It's actually a little tempting, the thought of trying something else, but Hopper, for all this shitty habits, knows himself pretty well. He knows if he doesn't go back to something structured -- and probably even if he does -- he's going to fall back into those habits with ease.

And from what he's learned about Darrow so far, it'll be a hell of a lot easier for him to get his hands on pills here than it had been in Hawkins.

"I... I'll probably end up working as a cop again," he says after giving it a moment of thought. "It's pretty much the only thing I know how to do."