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The moment Mike opens his eyes, he knows something is off. He just can't put his finger on what.
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After a plan gone awry, Mike and Joyce have a conversation.
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"I'm telling you, this is the weirdest shit I've seen all year. And I think we can all agree shit has been pretty weird."
It's November 1987, and life in Hawkins still isn't quite back to normal. The "aftershocks of last year's earthquake" (an explanation Mike still can't believe anyone buys) are becoming more frequent, spitting nasty otherworldly surprises into town. But no one has been able to track down Vecna himself. Following a lead on a mysterious delivery to the old HNL building, the Party learns Will's connection to the Upside Down may not be as severed as they'd hoped. When Will subsequently begins to see through Vecna's eyes in dreams, the gang thinks they may finally have a way to find and defeat him once and for all. As Will throws himself into this task, hoping to assuage the guilt he still feels from his last stint as the spy, Mike must grapple with his own mounting feelings of helplessness. Mike had promised Will they would be a team—but what can he bring to the table right now? And can he even hold their team together when the stakes are higher than ever, and Will won't stop pushing him away?