Stranger Things Season 2: 13 Big Questions We Need Answering

4. Is Hopper Working With The Bad Guys Now?

Stranger Things Hopper
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For all Winona Ryder was the one to get the hype, especially before the season aired due to her big-name status, the best adult character is that of Chief Hopper, played by David Harbour.

He's a great presence throughout, whether it's helping Joyce, the kids, or dealing with his own demons, and Harbour plays it all with a pitch perfect sense of world weariness.

At the end, with Will recovering in the hospital and Eleven ostensibly gone, Hopper gets into a car with two unnamed men. We're left to assume these guys are connected to the lab, but Hopper goes willingly with them, and comes back seemingly unharmed. So what exactly went down in that conversation? Who were those men? And is Hopper now working with the 'bad guys'?

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