
Steve discovers Jonathan's photographs and destroys them, but an anxious Nancy retrieves the fragments of a photo showing Barb. Martin Brenner, the laboratory, and a woman, who claimed her daughter was taken by scientists. While alone, Barb is abducted by the Monster. Jonathan, Will's brother, witnesses the events of the party, taking photos. Mike's older sister Nancy attends a pool party hosted by her new boyfriend Steve, begrudgingly accompanied by her best friend Barb. Meanwhile, police chief Jim Hopper grows suspicious of the nearby national laboratory after he finds a torn piece of hospital gown outside the lab grounds. As these strange events continue, she witnesses the same monster that took Will, which threatens her on numerous occasions.

Will's mother Joyce becomes transfixed by supernatural events affecting the house electricity - she's convinced Will is communicating with her. They learn her name is Eleven and that she has psychokinetic abilities. Will's friends Dustin, Lucas and Mike begin investigating his disappearance while looking for Will in the local forest, the boys find a girl with a shaved head in a hospital gown, who they let stay in Mike's basement. Will tries to escape and hide, but he is abducted. Young Will Byers is cycling home from a disappointing " Dungeons & Dragons" campaign at a friend's house, when a terrifying figure suddenly appears. (At least for now, if that postcredits scene is any indication of his not-so-fatal fate.) Grab some tissues, and press play on Gabriel's cover for yourself, ahead.When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. It's a gorgeous song and a very fitting choice to play as we hear Hopper speak for the final time. "Heroes" can also be heard in the 2001 musical Moulin Rouge! (as a duet by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman) and in the season finale of American Horror Story: Freak Show (sung by Jessica Lange). Oasis has recorded a version of the song as have The Wallflowers ( whose rendition is heard in 1998's Godzilla). The song appeared on the musician's 2010 album Scratch My Back, but he's far from the first person to cover the David Bowie classic (it was released in 1977 and has since become one of his most covered songs, next to "Rebel, Rebel"). So, what's the tune that the Duffer Brothers chose to close out the Stranger Things season three finale, "The Battle of Starcourt"? Peter Gabriel's cover of "Heroes." We then get to hear him reading the letter aloud in a flashback as a gorgeous song plays softly in the background. There's a heartbreaking packing montage at the end of the episode that not only sees Eleven boxing up her things but also finding a letter from her late father, Hopper, that he never had the chance to give her. Though the group is able to defeat the monster yet again and seemingly close the gate to the Upside Down for good, Joyce decides that enough is enough - she's moving her kids (and Eleven) to a new town for a fresh start. Stranger Things takes eight wild, emotional, and gory episodes to wrap up its new mystery involving Billy and the Mind Flayer, and the conclusion is devastating.

Warning: Spoilers for Stranger Things season three ahead!
