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Steve, Nancy, Robin, and Eddie fight off "Demobats" after being dragged into the alternate dimension. They discover the Upside Down is frozen in time on the day Will Byers first went missing. Meanwhile, in the real world, Dustin, Lucas, and Max realize that every Vecna murder creates a new "Watergate" (portal). Watch Stranger Things S04E07 WEBRip x264-ION10 1
Eleven relives the events of September 1979. She believes she is responsible for the massacre of her peers at Hawkins Lab, but as her memories clarify, she realizes a "friendly orderly" named Peter Ballard manipulated her into freeing him. The Triple Reveal The episode operates across three distinct settings, each