Here’s a concise summary of (titled "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" ):
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Winona Ryder delivers a career-redefining performance as Joyce, Will’s frantic, working-class mother. When Will doesn’t come home, she doesn’t wait. She calls Sheriff Jim Hopper (David Harbour)—a burned-out, pill-popping cop haunted by his daughter’s death. Joyce sees the flickering lights and hears Will’s breathing through the walls. Is she crazy? The episode leaves it ambiguous, but Ryder’s wide-eyed desperation makes us believe her. Here’s a concise summary of (titled "Chapter One:
The episode opens on November 6, 1983, at the , where a scientist is attacked and killed by an unseen creature. Later that evening, four young friends—Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Will—finish a 10-hour Dungeons & Dragons session. On his way home, Will encounters a humanoid figure in the road, crashes his bike, and flees to his family's shed. As the shed's lightbulb glows intensely, Will vanishes without a trace . The following day: Joyce sees the flickering lights and hears Will’s
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: Will's mother, Joyce Byers, reports him missing to Chief Jim Hopper , who initially believes the boy just ran away.