The next morning, Jim Hopper arrives at the Byers house to inform Joyce Byers they have not yet found her son. They say good night to each other, and Eleven falls asleep, despite the storm. When he mentions his name is short for Michael, he decides to call her 'El', short for 'Eleven'. After Lucas and Dustin leave, Mike sets up a blanket fort for her to sleep in, and she shows him her tattoo that reads '011' when he asks for her name.
He plans to have her pose as a missing child that stumbled upon the house for his mother, who will call Social Services. He and Dustin want to tell Karen Wheeler, but Mike reminds them they were not supposed to be out after dark and that they will all get in trouble. Lucas is mistrustful, theorizing she could be an escapee from a nearby asylum. Mike shows her to a bathroom, where she insists on not closing the door fully.
They find that she has a strange understanding of social norms, not bothering to go somewhere private to change clothes when Mike gives her something to wear, the boys stopping her before she can undress. Meanwhile, Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.ĭustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, and Mike Wheeler bring the girl to Mike's house after finding her in the woods. Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods.
