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.
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
