Hopper hears about Eleven's powers because of the scenes she's been making in town and seeks out the group (who narrowly evade Brenner and his men in an epic chase scene). Eleven, the boys, Hopper, Nancy, and Jonathan then all team up to pool their resources and help find Will (Barb has been all but forgotten at this point, but whatever). Eleven reveals that she can locate Will if she's in a sensory-deprivation tank, so the gang rigs one up in the school gym. The good news? She finds him. The bad news? Barb is really, really dead (and it looks like her dead body is being used as a nest for the Demogorgon's eggs).
Hopper leaves the kids to break into Hawkins Laboratory with Joyce once again, while Jonathan and Nancy try to lure the Demogorgon to Joyce's house. Hopper and Joyce manage to get inside the Upside Down and save Will (he has a nasty tentacle down his throat but is otherwise unscathed). Nancy and Jonathan are joined at the Byers house by a remorseful Steve, and together the three booby trap every inch of the home. They manage to light the monster on fire, and it disappears — is it really dead?
