"Yeah, this way," Hopper says, pulling Steve toward the apartment he shares with Beverly. He unlocks the door without saying anything else, thinking about what Steve has just said. July of 1985, which means Steve's had about eight months in Hawkins that Hopper himself has missed out on.

Except he's been in Darrow for more than a year and a half.

"Sit," he says, pointing him in the direction of the kitchen before he grabs a box of pop tarts off the counter and puts them down in front of Steve. "Now what do the Russians want to open?"