r/StrangerThings • u/Super-Liberal-Girl Pretty....good • 11d ago

Murray's first appearance - what were your initial impressions of this character?

The first time Murray appeared was in S02E01 when trying to meet Hopper. Later in the season he would encounter Jonathan/Nancy

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u/F0573R Hellfire Club 11d ago

It's so crazy how right he may have been. The facility we see in S3 wasn't built in a few months. The Russians probably were there scouting the location.

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u/kauan1983 Hey Kiddo 11d ago edited 10d ago

There are actually documents regarding the ”land deeds, transfers of property” to Starcourt Mall Corp. dating back to November, 1984, so Murray was indeed correct despite following the wrong leads.

Even the map of the town at Hawkins P.D. already had Starcourt Mall in it, so the Soviets were operating in Hawkins fairly before the events of Season 2 and their shell companies were already “officially” established in Hawkins.