[S1E2] Home To A Stranger _HOT_
The next day, Mike nicknames her "El". She refuses to meet Mike's parents, warning Mike that involving anyone else risks attracting the attention of dangerous people. Scientists from the laboratory find a substance oozing from the walls of Joyce's home. At Mike's home, Eleven recognizes and points out Will in a photo before turning the boys' D&D gameboard upside down to indicate to them that is where he is.
[S1E2] Home to a Stranger
Charlotte sends Ulrich a voice message that Aleksander has rejected the warrant. Hannah Kahnwald tries to call Ulrich, but he doesn't accept the call, too upset to handle anything else. Katharina is standing outside her house, staring into space. Martha has been ignoring Bartosz Tiedemann whenever he tries to call her. Magnus is in his room, overwhelmed with grief. He punches holes in his wall with emotional frustration, to the point where his knuckles bleed. Meanwhile, Jana visits Mads' grave near the Winden St. Christopher's Church, placing one of his old toys on his tombstone. In the Kahnwald home, Jonas comes across a hidden intricate map of the caves in Michael's attic, with a note saying, "Where is the crossing?".
Ulrich trespasses into the Jürgen Obendorf's Junkyard, where he finds a hidden sack of drugs. Jürgen, who is armed, confesses that he and Erik were selling them at the Winden Comprehensive School. Ulrich dismisses the confession and asks him if he was at the power plant the day before, which he denies. They share a moment for the fact that they're missing their sons until Ulrich exits. He shows up at home to mourn with Katharina, who makes him promise to tell the truth.
At dawn, Mikkel finds his way out of the same opening in the cave. The surrounding woods look only a little different. Mikkel is covered in dirt, but otherwise unchanged. He runs home and finds that his neighborhood does look odd.
Meanwhile, four middle-schoolers, Michael, Dustin, Lucas, and Will, are playing a fantasy RPG in their basement. They want to play just a bit longer, but it's time for them to go home Michael's mom insists. That sends Will and Dustin biking home. They decide to race and, as Will pulls away, he finds his way into the same area as the laboratory and crashes his bike.
He hears something in the distance and scrambles home, but something's still chasing him. He holes up in a shed in the backyard and loads a gun to fight off whatever's coming for him, but it's not enough. The lights flicker, a growl is heard, and Will disappears. That's the setup for the rest of the series. Will Byers vanishes during a night of many power outages across Hawkins. His mother, Joyce (Winona Ryder), can't find him the next morning, and neither can his older brother, Jonathan.
Back at Michael's house Eleven sees a picture of the boys and points to Will. She knows him; perhaps she saw him in the woods before he vanished. Just before Michael can ask more questions though his mom comes home. He hides Eleven in the closet, which freaks her out; we get a flashback to her being dragged into a dark cell in the Hawkins laboratory. Michael quickly comes to comfort her though, and it's clear that Eleven trusts him. Lucas learns to trust her too, as she shows off the powers she has, closing the door to Michael's bedroom with her mind while Lucas and Dustin look on in astonishment.
Oh, well this is interesting. Everything might not be what it seems when it comes to finding Will's body in the quarry. Joyce is the first person to deny that it's her boy they found, even though she hasn't seen the body yet. She's at home telling Hopper that she talked to Will through the lights and through the wall, so he can't be dead. Maybe, just maybe, he's still alive.
Flash forward to one month later. Everyone seems happy. The boys are back to playing Dungeons and Dragons, Nancy and Steven are dating but she seems to have a thing for Jonathan, and Will is at home having Christmas dinner with his whole family.
The Byers Family HomeStockbridge, 30214 (The Stranger Things Wiki notes that the owners prefer not have their address posted publicly.)The home of Joyce, Jonathan, and Will Byers (and Bob!)
Except Mike gets attached. When Mike is showing Eleven around the house the next day and Eleven comes across a photo of Will which she identifies immediately, Mike nearly craps in his pants. But before he can, his mum arrives home unexpectedly and poor Eleven has to suck it up and hide in a closet. The flashback of the not-secret secret lab doing mean things to her is not unexpected. 041b061a72