In a small Indiana town, the disappearance of a young boy sparks a police investigation.

Mike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.

An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.

Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Johnathan and Nancy form an unlikely alliance.

Hopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the 'gate' that will take them to Will.

Hopper and Joyce find the truth about the lab's experiments. After their fight, the boys look for the missing Eleven.