Murray Bauman



Murray's (played by Brett Gelman) first appearance was in season two, episode one. A former
investigative journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, Murray was hired by the Hollands in the first
season to investigate their daughter Barbara's disappearance the previous year.

Other relations
Joyce Byers (friend)
Jonathan Byers(friend)
Jim Hopper(friend)
Nancy Wheeler(friend)
Alexei(friend)

In the second season, Murray helps Nancy and Jonathan with taking down Hawkins Lab for the cause of
barbara's death. He concluded the events in Hawkins were evidence of a "full-scale Russian invasion" due
to finding leads about a mysterious girl with a shaved head (Eleven)

In the third season, Murray helps Hopper and Joyce figure out why the Russian Soviets are opening another gate underneath Starcourt Mall and becomes friends with Alexei.

In season four, Murray helps Joyce figure out where Hopper is in Alaska. He and Joyce call the number on the paper
Joyce got from the mail and the messager told them to go to Yuri's Fish N Fly. When they find out where Hopper is,
Murray pretends to be Yuri in order to get in the prison and break Hopper out.