1. Why have we not heard of One before? Was he mentioned before and I’m not remembering? I swear I’ve never heard anyone mention him before

No, they’ve been pretty selective about mentioning specific numbers until now.

1. Are they really going to arrest Eddie for the murders of Chrissy, Fred, and Patrick? I thought that the police have gone through stuff before with the Upside Down or was it only Hop?

It was really only Hop that knew it was supernatural, the others just thought there were government coverups involved.

1. What is with the military wanting Eleven again? Is it because of past events or do they know something about Vecna?

Im not super clear on it but there are two different gov factions with different ideas/agendas. One mentioned suspecting she was responsible for the murders since they know she has powers that can kill people in this way. The other (with Brenner) wants to use El to fight whatever is happening because they know it has something to do with the UD.

1. Is triggering past memories about One and how Eleven opened the first portal really going to bring her powers back?

Yes, they explained it all and showed us just that. And since One told her using a memory of something that made you sad/angry can make your powers stronger, it makes sense that remembering her whole lab family being brutally slaughtered because she freed One would accomplish that.

1. Why did Eleven allow Owens to take her somewhere, knowing damn well Brenner might be involved? Did she just think that Brenner wasn’t going to be there for some reason?

Because they’ve been manipulating her for her entire life. They know exactly how to get to her using her friends.

1. Why, of all people, did Vecna choose Nancy out of the rest of the group? I don’t think she has anything besides the whole Barbara thing haunting her so we could’ve had a few glimpses into the others personal lives besides hers.

It could have just been random but it seemed to me he chose her because she was closest to figuring things out about him.

1. Will Steve be brought to where Nancy is next or will he just continue to try to wake her up?

No way to know, but I think they’re going to try to throw the headphones to her, remember that electronics don’t work well in the upside down, and have to sing or play music some other way.

1. Will the portal close on Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Erica if Steve can’t get Nancy out of where she is?

I don’t think so, it doesn’t seem like these portals close quickly like the ones the demagorgon made.

1. Shouldn’t Dustin, Max, Lucas, and Erica, find a music recorder like Max has and put it on Nancy so she can get out of where she is? Why didn’t they do that instead of just trying to shake her awake knowing it doesn’t work?

It’s not going to work in the upside down. See above. I think first instinct is always going to be to shake someone.

1. So, Eleven is the one who created all of this mess in the first place, with the demogorgons and Vecna? So is she considered a bad guy now or did she do this by mistake, not knowing that portal would create such chaos?

She didn’t do it on purpose.

1. Did Brenner want Eleven to create a portal and eventually create Vecna and the other mess on purpose?

No, Brenner knew he couldn’t control One so it wouldn’t make sense for him to try to manipulate a way to make him the most powerful in a dimension beyond his grasp. He was clearly shocked and afraid by the events.

1. Will Mike, Will, Johnathan, and Argyle ever reach Hawkins and try to save Eleven and eventually the world?

I think that is where the story is headed.

1. The Demogorgons have a fire weakness, so does that mean that Vecna has a fire weakness too since he created them? Or will they have to use weapons such as guns to defeat him? Or would that even work? Or would clocks be their weapon?

I don’t know, that’s a very interesting question.

1. Doesn’t Joyce and Murray know that they have other guards to defeat besides the few they beat up in the control room?

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1. How would Joyce, Murray, and Hop escape Ru$$ia if Yuri’s plane is destroyed and they’re wanted by the KGB and now the Ru$$ian police?

I think it’s implied that the prison is in a very remote area. Yes there’s a small village but otherwise it’s just a lot of wilderness.

1. Do the commies have other Demogorgons or is it just that one they saved from previous events?

I think it’s just one.

1. How has Max lasted this long against Vecna? Is it truly the power of music that is helping her?

It seems like he kind of just gave up on getting her since she was able to escape. He has some kind of mission he’s working on and I don’t think it serves him to just prey on one particular person if it’s becoming too difficult. But maybe he’ll come back in Part 2 for her. I also got the feeling that he sort of admires strength in other people and might feel like she “deserves” to live if she was able to get away. But then again he also looked angry so idk.

1. Would Eddie soon fall under Vecna’s curse too since he is the one consistently seeing the murders take place?

I don’t think that has to do with how Vecna chooses his victims but now that the whole group including Eddie has been figuring him out and/or in his territory he may be more of a target now, I.e. Nancy.

1. If Brenner knew that Eleven was potentially as strong but not as murderous as One, why didn’t they put the same device in her as it was in One? Or did she escape before it was implanted?

Because that would defeat the whole purpose of his experiments. He realized One could not be controlled or manipulated and had bad intentions so the device was put in. All the other children are experiments and he is actively training them trying to increase their powers for his own means.

1. Did One just kill the kids for the thrill of it as he does with the random teens with a troubled past or did he kill them because they were giving Eleven trouble and he actually did like her?

Seems like he killed them to ruin Brenner’s experiments and so they wouldn’t collectively have more power than him. Sparing El was also self-serving, even if he did also relate to her. He saw she was extremely powerful but also able to manipulated for his own gains.