In Hawkins, 1986, things are finally normal—which is exactly why Mike Wheeler doesn’t trust it. With Eleven now across the country and their long-distance relationship slowly fading into radio silence, Mike is left trying to glue together the pieces of a once-inseparable friend group. Dustin is still Dustin (thank God), Eddie Munson has unofficially adopted him as a little brother, and Lucas… well, Lucas is busy being a basketball star now. Change is in the air, and not the good kind.