

The two guards are walking to get their prisoner, who gets fed to the Demogorgon. That's what brings us to the post-credit scene, which has one brief but interesting moment. Is it possible, given his proximity to the machine that Hopper was actually sent into the Upside Down? Or if he wasn't sent into the Upside Down, is it possible to travel between these doors? Now, this description is interesting, implying that things can travel in and out of this door. In Hawkins this door had been opened once, it was still healing.


But it seems this key was only half the equation. They're using this energy to break through a barrier to open a doorway between worlds. There are many of these keys before in Russia, but they turned out wrong. Those houses like the ones they found they're stealing from your town's energy supply. He calls it the key and this key emits a great energy. There's a picture of his face with the headline: "Hero Chief Dies in Fire." The next time we see Hopper it's in a newspaper clipping from an epilogue three months later. The monster dies and the kids have once again saved the day. We see a number of Russians get vaporized in the explosion. Joyce is inside, safely at the controls, and she shares a long, tragic, knowing glance with Hopper and turns the keys. Hopper is fighting the Big Bad Russian Terminator-type guy next to the machine while Dustin Henderson is urging them to quickly close the portal. Hopper and Joyce are trying to destroy the machine and stop the Russians from opening the door before and letting out the beasts among the Upside Down. Please stop reading now if you haven't watched the entirety of Stranger Things 3, because this is a major spoiler.ĭuring the climactic battle, David Harbour's Jim Hopper and Winona Ryder's Joyce Byers are underneath the mall where the Russians are attempting to open a portal to the Upside Down and harness its energy.
