Hopper isn't so sure he's meant to be a cop, it had just seemed like the most logical step after coming back from Vietnam, soldier to cop, and he'd made the leap because it paid well and meant he could support Diana and Sara, even in a city like New York.

And then after Sara died, after he'd gone back to Hawkins, it had just been the only thing he had any experience with. Hawkins had needed a new police chief and it had just worked out.

"It's better if you know what you're meant to do," he says, giving her a smile. "That's a hell of a lot better than doing something just because it's what you've always done."