Hawkins, 1959. The Creel family moves into a new house, hoping for a fresh start. Their son Henry, a troubled teenager, struggles to fit in at Hawkins High. When he meets Patty, a classmate as lonely as he is, a bond forms and brings him a glimmer of hope. But a series of shocking crimes shakes the town. Little by little, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: something within him echoes the mysterious horrors plaguing Hawkins.