History Recap / StrangerThingsS1E3ChapterThreeHollyJolly

* AnimalTesting: Just to remind us that the people at Hawkins Lab are not nice, one of the experiments we see them conduct with Eleven involves trying to force her to use her psychic abilities to kill an adorable little cat. She refuses to do so. [[KickTheSonOfABitch The two orderlies who try to manhandle her into a]] PunishmentBox, [[KickTheSonOfABitch however]]...

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Eleven displays her telekinetic powers (possibly for the first time, possibly as scaling up from the Coke can) when she refuses to harm a cat and is dragged by two {{Mooks}} into a small closet-like [[PunishmentBox space for punishment]]; instead of the cat, it's her tormentors who die when she panics at the thought of being trapped.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Breaking the camera was perhaps harsh, but Steve and his friends were right to call Jonathan out on taking pictures of the party.

* BrickJoke: In the previous episode, Dustin presses El to make the toy saucer fly. Her refusal is taken as a sign that she can't manage that feat. In this episode, Eleven makes the saucer fly with ease while alone.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The episode opens with Music/{{Foreigner}}'s romantic "Waiting for a Girl Like You" playing over Nancy and Steve making out while Barb in the Upside Down is being chased by the Demogorgon.

* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Eleven unleashes the full potential of her MindOverMatter power when the orderlies try to put her in the dreaded PunishmentBox. Dr. Brenner is impressed. It makes one wonder if he might have invoked this trope to begin with.

* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Eleven unleashes the full potential of her MindOverMatter power when the orderlies try to put her in the dreaded PunishmentBox.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Mike has this reaction when Lucas accuses him of having a crush on Eleven.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Chief Hopper figured out that the security tape footage is fake because there was no raining in the footage when a thunderstorm happened during the night of searching for Will.

Nancy worries about Barb, who is missing. Steve and his friends discover Jonathan's photographs. They destroy them and his camera. Nancy, however, discovers a picture of Barb by the poolside amongst the torn photographs and returns to Steve's house to search for her.

* LightswitchSurprise: When Nancy returns home late from the party, her mother is waiting in the corridor to berate her.

* ComingAndGoing: The episode begins with a scene of Steve and Nancy having sex for the first time being interspersed with a scene of [[spoiler:Barb]] running from and eventually being killed by the Demogorgon in the Upside Down.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Left alone in Mike's basement for the second day in a row, Eleven gets bored and spends some time exploring the house. She's sheltered, sure, but still a kid curious about her new surroundings.

* AnimalTesting: Just to remind us that the people at Hawkins Lab are not nice people, one of the experiments we see them conduct with Eleven involves trying to force her to use her psychic abilities to kill an adorable little cat. She refuses to do so. [[KickTheSonOfABitch The two orderlies who try to manhandle her into a]] PunishmentBox, [[KickTheSonOfABitch however]]...

* AnimalTesting: Just to remind us that the people at Hawkins Lab are not nice people, one of the experiments we see them conduct with Eleven involves trying to force her to use her psychic abilities to kill an adorable little cat. She refuses to do so. [[KickTheSonOfABitch The two orderlies who try to manhandle her into a PunishmentBox, however]]...

Hawkins Lab director Dr. Martin Brenner allows Hopper and his deputies to view the lab's security camera footage to prove that Will hasn't been near the lab, but Hopper realizes it is fake. He decides to take Deputy Powell with him to visit the local library to research Hawkins Lab. He finds that Brenner has been involved in several shady government projects studying the supernatural and that a woman named Terry Ives once accused Brenner of stealing her daughter. Though Deputy Powell is sceptical, Hopper insists that it is worth looking closer into.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Eleven displays telepathic powers, possibly for the first time, when she refuses to harm a cat and is dragged by two {{Mooks}} into a small closet-like [[PunishmentBox space for punishment]]; instead of the cat, it's her tormentors who die when she panics at the thought of being trapped.

Nancy worries about Barb, who is missing. Steve and his friends discover Jonathan's photographs. They destroy them and his camera. Nancy, however, discovers a picture Barb by the poolside amongst the torn photographs and returns to Steve's house to search for her.

Eleven has a flashback in which Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," has her put in solitary confinement for refusing to telekinetically harm a cat. When she in her panic uses her powers to kill the two orderlies manhandling her, Brenner is impressed. Nancy worries about Barb, who is missing. Steve and his friends discover Jonathan's photographs. They destroy them and his camera. Nancy recovers a photo of Barb by the poolside and returns to Steve's house to search for her.

Hawkins Lab director Dr. Martin Brenner allows Hopper and his deputies to view the lab's security camera footage to prove that Will hasn't been near the lab, but Hopper realizes it is fake. He decides to take Deputy Powell with him to visit the local library to research Hawkins Lab. He finds that Brenner has been involved in several shady government projects studying the supernatural and that a woman named Terry Ives once accused Brenner of stealing her daughter. Though Deputy Powell is sceptical, Hopper decides that is worth looking closer into.

* DownerEnding: The police pull what is thought to be Will's body out of the lake, and an enraged Mike yells at Eleven, asking why she lied to them and said that Will was alive, and then leaves when Eleven can't give any answers.

Eleven has a flashback in which Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," has her put in solitary confinement for refusing to telekinetically harm a cat. Nancy worries about Barb, who is missing. Steve and his friends discover Jonathan's photographs. They destroy them and his camera. Nancy recovers a photo of Barb by the poolside and returns to Steve's house to search for her.

* MontageOut: This episode ends with Creator/PeterGabriel's cover of Creator/DavidBowie's "Heroes" playing over images of Mike and Joyce in different locations dealing with the news about Will's death.

* SofterAndSlowerCover: Creator/PeterGabriel's rendition of Creator/DavidBowie's "Heroes" at the end.

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