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1984年的聖誕節，Jim Hopper沒有什麼特別的安排，只想要和領養的女兒Eleven一起度過一個安靜的聖誕節，但Eleven心裡卻已有其他計畫。
不顧Hopper的抗議，Eleven從地下室拖出了一個寫著「紐約」的箱子，Hopper大吃一驚，他很清楚這箱子代表了一連串的問題：「越南」是什麼意思？為什麼Hopper絕口不提跟紐約相關的事？
Hopper知道自己不能永遠隱藏這些事，只好開始說起改變一切的那件事。
1977年夏天，Hopper剛從越南回到紐約，這裡他有一個貼心的妻子、年輕的女兒，還有紐約警察的職位，都正剛好讓他可以回到文明世界的懷抱，直到聯邦探員拿著一疊謀殺案的資料夾找上門來。Hopper將這些事件的真相當作自己的責任，犧牲一切都要找到幕後主謀。很快地Hopper混進當地黑幫當臥底，就在即將破案之際，卻發生了突發狀況讓Hopper陷入前所未見的黑暗之中……
Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper’s protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked “New York” out of the basement—and the tough questions begin. 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. And so begins the story of the incident in New York—the last big case before everything changed. . . .
Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. 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. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show up and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.
Soon Hopper is undercover among New York’s notorious street gangs. 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.