Complete story — includes the ending
Billy is released from the mill after the creature induces a vision of the Upside Down, which includes a doppelgänger. Following Hopper's threat, Mike lies to Eleven, leading her to seek Max's advice. Dustin reunites with Steve Harrington, who works at the mall's ice cream parlor with Robin Buckley, a former classmate. Nancy and Jonathan investigate the home of Mrs. Driscoll, an elderly woman concerned about rabid rats eating her fertilizer. Eleven and Max bond, going shopping at Starcourt Mall to distract themselves from Mike and Lucas. Tormented by visions and voices, Billy is guided by the creature into kidnapping his fellow lifeguard, Heather Holloway, and bringing her to the creature. Eleven breaks up with Mike after she sees him at the mall and realizes that he has been lying. Joyce tries to figure out why magnets at her home and workplace have stopped working. She goes to the home of Scott Clarke, the kids' science teacher, to ask him why the magnets have stopped functioning, accidentally standing Hopper up for a date. Dustin, Steve, and Robin translate Dustin's intercepted Russian radio message, surmising that it must be a code.
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