@@ski.uwu. I forgot what I meant so I’m gonna assume okay? I did some Googling and apparently Mike is around 13-ish in this scene, and I forget that. … I’m sorry, I don’t know what I mean either.
As I can see both sides to this argument, Hopper risked everything to protect Eleven, Mike, and the rest of the gang. Having been through hell, the one person who took Eleven in and looked after her was Mike; the only one who she calls on whenever she's hurt or scared. Hopper wholeheartedly understood how Mike felt, yet keeping everyone safe with danger not far behind was the priority. What's incredibly heartbreaking about this scene is Hopper 's ability to calm Mike in a way that his own father never did. Kudos to the Duffer Bros for incorporating this into the script. 🙌🏾
This scene hits hard cause you feel bad for both of them. Hopper, already struggling with El angry with him and nobody understanding why he hid El from them, and Mike getting mad that El was alive the whole time and Hopper kept them apart which caused Mike to become depressed and have a very hard time for almost a year