
Still, I can forgive “The Battle of Starcourt” some small missteps, as there’s an awful lot of awesome stuff here. This is the only part of Stranger Things Season 3, Episode 8 that I’m not entirely sure works. He has put Suzie on the same frequency band as everyone else, so the entire cast has to listen to the pair of them belt out a duet. Luckily, he knows someone who does: Suzie! She’s real! Unfortunately, because Dustin hasn’t contacted her for a week and immediately wants a favor, she won’t budge until he sings. In the base, Hopper needs the Planck constant to open the vault, but Dustin can’t remember it. But they still don’t have a long-term plan. Without Eleven’s powers, the kids are stranded until Steve arrives in the nick of time to bail them out. Still, “The Battle of Starcourt” is underway. Hopper, Murray, and Joyce are able to sneak into the base disguised as Russians, and even plan a date while they’re at it - that kind of forward planning is never rewarded in this genre, guys! You should know that! Nancy and Jonathan will be chaperones for her and the other kids.Įxcept they won’t, because Billy has arrived and sabotaged their car, leaving them trapped in the mall with the Mind Flayer on the doorstep. Eleven wants to fight, but she can’t her powers have drained away, and to keep her safe, Hopper wants her away from the mall. That team is comprised of Hopper, Joyce, and Murray. Steven and Robin take Dustin and Erica to Dustin’s makeshift super-antenna so that they can beef up the radios and guide the infiltration team through the base. The gang needs to break into the Russian base, steal the keys from the vault, use the keys to destroy the machine and thus close the rift, then kill the Mind Flayer.

After a brief recap of prior events, everyone goes over the plan. Yep, Hopper, Joyce, and Murray arrived at the Starcourt Mall, bringing the entire band back together.


Once the worm was yanked loose, it was tossed aside and crushed under Hopper’s boot. Eleven had to do it herself - telekinetically. Jonathan tried to cut the thing out with a knife, but only made a mess of the situation. Stranger Things Season 3, Episode 8 picked up where the previous one left off, with Eleven’s leg wound betraying the Mind Flayer’s parasitic presence.
