy and her son being declared dead.
In a flashback, Joyce sees Will drawing his Dungeons & Dragons character, Will the Wise.
Joyce talking to Will about his D&D character.
"Well, I don't know who's been raising you, but I'm gonna find you a new box of crayons. Cuz it looks like he's shooting cabbages."
Back in the present, Joyce sits at a table during the funeral banquet.
After the funeral, Joyce sees Lonnie seal up the hole in the wall.
Joyce noticing her lights have been taken down by Lonnie.
Joyce putting her lights back up.
Joyce hearing Lonnie reveal he had gone to the Sattler Company to check for precautions such as warning signs or fences.
Joyce starting to grow suspicious of Lonnie.
Later, while Lonnie takes a shower, Joyce goes through his stuff.
Joyce finding and reading a document she found in Lonnie's bag.
Upon reading the document to be a lawsuit to the Sattler Company, Joyce realizes Lonnie only came to sue the company and get money.
An angry Joyce confronting Lonnie after discovering his intentions.
"I can't believe I fell for this!"
Joyce and Lonnie fighting over their parenting skills.
"Where does Jonathan want to go to college?"
"NYU! He's wanted to go to NYU since he was six years old!"
Joyce telling Lonnie to get out of her house after having enough his greed and carelessness.
(Lonnie: "You need me here.") "At least I was here!"-Joyce standing up to Lonnie.
"Maybe I am a mess, maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm out of my mind!"
"But, God help me, I will keep these lights up until the day I die, if I think there's a chance that Will's still out there!"
Joyce strongly believing that Will is still "out there", despite everything in the past few days.
"Get out of my house!"-Joyce losing her temper as she kicks Lonnie out of her house, officially cutting ties with him.
"Go away Lonnie!"-Joyce upon hearing a knock on her door.
Joyce furiously walking towards the front door when the knocking doesn't stop.
Joyce surprised to see Hopper outside on her front porch, holding a note saying "Don't Say Anything".
Joyce confused with Hopper telling her to be quiet.
Joyce seeing Hopper get paranoid upon noticing her Christmas lights.
Joyce watching Hopper unscrew all of the light bulbs on her Christmas lights.
Joyce watching Hopper unscrew and check the last light bulb.
After Hopper finishes unscrewing the light bulbs, Joyce asks him what is going on.
Joyce surprised and confused when Hopper explains he is being spied on by government agents.
"You gotta explain this to me because I have no idea-"
Joyce hearing Hopper reveal he broke into the morgue last night.
A stunned Joyce kneeling down when Hopper reveals he discovered Will's body to truly be a fake.
Joyce overjoyed to hear she had been right about Will still being alive.
Sitting at the kitchen table, Joyce listens to Hopper explain he investigated Hawkins National Laboratory, discovering a child's bedroom in the lab.
"How do you know it was a kid's room?"
Joyce listening to Hopper describe the child's room which contained a small bed, a stuffed animal, and a drawing.
When Hopper describes the drawing, Joyce shows him one of Will's drawings, revealing the drawing he saw in the lab wasn't drawn by Will.
Joyce listening to Hopper reveal that he questioned a man named Earl who said he spotted a kid with a shaved head with a restaurant owner named Benny Hammond before he died.
"But maybe it wasn't Will?"
Joyce listening to Hopper explain of a woman named Terry Ives claiming that her daughter, Jane was abducted, making Hopper believe he instead found traces of Terry's daughter at the lab.
The next day, Joyce accompanies Hopper to find Terry Ives.
Joyce and Hopper about to drive to Terry Ives's house after Hopper gets her address.
Joyce and Hopper arriving at Terry Ives's house.
Joyce and Hopper meeting Becky Ives.
Joyce as Hopper shows Becky his police badge.
Joyce and Hopper learning Becky is Terry's sister.
Joyce and Hopper meeting Terry Ives.
Joyce and Hopper finding Terry in a catatonic state.
Joyce and Hopper talking to Becky.
Joyce hearing Hopper ask Becky if the government ran the MKUltra organization.
Joyce and Hopper listening to Becky describe what tests her sister did as an MKUltra test subject.
Joyce and Hopper learning what kind of experiments MKUltra were doing.
Joyce and Hopper listening to Becky describe what an isolation tank is and how it functions.
Joyce learning that MKUltra wished to expand the boundaries of the human mind.
Joyce and Hopper feeling bad when they learn that Terry was unknowingly pregnant during time as an MKUltra test subject.
When asking to see photographs of Terry's daughter, Joyce and Hopper are surprised when Becky says that Terry miscarried after she left MKUltra.
Joyce in a nursery that Terry had built and kept up for her daughter.
Joyce hearing Becky remark that Terry believed her daughter was born with abilities.
Joyce hearing Becky explain Terry believed her daughter was born with psychic powers and that was why her child was abducted so she could be groomed into a weapon.
Joyce looking at Terry after finishing her talk with Becky.
Joyce feeling pity for Terry, especially her tragedy and condition.
(Hopper: "Hey. We're gonna find him.") "Like how Terry found her daughter?"
Joyce listening to Hopper reassure her that they got a chance in finding Will and Terry's daughter.
Joyce looking at Hopper.
Joyce surprised when Hopper gets a transmission from one of his officers, reporting Jonathan has been taken to the station.
Joyce arriving at the police station after returning to Hawkins.
Joyce and Hopper finding Jonathan with Nancy Wheeler.
"Why is he in handcuffs?"-Joyce asking why her son is in handcuffs.
Joyce demanding her son to be released from police custody.
Joyce and Hopper demanding Jonathan's release, not caring why he was arrested.
Joyce looking through a box full of dangerous equipment which Hopper said was in Jonathan's car.
Joyce and Hopper learning about a monstrous alien creature Nancy and Jonathan had encountered which is the same one Joyce had encountered as well.
Outside Hopper's office, Joyce and Jonathan speak to each other in the hallway.
Joyce reprimanding her son for putting his and Nancy's lives at risk.
(Jonathan: "I thought I could save Will. I still do.") "This is not yours to fix alone!"
"You act like you're all alone out there in the world, but you're not! You're not alone."
Joyce tearfully embracing Jonathan.
Joyce reconciling with Jonathan.
Joyce and Jonathan hearing an angry woman talking to some police officers.
Joyce and Jonathan watching Hopper going to see what's going with his officers.
Later, Joyce, Nancy, and Hopper see government agents surround the Wheeler home.
Needing to find and save Nancy's brother Mike from the agents, Joyce and Hopper ask Nancy where Mike could be.
"Is there any place your parents don't know about that he might go?"
Joyce and Hopper surprised to hear Jonathan say there is a way to contact Mike.
Upon returning home, Joyce finds Will's walkie so she and the others can contact Mike.
Joyce and Jonathan seeing Nancy unable to get in touch with her brother.
Joyce watching Hopper use to inform Mike that they know he's in danger from the government agents for being associated with Terry Ives's daughter.
Joyce, Hopper, Jonathan, and Nancy hearing no response from Mike.
Joyce, Nancy, and Jonathan silent as they don't have any other options on how to find and help Mike.
Jonathan, Hopper, Joyce, and Nancy suddenly hearing Mike's voice on Will's walkie.
Later, Joyce waits for Hopper to rescue Mike and his friends.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy hearing a car park outside the house.
Joyce exiting the house.
Joyce watching Nancy notice El is wearing a dress that belongs to her.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy listening to the kids explain Will is trapped in an alternate dimension called the Upside Down.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy confused on how the kids found a gate to the Upside Down until they explain the portal's electromagnetic field affected their compasses.
"Is there any way that you can reach Will? That you can talk to him in this-"
(Eleven/El: "The Upside Down.") "Down. Yeah."
Joyce & Jonathan seeing El's willing to help find Will.
Everyone watching El using her powers to try and find Will and Barbara Holland.
Everyone having noticed the light flicker as El uses her powers.
(El: "I'm sorry.") "Wha-What's wrong? What happened?"
Everyone sad & disappointed when El is unable to find Will or Barbara.
Joyce asking the boys how they can make El feel better after they explain the physical stress she gets whenever she uses her powers.
Joyce hearing Mike say they have to wait for El to recover, only to be unsure on how it will take for El to recover.
(El: "The bath.") "What?"
Joyce, Nancy, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike hearing El say she'll be able to find Will and Barb through a sensory deprivation tank.
Joyce and the others watching Dustin call Mr. Clarke to ask how to build a sensory deprivation tank.
Joyce and the others watching Dustin claim to Mr. Clarke that the sensory deprivation tank is for "fun".
Joyce and the others watching Dustin persuade Mr. Clarke to tell him how to build a sensory deprivation tank.
(Dustin: "Do you still have that kiddie pool? The one we'd bob applies in?") "Yeah."
Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, and Hopper hearing the sensory deprivation tank requires fifteen hundred pounds of salt.
Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, and Hopper trying to think of where to get salt for the sensory deprivation tank.
Joyce and Mike watching El getting ready to get into the pool.
Joyce guiding El into the pool.
Joyce and Hopper having helped El get into the makeshift sensory deprivation tank.
Joyce and everyone else watching El float in the makeshift sensory deprivation tank.
Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, and Mike watching the school gym's light going out.
Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, and Mike hear El say Barbara's name upon finding her first.
Joyce seeing El's body beginning to tremble.
Joyce seeing El having a panic attack when she finds Barbara dead.
Joyce going to calm El down as the girl freaks out.
Joyce calming El down, giving her the strength she needs to find Will.
Joyce hearing El finding Will is located in alternate version of Castle Byers.
Joyce gasping in relief when El finds Will still alive in the Upside Down.
"Tell him I'm coming. Mom is coming."
"Tell him to stay where he is. I'm coming."
Joyce seeing El wake up after she finishes repeating her message to Will.
Joyce embracing El.
Joyce comforting El.
Joyce holding El as Mike, Jonathan, Nancy, and Hopper watch.
Joyce and Jonathan telling Hopper where Castle Byers is located.
Joyce and Jonathan going to follow Hopper when he starts to leave.
Joyce being told by Hopper to stay put as the mission to rescue Will is too dangerous.
"He's my son, Hop. My son!"
Joyce insisting she's coming along with Hopper to rescue Will.
Joyce telling Jonathan he can't come with her and Hopper as she wants him to stay safe and watch over the kids.
Joyce and Jonathan embracing each other before they part ways.
Joyce telling Jonathan to stay safe before she leaves with Hopper.
Joyce and Hopper going to break into the lab.
Joyce watching Hopper use bolt cutters to cut a hole in the lab's fence.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the lab's grounds to the building's entrance.
Joyce and Hopper startled by a bright light.
Joyce and Hopper getting caught by the lab's guards.
Joyce and Hopper with their hands up.
Joyce and Hopper getting captured.
Joyce restrained in a interrogation room after getting captured.
Joyce crying for help.
Joyce hearing someone enter the room.
Joyce seeing a man hide in the shadows of the room.
Joyce being questioned by the man.
Joyce hearing the man ask his questions over and over again.
Joyce being asked by the man how she managed to contact Will.
Joyce confused when the man says six.
Joyce seeing the man reveals himself as Dr. Brenner.
Joyce listening to Brenner describe the Demogorgon's behavior.
Joyce not buying Brenner's claims that he wants to help save Will.
"Stop! I know who you are. I know what you did."
Joyce admonishing Brenner for causing the Demogorgon to get loose, leaving Will to die in the Upside Down, and faking her son's death.
Joyce disgusted with Brenner trying to manipulate her after everything he's done.
Joyce angry at Brenner for his heinous deeds.
Joyce looking at the window of her cell after Brenner leaves.
Joyce alone in her cell.
Joyce relieved to see Hopper when he enters her cell.
Joyce and Hopper escorted by guards.
Joyce hearing Hopper tell her of an agreement he made with Brenner.
Joyce hearing Hopper explain the terms of his agreement with Brenner.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the lab.
Joyce and Hopper given hazmat suits as the Upside Down's atmosphere is toxic.
Joyce and Hopper wearing hazmat suits.
Joyce and Hopper in the contaminated lab's basement.
Joyce and Hopper going to enter through the gate to the Upside Down.
Joyce and Hopper walking in the Upside Down.
Joyce being told by Hopper to remain calm.
Joyce and Hopper having exited the Upside Down's version of the lab.
Joyce and Hopper going to venture further into the Upside Down to find and rescue Will.
Joyce and Hopper searching for Will in the Upside Down's forest.
Joyce walking through the forest to search for Will.
Joyce finding a pile of sticks in the forest.
Joyce walking over to the pile of sticks, recognizing them as the structure of Castle Byers.
Joyce searching for Will, seeing he's nowhere near the wreckage of his fort.
"Will!"
Joyce and Hopper hearing a noise.
Joyce and Hopper finding and walking towards an alternate version of the Byers house in the Upside Down.
Joyce and Hopper about to walk towards the front door after they walk through the house.
Joyce walking towards the front door.
Joyce hearing Jonathan's voice.
Joyce confused on she's able to hear Jonathan despite not seeing him anywhere in the Upside Down.
Joyce going to follow Hopper in order to continue searching for Will.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the streets of Hawkins in the Upside Down.
Joyce and Hopper following a trail of blood.
Joyce and Hopper seeing the trail leads to the Hawkins public library.
Joyce and Hopper arriving at the Upside Down version of the Hawkins library.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the library.
Joyce and Hopper noticing blood on the ground.
Joyce and Hopper going to follow the trail of blood.
Joyce searching through the Upside Down version of the library.
Joyce disgusted to see and find a human skull in the library.
Joyce scanning her surroundings to find any signs of Will.
Joyce noticing something familiar.
Joyce shining her flashlight to get a good look.
Joyce finding Will in the library.
Joyce having found her son unconscious with a vine lodged his throat.
Joyce horrified to see what state her son is in after being captured by the Demogorgon.
Joyce begging Hopper to help her free Will.
Joyce watching Hopper pull the vine out of Will's mouth.
Joyce going to free her son after Hopper pulls the vine out of his Will's mouth.
Joyce and Hopper having put Will on the ground after they free him from the vine.
Joyce cradling Will's body.
Joyce worried upon seeing Will is not breathing.
Joyce hearing Hopper give her an instruction on how to do CPR.
Joyce doing mouth-to-mouth on Will after Hopper does some chest compressions.
Joyce tearfully begging Will to stay with her.
"Please, please come back to me."
A tearful Joyce pleading with Will not to die as Hopper desperately tries to revive him.
An overjoyed Joyce hugging her son after he is successfully revived.
Joyce embracing her son.
Joyce cradling her son as Hopper puts a gas mask on Will so the boy can breathe clean air.
Joyce helping Will put on the gas mask.
Joyce crying tears of joy, happy to have saved her son and get him back.
Joyce, Hopper, and Will together before they escape the Upside Down.
Sometime later, Joyce and Jonathan sit at the hospital where they see Will waking up.
Joyce and Jonathan reuniting with Will.
Joyce and Jonathan happy to see Will awake as they sit next to his bedside.
Joyce keeping herself together as Will expresses concern for his brother's injured hand.
Joyce smiling as she gently brushes Will's hair.
Joyce watching Jonathan give Will some stuff and a new mixtape to listen to as he recovers in the hospital.
The Byers family having a heartfelt moment together.
Joyce hearing Mike enter the room.
Joyce seeing the boys rush in to reunite with her son.
A month later, Joyce sets up the table to celebrate Christmas with her sons.
"This is so overcooked."
Joyce assured by Jonathan that they'll still have a good Christmas.
Joyce and her family sitting at the dinner table.
Joyce listening to Will theorize one of his Christmas presents being an Atari.
"Hey, no more snooping."
Joyce and Jonathan amused as Will excuses himself to go wash his hands.
Joyce and Jonathan at the table as Will returns from the bathroom.
"Are you okay?"-Joyce noticing Will looking nervous.
Joyce smiling at Will when he says he's okay.
Joyce and her sons eating dinner and celebrating Christmas together.
Season 2[]
On October 29, 1984, Joyce drops Will off at the Palace Arcade.
Joyce reminding Will to stay at the arcade and not go anywhere else until she picks him up.
Joyce watching Will leave to have fun with his friends at the arcade.
The next day, Joyce works at her job at Melvald's General Store.
Joyce sewing Will's Ghostbuster costume.
Joyce greeting her boyfriend, Bob Newby.
Joyce and Bob making out.
Joyce and Bob kissing and making out in the back room of Melvald's.
"Bob, I have to get back to work."
(Bob: "I feel like a teenager.") "Me too."
Joyce in Bob's arms.
"Go sell your electronic thingamajigs."
Joyce and Bob bidding each other goodbye after promising to have a movie night tonight.
Joyce smiling as she watches Bob leave.
Later, Joyce arrives at Hawkins Middle School.
Joyce picking Will up from school.
Joyce looking at Will as they drive to Hawkins Lab.
"We've talked about this. You've got to stop with the sorries."
Joyce assuring Will everything's going to be okay.
Joyce and Will meeting with Hopper at the lab's parking lot.
Joyce, Will, and Hopper walking to enter the lab.
Joyce and Will meeting with Dr. Sam Owens.
Joyce and Hopper watching Will talk with Dr. Owens.
Joyce watching Will beginning his session with Dr. Owens.
Joyce listening to Will describe an episode he had last night.
After Will's session, Joyce and Hopper meet with Dr. Owens in his office.
Joyce as Hopper asks Owens a question.
Joyce questioning Owens on whether Will's mental state will get better or worse.
When Owens reassures he's on her side, Joyce is unsure whether to trust him or not.
Joyce and Hopper discussing whether to trust Owens as they leave the lab.
Joyce being asked by Hopper about Bob, which she answers they're doing fine.
Joyce promising Hopper to give him a call if anything gets worse.
Joyce being recorded through a video camera.
Joyce telling Bob to turn off his camera.
Joyce making popcorn in her kitchen.
Joyce and Bob watching Mr. Mom together.
Joyce and Bob hearing the telephone start to ring.
Joyce being reassured by Bob that it's probably a telemarketer calling.
Joyce ignoring the phone as she remembers her trauma.
The next morning, Joyce heads to Will's room to tell to get ready for school.
When she enters Will's room, Joyce sees he's not there.
Frantic, Joyce asks Jonathan where Will is.
Joyce finding Will in the bathroom.
Later, Joyce helps Will put on his Ghostbuster costume.
Looking for tape to fix Will's costume, Joyce a peculiar drawing of a large black, shadowy creature.
Joyce asking Will about the drawing which he claims to be a sketch for a story he's working on.
Later, Joyce watches Will getting his pictures taken by Jonathan as he wears his Halloween costume.
Joyce showing Hopper Will's drawing when he stops by.
In the kitchen, Joyce talks to Hopper.
Joyce talking to Hopper about Will's episodes, wondering why her son would lie to her.
Joyce and Hopper discussing Will's mental health.
When Joyce suggests taking Will to see other doctors, Hopper objects, telling her she'll just have financial problems.
Joyce hearing Hopper point out Owens isn't wrong about Will's trauma.
Joyce listening to Hopper describe the effects trauma has on people.
Joyce hearing Hopper say their trauma will never go away, but things will get better in time.
Joyce about to be given Hopper's cigarette.
Joyce reacting in disgust after smoking into Hopper's cigarette.
Joyce chuckling as Hopper reminisces their good memories in high school.
"I want this to be over."-Joyce longing for her trauma to end.
Joyce and Hopper reflecting their own trauma together.
Later, Joyce talks to Will as he gets ready to celebrate Halloween.
Joyce seeing her sons are ready to go trick-or-treating.
Joyce glancing at Bob when he makes a joke as her sons leave.
Joyce and Bob sharing a waltz.
Joyce confiding in Bob how worried she gets when Will is out of her sight.
Joyce surprised when Bob reveals he wants to move out of Hawkins.
Joyce listening to Bob's plan to move to Maine with her and her sons.
Joyce hearing Bob chuckle at his idea.
After assuring Bob, Joyce tries to explain to him that her family is not normal.
Joyce reassured by Bob her they can find a way to be normal.
Joyce embracing Bob.
Joyce and Bob's waltz interrupted when they hear the doorbell ring.
Joyce watching Bob going to greet some trick-or-treaters.
The next day, Joyce looks for her car keys under some pillows.
Joyce thanking Bob when he finds her car keys.
Joyce asking Jonathan to take Will to school today as she doesn't want to be late for work.
Joyce and her sons hearing Bob offer to take Will to school, which they accept.
Joyce giving change to a customer.
Joyce smiling warmly when she sees Bob.
Joyce talking to Bob.
Joyce and Bob sharing a kiss.
Later, Joyce checks out Will's camera.
Joyce having trouble figuring out how to watch the film from the camera.
Joyce calling Bob, asking for help on how to watch the film.
"Bob, English."
"This one just goes into the camera itself?"
After getting help from Bob, Joyce watches the tape that was filmed by Will on Halloween night.
Joyce uncomfortable to watch some bullies picking on Will.
When pausing the tape, Joyce notices some strange interference in the footage.
After getting a crayon and some paper, Joyce traces the strange silhouette on the TV screen.
Once Joyce finishes tracing the image, she is shocked to see what she's drawn.
Joyce compares her drawing to Will's, realizing the giant spider-like creature is real.
Joyce trying to call Hawkins Middle School to no avail.
Joyce driving her car to the school.
Joyce arriving at Hawkins Middle School.
Joyce checking a room, seeing no one is around.
Joyce running into Dustin.
Joyce, Dustin, and Max Mayfield seeing Lucas rush in, saying Will is in trouble.
Joyce, Max, and Dustin finding Will and Mike out on the P.E. field.
Joyce seeing Will is in a trance.
"Sweetie, wake up. It's Mom."
Joyce gently shaking Will in an attempt to wake him up.
Joyce getting worried before Will suddenly snaps back to reality on his own.
After Will wakes up, Joyce leaves the school with her son.
After returning home, Joyce listens to Will explain his recent episode.
Showing the sketch of the shadow creature she drew, Joyce tells Will she thinks his episodes are real.
Joyce listening to Will describe his encounter with the shadow creature.
Joyce hugging a tearful and scared Will.
Joyce promising Will that she'll never let anything happen to him and she'll help him no matter what.
Later that night, Joyce and Will sleep together.
The next day, Joyce calls the police station.
Joyce telling the station's secretary she only wants to see Hopper.
Joyce after hanging up the phone.
Joyce asking Will how he's feeling.
Joyce asking Will if he's sick.
Joyce checking Will's temperature, surprised to see it is really low.
Joyce sitting at the bathtub, getting a bath ready for Will.
Joyce trying to call Hopper again.
After hanging up the phone, Joyce hears Will complain that his bath water is too hot.
"I can cool it down a little bit, but we gotta get your body temperature back up."
Joyce shocked when Will deliberately refuses to have a hot and claims "he" likes it cold, seeing a change in her son's behavior.
Joyce alone in the bathroom after Will walks away.
Joyce seeing Hopper finally arrive at her house.
Joyce entering Will's room.
Joyce and Will telling Hopper about the shadow monster.
Joyce anxious as she listens to Will describe his connection to the shadow monster to Hopper.
Joyce listening to Hopper question Will.
When Will explains he is now experiencing new memories, Joyce asks if he can describe them.
Joyce hearing Will say "growing, spreading, and killing."
"Is it the memories?"
Joyce holding Will when he starts crying as he doesn't know how to describe his "now-memories."
"Hey, what if you didn't have to use words?"
Joyce and Hopper watching Will draw his now-memories.
Joyce and Hopper looking at the drawings of Will's now-memories.
Joyce noticing something in the drawings.
"These black lines..."
"They connect."-Joyce realizing the drawings' black lines connect to each other.
Joyce watching Hopper pushing a table back so they have enough room to connect the drawings.
Joyce and Hopper working together as they place the drawings on the floor.
Joyce connecting the drawings.
Joyce and Hopper connecting the drawings.
Joyce getting more drawings from Will's room.
Joyce and Hopper going to connect more drawings.
Joyce working to the match the black lines on each drawing.
Joyce and Hopper looking at the connected drawings after they finish putting them together.
"It's sort of forking and branching. Like lightning."
Joyce hearing Hopper guess the drawings could be the storm Will saw.
"No, the storm is completely different. He used red."
"And this is all blue and it has some weird dirt color."
"I mean, maybe it's roots. 'Cause remember, he was saying it was spreading and..."
Joyce having heard Hopper finish her sentence by saying "killing".
Joyce watching Hopper leave as he says Will has actually been drawing vines.
Later, Joyce sees Mike has arrived to check on Will.
Joyce telling Mike that Will isn't feeling well.
Joyce promising Mike that she'll tell Will he stopped by to check on him.
Joyce surprised to hear Mike reveal he knows about the shadow monster.
Later that night, Joyce tries to call Hopper, only to hear no response from him.
Joyce looking at a scribbled drawing.
Joyce going to find a place and match for the drawing.
Joyce searching for an empty spot as she had covered her entire house with drawings.
Joyce finding an empty spot on a wall to place the drawing.
Joyce sitting on the floor the next morning.
Joyce hearing Will's voice.
Joyce seeing Will is behind her.
Joyce approached by Will and Mike.
(Will: "I saw him.") "You saw who, baby?"
Joyce confused when Will says he just saw Hopper.
Joyce hearing from Will that Hopper is in grave danger.
Joyce watching Will draw Hopper's location.
Joyce and Mike looking at Will's drawing of Hopper's location.
Joyce and Mike going to look over the drawings to see which one matches the one Will just drew.
Joyce and Mike searching in the hallway.
Joyce looking for a match to Will's drawing in the dining room.
Joyce and Mike having found an identical spot to Will's drawing.
Joyce and Mike hearing a car park outside where they see Bob has arrived.
Seeing Bob has brought some games for Will to play with, Joyce lies to her boyfriend, saying now is not a good time to see Will.
Joyce sending Bob away, promising to call him later.
Joyce having second thoughts as she remembers how good Bob is at solving puzzles.
Joyce asking Bob for his help.
Joyce, Will, and Mike showing Bob the drawings so he can help them find Hopper.
Joyce drawing a red X over Hopper's location so Bob can figure out where he is.
"Bob, no questions."
Joyce and Bob talking in private where she hears Bob express concern over her and Will's well-being.
Joyce watching Bob beginning to label certain areas of the drawings.
Joyce looking up as Bob explains the lines aren't road, but act like they are as they are avoiding masses of water.
Joyce surprised when Bob reveals all of Will's drawings form a map of Hawkins.
Later, Joyce helps to pinpoint Hopper's location by making measurements of Will's map.
"Twenty-one feet, four inches."
(Bob: "What about Tippecanoe to Danford Creek?") "Where's Danford?"
Joyce and Will measuring sixteen feet and ten inches between Danford Creek and Tippecanoe.
Joyce and Will going to look over Bob's own map.
Joyce, Bob, Mike, and Will trying to do the math to find Hopper's location.
Joyce being told by Bob the ration is one-to-one.
Joyce watching Bob do the math to guess Hopper's location.
Joyce kissing Bob's cheek in gratitude.
Joyce taking Bob's map so she can get to Hopper's location and save him.
Joyce driving her car later that night, trying to get to Hopper's location.
"What's that mean, the vicinity?"
(Bob: "It means we're close. I don't know.") "But we did all of that work."
A surprised Joyce looking at Will when he says he just Hopper in his now-memories.
Joyce going to make a right turn when Will tells her to do so.
Joyce and Bob screaming as the car turns and crashes into a pumpkin patch.
Joyce asking if everyone's okay after the car comes to a complete stop.
Joyce telling Mike and Will to stay put upon seeing Hopper's car at the pumpkin patch.
(Will: "No, Mom. It's not safe.") "That's why I need you here. Stay here."
Joyce and Bob finding a hole in the middle of the pumpkin patch.
Joyce carefully stepping down into the hole to see if there's anything at the bottom.
Joyce and Bob finding vines at the bottom of the hole.
Noticing a shovel, Joyce tells Bob to give it to her.
Joyce being given the shovel.
Joyce going to stab the vines with the shovel.
Joyce stabbing the vines with the shovel repeatedly.
Joyce and Bob seeing the vines writhe away, revealing an open hole.
"I need you to help me get down there."
(Bob: "What are you talking about?") "Bob! Now!"
Joyce having entered the hole.
Joyce seeing she's in a tunnel.
"Hopper!"
Joyce seeing Bob has followed her into the tunnel.
Joyce and Bob surprised to see the tunnel is exactly like Will's drawings.
Joyce and Bob walking in the tunnels to find Hopper.
Joyce coming across two tunnel entrances.
Joyce having found a cigarette on the ground.
Joyce and Bob recognizing the cigarette to be Hopper's.
Joyce entering another tunnel before Bob follows her.
Joyce and Bob finding a makeshift torch on the ground.
Joyce and Bob finding Hopper lying on the ground, entangled in vines.
(Hopper: "Knife.") "Knife?"
Joyce and Bob going to cut the vines to free Hopper.
Joyce relieved to see Hopper okay after rescuing him.
Joyce, Hopper, and Bob seeing the vines closing in on them.
Joyce, Hopper, and Bob getting rescued by some HNL workers.
At Hawkins Lab, Joyce watches Will being carried by doctors as he screams in pain.
Joyce watching Will get treated by Owens and other doctors.
Joyce crying in distraught and worry as Bob tries to comfort her.
The next day, Joyce informs Owens of Will's connection to the shadow monster.
Joyce berating Owens for labeling Will's symptoms as post traumatic stress disorder.
"What is wrong with my boy?"-Joyce reprimanding the doctors.
Later, Joyce tells Bob what happened last year to Will and of the Upside Down.
Joyce staring at Bob after telling him how the government forced her and the others to keep quiet about the Upside Down.
Joyce discussing with Bob what the government expects him to do in order to keep quiet.
Joyce and Bob looking at a sleeping Will.
Joyce looking at Will as Bob remarks how he always thought anything supernatural and paranormal happened in movies and comic books.
Joyce hearing Bob say he didn't expect something like this to happen to her.
"Or you."-Joyce trying to lighten up Bob.
Joyce looking into her mug.
"Are you cold?"
Joyce hearing Bob tell her not to worry about him.
(Bob: "It's not like you didn't warn me. 'This is not a normal family'.") "Yeah."
Joyce and Bob chuckling as Bob notes she wasn't kidding with what she said to him.
(Bob: "It kinda makes my idea of moving to Maine sound a little less crazy, right?") "Oh, it... it's not crazy at all."
Joyce gazing at Bob.
Joyce and Bob hearing Will's voice.
Joyce and Bob seeing Will is awake.
Joyce and Bob going to greet Will at his bedside.
Joyce and Bob confused when Will asks who Bob is.
Joyce and Bob smiling at Will.
Joyce and Bob having seen Will move his hand away when Bob tries to hold it.
Joyce seeing Will not recognizing Bob.
Joyce and Bob realizing something's wrong with Will's memory.
Joyce, Mike, Bob, and Hopper watch Owens ask Will some questions.
Joyce hearing Will say he doesn't remember Owens despite knowing he's a doctor.
Joyce, Bob, and Mike watching Owens ask Will some more questions.
Joyce hearing Owens ask Will if he remembers Mike.
Joyce happy to hear Will recognizes Mike.
Joyce, Bob, and Hopper seeing Will does not recognize the latter or remember saving him.
Joyce looking away when Will says he remembers feeling pain last night.
Joyce and Bob hearing Will warn that the tunnels shouldn't have been burned as it upset the shadow monster.
Joyce hearing Owens say he wants to do a test on Will.
Joyce, Bob, and Mike hearing Owens explain he wants to do a test to figure out what's going on with Will.
Joyce and Bob seeing the test about to begin where a scientist brings a small piece of a vine trapped in a container.
Joyce, Mike, Bob, Owens, Will and Hopper watch the scientist activate a gas burner gun.
Joyce and Bob watching the scientist burn the vine with the gas burner gun.
Joyce and Bob seeing Will starting to feel pain as the scientist burns the vine.
Joyce looking at Will as he clutches his chest.
Joyce and Bob seeing Will feel extreme pain when the scientist brings the gas burner gun closer to the vine.
"That's enough!"
After the scientist stops burning the vine, Joyce, Owens, and Hopper discover Will is able to feel the vine's pain when it's being burned.
Joyce, Hopper, and Owens talking in private in a hallway.
Joyce hearing Owens explain how a virus hijacks its host.
Joyce listening to Owens theorize the shadow monster is some kind of virus possessing Will.
Joyce and Hopper listening to Owens describe how a virus causes its host to communicate.
Joyce and Hopper hearing Owens explain that the shadow monster has some sort of hive intelligence.
Joyce getting emotional upon learning that Will is possessed by the shadow monster who is gradually taking over his mind and body, making him a part of its hive mind.
"What happens when he can't remember anything?"
"What happens when my boy is gone?"
Joyce being comforted by Hopper as Owens is unsure how to answer her questions.
Joyce, Hopper, and Owens pondering and worrying what will happen to Will if they don't free him from the shadow monster's influence.
Joyce, Will, and Bob waiting as Owens and his colleagues have a meeting.
Joyce starting to lose her patience.
Joyce marching out of the hospital room.
Joyce being stopped by two guards who are standing over the conference room.
Joyce and Bob talking to the guards.
Later, Joyce, Bob, Hopper, Mike, and Owens watch Will observe photographs of his map.
Joyce and Owens seeing Will point to a location.
Joyce and everyone else hearing Will say the shadow monster doesn't want him to see the specific location he's pointing to.
Later, Joyce is confused when Will apologizes.
Joyce confused when Will says he was forced to do something.
Joyce begging Will to help her understand what he's talking about.
Joyce still confused when Will's sad demeanor changes as he warns her to leave and that "they're" almost at the lab.
Joyce asking Mike what's going on, which he answers the lab is under attack.
Joyce confused when Mike says they need to make Will sleep.
Joyce looking down at Will as Mike explains the shadow monster is able to spy through him due to his possession over him.
Joyce trying to calm Will down as he accuses Mike of lying.
Joyce and Bob hearing gunshots outside, making them realize Mike is telling the truth.
"Will, listen, listen, listen."
"Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?"
Joyce hearing Will stutter before he answers her question.
"Hold him down."
Joyce going to sedate Will.
Joyce sedating Will as Bob restrains him.
Joyce having sedated Will.
Joyce and Bob seeing Hopper and Owens suddenly arrive.
Joyce surprised to see Hopper and Owens.
Joyce and Hopper going to pick up Will's unconscious body.
Joyce, Hopper, Mike and Owens seeing they're surrounded by demodogs.
Joyce, Mike, Bob, and Hopper noticing live surveillance footage in the room they're hiding in.
The adults and Mike horrified to see the demodogs have invaded the lab and massacred everyone in it.
The adults and Mike watching the lights flicker.
The adults and Mike having witnessed the lab's power go out.
Joyce, Mike, and Bob listening to Owens explain the entire lab goes on lockdown when the power goes out.
Joyce hearing Mike explain BASIC is a computer programming language.
Joyce hearing Bob volunteer to reboot the lab's computer system in order to restore the building's power as he's the only one who knows BASIC.
A worried Joyce hugging Bob.
Joyce being comforted by Bob who reassures her that everything's going to be okay.
Joyce sitting on her bed after escaping the lab.
Joyce, Hopper, Mike, and Owens seeing the lights suddenly turning back on.
Joyce, Hopper, Mike, and Owens seeing Bob through a CCTV camera monitor.
Joyce, Hopper, Mike, and Owens witnessing Bob bringing the lab's power back on.
Joyce, Mike, and Hopper hearing the lab's door systems being turned on.
Joyce and Hopper hearing Owens say hold on as he notices some demodogs blocking their escape.
Joyce looking at the surveillance footage where she sees Bob turn on the lab's sprinkler system to distract the demodogs.
Joyce seeing Hopper pick up Will's body so they can take him with them.
Joyce, Mike, and Hopper starting to make their escape.
Joyce, Mike, and Hopper escaping the lab.
Joyce and Hopper reaching the lab's front doors.
Joyce not exiting the lab with Hopper and Mike.
Joyce waiting for Bob to appear.
Joyce relieved to see Bob when he arrives to escape with her.
Joyce screaming when Bob suddenly gets ambushed by a demodog.
A horrified Joyce watching the demodog kill Bob.
Joyce screaming and covering her ears in agony as she witnesses the demodog eat Bob alive.
Joyce being grabbed by Hopper when more demodogs arrive.
Joyce watching the demodogs kill Bob as Hopper drags her.
Joyce being carried by Hopper as she tries to break free from his grip.
An agonized Joyce being dragged out of the lab as she watches Bob die in front of her.
Joyce being blocked by Hopper as they hear a car approaching.
Joyce, Hopper, Mike, and Will escaping the lab when Jonathan comes to their rescue.
Joyce noticing Hopper going to sit down next to her after they return to her house.
A sad Joyce mourning for Bob.
Joyce and Hopper mourning for Bob together.
Joyce pointing out the kids are right over the monsters are getting close to Hawkins and that they don't have time to wait.
Joyce being assured by Hopper.
As everyone prepares to interrogate Will, Joyce is optimistic that the interrogation will work.
Joyce positive that Will is still in there somewhere as he was able to recognize her.
Joyce using a glue bottle as she prepares for Will's interrogation.
After setting up the shed, Joyce and Hopper go to wake Will up and start interrogating him.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Mike seeing Will wake up.
Joyce and Jonathan staring at Will.
Joyce and Hopper looking at the possessed Will after he wakes up.
"Will, we just want to talk. We're not going to hurt you."
Joyce as Hopper shows Will his drawing.
Joyce trying to assure Will they want to help him.
Joyce seeing Will getting intense.
Joyce facepalming in despair as Will starts acting aggressive.
Joyce seeing Will calming down after Hopper hugs him.
Joyce going to speak to Will again.
Joyce asking Will a question.
Joyce recounting all of the presents Will got on his birthday one time.
Joyce recalling how she showed a drawing Will made of a spaceship to customers at Melvald's.
"You were embarrassed, but I was so proud. I was so proud of you."
Joyce emotionally looking at Will as Jonathan goes to talk to him.
Joyce and Jonathan chuckling as they remember how bad Will was when hammering nails.
Joyce and Jonathan emotionally looking at Will as they try to get through to him.
Joyce begging Will to speak if he's there within his own body.
Joyce, Mike, and Jonathan disappointed, thinking they are unable to help Will fight through the Mind Flayer's possession of him.
Joyce and the kids watching Hopper write on a piece of paper.
Joyce and Jonathan seeing Hopper discovering Will to be communicating through morse code.
Joyce and Jonathan relieved to hear Will is still within the Mind Flayer's possession of him.
Joyce recounting another memory to Will.
Joyce telling Will how he gave away his toy truck to a little girl.
Joyce telling Will how they couldn't afford a new toy truck when he gave away his old one.
"You said she should have it because she's sad. 'She's sad, mommy.'"
Joyce affirming her love for Will as he subconsciously taps morse code messages.
Joyce seeing Will close his eyes after he hears a phone ring from their house.
Joyce watching Will twitch, causing Hopper to realize the Mind Flayer knows their location.
Joyce and Hopper panicking as Joyce goes to sedate Will again.
Joyce and Jonathan worried after she sedates Will.
Joyce being warned by Jonathan the demodogs are coming.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Mike untying an unconscious Will.
Joyce back in her house as Hopper asks Jonathan if he knows how to use a gun.
Joyce and Jonathan hearing Nancy tell Hopper she knows how to use a gun.
Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, and Dustin preparing themselves for the demodogs' attack.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Steve waiting for the demodogs.
Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, and Dustin hearing noises outside.
Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, Steve, and Max hearing the demodogs approaching.
Joyce, Mike, Jonathan, Nancy, and Steve hearing the demodogs' roars getting louder.
Joyce hearing Nancy wonder what the demodogs are doing.
Joyce and Jonathan waiting for the demodogs to show up.
Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, and Mike hearing movement in a different direction.
Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, and Mike hearing sounds of struggle outside the house.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Steve waiting for an attack despite hearing sounds of struggle.
Joyce seeing a dead demodog lying on the floor after it has been thrown through a window.
Joyce and Jonathan getting anxious when they hear someone approaching their front door.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Dustin surprised to see El alive and well.
Joyce hugging and reuniting with El.
Joyce happy to see El.
Joyce hearing El ask if she can see Will.
Joyce and El entering a room.
Joyce and El observing a sleeping Will.
Joyce asking El what else she saw when she reveals she knows what's wrong with Will due to her remote traveling abilities.
"You opened this gate before, right?"
(El: "Yes.") "Do you think if we got you back there, that you could close it?"
Joyce listening to Hopper describe how the gate has grown bigger.
Joyce in deep thought when Mike points out that Will could be killed if the gate is closed due to being possessed by the Mind Flayer.
Joyce and Jonathan entering Will's bedroom.
Joyce staring at Will's unconscious body before noticing an opened window.
Joyce remembering what Will told her about the Mind Flayer liking cold temperatures as she tells it to the others.
"We keep giving it what it wants."
(Nancy: "So if he likes it cold...") "We need to burn it out of him."
Joyce arriving at Hopper's cabin with Nancy and Jonathan.
"We'll do it here."
(Jonathan: "Are you sure this is such a good idea?") "This thing's had Will long enough."
"Let's kill the son of a bitch."-Joyce determined to exorcise Will.
Later, a sweaty Joyce sees Will waking up.
Joyce watching Will react to the heat.
Joyce getting angry as she thinks about Bob while watching Will react to the heat.
Joyce angrily turning up the heaters to exorcise the Mind Flayer out of Will and avenge Bob.
Joyce having finished turning up the heaters, causing Will to scream and shake in pain.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy watching Will scream in agony.
Joyce waiting patiently for any signs of the Mind Flayer to come out of Will.
(Jonathan: "Mom, are you listening to me?") "Just wait."
"Jonathan, just wait!"
Joyce noticing Jonathan going to free Will as he's had enough of his brother's suffering.
Joyce stopping Jonathan from freeing Will.
Joyce and Jonathan noticing black veins appearing on Will's neck when Nancy points to them.
Joyce shocked and horrified when Will starts growling demonically.
Joyce seeing Will trying to free himself.
Joyce going to stop Will from freeing himself.
Joyce being choked by the possessed Will.
Joyce suffocating as she's strangled by the possessed Will.
Joyce having been saved by Nancy when she burns Will with a heated fire poker.
Joyce furiously looking down at the possessed Will.
"Get the hell out of my son!"
Joyce seeing Will beginning to convulse.
Joyce watching the Mind Flayer leave Will's body.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy watching the Mind Flayer's fragment leave Will's body.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy about to watch the Mind Flayer's fragment fly off once it leaves Will's body.
After turning off the heaters and untying Will, Joyce begs her son to wake up.
Joyce and Jonathan begging Will to wake up.
Joyce and Jonathan seeing Will opening his eyes.
Joyce and Jonathan overjoyed to see Will is back normal and alive.
The Byers family sharing a hug after Will is saved.
A month later, Joyce and her family get ready for Hawkins Middle School's Snow Ball dance.
Joyce and Will dancing together.
Joyce and Will being filmed by Jonathan.
Joyce smiling at Will.
Joyce standing outside Hawkins Middle School as Will attends the Snow Ball dance with his friends.
"Will wanted me to give him some space so I'm giving him a few feet."
Joyce and Hopper standing together outside the school.
Joyce being asked by Hopper how she's holding up.
Joyce not saying anything as she still is saddened over Bob's death.
Joyce being gently lectured by Hopper that grief never goes away, but she has got to learn to live with it.
Joyce being embraced by Hopper.
Joyce being comforted by Hopper as she grieves for Bob.
Season 3[]
On June 29, 1985, Joyce happily wipes a kiss mark off of Jonathan's cheek after spending the night with Nancy.
Joyce going to the kitchen after Jonathan leaves to go work at his job.
(Will: "Ugh. Gross.") "Well, you don't think it's gonna be gross when you fall in love someday."
Joyce noticing something on the floor in the kitchen.
"What happened here?"-Joyce noticing some paper and magnets on the ground.
Joyce picking up and sadly looking at a drawing of Bob Newby.
While working at Melvald's, Joyce hears the door bell ring.
Joyce greeting Hopper.
Joyce working while listening to Hopper complain over Mike and El's budding relationship.
"Just take it down."
Joyce telling Hopper it's not his decision for Mike and El to break up.
"I mean, they’re just kissing, right?"
Joyce continuing to listen to Hopper's complaints.
"You can't just force them apart."
(Hopper: "So I'm supposed to let them just do whatever they want?") "I think you should...talk to them."
"Not yelling. Not ordering. But talk to them."
Joyce explaining to Hopper what a heart to heart is.
Joyce instructing Hopper that while he talks to Mike and El, he cannot lose his temper with them.
When Hopper asks her to talk to Mike and El for him, Joyce quickly refuses the offer.
"It only works if it comes from you."
Joyce helping Hopper with coming up with a speech for Mike and El.
Joyce writing down some words for Hopper to say to Mike and El.
"Eye contact."
Joyce encouraging Hopper to keep practicing his speech for Mike and El.
Joyce sitting on the counter as she watches Hopper practice his speech.
"Share our feelings."
Joyce watching Hopper going to sit next to her.
Joyce telling Hopper will be able to talk to Mike and El.
Joyce looking at Hopper, politely declining his invitation to hang out tonight.
Joyce about to walk away when she sees a customer.
Joyce talking to a customer.
Joyce returning home from work.
However, Joyce finds that nobody is home.
Joyce having opened her refrigerator to find something to eat for dinner.
Joyce sitting on the sofa, eating leftovers and watching TV.
Joyce remembering Bob as she watches TV.
In a flashback, Joyce and Bob watch TV together.
Joyce and Bob enjoying a TV show together.
Joyce still missing Bob.
The next morning, Joyce sees Hopper arrive at Melvald's.
An excited Joyce listening to Hopper claim he spoke with Mike and El last night.
Joyce asking if his heart-to-heart speech worked.
Joyce listening to Hopper express his relief and joy.
Joyce clapping when Hopper claims his speech worked.
Joyce proud of Hopper for talking to Mike and El.
Joyce wanting to know everything about Hopper's talk with El & Mike.
Joyce confused when she hears Hopper saying he had to "improvise".
Joyce asking Hopper if he didn't yell at Mike.
Joyce being asked out again when Hopper promises to tell her everything over dinner.
Joyce being told by Hopper that it's not a date.
"A date? You never said anything about a date?"
Joyce telling Hopper she understands that he doesn't want to take her on a date, but have dinner with her as a friend.
Joyce telling Hopper she cannot be out late.
Joyce promising to meet up with Hopper at Enzo's Restaurant at seven p.m.
Joyce smiling at Hopper.
Joyce looking at Hopper as she watches him answer his radio.
Joyce watching Hopper slip on some magnets that have fallen to the ground.
Joyce watching Hopper leave.
Joyce confused on how the magnets fell down.
Joyce walking to the magnets to clean up the mess.
Joyce seeing the magnets falling down when she tries to put them back up.
Joyce trying to put a magnet back on a metal wall to no avail.
Joyce looking down as the magnet falls to the floor after being unable to stick to the metal wall.
Joyce confused on why the magnets are not working anymore.
Having trouble understanding electromagnetism from the books she's reading, Joyce decides to seek someone else's help.
Joyce arriving at Will's science teacher, Scott Clarke's house.
Joyce walking back to her car before the garage door to the house opens.
Joyce meeting Mr. Clarke.
Joyce watching Mr. Clarke work on a model to give her a demonstration.
"Shall we?"
After pressing a switch, Joyce is confused on what just happened.
Joyce looking at Mr. Clarke as he explains he just turned on an electromagnetic field with his device.
Joyce and Mr. Clarke discussing how electromagnetism works.
Joyce noticing Mr. Clarke's magnets have lost their magnetism after he created an electromagnetic field.
Joyce listening to Mr. Clarke explain how the magnetic dipoles within the magnets became inconstant.
"How is this happening at my house?"
Joyce listening to Mr. Clarke that a machine could have generated a giant electromagnetic field that reached her house and Melvald's.
"A machine?"
The next day, Joyce arrives at Hopper's cabin.
"We need to talk."
Joyce searching for something in her purse.
Joyce taking out the magnets to show Hopper what's going on with them.
Joyce showing Hopper how the magnets are falling off the refrigerator.
"You slipped on this, remember?
"The same exact thing happened at my house."
Joyce revealing that she went and met with Scott Clarke last night.
Joyce explaining how Scott was helping her figure out what was wrong with the magnets.
When Hopper angrily cuts her off, Joyce realizes she missed and forgot her date with him.
(Hopper: "No phone call, no apology because you had to go to Scott Clarke?") "Yeah."
"You're not listening to me."
Joyce explaining Scott's theory on what could be causing the magnets to be losing their magnetism.
"What if it's them?"
Joyce insisting Hawkins lab is behind the loss of magnetism.
Joyce and Hopper dispute whether or not Hawkins Lab is causing the magnets to lose their magnetism.
(Hopper: "Okay, that makes sense.") "Thank you."
Joyce looking at Hopper's wrist as he makes an excuse to go to the lab later.
Joyce hearing Hopper being sarcastic, realizing he doesn't believe her.
Joyce watching Hopper go to his bedroom to get dressed.
Joyce after Hopper closes the curtain on her.
"You know after everything's that happened, this is no joke."
Joyce having grabbed tools from Hopper's shed.
Joyce ignoring Hopper as she proceeds to go to Hawkins Lab.
Arriving at the lab, Joyce watches Hopper get bolt cutters from his car.
Joyce in the empty, abandoned lab.
Joyce remembering Bob's death.
When Hopper asks if she's okay, Joyce says she's fine.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the lab.
Joyce seeing the wall where the gate used to be is filled by cavities with cement.
Joyce surprised with how the wall looks normal now after the gate had been closed.
Joyce listening to Hopper explain how the workers filled the cavities with cement.
Joyce remembering the horrific events caused by the Upside Down such as Will's disappearance and Bob's death.
Joyce about to walk away from the wall as Hopper reassures that the horror and tragedy they endured is over.
"I feel like I'm losing my mind."
Joyce sitting and pondering as Hopper reassures her.
Joyce listening to Hopper say he still is traumatized by the horrors of the Upside Down as it nearly caused him to shoot a dog when it surprised him one day.
(Hopper: "You know that I'm keeping a close eye on things, right?") "Yeah."
Joyce realizing Hopper knows about her plans for moving out of Hawkins when he says he wants her to still feel she can consider the town her home.
Joyce hearing Hopper had found out about her plans to move out of Hawkins due to her real estate agent calling him.
Joyce shaking her head "no" when Hopper asks if her sons know about her plans to move out of Hawkins.
Joyce watching Hopper going to sit close to her.
Joyce listening to Hopper explain that many years ago, he came back to Hawkins to get away from the painful memories of his daughter's death.
Joyce hearing Hopper's story on how his daughter's death caused him to return to Hawkins.
Joyce hearing Hopper gently remind her that she has people in Hawkins who know what she's been through and that she's not alone.
"You mean, people like Scott Clarke?"
Joyce smiling and chuckling at her own joke.
Joyce and Hopper suddenly hearing a loud noise coming from within the lab.
Joyce looking for Hopper.
Joyce finding Hopper unconscious and injured.
Joyce seeing Hopper is extremely unconscious to wake up.
Joyce hearing a motorcycle engine.
Joyce peeking outside in the rain.
Joyce watching a man leave the lab's grounds, driving a motorcycle.
Joyce gazing at Hopper the next day as he wakes up, recovering from his injuries.
Joyce looking away as Hopper vomits.
Joyce tending to Hopper.
Joyce telling Hopper how long he's been out and how he got back to his cabin.
When asking Hopper what was the last thing he remembered, Joyce hears him say he was attacked by a thug.
"Hey, you need to rest."
When Hopper realizes he's naked, Joyce points to where his clothes are as she looks away.
"They're really soaked."
Back inside, Joyce and Hopper discuss the mysterious thug and why they didn't find anything at the lab.
Joyce showing Hopper a note of his attacker's license plate number.
Despite writing part of the license plate number, Joyce cannot remember the rest of it.
"I think, was a B, but it could've been an eight."
Joyce standing outside Hopper's room as he puts on some clothes.
(Hopper: "What are the odds that this guy registers a car in his own name?") "It wasn't a car."
"Uh, what are you wearing?"-Joyce seeing Hopper wearing a nice dress shirt.
Later, Joyce and Hopper arrive at City Hall.
Joyce talking to Mayor Larry Kline's secretary as Hopper goes to speak to the mayor alone.
Joyce hearing a scuffle going on in the mayor's office.
Joyce noticing the mayor's secretary about to grab a phone to call security.
"Who are you calling? The police?"
Joyce seeing Hopper escorting the injured Mayor Kline out of his office.
"Have a nice day."
Joyce and Hopper arriving at the mayor's mansion.
Joyce following Hopper and Kline to the upstairs floor.
In the mayor's bedroom, Joyce watches Hopper being given some documents by Kline.
Joyce reading land deeds as Hopper questions Kline.
Joyce and Hopper hearing Kline confess the employees at Starcourt Mall are buying properties in East Hawkins for unknown reasons.
Joyce and Hopper looking at a framed map of Roane County.
Joyce examining the map, pinpointing where Starcourt bought properties in East Hawkins.
Joyce and Hopper recalling a power outage happening in Hawkins four nights ago.
Joyce discussing the machine Scott Clarke had told her about with Hopper.
"And the reason we didn't find anything at the lab because it isn't at the lab, it's at one of these properties."
(Hopper: "I want you to come work at the Hawkins PD.") "And with having to see your face everyday, I don't think so."
Joyce and Hopper hearing a noise, realizing the mayor is trying to escape.
Later that night, Joyce and Hopper investigate a farmhouse.
Joyce investigating a room in the farmhouse.
Joyce hearing Hopper say he didn't find anything in the farmhouse.
Upon getting in the car, Joyce hears Hopper ask where they need to go to next.
Upon answering they need to go to Hess Farm next, Joyce and Hopper proceed to go there.
Joyce and Hopper driving to Hess Farm.
Joyce and Hopper entering the farmhouse together.
Joyce and Hopper hearing a noise echoing throughout the house.
Joyce and Hopper noticing a lightbulb flicker as they investigate.
Joyce and Hopper searching the house, looking for the source of the noise.
Joyce and Hopper investigating a bedroom together.
Joyce crouching down to the floor.
"It's below us."-Joyce hearing the noise through the floorboards.
Joyce noticing a light coming from an air vent underneath a mattress.
Joyce and Hopper lifting a mattress up together.
Joyce and Hopper having found a secret entrance underneath the mattress.
Joyce and Hopper about to enter the secret room together.
Joyce and Hopper having entered the secret room.
Joyce and Hopper hearing voices as they find generators in the room.
Joyce and Hopper finding two men working near a generator.
Joyce and Hopper confronting the two men.
Joyce and Hopper seeing the men looking confused when the latter orders them to put their hands up.
Joyce and Hopper surprised to hear the men speak in Russian, revealing themselves to be members of the Soviet Union.
Joyce as Hopper asks the men if they speak English.
Joyce and Hopper unable to understand what the men are saying due to not being fluent in Russian.
Joyce and Hopper meeting one of the men, Alexei who tries to communicate with them despite their language barrier.
Joyce and Hopper hearing footsteps above them, making them realize someone has arrived at the farmhouse.
Joyce hiding beside a handcuffed Alexei as Hopper confronts Grigori when he arrives in the basement.
Joyce taking cover as Hopper and Grigori engage in a fight.
Joyce grabbing Hopper's gun after it fell out of his hands.
Joyce and Hopper escaping the basement after capturing Alexei.
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei running to the police car.
Joyce trying to start the car as Hopper frantically yells at her.
Joyce catching her breath after escaping from Grigori.
The next day, Joyce tries to talk to Alexei despite their language barrier.
Joyce dropping two rocks to demonstrate how her magnets fell.
"Do you understand?"
"Is that because of the machines you're working on?"
Joyce trying to communicate with Alexei.
Joyce trying to clarify to Alexei what she's asking.
Joyce and Alexei seeing Hopper getting annoyed.
"Hey! I am making progress!"
Joyce being told by Hopper to check and see if his car works.
Joyce getting in the car.
Joyce trying to start the car.
"It's not working."
Joyce trying to start the car again.
Joyce panicking when she sees smoke building up from the car's engine.
Joyce shocked to see the car blow up.
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei walking through the forest.
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei deciding to head to Illinois as Hopper knows a journalist who can help.
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei walking in the woods.
Joyce hearing Hopper think she's mad at him for unknowingly causing his car to explode.
Joyce sarcastically agreeing that Hopper's not a mechanic.
Joyce telling Hopper he should've listened to Alexei.
Joyce hearing Hopper call Alexei her new boyfriend.
"Yes. Every man I talk to from now on has to be my boyfriend."
(Hopper: "He reminds me a bit of a Russian Scott Clarke.") "Oh, here we go again.
Joyce listening to Hopper bring up their planned date.
Joyce noticing Alexei beginning to run away.
Joyce informing Hopper that Alexei is running away.
Joyce watching Hopper starting to run after Alexei.
Joyce going to follow Hopper and Alexei.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper finding a 7-Eleven after they run out of the forest.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper arriving at 7-Eleven.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper cooling off in 7-Eleven.
Joyce and Hopper drinking soda.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper drinking soda to hydrate themselves.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper quenching their thirst.
After drinking and cooling off, Joyce uses a phone booth outside the gas station.
Joyce calling Karen to check on Will to hear how he's doing.
Joyce hearing Karen say Will's at the movies with his friends.
Joyce noticing Hopper trying to hitch a ride in a man's car.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Joyce looking at Hopper who's doing a cop façade.
Joyce quickly realizing what Hopper is doing and goes along with his act.
"Yes. Very dangerous forger."
(Hopper: "Child murderer.") "Child murderer?"
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei in the car.
Joyce, Hopper, and Alexei about to drive off after they ignore the car owner's questions on getting his vehicle back.
Joyce and Hopper getting out of the car after arriving at their destination.
"Thought you said this guy was a journalist."
Joyce being told by Hopper that his acquaintance used to be a journalist.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper at the front door.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper captured on a security camera footage.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper waiting to be greeted.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper meeting Murray Bauman.
Joyce, Alexei, and Hopper being told by Murray to wait after being let inside his home.
Joyce clearing her throat.
Joyce and Hopper talking in private.
"He's not eccentric, he's certifiable."-Joyce creeped out by Murray's antics.
Joyce grossed out with Hopper's attempt to lighten the idea of asking for Murray's help.
Joyce and Hopper's conversation being interrupted by Murray.
Joyce and Hopper denying to Murray that they are a couple.
"What is your problem?!"-Joyce losing her temper.
Joyce ranting to Murray all of the trouble she and Hopper had been through all day.
"All so we could bring him to you!"
"Because somehow, you're the closest person who speaks which I can't believe."
"So, if you don't mind, put that thing away, stop behaving like a jackass, and ask him what he's doing that's making my magnets that fall off a damn fridge!"
"Please."-Joyce calming down after losing her temper and putting her foot down.
The next day, Joyce watches Hopper give Alexei his meal from Burger King that he requested.
"Alexei, those generators what are they powering?"
Joyce as Hopper instructs Murray to tell Alexei that they know the generators he was working on are not powering Starcourt Mall.
When Alexei complains about having a strawberry-flavored Slurpee, Joyce reminds Hopper he had asked for a cherry-flavored one instead.
Joyce as Hopper stubbornly refuses to get Alexei a cherry-flavored Slurpee.
When Murray says Alexei refuses to cooperate if he doesn't get a cherry Slurpee, Joyce is about to witness Hopper lose his temper.
Joyce and Murray shocked when Hopper throws Alexei outside and lets him go.
Joyce shocked after Hopper lets Alexei go.
Joyce and Murray listen to Hopper rant about Alexei's cockiness.
Joyce and Murray listen to Hopper theorizing how Alexei will come back to them, due to being scared of his superiors.
Joyce and Murray hearing Alexei starting the car outside.
Joyce about to push Hopper aside so she can stop Alexei from escaping.
Running outside, Joyce and Murray are surprised to see Alexei not driving away.
Joyce impressed that Hopper managed to get Alexei to cooperate.
Later, Joyce, Hopper, and Murray learn from Alexei that the machine he's building is called "the Key".
Joyce listening to Murray translate Alexei's words.
Joyce & Hopper learning the Russians built many Key machines in their country, only for all of them to fail.
(Murray: "I don't understand what he's saying.") "I thought you were fluent."
Joyce and Hopper annoyed when Murray angrily rants he has trouble understanding the type of words Alexei is saying.
Joyce closing her eyes & holding her hand up as Murray loses his temper.
Joyce listening to Alexei explain as he uses a box and a straw to do a demonstration.
Joyce hearing Murray's translation.
Joyce and Hopper listening to Murray translate Alexei explaining what the Key's purpose is.
Joyce and Hopper shocked to learn the Russians are working to create a gate to the Upside Down.
Joyce surprised to learn that the Soviet Union knows about the Upside Down.
Joyce being given a piece of paper by Alexei so he can do another demonstration.
Joyce looking at Murray as he continues translating Alexei.
Joyce seeing Alexei demonstrate how being in Hawkins allowed the Key to open a door to the Upside Down due its fabric of time and space still healing.
"This door? Is it open now?"
Joyce worried when Murray translates Alexei's answer of the new gate being in the process of being fully opened.
(Hopper: "Where are you going?") "To call our children."
Later, Joyce, Murray, and Hopper go to call Dr. Owens for help.
Joyce and Murray hearing Hopper say that he wants the US government to trace their phone call.
Joyce and Murray seeing Hopper struggling to speak when someone answers the phone.
Joyce and Murray hearing Hopper being asked for an identification code.
Joyce and Murray hearing Hopper not knowing his identification code.
Joyce and Murray watching Hopper give his written identification code to the agent over the phone.
Joyce and Murray watching Hopper relay a message to Owens about the Russians opening a gate to the Upside Down at Starcourt Mall.
Joyce and Murray watching Hopper give the agent Murray's phone number so Owens can call him back.
Joyce and Murray watching Hopper hang up the phone after finishing his call.
Joyce watching Hopper walk past a shell-shocked Murray.
Joyce and Murray being told by Hopper that they must wait for Owens and the US military to help them infiltrate the Russians' secret base.
"How long do we have to wait?"
(Hopper: "As long as it takes.") "How can you just sit there being calm?"
(Hopper: "I'm not calm.") "Our kids are in danger."
(Hopper: "You said they were at the festival!") "Which is, like, ten minutes from the gate!"
Joyce annoyed with Hopper for not thinking how dire their situation and their children's safety was.
Joyce going to use Murray's phone to call back the government agent.
"Yes, hi. This is Antique Chariot's partner, Wheelbarrow."
Joyce and Hopper aggravated with each other.
"Can't just sit around and wait for a call."
"Don't you dare patronize me!"
"Here's what's gonna happen."
Joyce rambling over the phone.
Joyce explaining to the agent that he must inform Owens the US military needs to get to Hawkins as quickly as possible.
(Agent: "Yes. Yes, m'am.") "Thank you. And good day."
(Hopper: "It's been exactly one minute, Joyce.") "That's one minute too long."
Joyce walking over to Alexei who's sleeping on the couch.
Joyce waking up Alexei, telling him they need to get back to Hawkins.
While driving back to Hawkins, a confused Joyce listens to the men learn how they need to turn off the Key machine.
Joyce hearing the Russians' machine needs to be turned off by using two separate keys.
"All right, so we get the keys and then we turn the machine off."
Joyce optimistic that she and her friends can turn off the Russians' machine.
(Hopper: "Joyce, did you hear the part where he said it was like an impenetrable fortress?") "Yeah, but there has to be a way in."
(Hopper: "Yeah, there is. Our military.") "Who are coming."
Joyce getting irritated with Hopper.
Joyce starting to argue with Hopper.
Joyce being interrupted by Murray.
"You are way off base, buddy!"
Joyce flabbergasted when Murray says she doesn't want to be in a relationship with Hopper because it may end up like the relationship she had with her ex-husband.
Joyce being accused by Murray for not embracing her feelings for Hopper.
Joyce gasping in shock after Murray loses his temper with her and Hopper.
Joyce as Murray and Alexei laugh.
Joyce, Murray, and Hopper arriving at Hawkins' Fourth of July county fair.
Joyce and Hopper at the fair.
Joyce hearing Hopper apologize for Murray's behavior.
Joyce assuring Hopper that she wasn't bothered by Murray's earlier outburst.
(Hopper: "You're just more quiet than usual.") "I just wanna find the kids."
Joyce and Hopper walking through the fair to look for the kids.
Joyce and Hopper still looking for the kids at the fair.
Joyce and Hopper spotting Mike's parents.
Upon catching up with Mike's parents, Joyce asks Karen where the kids are.
Joyce and Hopper agitated when Karen says she hasn't seen the kids anywhere at the fair.
Joyce and Hopper being ordered to go against the walls of Gravitron by the ride's operator.
Joyce and Hopper staring at each other as they ride Gravitron.
Joyce and Hopper exiting out of Gravitron after the ride ends.
Joyce and Hopper seeing Murray at the fair, warning that the Russians have found them.
Joyce and Hopper going to make a run for it.
Joyce and Hopper running through the fair to escape from Grigori.
Joyce and Hopper running in a different direction when they see another Russian assassin.
Joyce and Hopper running through and disrupting a carnival game.
Joyce and Hopper entering another part of the fair after going through some carnival games.
Joyce being told by Hopper to go meet up with Murray and Alexei while he distracts the assassins.
Joyce running through the fair.
Joyce being found by Murray.
Joyce and Murray finding Alexei dead.
Joyce horrified and saddened to see Alexei has died.
Joyce and Murray escaping the fair after evading the Russians.
Upon passing Mayor Kline, Joyce realizes he gave away her and Hopper's location to the Russians.
Joyce getting angry upon her discovery of Kline giving away her and Hopper's location, causing Alexei to get killed.
Joyce angrily going to punch the mayor in retaliation for sending the Russians after her and Hopper, and getting Alexei killed.
Joyce having kicked Kline in between his legs after punching him.
Joyce having gotten her revenge on the mayor for his heinous actions.
Joyce driving.
(Murray: "We don't know if it's your kids.") "Yes, we do."
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray having arrived at Starcourt Mall where they find the kids having dealt with a small alien creature.
Later, Joyce and her friends catch up on what they've been doing and what encountered in the past few days, learning of the Mind Flayer's return.
Joyce looking at El as she recovers from her injury inflicted by the Mind Flayer's avatar.
"Are we sure this thing is still out there? Still alive?"
After learning the gate must be closed in order to defeat the Mind Flayer's avatar, Joyce, Murray, and Hopper look at Alexei's map of the Russians' base.
Joyce and her friends coming up with a plan to sneak into the Russians' underground base in order to close the gate.
Joyce talking to Will before they split up.
Joyce assuring Will she will be okay when he reveals he's worried about her.
Joyce hugging Will.
Joyce and Hopper after parting with the kids who leave to get to safety.
Joyce, Murray, and Hopper walking through the back hallways of the mall.
Joyce and Murray telling Hopper the chances they have in infiltrating the base and turning off the machine.
Joyce agreeing with Murray that the three of them need to work together in turning off the machine.
In the elevator, Joyce, Murray, and Hopper go over their plan.
"And then we just follow the map to the observation room, turn off the key..."
"Once the rift is closed, we escape back into the vents."
"Just because it wasn't your plan, doesn't mean it's a bad plan."
Joyce starting to argue with Hopper.
Joyce and Hopper being stopped by Murray from arguing with each other.
Joyce listening to Murray voice his optimism.
Joyce and Hopper hearing Murray believe their plan will work.
Joyce cowering as she holds her hands up when the elevator door opens, revealing three armed Russian guards.
Joyce screaming as Hopper fires his gun.
Joyce and Murray seeing Hopper had killed the guards.
Joyce, Murray, and Hopper shocked over the massacre the latter just committed.
"What are you doing?"-Joyce watching Hopper put on one of the guards' hats in order to disguise himself.
"Why are you talking so much?"-Joyce wearing a Russian uniform.
Joyce getting out of the cart after Murray and Hopper bypass a guard.
Joyce hearing Hopper being sarcastic with Murray when he comments the guard he talked to was nice.
Joyce, Murray, and Hopper finding the hatch to the base's ventilation system.
Joyce and Hopper hearing Murray's call sign "Bald Eagle", a name Dustin and Erica picked for him.
Joyce and Hopper watching Murray going down into the ventilation system.
Joyce talking to Hopper.
Joyce and Hopper going to make their way to the vault.
Joyce and Hopper running through the base.
Joyce and Hopper being confronted by a Russian officer.
Joyce and Hopper nodding their heads yes when the officer asks them a question in Russian.
Joyce and Hopper having entered the vault after the officer allows them to go in.
Joyce and Hopper walking through the vault towards a safe.
Joyce telling Hopper the combination code to open the safe.
Joyce and Hopper trying the combination code again when it doesn't open the safe.
Joyce and Hopper seeing the code is still not working on the safe's lock.
Joyce listening to Murray through the walkie-talkie where he reveals he thought he knew the combination code which is Planck's Constant.
Joyce and Hopper suddenly hear Dustin contact his girlfriend, Suzie Bingham, asking for the number of Planck's Constant.
Joyce and Hopper baffled and dumbstruck when Dustin and Suzie start singing NeverEnding Story.
Joyce watching Hopper type Planck's Constant to get the keys from the vault after Suzie gives the number at the end of the duet.
Joyce and Hopper entering the control room.
Joyce and Hopper seeing the Key and the gate through a window outside of the control room.
Joyce looking at the gate, seeing how close it is to being fully opened.
Joyce determined to turn the Key off in order to close the gate.
Joyce and Hopper getting ready to turn off the Key.
Joyce watching Hopper ask Murray if he's ready through the walkie-talkie.
Joyce having inserted a razor blade-like activation key after hearing Murray had finished dismantling the machine.
Joyce seeing Grigori ambush Hopper, stopping them from turning off the Key and closing the gate.
Joyce attempting to stop Grigori before he apprehends her.
Joyce about to be thrown across the room and knocked unconscious by Grigori.
Joyce having regained consciousness where she witnesses Hopper fighting Grigori.
Joyce seeing Hopper in danger of losing his fight with Grigori.
Joyce having heard the kids are running out of time when receiving a transmission from Dustin.
Joyce removing her belt after getting an idea.
Joyce tying her belt to one of the keys.
After tying her belt to a key, Joyce goes to reach for the other key.
Joyce trying to turn off the machine and close the gate herself.
Joyce trying to reach for the other key.
Joyce seeing Hopper trapped by the energy surging from the Key with no possible escape route.
Joyce looking for Hopper amongst the wreckage of the Key.
Joyce finding no sign of Hopper amongst the wreckage of the Key.
Joyce beginning to sob, believing Hopper had died.
Joyce reuniting with Murray who asks where Hopper is.
Joyce sadly looking at Murray, letting him know that Hopper is gone.
Joyce and Murray hearing Russian soldiers approaching them, prompting them to start making a run for it.
Joyce and Murray running down the stairs to escape from the Soviets.
Three months later, Joyce packs up her belongings as she and her family prepare to move out of Hawkins.
Joyce finding Hopper's "heart-to-heart" speech.
Joyce seeing El arrive to check on her.
(El: "What's that?") "It's the speech Hopper wrote for you and Mike."
Joyce realizing Hopper never used his written speech to talk to El and Mike when the former stares at her in confusion.
Joyce deciding to let El read Hopper's speech so she can have some closure on her adoptive father's words to her.
Joyce saying good-bye before leaving Hawkins.
Joyce looking at her empty house one last time before she leaves Hawkins.
Season 4[]
On March 21, 1986, Joyce works at her new job as a telemarketer in Lenora Hills, California.
"Hey, drive slow!"-Joyce watching the kids drive off to school.
Joyce speaking to a client over the phone.
Joyce in her new house, working as a telemarketer.
Joyce trying to get her client interested in encyclopedias.
Joyce about to open the front door when she hears the doorbell ring.
Joyce answering the door where she meets the local postman delivering her mail.
(Postman: "It's coming, Mrs. Byers. Don't you worry.") "I always worry."
Joyce carrying a package she received from the postman.
Joyce asking her client on the phone if she can call her by her first name.
Joyce entering her kitchen.
Joyce going to put the package down on a counter.
After putting the package down, Joyce notices Russian stamps on the box.
Joyce going to end her call with her client.
Joyce opening the package.
Joyce having pulled out a porcelain doll from the package.
Joyce looking at the doll she just received.
Joyce getting scared and worried over the Soviet Union being on to her.
"Where the hell have you been?"-Joyce answering her phone.
Joyce calling Murray on the phone, telling him about the doll she just received in the mail.
Joyce telling Murray the package she received came from Russia due to the Soviet Union stamps on it.
Joyce listening to Murray theorize the Soviet Union could have sent the doll to her as a threat.
"But how would they know my name?"
Joyce confused when Murray asks her to remove the doll's dress.
Deciding to go along with Murray's request, Joyce proceeds to remove the doll's dress.
Joyce disgusted to hear Murray taking a bath on the other end of the line.
Continuing to examine the doll, Joyce finds the doll's waist has a large crack.
When Murray asks if she has rope and something heavy, Joyce asks what she needs those things for.
Joyce surprised when Murray says he wants her to destroy the doll.
Joyce pulling a paint can up to a tree after tying it around a rope.
Joyce using her strength to pull the rope.
Joyce getting the paint can up high and over the doll as it lies in the grass.
Joyce noticing her neighbors watching her.
"Oh, hi."-Joyce awkwardly waving to her neighbors.
"Is this really necessary?"
Over the phone, Joyce hears Murray say that destroying the doll at a safe distance is just a precaution in case there's a explosive inside the doll.
(Murray: "And remember, you are not lowering this bucket. You are-") "Releasing it. Got it."
Joyce about to let go of the rope, letting the paint can fall down, crushing the doll.
"Yeah?"-Joyce upon picking up her phone after destroying the doll.
(Murray: "What happened?") "It broke."
Joyce walking to the doll's remains, seeing there's no explosive device or bug inside of it.
Joyce having found a piece of paper inside the doll.
Joyce unfolding the paper which she discovers to be a letter.
Joyce getting emotional when she reads the letter which says Hopper is alive.
Joyce emotional to discover Hopper had survived the Key's destruction last year.
The next day, Joyce shows Murray the message after he arrives in California.
Joyce smiling after Murray reads the message she found within the doll.
(Murray: "I like it even less in person.") "What do you mean like it less?"
When Murray asks who sent the message, Joyce theorizes a friend of Hopper's could've sent it.
When Murray does not see any proof of Hopper's survival on the note, Joyce insists there is proof.
Joyce pointing to Murray that the message is signed by an individual using the name "Enzo" after the restaurant she and Hopper planned to have their date at.
"He's sending me a message."
Joyce being reminded by Murray that she saw Jim die when she had to close the Gate and turn off the Key.
"I didn't see a body."
(Murray: "Because he evaporated.") "Or he survived."
Joyce listening to Murray beginning to theorize if Hopper survived, he'd probably sent the message to her as a ruse set up by the Soviets to capture her.
Joyce listening to Murray describe how ruthless the KGB is.
"You just made all of that up."
Despite Murray's doubts, Joyce remains hopeful that Hopper did indeed survived.
Joyce watching Murray unpack his suitcase to get ready to make a phone call to "Enzo", dialing the number that was written on his message.
Later, Joyce and Murray rerouting the phone line so they can call "Enzo" without being traced.
(Murray: "But if this is KGB, they will still be able to trace us eventually so keep it brief.") "How brief?"
(Murray: "A minute, max, and...") "Proof of life. Got it."
Joyce and Murray starting their phone call to "Enzo".
Joyce waiting for "Enzo" to answer the phone.
"Hello? Enzo? This is Joyce. I received your message and I would like to make a reservation."
Joyce struggling to speak after "Enzo" demands forty thousand dollars and instructs her to bring the money to a man named Yuri in Alaska in exchange for Hopper.
"First, we're gonna have to speak to Hopper. We need to know if he's alive."
Joyce and Murray hearing "Enzo" say they cannot speak to Hopper.
"How do I trust you? I don't know who you are!"
Joyce hearing a woman's voice on the other end of the line before "Enzo" ends the call.
"Well, that wasn't the KGB."
(Murray: "But it wasn't a friend either.") "So we're both wrong. Who the hell was that?"
Later, Joyce and Murray listen to the recording of the phone call with Enzo.
Joyce rewinding the tape to hear the woman talking in the background.
"You don't hear that? In the background?"
"I think she's talking to Enzo."-Joyce believing the woman within the tape is talking to Enzo.
Joyce asking Murray if he can translate what the woman is saying in the tape.
Joyce and Murray unable to her what the woman is saying on the tape.
Joyce getting an idea.
Joyce entering Jonathan's bedroom so they can use her son's radio to listen to the tape.
Joyce turning up the radio as it plays the tape.
Joyce and Murray sitting in Jonathan's room as they use his radio to listen to the tape to hear what the woman is saying to Enzo.
Joyce hearing Murray translate what the woman is saying to Enzo where she called him a "moosor".
Joyce hearing Murray explain that "mosoor" is a Russian slang directed at cops or guards.
"Hopper's stuck."-Joyce realizing Hopper is being held in a prison in Russia.
Joyce realizing Enzo is a prison guard and that he was bribed by Hopper.
Happy to know Hopper is indeed alive, Joyce is now determined to get him back.
Later at night, Joyce plays along on having Murray stay for the night as she eats dinner with him and the kids.
"Right! That business trip!"-Joyce upon being reminded by Murray.
Joyce lying to the kids, saying she has to go to Alaska for a business trip.
Joyce telling Jonathan he's in charge while he's gone.
Joyce perplexed when Jonathan expresses confusion, unaware that he has been smoking weed.
"Jonathan, what is wrong with you?"
Joyce concerned when she sees the kids are feeling tensed and upset.
The next day, Joyce sits in a plane, flying to Alaska.
"Do you think I should've just told them?"
Joyce wondering if she should've told the kids the truth about Hopper.
Joyce being told by Murray that she did the right thing by lying to the kids.
Joyce reminded by Murray how her children and their friends like to get involved in dangerous situations.
Joyce nodding in agreement.
Joyce listening to Murray list the crazy things kids can do as they get older.
Joyce glaring disgustedly at Murray when he goes too far with his list.
Joyce and Murray approached by a stewardess who tells them to fasten their seat belts.
"Like this is really gonna save me if we crash."
Joyce and Murray flying to Alaska.
Joyce sitting next to a sleeping Murray as they fly to Alaska.
Joyce talking to a stewardess, asking her how much longer until the plane reaches Alaska.
Joyce in deep thought after the stewardess tells her the plane will reach Alaska soon.
Joyce telling the stewardess she and Murray are "visiting" an old friend.
Joyce not happy with the meal she has to eat out of a box the stewardess gave her.
Later, when the plane lands in Alaska, Joyce sees Murray is still asleep.
Joyce waking Murray up.
Joyce seeing the bribe money sticking out of her bag when she goes to get it.
Joyce grabbing her bag after tucking the money back inside.
Joyce and Murray getting off the plane.
Joyce and Murray arriving in Alaska.
Joyce and Murray walking down the plane's railing.
Joyce and Murray walking through a snowstorm.
The next day, Joyce and Murray sit in a hotel room.
Trying to get in touch with her kids, Joyce is confused on why they're not answering the phone.
Joyce and Murray leaving their hotel to go meet Yuri Ismaylov.
Joyce and Murray arriving at Yuri's Fish N' Fly.
Joyce hearing Murray reassure her he has a black belt in karate if things get out of hand.
Joyce and Murray looking for Yuri Ismaylov.
Joyce and Murray hearing something behind them.
Seeing a man emerge from the plane, Joyce explains to him that she and Murray are looking for Yuri.
Joyce confused when the man says that she and Murray are a day late.
Joyce and Murray hearing the man say that Yuri is dead.
Joyce and Murray watching the man demonstrate how Yuri was "killed" by polar bears.
Joyce shocked over Yuri's "death".
Murray and Joyce confused when the man laughs and jokes with them.
When the man reveals he is actually Yuri, Joyce realizes he was joking with her and Murray.
Joyce smiling uncomfortably.
Joyce and Murray talking to Yuri in his warehouse.
Joyce and Murray looking at Yuri after they show him the money.
Joyce confused when Yuri winks at her.
Joyce and Murray being called "trustworthy people" by Yuri.
Joyce and Murray shocked when Yuri jokes how his brother "stole" his wife from him.
Joyce and Murray forcing themselves to laugh at Yuri's poor joke.
Joyce and Murray freezing uncomfortably.
Joyce and Murray going to get some coffee after Yuri offers some for them to drink and warm themselves.
Joyce and Murray watching Yuri count the bribery money.
"Go get Hopper."
Joyce and Murray staring blankly at Yuri.
Joyce and Murray annoyed with Yuri's jokes.
Joyce and Murray watching Yuri walk into his office.
Joyce staring at Murray.
Joyce pouring another cup of coffee as she starts to feel light-headed.
Joyce having been secretly drugged by Yuri.
Joyce about to drop her coffee before falling to the ground.
A drugged Joyce lying on the ground.
Joyce about to pass out as Yuri taunts her.
Later, a conscious Joyce and Murray are taken aboard Yuri's plane.
Joyce and Murray held captive by Yuri.
Joyce cringing when Yuri closes the plane's door.
Joyce pleading with Yuri to let her go, saying she has three children waiting for her.
Joyce and Murray hearing Yuri talk about how peanut butter is banned in Russia and how much money he makes for selling it there.
Joyce hearing Murray sarcastically comment Yuri on his mother being proud of him for what he's doing.
Joyce and Murray silent when Yuri states his mother is dead.
Joyce and Murray annoyed and disgusted when Yuri jokingly reveals his mother's living in poverty.
Joyce and Murray hearing Yuri intends to turn them in into the Soviet Union and earn money from their capture to provide for his own family.
Joyce and Murray watching Yuri start flying the plane.
Joyce and Murray against the wall as the plane flies up.
"Just give it up. He can't hear you."
"He can't hear."-Joyce suddenly getting an idea.
Joyce kicking and knocking over one of the crates of peanut butter.
(Murray: "Perhaps, you know, we should talk this through first.") "What is there to talk through?"
Joyce proposing to Murray that they cut their binds with the broken peanut butter jars and he uses his karate skills to knock out Yuri.
When Murray reminds her they're high up in the air, Joyce suggests instead of knocking out Yuri, he'd just get his gun and force him to turn the plane around.
When Murray reveals he'd only used karate in sparring sessions with other students, Joyce nervously asks what the age range of the students was.
Joyce agitated when Murray reveals he sparred with younger teens.
Despite Murray managing to grow confident with his karate skills, Joyce is now unsure he can beat Yuri.
Joyce and Murray about to put their plan into motion.
After untying herself, Joyce goes to untie Murray.
Joyce untying Murray.
Joyce being held at gunpoint by Yuri.
Joyce slowly backing away as Yuri holds her at gunpoint.
(Yuri: "Be a good girl now and get back to your place.") "Or what? You gonna shoot me? I don't think the KGB would like that."
Joyce hearing Yuri's willing to harm her despite knowing he cannot kill her.
Joyce about to fall down as Yuri threatens her.
Joyce hearing Murray reveal himself to Yuri, untied and right behind him.
Joyce dumbfounded when Murray poorly threatens Yuri to turn the plane around until he reveals his karate skills.
Joyce going to look for Yuri's gun while Murray fights him.
Joyce crouching down to see if the gun is under a crate.
Joyce finding the gun.
Joyce going to aim the gun at Yuri when he starts strangling Murray.
"Let him go!"-Joyce firing the gun to threaten Yuri to release Murray.
Joyce aiming the gun at Yuri before he causes the plane to fly up.
Joyce having fallen to the back of the plane after Yuri causes it to fly up.
"What did you do?!"-Joyce getting up after Murray defeats Yuri.
(Murray: "What?") "I said 'Don't knock him out'!"
Joyce in the plane's cockpit.
"I thought you didn't know how to fly!"
Joyce screaming as the plane goes down.
Joyce and Murray trying to fly the plane to no avail.
"Pull up! Pull up!"
Joyce and Murray crashing through a forest.
After surviving the crash, Joyce and Murray warm themselves by a fire as they discuss their next plan.
Joyce and Murray approaching the tied up and gagged up Yuri.
Joyce and Murray questioning Yuri, only to see he's uncooperative.
"I told you we're wasting our time."
Joyce surprised when Murray starts bribing Yuri.
Joyce annoyed when Murray seemingly accepts a deal with Yuri.
Joyce about to witness Murray reveal he was deceiving Yuri into believing he would bribe him.
Joyce giving Yuri a taunting smile after Murray reveals his deception.
"Oh, you're right. He's not a killer. But see the thing is, we don't need to kill you. We can just leave you here."
"Because there is nothing for miles! And no one will find you!"
Joyce scaring Yuri as she and Murray reveal they intend to leave him out in the cold to die if he doesn't cooperate.
Joyce and Murray getting ready to leave Yuri behind and venture through the forest.
Joyce and Murray stop leaving when they hear Yuri giving up the location of his secret warehouse which is full of weapons that they need to infiltrate the prison.
Joyce and Murray hearing Yuri inform them that they have to hurry to save Hopper by nightfall.
Joyce, Murray, and Yuri walking across the snowy landscape.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray on top of a hill.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray arriving in a town called Kyrzran.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray arriving in Yuri's secret warehouse.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray looking through the warehouse.
Joyce looking into a crate of peanut butter.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray finding guns.
"We don't have time for show and tell, we need to get going!"
Joyce glaring at Yuri.
Joyce, Yuri, and Murray looking at a map to pinpoint the prison's location.
"How do we know you're not leading us into some sort of trap?"
Joyce and Murray being taunted for wanting to break into the prison as its security is very deadly after he says he doesn't have to lure them into a trap.
"Something like that, actually, yes."-Joyce revealing that she and Murray intend to infiltrate the prison rather than break in.
Joyce listening Yuri realize her & Murray's plan to infiltrate the prison by pretending to be prisoners.
Joyce and Murray listening to Yuri point out he's held a prisoner, instead of them.
Joyce and Murray hearing Yuri remind them he's the one being held captive instead of the other way around.
"Which is why, from here on out..."
"You're gonna be Murray."
Joyce watching Murray about to switch clothes with Yuri in order to disguise himself as the latter.
Joyce pretending to be tied up and gagged in a van that a disguised Murray is driving.
Joyce, Murray, and Yuri waiting to meet Warden Melnikov after arriving at the prison.
Joyce and the real Yuri watching Murray do a rehearsal.
Joyce annoyed with Murray's rehearsal.
Joyce watching Murray pretend to talk to the warden.
Joyce watching Murray clumsily lose his grip on his gun.
Joyce groaning irritably.
Joyce's gag being removed by Murray.
Joyce and Murray going over their plan.
Joyce telling Murray she really is frightened, scared, and confused before he puts her gag back on.
Joyce and Murray seeing Warden Melnikov arrive.
Joyce seeing the warden walk over to her.
Joyce as Murray tries to her sound unpleasing to Melnikov in order to protect her.
"Where is he?! What have you done to Hopper, you vile commie pig?!"
Joyce having pretended to be angry and scared before Murray puts her gag back on.
Joyce glancing at Murray as he talks to the warden.
Joyce as Melnikov and Murray laugh.
Joyce, Murray, and Yuri having been taken by Melnikov to the top of an arena where they see Hopper and the other prisoners in the pit.
Joyce getting emotional when she sees Hopper in the arena for the first time in months.
Joyce, Murray, and Yuri wondering what Hopper and the other prisoners are doing in the arena.
Joyce, Murray, and Yuri hearing a Demogorgon's roars in the arena, realizing Hopper and the prisoners are fighting the monster to the death.
Joyce, Yuri, Murray, and Melnikov watching Hopper and the other prisoners going to retrieve weapons.
Joyce and Murray getting worried for Hopper.
Joyce, Murray, and Melnikov having noticed Hopper preparing to light his spear on fire.
After the warden orders a soldier to investigate, Joyce glances at and signals Murray to move to the next phase of their plan.
Joyce revealing herself to Melnikov after Murray holds the warden at gunpoint.
Joyce ordering Melnikov to free Hopper, only for him to refuse to do so.
Joyce, Murray, Yuri, and Melnikov seeing a Demogorgon being released into the arena.
Joyce horrified to see the Demogorgon being pitted against Hopper and the other prisoners.
Joyce watching the Demogorgon beginning to slaughter the prisoners.
Joyce and Murray entering the prison's control room after they take Melnikov hostage.
Joyce holding a gun to help Murray threaten the guards to get them to free Hopper and the prisoners in order to save them.
Joyce hearing the guard refusing to cooperate with her and Murray out of fear for the safety of his coworkers.
Joyce and Yuri having witnessed Murray knocking everyone, except them, out.
Joyce and Murray looking at the control panel as they are left to figure how to operate it in order to save Hopper.
Joyce and Murray looking at all the buttons on the control panel, trying to figure out which one to press to free Hopper from the Demogorgon's pit.
"What are you doing?!"
Joyce seeing Murray having a hard time figuring out what button to press due to not wearing his glasses.
Joyce starting to press all the buttons in desperation to save Hopper.
Joyce trying to find the right button that will help Hopper escape from the Demogorgon.
Joyce about to push another button which opens a door within the Demogorgon's pit.
A relieved Joyce and Murray cheering when they see they managed to help Hopper escape from the Demogorgon.
Joyce and Murray's joy being short-lived when they see the Demogorgon trying to follow Hopper out of the pit.
Joyce quickly pressing the button to close the door to save Hopper from the Demogorgon.
Joyce seeing Hopper for the first time in months.
An emotional Joyce walking towards Hopper after saving him from the Demogorgon.
An overjoyed Joyce hugging Hopper tightly.
Joyce reuniting with Hopper.
Joyce hugging a stunned Hopper before he returns her hug.
Joyce and Hopper sitting together as Joyce tends to Hopper's wounds.
(Hopper: "I see you got my message.") "Oh, no. I just have always wanted to visit the Soviet Union. With Murray."
(Hopper: "Nice to see you two getting along.") "He's the Starsky to my hutch."
(Hopper: "I thought you were dead. I thought I lost you.") "I did lose you. For eight months. We had a funeral."
(Hopper: "Anybody show?") "Are you kidding? You're the hero of Hawkins."
Joyce grinning as she catches up with Hopper.
(Hopper: "How's El?") "She's good."
"She misses her dad. We all do."
Joyce and Hopper looking at Murray who informs them that the Demogorgon has escaped the pit.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray startled when they hear another roar.
Joyce following Hopper up a staircase.
Joyce, Antonov, and Yuri shocked to find a demodog strapped down to a gurney, having been vivisected alive.
Joyce and the men feeling pity for the demodog, despite it being a dangerous predator.
Joyce, Murray, Antonov, and Yuri finding themselves in a lab.
Joyce, Murray, Antonov, and Yuri finding more demodogs in cryogenic stasis.
Joyce approaching the tanks where the demodogs are kept in.
Joyce looking through a tank to inspect a demodog inside of it.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray finding something completely different in another tank.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray shocked to find a fragment of the Mind Flayer.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray turning around when they hear Antonov say he found a way out of the prison.
Joyce, Hopper, Antonov, and Murray finding a secret tunnel in the lab.
Joyce, Murray, and Antonov watching Hopper enter the secret tunnel first before they enter it.
The next day, Joyce gets out of the sewer with Hopper's help.
Joyce as Hopper helps Antonov out of the sewer.
Joyce, Hopper, and Antonov seeing they're close to the facility's gates.
Joyce and Hopper looking at each other.
Joyce and Hopper after dodging any gunfire fired at them in the van.
Joyce, Hopper, and Yuri in the back of the van.
When Hopper asks where Yuri's plane is, Joyce reveals it had crashed, much to Hopper and Antonov's shock.
As Hopper questions Yuri, Joyce asks the smuggler if he can really get them back to America when he says they'll never make it out of Russia alive.
Joyce and Hopper not giving into Yuri's charms as he tries smooth-talking them as Antonov holds him at gunpoint.
Joyce, Hopper, Murray, and Antonov surprised to see Yuri has a helicopter, instead of a plane.
"You said you had a plane!"
An angry Joyce about to hit Yuri for revealing he has a helicopter, instead of a plane.
Joyce being reminded by Yuri that he said he could fly her and her friends home.
Joyce, Hopper, Murray, and Antonov listening to Yuri describe his helicopter, "Katinka".
Joyce and Antonov listening to Yuri explain the history of his helicopter and its namesake.
Joyce hearing Antonov point out that Yuri's helicopter won't be able to fly them back to the United States.
"What is the furthest Katinka has ever flown?"
Joyce and Antonov annoyed when Yuri makes another joke about his helicopter.
Joyce hearing Antonov ask if he can shoot Yuri now or later.
"What about Owens? He's gotta have contacts or spies here that can help us?"
Joyce watching Antonov talk to an American contact of his on the phone.
Joyce telling Antonov what phone numbers they need to get in touch with.
Joyce watching Antonov translate what she said to him over the phone.
Joyce seeing Antonov hang up the phone after finishing his call.
Joyce looking at Hopper after hearing Antonov say they now have to wait for Owens or one of his agents to call them back.
Later that night, Joyce is given some clothes to change into.
"Cute."-Joyce holding a wrestling t-shirt.
Joyce and Hopper walking past each other as they go to change their clothes.
Joyce going to change her clothes.
Joyce taking her shirt off to change into her new one.
Taking a peek to where Hopper is changing clothes, Joyce sees bruises and scars on his back.
"What did they do to you?"
Joyce being reassured by Hopper that his bruises and scars are nothing to worry about.
Joyce hearing Hopper express regret for sending the ransom note to Joyce.
"You didn't know what was going to happen."
(Hopper: "I knew it'd be dangerous.") "So did I. I made this choice. And I would choose it again even with everything that I know. I would."
"Plus, we do have that date to get to. Remember?"
Joyce smiling upon hearing Hopper say he's been dreaming of having their date for a long time.
Joyce listening to Hopper explain how he pictured his date with her to be like.
Joyce listening to Hopper talk about the food he wants to order at Enzo's.
"So, you've been dreaming about bread sticks and lasagna?"
Joyce chuckling when Hopper says he had been eating lots of disgusting food during his capture, explaining why he would be dreaming of eating good food again.
(Hopper: "Should I be dreaming about something else?") "You tell me."
(Hopper: "Well, there's wine.") "Oh, yeah. You gotta have wine."
"After that?"
(Hopper: "I don't know.") "Use your imagination."
Joyce and Hopper sharing their first kiss.
Joyce and Hopper making out as they finally begin a relationship.
Joyce and Hopper annoyed when they hear the phone suddenly ringing.
"Remember they're listening!"-Joyce watching Hopper going to answer the phone.
After Hopper discusses his phone call with a female associate of Owens's, Joyce realizes, from the women's details of an evil in Hawkins, that another gate is open in the town.
As the men discuss how impossible it is to return to Hawkins at this hour, Joyce starts getting an idea.
Knowing the new evil threatening Hawkins is connected to the hive mind, Joyce proposes to attack the Mind Flayer's particles to give the Party an upper hand in their fight.
Joyce as Hopper starts getting ready to return to the prison to destroy the Mind Flayer's particles.
"Yuri mentioned something about a flamethrower, right?"
As they drive back to the prison, Joyce and Hopper are confused to not see any guards at the facility's fence.
Joyce hearing Hopper comment that their mission may be easier than they thought.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray going to enter the secret, hidden tunnel.
Joyce and Hopper having returned to the prison.
Joyce and Hopper in the prison's lab.
Joyce and Hopper approaching the Mind Flayer's containment tank.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray finding the tank that contained the Mind Flayer's fragment shattered and empty.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray horrified to see the entire lab has been destroyed.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray seeing the tanks that contained the demodogs are also shattered and empty.
Joyce and Hopper entering the prison's control room where they see the entire staff have been massacred.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray finding Melnikov heavily injured, but still alive.
Joyce and Hopper watching Murray question Melnikov on what happened to everyone in the prison.
Joyce and Hopper glancing at each other as Murray translates Melnikov explaining how the Demogorgon broke into the control room and caused a commission that freed the demodogs.
"The particles. Ask him about the particles."
Joyce and Hopper confused on who Melnikov's referring to when he says the Mind Flayer's fragment went into "them" after it escaped containment.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray hearing multiple roars right after Melnikov dies from his injuries.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray wondering where the roars are coming from.
Joyce and Murray listening to the roars.
Joyce and Murray looking at surveillance footage where they see the demodogs roaming around the prison.
Joyce and Murray realizing the demodogs are possessed by the Mind Flayer's fragment.
Joyce, Hopper, and Murray in the prison's arena pit.
Joyce and Murray hearing Hopper formulate a plan to lure the monsters into the pit and burn them alive in order to give the kids an upper hand.
Joyce being instructed by Hopper to turn the pit's electric fence back on so the monsters won't be able to escape once they're inside.
Joyce worried when Hopper says he's going to use himself as bait in order to lure the Demogorgon and Demodogs into the pit.
Joyce staring at the monitors as Hopper picks a demodog to target in order to lure the other monsters into the pit.
Joyce remembering Bob's death as she fears Hopper will suffer the same fate as he did.
Joyce hearing Hopper get her attention when he notices how worried she looks.
Joyce listening to Hopper assure her he won't die today.
"I don't know, Hop."
(Hopper: "This time, it's going to be different.") "It better be. I am not having another funeral."
Joyce staring at Hopper as he holds her face.
Joyce and Hopper sharing another kiss.
Joyce and Hopper about to proceed with their plan by going their separate ways.
Joyce being alone in the control room after Hopper leaves.
Joyce watching Hopper through the monitors.
Joyce embracing Hopper after he kills the Demogorgon.
Joyce and Hopper hearing a helicopter flying up in the sky.
Joyce and Hopper being rescued by Antonov and a redeemed Yuri.
Joyce and Hopper relieved as they are rescued and able to return to the United States.
Everyone seeing dark clouds appearing in the sky.
Everyone noticing particles falling from the sky.
Joyce, El, and Hopper noticing the particles look like spores.
Joyce, Mike, and Hopper walking out of the woods to see what is going on.
Joyce and Hopper seeing four gates have spread and opened across Hawkins, making them realize that the Upside Down's threats are not over.
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