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Images of Sam Owens from the 2016 Netflix series Stranger Things.
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Dr. Sam Owens's first appearance.
Owens being cordial with Will Byers.
Owens beginning his session with Will.
"Back in the Upside Down?"
Owens listening to Will describe an episode he had last night.
When Will describes an evil that wanted to kill, Owens asks if the evil wanted to kill him, but the boy answers the evil wanted to kill everyone.
After his appointment with Will, Owens tells Joyce and Hopper about how Will's mental state will get worse.
Owens describing the effects of post traumatic stress disorder to Joyce and Hopper.
Seeing how uneasy Joyce and Hopper, Owens tries to reassure them he's on their side and that they can trust him.
Owens being shown a map of how the decomposition of the town's pumpkin fields are receiving decomposition effects from the lab.
Owens being accused by Hopper of making jokes.
"I don't understand what this has to do with me."
Owens trying to diminish Hopper's concerns.
(Hopper: "What if there's a leak?") "A leak?"
"There's nothing to worry about."
Owens hearing Hopper is not convinced that the lab has something to do with the fields' decomposition.
"You're giving me orders now?"
Owens hearing Hopper recall the deals between him and the lab to keep quiet about the supernatural occurrences.
Owens silent as Hopper asks him to convince him he's wrong, while realizing the Chief is right on he has been fulfilling his own promises on keeping the crimes committed by the lab a secret.
Owens greeting Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers after they were brought to the lab.
Owens walking with Nancy and Jonathan through the lab.
Owens talking about the death of Barbara Holland and the disappearance of Will to the two teens.
Owens showing Nancy and Jonathan the portal to the Upside Down.
Owens confessing his predecessors' crimes to Nancy and Jonathan where they secretly record his confession.
Owens explaining why he wants the Upside Down to be kept a secret.
"So we understand each other now, don't we?"
Owens and his lab partner going over samples of soil from the pumpkin patches.
Owens listening to his colleague say he didn't find any poison or pesticides in the soil.
Owens going to see a test run on the soil.
Owens shocked to see the soil moving up in the air when it reacts to heat.
Owens seeing the other samples react to the burning soil, making him realize Hopper was right about the dying plants being connected to the Upside Down.
Owens and his fellow doctors going to treat Will who is screaming in extreme pain.
Owens and a female doctor examining Will before they sedate him.
The next day, Owens listens to Joyce explain Will being affected a shadow monster from the Upside Down.
Owens being berated by Joyce for labeling Will's symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Owens and his colleagues unsure how to answer Joyce's questions as they don't know what's wrong with Will.
Owens checking up on Hopper after he had been cleaned off the Upside Down's toxic chemicals.
"How are you doing?"
After Hopper confirms he's good, Owens says he wants him to come with him as he wants to show him something.
"Watch your step."
Owens, Hopper, and a scientist descending down on an elevator.
Looking at the gate, Owens explains to Hopper how living organisms develop defensive mechanisms to survive.
Owens and Hopper reaching the bottom of the gate.
Owens showing Hopper how the Gate has been spreading underneath Hawkins.
Later, Owens does an exam on Will when the boy wakes up with amnesia.
"Do you know your name?"
(Will: "William Byers.") "Do you know who I am?"
Owens asking Will questions as some doctors and Will's family and friends watch.
Owens hearing Will say he doesn't remember him, despite knowing he's a doctor.
Owens asking Will if he remembers Mike.
Owens hearing Will is able to recognize Mike.
"Do you remember anything about last night?"
(Will: "I remember they hurt me.") "You mean the doctors?"
(Will: "No. The soldiers.") "The soldiers hurt you?"
Owens hearing Will warn that the lab's personnel shouldn't have burnt the tunnel, saying it upset "him".
"I want to try something."
"It's gonna seem odd, but I think it's really gonna help us understand what's going on."
Owens, Joyce, and Hopper talking in private in a hallway.
"Our best guess right now is it's some kind of virus which is causing this neurological disorder. Now, when..when a typical virus attaches itself to its host, it duplicates."
"A virus is alive. It has an intelligence."
"The infected host seems to be communicating."
"It has some sort of hive intelligence."
"And it's connecting all the hosts."-Owens describing how Will and every living thing in the Upside Down are a part of a hive mind.
Owens promising to run some more tests in order to find a way to cure Will of the shadow monster's possession of him.
Owens hearing Joyce worry what will happen if the shadow monster completely takes control over her son's mind and body.
Owens unsure how to answer Joyce's questions.
Owens, Joyce, and Hopper pondering and worrying what will happen to Will if they don't free him from the shadow monster's influence.
Later, Owens and his scientists have a meeting.
Owens and his team going over Will's symptoms.
Owens looking at and comparing pictures of Will's brain from last week, last night, and today.
Owens and his team silent after seeing the current photograph of Will's brain.
"I don't hear any suggestions."
Owens hearing one of his colleagues propose they need to proceed with burning the tunnels.
"And if it kills the boy?"
Owens glancing at his colleague who points out whether or not burning the tunnels kills Will, they can't let them reach Hawkins.
Owens and his team in deep thought.
(Scientist: "Where are you going?") "I'm gonna think."
Owens in his office.
Owens pondering on what to do.
Later, Owens, Hopper, Joyce, and Mike watch Will observe photographs of his drawn map.
Owens watching Will move around to scan his map.
Owens seeing Will point to a location on his map.
Owens asking Will what's at the location he pointed to.
Owens and Hopper glancing at each other.
Owens watching some agents going to descend to the bottom of the gate.
Owens glancing at Hopper.
Owens watching the soldiers venture through the tunnels on monitors.
When the soldiers reach Will's location, Owens is surprised when Hopper recognizes the area as where he was found and rescued.
Owens hearing the soldiers finding nothing valuable in their location.
Owens hearing the soldiers suddenly getting ambushed and slaughtered a pack of demodogs.
Owens, Hopper, and the scientists silent and horrified after the demodogs finish massacring the soldiers.
Owens and Hopper seeing an adolescent Demogorgon crawl out of the hole.
Owens and Hopper staring at the demodog.
"It's polycarbonate. It can't get through."
Owens and Hopper seeing more demodogs crawl out of the hole.
Owens and Hopper seeing the demodogs breaking the glass panels.
Owens going to press an alarm to alert the entire lab's personnel that they're under attack.
Owens and Hopper deciding to take the stairs to escape the demodogs.
Owens and Hopper running up the stairs to escape the demodogs.
Owens and Hopper seeing Will had been sedated by his mom.
Owens and Hopper hearing the demodogs breaking down a door.
Owens, Joyce, Mike, and Hopper seeing they're surrounded by demodogs.
Owens, Bob, and Mike hiding in a room.
The adults and Mike horrified to see the demodogs have invaded the lab and massacred everyone in it.
Owens, Hopper, Bob, and Mike glancing up where they notice the lights beginning to flicker.
The adults and Mike watching the lights flicker.
The adults and Mike having witnessed the lab's power go out.
Showing a map, Owens explains to Hopper there are different ways to escape the lab.
Owens explaining the lab's security locks are fail secure.
"If there’s a power outage, the building goes on lockdown."
When Bob asks if he knows how to reboot the lab's computer system, Owens says he does not, leading Bob to decide to reboot the system himself.
Owens, Hopper, Mike, and Joyce seeing the lights suddenly turning back on.
Owens, Hopper, Mike, and Joyce seeing Bob through a CCTV camera monitor.
Owens, Hopper, Mike, and Joyce witnessing Bob bringing the lab's power back on.
"Bob, can you hear me?"-Owens speaking on a microphone.
"It's on."-Owens upon hearing Bob turning on the lab's door system.
Owens praising Bob for turning on the lab's door system.
"Wait, hold on a second."-Owens noticing demodogs at the west stairwell through surveillance footage.
Owens telling Bob the demodogs are located on the west stairwell.
Owens wondering what Bob is doing when he says he's got an idea on how to drive the demodogs away.
"Okay. Okay, that worked."-Owens seeing Bob turned on the lab's sprinkler system to distract the demodogs.
Owens telling Bob to get out of the computer room.
Owens volunteering to stay behind so he can guide the others out of the lab.
Owens worried when he sees Bob accidentally causing a broomstick to fall down when he comes out of hiding.
Owens telling Bob to run when the demodog notices him.
On the night of March 22, 1986, Owens is woken up by his wife.
Owens noticing a bright light shining outside of his house.
Owens and his wife covering their faces as a military helicopter lands near their house.
The next day, Owens apologizes to El for the bumpy ride.
Owens getting out of the car after arriving at his destination.
Owens and El entering a secret facility in the middle of a desert.
Owens and El descending down in an elevator.
Owens and El arriving at an underground facility.
"Do you know what an ICBM is?"
Owens explaining to El that this silo was once used to store powerful missiles.
"It's just a big ol' empty space."
"So we repurposed it to hold something."
"Something much more powerful than a missile: you."
Owens greeting some scientists.
"Forgive all of the staring. You're like a celebrity to them."
"They've all given up their lives, their jobs, their families to come work on this program, 'cause they believe in the cause."
"They believe in you."
Owens and El entering a room where they see a giant tank called "Nina".
Owens being asked by El what Nina is.
Owens looking at El, worried for her when she finds who he's working with.
Owens watching El reunite with her captor and father figure, Martin Brenner.
Owens hearing El's heart rate is at 120 BPM after Brenner forcefully puts her in the Nina tank.
"We shouldn't have just thrown her in like that."
Owens worried for El as Brenner confidently says she's experience her lost memories.
Later, Owens asks Brenner how El is doing.
Owens telling Brenner they're running out of time.
Owens hearing Brenner remark that El will have to recover her memories faster.
Owens hearing El's going into cardiac arrest.
Owens telling Brenner to pull El out of the tank and the stimulation.
Owens witnessing El wake up from her heart attack after being brought out of the Nina Project.
Owens, Brenner, and two other doctors surrounding El.
Owens watching El run off after she angrily smacks Brenner in the face with an automated external defibrillator.
Watching Eleven regain her memories in Nina, Owens remarks they should tell her what they're up against, but Brenner reminds that they'll risk everything by doing so.
Owens telling El to take deep breaths after she is pulled out of the tank again.
Owens seeing El beginning to cry.
Owens holding El's hand as she cries.
Owens talking to Agent Stinson over the phone.
"It's gonna take us two hours to get to Nellis as it is."
Owens requesting Agent Stinson to send someone over to Max Mayfield's house to protect El's friends.
Owens hearing his call being suddenly cut off.
Owens seeing some guards arrive.
Owens knowing what the guards intend to do to him as he realizes Brenner sent them to stop him and El.