Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things.
But just as he's about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a Darkness deeper than any he's faced before..
Soon Hopper is undercover among New York's notorious street gangs.
But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.
A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian.
Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam.
Summer, New York City, 1977.
And so begins the story of the incident in New York-the last big case before everything changed...
Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does "
Vietnam" mean? And why has he never talked about New York? Although he'd rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can't deny the truth any longer.
Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked "
New York" out of the basement-and the tough questions begin.
All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans.
Christmas, Hawkins, 1984.
Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things
