No Ones Got Your Back More Than Jim Hopper Has

If one thing was certain in Stranger Things 2, is that Sheriff Jim Hopper stepped forth into the breach and faced down mortal danger to save mankind and went toe to toe with the 'demodogs'.
Hopper played by the brilliant David Harbour has graced our screens with appearances in films like David Ayers Cop drama 'End of Watch' as LA Police Officer Van Hauser - (the cop with the knife sticking out of his eyeball.) and as CIA agent Gregg Beam in the Daniel Craig Bond film 'The Quantum of Solace'. Harbour has also appeared in a number of TV shows of recent years including 'State of Affairs', 'The Newsroom' and 'Manhattan'.

Season one of Stranger Things gave Harbour a decent sized supporting role as the troubled Sheriff of rural town Hawkins, Indiana that finds itself at the portal of an altenate dimension and top secret government testing. Hopper is the small town cop dealing with the complexities and isolation of divorce and emotional loss after the death of his daughter from Cancer drives him to alcoholism.

Thankfully though, Hopper is the kind of guy you want to see step up and bounce back, he rarely takes any shit from anyone and is the type of guy that'll back you up in  bar fight over a spilt pint. It was great seeing Hopper get the chance to prove himself as the dependable and ever faithful father figure to Eleven due to the fact he had been keeping a secret for so long and forever bending the truth in order to keep her safe. Season 2 was the pressure cooker, the gate to the upside down had opened to release the 'demodogs' and Hopper was there to step up and take on the forces of evil with a Police issue 12 gauge and 5.56 Armalite.
The man could probably move it pretty smooth on a dance floor if episode 3 of Season 2 "The Pollywog' is anything to go by, he even became a dancing internet meme for christ's sake! #HopperDancing

Here's to raising a glass of whatever you're holding to Hawkins Sheriff Jim Hopper, we salute you.