Joyce Byers visits Chief Hopper to report her son Will as missing, growing increasingly frantic as Hopper dismisses the disappearance as a typical case of a runaway or a domestic issue. The scene highlights the friction between Joyce's maternal desperation and Hopper's cynical, small-town apathy before the gravity of the situation begins to settle in.
JOYCE: I’ve been waiting an hour --
HOPPER: And I apologize again --
JOYCE: A GODDAMN HOUR --
HOPPER: I understand. But a boy his age, most likely he’s playing hookie --
JOYCE: Not my Will, no. He wouldn’t do that. He’s not like that --
HOPPER: You never know. My mother thought I was on the debate t
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