On the surface, Hawkins seems like the kind of town where nothing bad could ever happen. But to Murray Bauman, it is an absurdly quaint slice of ’80s Americana: too “normal” of a place to typically catch his eye at a glance. But Murray has never accepted the surface-level explanation. Never. The two missing kids and rumors of meddling Russians are enough for him to hit the pavement and dissect any clue he can find.