History Recap / StrangerThingsS1E4ChapterFourTheBody

* FakingTheDead: The government plants a dummy of Will to make everyone believe he drowned. They're careful not to let anyone get any close looks at it.

* BavarianFireDrill: Hopper attempts this to distract the state trooper guarding Will's "body" in the morgue. When the trooper proves too savvy and it doesn't work, Hopper ends up just [[TalkToTheFist knocking him out]].

* CallBack: Eleven calling Troy and James "mouth-breathers."

* AdultFear: Having to face the apparent death of your child, then trying to find your missing child while knowing that there is nobody in the world who would believe you and instead see it as a case of SanitySlippage and denial.

* WhamShot: Jonathan's amplified photo shows exactly ''[[HumanoidAbomination what]]'' was behind Barb before she disappeared.

* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: The boys pretend Eleven is Mike's cousin from Sweden when they try to get into the AV Room.

* StressVomit: Implied with Jonathan, who runs from the morgue while throwing up after seeing Will's body.
* TapOnTheHead: Hopper knocks a state trooper out in two punches when investigating Will's body.
* WhamShot: Jonathan's amplified photo shows clearly ''what'' was behind Barb before she disappeared.

* StressVomit: Implied with Jonathan, who runs from the morgue while throwing up after seeing Will's [[spoiler:fake]] body.

* SheCleansUpNicely: In order to sneak Eleven into the school, Mike dresses her up complete with wig. Though he already likes her, a smitten Mike, and then his friends, freely admit that she is [[InformedAttractiveness indeed a very pretty girl]].

* StressVomit: Implied with Jonathan, who runs from the morgue while throwing up after seeing Will's body.
* TapOnTheHead: Hopper knocks a state police officer out in two punches when investigating Will's body.

* SpottingTheThread: Joyce asks to see the fake corpse's right arm, as Will has a birthmark there.

* RevealingCoverup: When "Will's" body is found in the quarry lake, Hopper starts asking questions and the county coroner admits the whole thing seemed weird because federal agents took over the autopsy, which might make sense for a Kennedy-type but not a nobody like Will Byers.

* JurisdictionFriction: In a rather unusual move, the State Police have forcibly taken over the case, even sending home the local coroner so someone "from state" can do the autopsy on Will. Hopper finds this all very suspicious, and talks to the trooper who called in the body. O'Bannon claims the quarry is state-owned, but Hopper points out it's actually privately owned, meaning O'Bannon had no legitimate reason to be there unless he was ordered to. This fuels Hopper's suspicion that a cover-up is occurring.

* RevealingCoverup: When "Will's" body is found in the quarry lake, Hopper starts asking questions and the county coroner admits the whole thing seemed weird because federal agents took over the autopsy, which might make sense for a Kennedy-type but not a nobody like Will Byer.

* SlutShaming: While the cops are completely justified in asking Nancy for details about the party where Barbara vanished, Callahan continues to build on his previously established jerk credentials with his open contempt for Nancy going upstairs with Steve. Nancy's mother comes perilously close to continuing this once they get home, but realises her mistake when Nancy retaliates that her having sex with Steve had nothing to do with Barbara's disappearance.
* SoftWater: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. What leads Hopper to realize the "corpse" is a phony is the fact that if Will really fell into the water from that height, his body would've been pulverized on impact with the water.

* IdentifyingTheBody: Joyce and Jonathan go down to the morgue to identify Will's body that has been found in the previous episode. When the body is uncovered, Jonathan can't take it and leaves to avoid a StressVomit. Joyce is still unwilling to believe that her son is dead and demands to be shown the birthmark on Will's arm. Then the scene cuts away. Watch it [[https://youtu.be/8Oz3ENhkwns here]].

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: It's impressive enough that the scrubs at the Hawkins facility made a life-like replica of Will's body down to the clothes he was wearing in what amounted to ''less than a day'' and they had the authority of denying the local coroner to examine it thoroughly, but the circumstances in which they framed the "death" couldn't impede Joyce as Will's mom from identifying it personally; however, she knew Will's birthmarks and recognized it as a fake almost immediately. Hopper later dissects the body himself and confirms that it's an extremely well-made doll.

* JurisdictionFriction: Invoked. The state police claims the quarry is state-owned, but it was actually privately owned. This fuels Hopper's suspicion that a cover-up is occurring.

* SlutShaming: While the cops are completely justified in asking Nancy for details about the party where Barbara vanished, one of them continues to build on his previously established jerk credentials with his open contempt for Nancy going upstairs with Steve. Nancy's mother comes perilously close to continuing this once they get home, but realises her mistake when Nancy retaliates that her having sex with Steve had nothing to do with Barbara's disappearance.

* PottyTrouble: In her confrontation with the "mouth breathers", Eleven uses her powers on one to make him wet himself.

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Eleven proves to the boys that Will is still alive by channelling his voice through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys realises that they need stronger equipment than a walkie-talkie if they want to contact Will, so they give Eleven a makeover so they can sneak her into the school. At school, Eleven uses Mr. Clarke's ham radio to channel Will talking to his mother.

Joyce and Jonathan goes to the morgue to view the body. Joyce, however, refuses to believe it is Will. She has a heated argument with Jonathan, who accuses her of being in denial, as he tells her that they need accept that Will is dead and give him a proper funeral. Later she hears Will in her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him behind a membrane. Will tries to explain the strange nature of the place he is stuck in, but has to flee as the monster returns for him. Joyce demolishes the wall with an axe but reveals only her front porch.

* AdultFear: Having to face the apparent death of your child.
** Also trying to find your missing child while knowing that there is nobody in the world who would believe you and instead see it as a case of SanitySlippage and denial.

* FakingTheDead: The government plants dummy of Will to make everyone believe he drowned. They're careful not to let anyone get any close looks at it.

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: It's impressive enough that the scrubs at the Hawkins facility made a life-like replica of Will's body down to the clothes he was wearing in what amounted to ''less than a day'' and they had the authority of denying the local coroner to examine it thoroughly, but the circumstances in which they framed the "death" couldn't impede Joyce as Will's mom from identifying it personally; however, she knew Will's birthmarks and recognized it as a fake almost immediately.
** Hopper later dissects the body himself and confirms that it's an extremely well-made doll.

* EasilyForgiven: Though not much detail goes into it, Nancy doesn't bring up Jonathan photographing her changing and instead tries to make normal small talk, presumably because she thinks Steve went too far by breaking his camera, or just feels sorry for Jonathan losing his brother.

->'''Joyce:''' I know it sounds crazy. I-I-I sound crazy. You think I don't know that? It is crazy! But I heard him, Jonathan. He talked to me! Will is ... is calling to me. And he's out there, and he's alone, and he's scared, and I ... I don't care if anyone believes me! I am not gonna stop looking for him until I find him and bring him home. I am going to bring him home!\\
'''Jonathan''': Yeah, well, while you're talking to the lights, the rest of us are having a funeral for Will! I'm not letting him sit in that freezer another day!

Eleven proves to the boys that Will is still alive by making contact through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys give Eleven a makeover so they can sneak her into school. At school, Eleven uses Mr. Clarke's ham radio to channel Will talking to his mother.

Joyce goes to the morgue to view the body and refuses to believe it is Will. Later she hears Will in her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him behind a membrane. Joyce demolishes the wall with an axe but reveals only her front porch.

Nancy discovers a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo. Jonathan realizes that the figure matches his mother's description of the creature: a humanoid figure with long arms and no face. Nancy tells the police about her missing friend and subsequently admits to her mother that she slept with Steve. When she tells Steve about the police, she is irritated that he cares only about not getting in trouble with his father.

Hopper confronts the state trooper who found Will's body and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that Will's supposed body is a dummy. He breaks into Hawkins laboratory.

The episode opens with Sheriff Hopper explaining to Joyce the police's discovery of Will's body in the quarry and their working theory as to his cause of death, saying how Will may have crashed his bike and then fallen into the quarry before drowning. Joyce remains in denial and tries to explain how she had managed to communicate with Will through the lights before, but neither Hopper nor Jonathan believe her.

Hopper tries to comfort Joyce by explaining his own experiences following his daughter Sarah's death, saying how he had seen her and heard her even after her death, but that they were hallucinations. Joyce doesn't listen and proceeds to retrieve an axe, waiting in case the monster from the wall comes again.

The scene changes to the Wheeler family watching a report on the discovery of the body while Michael sadly looks through Will's old drawings. Frustrated by Eleven playing around with the radio, Mike berates her for allowing him and his friends to think that Will was still alive until she manages to tap into Will singing ''Should I Stay or Should I Go'' via the supercom.

While waiting in the morgue, Hopper wonders why things are taking so long. The receptionist answers apologetically that things have been a bit chaotic for the last day since Gary, the local coroner, isn't at work right now. Puzzled about this, Hopper asks why Gary isn't around, and the receptionist tells him that Gary was ordered to go home when the state police brought in the body yesterday and that the state conducted the autopsy themselves, which makes Hopper even more suspicious that something is wrong. The Byers go to see Will's dead body. Jonathan is unable to watch, but Joyce asks to see Will's birthmark to confirm if it really is him. In the waiting room, Hopper and Jonathan discuss the future after the funeral and Joyce's mental state, but they're interrupted by Joyce and the coroner storming into the room, arguing. Joyce states that the body is not Will's and storms out of the building.

->'''Joyce:''' I don't know what you think that thing is in there, but that is ''not'' my son!

Meanwhile, Nancy and Steve discuss her sighting of a monster outside of his house and its possible relation with Barb's disappearance, but Steve begins talking about how bad this would be for him for having a party with alcohol while his parents were out and tells Nancy to not mention it when they're inevitably questioned by the cops. She leaves in disgust.

Joyce is chased down by Jonathan, who pleads with her to come to her senses and accept that Will is dead and they should start preparing for the funeral, but Joyce refuses. A crowd is drawn as the two begin arguing over Joyce's refusal to believe Will is dead. Jonathan tells her that they're having a funeral for Will whether she likes it or not.

Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Eleven try to find Will's voice again through the supercom, but Eleven is unable to find a clear signal and the three can only hear faint whimpering and static. They decide to bring Eleven to Mr. Clarke's Heathkit ham shack, but realize that they'd need to bring Eleven to school--a difficult feat, considering her ragged appearance and near-baldness. They disguise her with Nancy's old clothes, makeup, and costume wig. After the makeover, Mike comments that Eleven looks pretty--er, good. Pretty good.

At the Department of Energy complex, the government prepares to explore the land beyond the rift, sending a man named Shepard through to explore.

Nancy is questioned by the police over her involvement with Steve's party and tries to explain her experience with the monster, but the police explains how both Barb's car and the monster were nowhere to be found. The police hypothesize that Barb ran away, against Nancy's protests.

At the police station, Hopper meets with Gary and asks him about what happened last evening. Gary answers that there were a whole seven state troopers kicking him out of the morgue by claiming jurisdiction and he thought the whole thing was a bit over the top, considering that it was just the body of a missing local boy. Hopper spots an interview being conducted on the TV with David O'Bannon, the state trooper who found Will's body, and thanks Gary for taking time to talk to him.

Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Eleven make it to school, but they're found by Mr. Clarke as they try to enter the Heathkit room. They're forced to quickly cover for Eleven's communication issues, describing her as Mike's second cousin Eleanor from Sweden, to Mr. Clarke's confusion, and the group proceeds to the assembly. They walk in in the middle of a speech, attracting the attention of all, and take a seat.

At the Wheelers' house, Mrs. Wheeler is furious at Nancy for lying to the police about having sex with Steve, but an upset Nancy retaliates by saying it has nothing to do with Barb's disappearance and that something terrible has likely happened to her, but nobody but herself seems to care. Mrs. Wheeler immediately realizes her mistake, but Nancy storms off to her room anyway. She takes out the pieces of Jonathan's photo she had picked up before and puts it back together, seeing visual confirmation of the monster's presence.

In the government complex, Dr. Brenner and his team tries to communicate with Shepard, who manages to make contact and begins describing the other world. He encounters the monster, and Dr. Brenner gives the order to reel him back in. Sounds of a struggle ensue as contact is lost. The line is pulled back in to reveal only a blood-covered piece of the harness.

At the assembly, a local pastor delivers a speech while Troy and James mock the proceedings, laughing about the event. Mike confronts them after the assembly, and when Troy continues to make rude and homophobic jokes about Will's death, Mike shoves him to the ground. Troy tries to attack Mike, but Eleven uses her powers to make Troy freeze in place and wet his pants in front of the entire class, humiliating him. Despite being greatly entertained by the sight, Mike and the others decide to make a quick exit before the teachers realize what is going on, heading for the now-unguarded Heathkit room.

Elsewhere, Jonathan is picking out a coffin for Will when Nancy comes, asking him about the shadowy figure in the photo of Barb, which he confirms was not the result of image distortion. Nancy asks Jonathan if he remembers noticing anything strange around the time he saw Barb on the diving board, telling him about the weird humanoid creature she saw in the forest, describing it as being apparently faceless. Jonathan tells her that it matches the description of the monster his mother claims to have seen, and he begins to realize that Joyce might be telling the truth.

Hopper finds O'Bannon at a local bar and chats him up about his finding of the body but bluffs him, claiming that the quarry was state property and prompting agreement from the trooper. Hopper tells O'Bannon that the quarry is actually privately owned, meaning that a state trooper would have no reason to be there unless he was told to, and Hopper asks him why he is lying to him. O'Bannon gets quite irate about this assertion and angrily tells Hopper to mind his own business. With diplomacy having failed, Hopper instead beats O'Bannon for information behind the bar. O'Bannon confesses to him that he doesn't know who told him to go to the quarry, only that he was told to call it in and not let anyone get too close to the body. As Hopper demands to know who he is working for, he notices that O'Bannon looks nervously to something behind him and turns around to see a black car watching them. Panicked, O'Bannon tells Hopper that he is going to get them both killed. Hopper draws his gun and runs towards the car, but gives up the chase as it quickly drives away. He turns around to see that O'Bannon has used the opportunity to quietly flee from the scene.

Joyce tries to re-establish communication with Will through the radio and the lights, while the kids try to re-establish communication through the Heathkit ham shack. Eleven has a flashback to one of Dr. Brenner's experiments, where she tried to listen in on a man in a different room, channeling his voice through the speakers. In the present, all parties are able to hear Will's voice calling for his mom, while clanging sounds approach.

Joyce tears a hole in her wallpaper to reveal a translucent membrane, where she's able to see Will on the other side but not reach through to him. The kids listen in on Will's side of the conversation through the ham shack but are unable to communicate with him. Will says that the place he's trapped in is like home but dark, empty, and cold. The monster draws closer to Will, and Joyce tells him to run and hide just before the rift closes and the ham shack breaks, setting off the school fire alarm. Joyce smashes her wall with an axe to try and reach Will, but instead finds only the outside of her house, while Eleven falls unconscious and the kids are forced to wheel her out amidst the chaos.

Meanwhile, Jonathan and Nancy are visiting the dark room, where Jonathan tries to enlarge and brighten the area of the picture that shows the strange figure. As they wait for the film to develop, Nancy asks Jonathan how long he has been photographing for a hobby. Jonathan explains that he has for a long time, as he finds just observing people more comfortable than talking to them, because they sometimes don't say what actually think, but if you capture them on film at just the right moment, they always say a lot more. Nancy playfully asks what he thinks that she was saying on the photo he took, and Jonathan, embarrassed, answers that he really shouldn't have taken that picture and apologizes. He begins to try to explain himself further, but before he can, the photo starts to clear up, and Nancy says that indeed looks the thing she saw in the woods. Jonathan tells her that this means that his mother was right about what she saw, so her claims of Will being alive might also be true. They both agree that if there is a chance to save Will, then there might also be a chance to save Barb.

Hopper travels to the morgue to try and reach Will's body, but fails to bluff the officer on duty and is forced to knock him unconscious. He finds Will's body and cuts into it, finding to it to be full of stuffing, revealing that it is just a convincing fake.

Lonnie returns in the dead of night to a distraught Joyce, who is still awake, clutching the axe in her hand, while Hopper leaves for the Hawkins Lab, preparing to break in to find the truth.

!!Tropes:

->'''Joyce''': I know it sounds crazy. I - I - I sound crazy. You think I don't know that? It is crazy! But I heard him, Jonathan. He talked to me! Will is ... is calling to me. And he's out there, and he's alone, and he's scared, and I ... I don't care if anyone believes me! I am not gonna stop looking for him until I find him and bring him home. I am going to bring him home!\\

Hopper tries to comfort Joyce by explaining his own experiences following his daughter Sarah's death, saying how he had seen her and heard her even after her death, but that they were hallucinations. Joyce doesn't listen and proceeds to retrieve an axe, waiting in case the monster from the wall came again.

The scene changes to the Wheeler family watching a report on the discovery of the body while Michael sadly looks through Will's old drawings. Frustrated by Eleven playing around with the radio, Mike berates her for allowing him and his friends to think that Will was still alive until she manages to tap into Will singing ''Should I Stay or Should I Go'' via the supercom.

While waiting in the morgue, Hopper wonders why things are taking so long. The receptionist answers apologetically that things has been a bit chaotic for the last day since Gary, the local coroner, isn't at work right now. Puzzled about this, Hopper asks why Gary isn't around, and the receptionist tells him that Gary was ordered to go home when the state police brought in the body yesterday and that the state conducted the autopsy themselves, which makes Hopper even more suspicious that something is wrong. The Byers go to see Will's dead body. Jonathan is unable to watch, but Joyce asks to see Will's birth mark to confirm if it really is him. In the waiting room, Hopper and Jonathan discuss the future after the funeral and Joyce's mental state, but they're interrupted by Joyce and the coroner storming into the room, arguing. Joyce states that the body is not Will's and storms out of the building.

->'''Joyce''': I don't know what you think that thing is in there, but that is ''not'' my son!

Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Eleven try to find Will's voice again through the supercom, but Eleven is unable to find a clear signal and the three can only hear faint whimpering and static. They decide to bring Eleven to Mr. Clarke's Heathkit ham shack, but realize that they'd need to bring Eleven to school, a difficult feat considering her ragged appearance and near-baldness. They disguise her with Nancy's old clothes, makeup, and costume wig. After the makeover, Mike comments that Eleven looks pretty--er, good. Pretty good.

At the police station, Hopper meets with Gary and asks him about what happened last evening. Gary answers that there were a whole seven state troopers kicking him of the morgue by claiming jurisdiction and he thought the whole thing was a bit over the top, considering that it was just the body of a missing local boy. Hopper spots an interview being conducted on the TV with David O'Bannon, the state trooper who found Will's body, and thanks Gary for taking time to talk to him.

At the Wheeler's house, Mrs. Wheeler is furious at Nancy for lying to the police about having sex with Steve, but an upset Nancy retaliates by saying it has nothing to do with Barb's disappearance and that something terrible has likely happened to her, but nobody but herself seems to care. Mrs. Wheeler immediately realizes her mistake, but Nancy storms off to her room anyway. She takes out the pieces of Jonathan's photo she had picked up before and puts it back together, seeing visual confirmation of the monster's presence.

In the government complex, Dr. Brenner and his team tries to communicate with Shepard, who manages to make contact and begins describing the other world. He encounters the monster and Dr. Brenner gives the order to reel him back in. Sounds of a struggle ensue as contact is lost. The line is pulled back in to reveal only a blood-covered piece of the harness.

At the assembly, a local pastor delivers a speech while Troy and James mock the proceedings, laughing about the event. Mike confronts them after the assembly, and when Troy continues to make rude and homophobic jokes about Will's death, Mike shoves him to the ground. Troy tries to attack Mike, but Eleven uses her powers to make Troy freeze in place and wet his pants in front of the entire class, humiliating him. Despite being greatly entertained by the sight, Mike and the others decide to make a quick exit before the teachers realize what is going on, heading for the now unguarded Heathkit room.

Elsewhere, Jonathan is picking out a coffin for Will when Nancy comes, asking him about the shadowy figure in the photo of Barb, which he confirms was not the result of image distortion. Nancy asks Jonathan if he remembers noticing anything strange around the time he saw Barb on the diving board, telling him about the weird humanoid creature she saw in the forest, describing it as being apparently faceless. Jonathan tells her that it matches the description of the monster his mother claims to have seen and he begins to realize that Joyce might be telling the truth.

Hopper finds O'Bannon at a local bar, and chats him up about his finding of the body but bluffs him, claiming that the quarry was state property and prompting agreement from the trooper. Hopper tells O'Bannon that actually, the quarry is privately owned, meaning that a state trooper would have no reason to be there unless he was told to, and he asks him why he is lying to him. O'Bannon gets quite irate about this assertion and angrily tells Hopper to mind his own business. With diplomacy having failed, Hopper instead beats O'Bannon for information behind the bar. O'Bannon confesses him that he doesn't know who told him to go to the quarry, only that he was told to call it in and not let anyone get too close to the body. As Hopper demands to know who he is working for, he notices that O'Bannon looks nervously to something behind him and turns around to see a black car watching them. Panicked, O'Bannon tells Hopper that he is going to get them both killed. Hopper draws his gun and runs towards the car, but gives up the chase as it quickly drives away. He turns around to see that O'Bannon has used the opportunity to quietly flee from the scene.

Joyce tears a hole in her wallpaper to reveal a translucent membrane, where she's able to see Will on the other side but not reach through to him. The kids listen in on Will's side of the conversation through the ham shack, but are unable to communicate with him. Will says that the place he's trapped in is like home, but dark, empty, and cold. The monster draws closer to Will, and Joyce tells him to run and hide just before the rift closes and the ham shack breaks, setting off the school fire alarm. Joyce smashes her wall with an axe to try and reach Will, but instead finds only the outside of her house, while Eleven falls unconscious and the kids are forced to wheel her out amidst the chaos.

Meanwhile, Jonathan and Nancy is visiting the dark room, where Jonathan tries to enlarge and brighten the area of the picture that shows the strange figure. As they wait for the film to develop, Nancy asks Jonathan how long he has been photographing for a hobby. Jonathan explains that he has for a long time, as he finds just observing people more comfortable than talking to them, because they sometimes don't say what actually think, but if you capture them on film at just the right moment they always say a lot more. Nancy playfully asks what he thinks that she was saying on the photo he took, and Jonathan, embarrassed, answers that he really shouldn't have taken that picture and apologizes. He begins to try to explain himself further, but before he can the photo starts to clear up, and Nancy says that indeed looks the thing she saw in the woods. Jonathan tells her that this means that his mother was right about what she saw, so her claims of Will being alive might also be true. They both agree that that if there is a chance to save Will, then there might also be a chance to save Barb.

Lonnie returns in the dead of night to a distraught Joyce, who is still awake, clutching the ax in her hand, while Hopper leaves for the Hawkins Lab, preparing to break in to find the truth.

** Also trying to find your missing child while knowing that there is nobody in the world who would believe you and instead see it as a case of Sanity Slippage and denial.

* BavarianFireDrill: Hopper attempts this to distract the state trooper guarding Will's "body" in the morgue. When the cop proves too savvy and it doesn't work, he ends up just [[TalkToTheFist knocking him out]].

'''Hopper:''' Yeah, I just got off the line with O'Bannon. He said that he needs to see you at the station. It's some emergency...\\

'''Hopper:''' Did I say O'Bannon? I meant...\\

'''Hopper:''' ''(sighs)'' Okay. ''(punches the Trooper out cold)''

-->'''Hopper:''' So that quarry, that's, uh that's state-run, where they found the boy, huh?\\

* CallBack: Eleven calling Troy and James "mouth-breathers".
* CassandraTruth: Nobody believes Joyce when she talks about Will communicating through the lights and a faceless monster breaking through the wall. Fully {{justified}}, of course.

-->'''Will:''' It's like it's home, but it's so dark ... It's so dark and empty, and it's cold!

* FakinMacGuffin: {{Invoked}}. The body of "Will" found at the quarry is almost life-like and close to the real deal, enough to pass off as a real body at first glance; remarkable work from the scrubs at the Hawkins facility, considering they had ''less than a day to prepare it''. It even had Will's exact clothes to boot. It's identified as fake by Joyce and later confirmed to be an ''extremely'' detailed doll by Hopper.

* ICanExplain: The boys try to explain why they're breaking into the AV room instead of the memorial assembly for Will:
-->'''Mike:''' We're just...you know...\\

'''Dustin:''' To... cry.
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: It's impressive enough that the scrubs at the Hawkins facility made a life-like replica of Will's body down to the clothes he was wearing in what amounted to ''less than a day'' and they had the authority of denying the local coroner to examine it thoroughly, but the circumstances in which they framed the "death" couldn't impede Joyce as Will's mom from identifying it personally; however, she knew Will's birthmarks, and recognized it as a fake almost immediately.

-->'''Mike:''' Pretty... good.
* MakeoverMontage: A short one, in which the boys disguise Eleven as a normal middle school girl, complete with makeup, a blonde wig, and a [[PinkMeansFeminine pretty pink dress.]]

* PullTheThread: Copper bluffs O'Bannon about his reasons for being in a privately owned quarry.

* StressVomit: Implied with Jonathan who runs from the morgue while throwing up after seeing Will's body.

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: It's impressive enough that the scrubs at the Hawkins facility [made a life-like replica of Will's body down to the clothes he was wearing in what amounted to ''less than a day'' and they had the authority of denying the local coroner to examine it thoroughly, but the circumstances in which they framed the "death" couldn't impede Joyce as Will's mom from identifying it personally; however, she knew Will's birthmarks, and recognized it as a fake almost immediately]].

'''State Trooper:''' ''(vacant, hostile staring)''

-->'''State Trooper:''' Sir, you can't be back here!
-->'''Chief Jim Hopper:''' Hey, I just got off the phone with O'Bannon. He needs you back at the station, something about an emergency.
-->'''State Trooper:''' What the hell are you talking about? I don't work with an "O'Bannon".
-->'''Chief Jim Hopper:''' Oh did I say O'Bannon? I meant... uh...
-->'''State Trooper:''' ''(vacant, hostile staring)''
-->'''Chief Jim Hopper:''' *sighs* ''(punch)''

-->'''Hopper''': So that quarry, that's, uh that's state-run, where they found the boy, huh?
-->'''Man''': Yeah.
-->'''Hopper''': Yeah, well, that's funny. 'Cause, you know, I know for a fact that it's run by the Sattler Company.

-->'''Will''': It's like it's home, but it's so dark ... It's so dark and empty, and it's cold!

--> '''Mike''': We're just...you know...
--> '''Lucas''': Upset.
--> '''Dustin''': Yeah, definitely upset.
--> '''Mike''': We need some alone time.
--> '''Dustin''': To...cry.