04x08 - Chapter Eight: Papa

[bunniefuu]

[ELDRITCH THRUMMING]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[JARRING STINGER]

[GATE WRITHING WETLY]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[DISCOMFORTING SLITHERING]

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

[OMINOUS MUSIC FADES]

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

What have you done?

What have you done?

[THUD ECHOES]

[FAINT BUZZING]

[TATTOO NEEDLE BUZZING]

[CLANG ECHOES]

[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]

[BRENNER] All done.

Not so bad, was it?

See?

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Is there, Nancy?

[JARRING STINGER]

[DISTORTED] Why don't you take a seat?

[DISTANT SCREAMING] No!

[DISTANT SCREAMING]

Nancy, just stay with
me. Stay with me, okay?

Whatever you guys are doing, hurry up!

Steve says you need to hurry!

- Yeah? No sh*t!
- We're trying. We can't find anything.

- What is all this sh*t?
- What are you even looking for?

Madonna, Blondie, Bowie,
Beatles? Music! We need music!

This is music!

[SINISTER MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[EXHALES]

Son of a...

God!

[VECNA] Nancy.

[PANTING]

What are you doing?

It's not time for you to leave.

- [GASPS]
- [PLANKS CREAKING, BREAKING]

Now that you've seen where I've been...

[NANCY EXCLAIMS]

... I would like very much to show you

where I am going.

[PLANKS CLATTER]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

- [DISTORTED] Take a seat, Nancy.
- [MUSIC INTENSIFIES, HALTS]

[NANCY PANTING]

[ELECTRICITY SURGES]

- [WET WRITHING]
- [PANTING]

[TENTACLES CHITTERING]

[THREATENING MUSIC PLAYING]

[VECNA BREATHING HEAVILY]

I...

want you to tell

Eleven.

I want you to tell her

everything you see.

[GUTTURAL GURGLING]

No!

[CLOCK CHIMES]

No!

- Tell her...
- No!

... everything.

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

No!

[GASPS]

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- [NANCY PANTING]
- It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

- [NANCY GASPS]
- It's okay. I'm here.

[STEVE PANTS] I'm right here.

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES, HALTS]

[NANCY'S GASP ECHOES]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNARLING]

[MENACING INDUSTRIAL
SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

[IN RUSSIAN] What's going on there?

Get the power back on!

- [RADIO BEEPS]
- [GUARD SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

Tell him that the
prisoners are contained...

and that you're working on the power.

Tell him!

And that door there, where does it lead?

To... to cell block two...

No cell blocks!

I need a safe way out of here.

- [YURI YELLING, MUFFLED]
- [SHUSHING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

[IN ENGLISH] Guess you
got my message, huh?

Oh, no, I just have always
wanted to visit the Soviet Union.

With Murray.

You two getting along?

He's the Starsky to my Hutch.

I thought you were dead.

[TENDER, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Thought I lost you.

I did lose you.

For eight months.

[EXHALES]

We had a funeral.

Anybody show?

Are you kidding?

You're the hero of Hawkins.

[CHUCKLES]

[JOYCE] It's true.

Yeah, I always felt I'd be
easier to like when I was dead.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

[CHUCKLES]

How about El?

She's good.

She misses her dad.

We all do.

[MURRAY] Uh, I hate to interrupt,

but apparently, they can climb too.

- [DEMOGORGON CHITTERING]
- [GUARD YELLING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUARD IN RUSSIAN] Lower your weapons.

Lower your weapons!

Don't sh**t!

- [BELLOWS]
- [g*nf*re]

Stop!

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

[ANTONOV] The hell is that?

[MURRAY] Please tell me they don't
have another one of those things.

- [g*ns CLICK]
- [SHRIEKS]

[YELLING]

[IN RUSSIAN] You can't go in there!

It's dangerous!

[ROARING]

[SCIENTIST] It's dangerous!

[LOUD BANGING, THRASHING]

[SHRILL TRILLING]

[g*n COCKS]

[SHRILL TRILLING CONTINUES]

[EERIE RINGING]

[CHITTERING]

[DEMODOG ROARS]

[g*nsh*t]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]

[LIQUID GURGLING]

[IN ENGLISH] Oh my God.

[DELICATE, DISTRESSING MUSIC PLAYING]

The hell are they doing?

[EERIE WHOOSHING]

[UNSETTLING AUDIO DISTORTIONS]

[DISTORTIONS INTENSIFY]

[ANTONOV] Hey.

Found something.

[TENSE, DETERMINED MUSIC PLAYING]

[HOPPER GRUNTS]

- Think this'll lead us outta here?
- I give it a hundred to one odds.

[HOPPER CHUCKLES]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY]

[WOMAN] And one, two, three.

[DULL WHOOSH]

And one, two, three.

[DULL WHOOSH]

- Again. One, two, three.
- [ELECTRICITY WHINES]

- [PADDLES DISCHARGE]
- [GASPS]

- [MONITOR BEEPING]
- [PANTING]

[DISORIENTED GRUNTING]

Pulse is dropping.
One-fifty now. BP's ...

[AIR HISSING]

- [ELEVEN MOANING]
- [MONITOR BEEPING FAINTLY]

How do you feel?

[OWENS] Can you hear us?

[DISTORTED] Eleven. Can you hear us?

[FAINT WHOOSHING]

No, leave her.

[TERRY] Hi, Jane.

[ELEVEN MOANING FAINTLY]

[MONITOR CONTINUES BEEPING]

[MONITOR FLATLINES]

[DEEP, DETERMINED BREATHING]

[LOW, TINNY AUDIO DISTORTION]

[FAINT AUDIO DISTORTIONS]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[t*nk RUMBLING]

[ENERGY THRUMMING]

[RATTLING]

[t*nk GROANING, CREAKING]

[BOLTS SNAPPING]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[METAL GROANING]

[METAL GROANING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

[t*nk GUARDS CLICK, SET]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC SWELLS, FADES]

[REGGAE MUSIC PLAYING
FAINTLY OVER STEREO]

[JONATHAN INHALES]

Holy sh*t, dude. Check it out.

I didn't know they expanded into Nevada.

[CHUCKLES]

Watch out, Domino's.

Your dominoes are gonna fall.

[WILL] How far is Nina from Vegas?

From Vegas?

Um, as long as Suzie's
coordinates are right,

about another miles. Why?

Well, once we save her, El,
we should stop on the way back.

El could make us, like, super
rich, and we'd never have to work.

We could just play D&D and
Nintendo for the rest of our lives.

Yeah. Totally.

We're gonna make it,
Mike. She's gonna be okay.

Yeah, I know. I... I know she is.

But... But what if after
all this is over, she...

sh... she doesn't need me anymore?

No, o... of course
she'll still need you.

She'll always need you, Mike.

I keep telling myself that, but I...

I don't believe it.

I mean, she's special.

She was born special.

Maybe I was one of the
first people to realize that.

But the truth is, when I
stumbled on her in the woods,

she just needed someone.

It's not fate. It's... It's not
destiny. It's just simple dumb luck.

And one day she's gonna realize
I'm just some random nerd

that got lucky that Superman
landed on his doorstep.

I mean, at least Lois Lane

is an ace reporter for the
Daily Planet, right? But...

[MIKE SCOFFS]

- Sorry.
- No.

No, i... it's so stupid, given
everything that's going on.

It's just... I... I
don't know, I just...

Uh...

You're scared of losing her.

[TENDER, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Can I show you something?

[CHUCKLES]

This is amazing.

Did you paint this?

Yeah. Yeah. I mean...

I mean... I mean, El asked me to.

She commissioned it, basically.
I mean, she told me what to draw.

Anyway, my point is,

see how you're leading us here?

You're guiding the whole
party, inspiring us.

That... That's what you do.

And see your coat of
arms here? It's a heart.

And I know it's sort of on the nose,

but that's what holds
this party together. Heart.

Because, I mean, without
heart, we'd all fall apart.

Even El. Especially El.

These past few months, she's
been so lost without you.

It's just, she's so different
from other people, and...

[HALTINGLY] ... when you're...
when you're different,

sometimes...

[SIGHS] ... you feel like a mistake.

But you make her feel like
she's not a mistake at all.

Like she's better for being different.

And that gives her the
courage to fight on.

If she was mean to you

or she seemed like she
was pushing you away,

it's because she's scared of losing you,

like you're scared of losing her.

And if she was going to lose you,

I... I think she'd rather
just get it over with quick.

Like ripping off a Band-Aid.

So, yeah, El needs you, Mike.

And she always will.

Yeah?

Yeah.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[BRENNER] After the att*ck,

you fell into a coma.

Like One, you had pushed
yourself beyond your limit.

And it very nearly destroyed you.

But that is where your
similarities ended.

[GARBLED STATIC]

What you displayed that day

was beyond anything I'd ever imagined.

[ONE SCREAMING]

A potential I'd only dreamed of.

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

But when you awoke,

something had been lost.

Your memories,

along with whatever else you'd
found within yourself that day.

[MONITOR BEEPING]

But I knew then, just as I knew today,

that your powers had not been lost.

They just needed a spark.

[CAN CRUNCHES]

But that day,

you awakened something else.

A doorway to another world.

[BUILDING CRUMBLING]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]

I always thought that
Henry was out there,

hiding in the darkness.

I didn't know for sure,
not beyond a feeling.

Until now.

He's claimed three victims so
far, and when I saw the eyes,

I knew... I knew that was him.

He was sending us a message,
letting us know he's back.

That's when I came to see you.

[GASPS SOFTLY]

My friends.

Well, we... we haven't risked contact,

but, as far as we know,

they're... they're all safe.

But I'm not gonna lie to you, Eleven.

Your friends are in terrible danger.

With each victim he takes,

Henry is...

chiseling away at the barrier
that exists between our two worlds.

"Chiseling"?

[BRENNER] Imagine, if you will,

the barrier between our worlds is a...

concrete dam.

[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]

Henry is putting cracks in this dam.

Cracks in dams

create pressure.

Left unchecked,

the pressure will build.

And build.

And eventually, it will
reach a breaking point.

And the dam will burst.

[SNAP ECHOES]

And when that happens,

Hawkins will fall.

[EXHALES]

Well, that went very well, I thought.

You eased her into it, nice and
gentle, just like we talked about.

Not ominous at all.

[INTROSPECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SLAMS LOUDLY]

- [WATER GUSHES]
- [ELEVEN SIGHS]

[EXHALES]

[NANCY, HOARSELY] He showed me

things that haven't happened yet.

The most awful things.

I saw

a dark cloud

spreading over Hawkins.

Downtown on fire.

Dead soldiers.

And this...

giant creature

with... a gaping mouth.

And this creature wasn't alone.

There were so many monsters.

An army.

And they were coming into Hawkins.

Into our neighborhoods.

Our homes.

And then...

he showed me my mom.

And Holly.

Mike.

And they...

they were all...

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

Okay, but... he's just
trying to scare you, Nance.

Right? I mean...

I mean, it's not real.

Not yet.

But there... there was something else.

He showed me gates.

[HAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING]

Four gates.

Spreading across Hawkins.

And these gates, they looked like
the one outside of Eddie's trailer,

but... they didn't stop growing.

And this wasn't the Upside Down Hawkins.

This was our Hawkins.

Our home.

[MAX] Four chimes.

Vecna's clock.

It always chimes four times.

[MUSIC PULSES OMINOUSLY]

Four exactly.

I heard them too.

He's been telling us
his plan this whole time.

Four kills.

Four gates.

End of the world.

If that's true...

he's only one k*ll away.

Oh Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.

Try 'em again. Try 'em again.

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[LINE RINGING]

- [BUSY SIGNAL DRONING]
- [PHONE CLATTERING]

- [DUSTIN] Anything?
- [MAX] No.

Rang a few times, then
went to busy signal.

[STEVE] Maybe you punched
it wrong. Try again.

- [MAX] I didn't punch it in wrong.
- [STEVE] Well, I don't know.

[DUSTIN] I think she
knows how to use a phone.

[STEVE] I'm just saying, she
could've typed it in wrong.

[LINE RINGING]

[BUSY SIGNAL DRONES]

- Same sh*t.
- [LUCAS] How is that possible?

Joyce has this telemarketer
job. Always on the phone.

Mike won't stop whining about it.

Yeah, but this phone's been
busy for, what, three days now?

That's not Joyce.

No way. Something's wrong.

[NANCY] She's right.

It can't be just
coincidence. It can't be.

Whatever's happening in Lenora
is connected to all of this.

I'm sure of it.

But Vecna can't hurt them.

Not if he's dead.

We have to go back in there.
Back to the Upside Down.

- [STEVE] Whoa, no, no, no. What?
- Nope.

- Let's think this through.
- What is there to think through?

- We barely made it out of there.
- Yeah, because we weren't prepared.

But this time, we will be.
We'll get weapons and protection.

We'll go through the gate, we'll
find his lair, and we'll k*ll him.

Or he'll k*ll us.

The only reason you survived
is because he wanted you to.

- He's not scared of us.
- And for good reason.

We were wrong about Vecna. Henry. One.

Sorry, what are we calling him now?

- [DUSTIN, LUCAS] One.
- Vecna.

- Henry.
- Right.

We've learned something
new about Vecna/Henry/One.

He's a number like Eleven,
only a sick, evil, male,

child-murdering version of
her with really bad skin.

But my... my point is,
he's super powerful.

Could turn us inside out
with a snap of his fingers.

It's not a fair fight.

[DUSTIN] Then why fight fair?

You're right. He's like Eleven.
But that gives us an upper hand.

We know Eleven's strengths.

And weaknesses.

Weaknesses?

When El remote-travels,

she goes into this sort
of trance-like state.

I bet the same is true of Vecna.

That would explain what
he was doing in that attic.

Exactly. When he
att*cks his next victim,

I'll bet you he's back in that
attic, physical body defenseless.

Defenseless? What
about the army of bats?

True. We'll have to
find a way past them.

Distract them somehow.

- And, uh, how do we do that, exactly?
- No idea.

But once they're gone,

he doesn't stand a chance.

It'll be like slaying
sleeping Dracula in his coffin.

That all sounds good in theory,

but there is no pattern
to Vecna's killings.

Not one that I can decipher.

We don't know when he's
going to att*ck next.

- Don't even know who he's going to att*ck.
- Yeah, we do.

I can still feel him.

- [OMINOUS AUDIO DISTORTION]
- I'm still marked.

Cursed.

I ditch Kate Bush,

I draw his focus back to me.

Max.

You can't.

He'll k*ll you.

I survived before.

[DIRE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

I can survive again.

I just need to keep him busy long enough

so that you guys can
get into that attic.

Then you can chop his head off.

s*ab him in the heart. Blow him up
with some expl*sive Dustin cooks up.

I honestly don't care how you
put this assh*le in his grave.

Just...

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

... whatever it is...

whatever you do...

try not to miss.

[MUSIC SWELLS, FADES]

[FAINT CLATTERING]

[PERSON GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[HOPPER GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

[OPTIMISTIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC SWELLS, FADES]

Bam.

Durak.

[IN RUSSIAN] Son of a bitch!

[GRANDIOSE RUSSIAN OPERA PLAYING]

[HORN HONKING FRANTICALLY]

Sayonara! [CACKLES]

[g*n COCKS]

[g*nf*re]

[JOYCE, HOPPER GRUNT]

[IN ENGLISH] Oh God! Oh God!

[EMPTY g*n CHAMBER CLICKING]

[IN RUSSIAN] Son of a bitch!

[MUSIC HALTS]

- [IN ENGLISH] You okay? All right?
- Yeah.

- You okay?
- Okay? I'm great! Whoo!

Oh, nothing like a little prison escape

to get your day started, am I right?

We're not out of the woods yet.

My people do not take kindly to
escapes. They'll be hunting us.

Yeah, well, we aren't exactly
planning on sticking around.

- Where's the plane you came in on?
- That plane? Um, that crashed.

- Crashed?
- His fault.

- [YURI YELPS, MUFFLED]
- [MURRAY] A word of warning.

That man is more slippery
than an eel dipped in baby oil.

I wouldn't trust a
word out of his mouth.

[COUGHS, SPLUTTERS]
My tongue. My tongue!

I... I can't feel my tongue.

We need to get out of
here, back to the States.

Can you get us to another plane?

Now?

You're asking for Yuri's help

after dragging him through
miles of sh*t tunnel?

I could have told you we are
going wrong way hours ago.

You Neanderthal...

Watch your mouth, or
I am gonna take this,

I'm gonna rub it along
the bottom of my shoe,

and I'm gonna jam it down your throat.

Well, go ahead! [YELPS]

But then you'll never make
it out of my country alive.

So you can get us out.

For a glass of water and hot steam bath

and five-inch stack of American dollars,

- Yuri will fly you to moon.
- [g*n CLICKS]

You make another demand,
you double-crossing mudak,

I'll decorate the roof of
this van with your brains.

Why so angry, comrade?

Rough couple of days for you, I'm sure.

But now you are free.

Everything works out.
Happy ending for everybody.

No?

For you, that will very much
depend on how you answer. Comrade.

Will you take us to America?

Yes?

[g*n COCKS]

Or no?

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL FLOURISH]

[EDDIE] Check this out. The w*r Zone.

I've been there once. It's huge.

They got everything you need for, uh...

well, k*lling things, basically.

You think fake Rambo
has enough g*ns there?

Is that a grenade? I mean,
how is any of this legal?

Well, lucky for us it is, so...

This... This place is just
far enough outside of Hawkins.

As long as we steer clear of main roads,

we oughta be able to avoid
cops and, uh, angry hicks.

If we're trying to avoid angry hicks,

maybe we shouldn't go to some
store called the w*r Zone.

Normally, I'd agree,
but we need the weapons.

- So I think it's worth the risk.
- Me too.

But is it worth the time? It'll
take all day to bike there and back.

- Who said anything about bikes?
- You got some car we don't know about?

It's not exactly a car, Steve.

And it's not exactly mine,

but, uh... it'll do.

Hey, Red, uh, you got a ski mask
or a bandanna, something like that?

[SPOOKY SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

That was suffocating.

Go! Come on.

Where'd you learn how to do this?

Well, when the other dads
were teaching their kids

how to fish or play ball,

my old man was teaching
me how to hot-wire.

Now, I swore to myself I
wouldn't wind up like he did,

but now I'm wanted for m*rder,

and soon, grand theft auto.

So, uh, I'm really living
up to that Munson name.

Eddie, I'm not sure I love
the idea of you driving.

Oh, I'm just starting this
sucker. Harrington's got her.

Don't ya, big boy?

- [ENGINE STARTS]
- ["UP AROUND THE BEND" PLAYING]

What the hell?

Hey! Open this door!

- Hey!
- [WOMAN] They locked the door!

sh*t! Go.

It's just a car. Everybody,
hang on to something!

[LUCAS] Oh my God! Let's go! Let's go!

Drive, Steve! Drive!

[ROBIN] Go, go, go!

♪ Hitch a ride to the
end of the highway ♪

♪ Where the neons... ♪

[LUCAS] Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

sh*t, they look pissed.

It's not every day you lose your
house and car in one fell swoop.

♪ ... around the bend ♪

Hold on! Hold on!

♪ You can ponder perpetual motion... ♪

Them!

Stop 'em! God bless it!

Okay.

♪ ... a good conversation ♪

♪ There's an ear for what you say ♪

- [TIRES SCREECH]
- ♪ Come on the rising wind ♪

♪ We're going up around the bend ♪

[SONG DISTORTS, FADES]

[WIND WHISTLING]

My friends. I saw them.
You told me they were safe.

- They are not safe.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.

Uh, just give us a second, please.

Please.

Okay, okay, first... first things first.

We're not gonna let anything
happen to your friends, okay, kiddo?

I will personally make sure of that.

Did... Did you see where they were?

They were at... They
were at Max's house.

They're planning to k*ll him.

To k*ll Henry.

- [ELEVEN BREATHES SHAKILY]
- Okay. Okay.

This... Does this Max have a last name?

Max... Max Mayfield.

Okay. So here's what's gonna happen.

I have people in Hawkins, and I'm
gonna send some to Max Mayfield.

- And they will stop him...
- Her.

Stop her. And the rest of them

from whatever foolish, although
well-intentioned, mission

that they're attempting, all right?

No. No, do not send your men.

Send me.

Your friends are not prepared
for this fight, Eleven.

And neither are you.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

You must understand,

when One kills, he doesn't simply k*ll.

He consumes.

He takes everything from his victims.

Everything they are and
everything they ever will be.

Their memories, their abilities.

And we do not know where
he's been these lost years.

But if he has survived this long,

we can only assume

that he has grown in strength.

To underestimate him,

to act rashly,

would be very dangerous.

I don't want to upset you, Eleven.

What you've accomplished is
nothing short of a miracle.

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

You came to me broken.

And you've learned to walk again.

But if you want to stop One,

you will need to do more than walk.

You will need to do more than run.

You will need to fly.

And you're not ready.

My friends need me.

I've stopped him once. I will again.

I'm sorry. You can't.

It's impossible.

Nothing's impossible.

I can call Stinson. She's
got connections at Nellis.

That's two hours away.

And if we hustle, I'll bet we can
be in Hawkins before nightfall.

That would be a grave mistake.

Waiting would be an
even greater mistake.

What if One makes his move

before we've had a
chance to throw a punch?

Then what is the point of all this?

That's a risk we're
going to have to take.

We pushed her before
and look what happened.

She lifted a , -pound
t*nk into the g*dd*mn air.

You don't understand
what he's capable of!

Maybe you're right. Or maybe
you are overestimating him.

Either way, doesn't matter
because this is not our choice.

We agreed this was
not gonna be a prison.

We'll show her what this is,

what we can offer,

and then it is her choice
whether she wants to stay or go.

Right, Doc?

You may not agree with it,

but here she is, standing before us,

making a choice.

You're sure you wanna do this?

[DETERMINED SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

Okay. Pack your things,
say your goodbyes.

["FIRE AND RAIN" BY
JAMES TAYLOR PLAYING]

- [NANCY] How's it handle?
- [STEVE] Not half bad.

Considering that this is a...

house.

♪ Yesterday mornin' ♪
♪ They let me know you were gone... ♪

Yeah, it's...

it's silly, but I... I've actually...

I always had this dream that I'd
have this really... really big family.

I'm talking, like, uh,

a full brood of Harringtons.

Like, five, six kids.

- Six?
- Yeah. Six little nuggets.

Three girls, three boys.

[LAUGHS] And... and every summer,
I figured all of us Harringtons,

we would pack into something like this

and... just see the country.

You know, the Rockies, Grand Canyon,

maybe Yellowstone.

End up in some beachside
town in California.

Spend a week parked in the sand.

Learn how to surf or something.

That sounds nice.

Yeah?

[TENDERLY] Yeah.

Well, uh, except for the six-kid part.

That sounds like a total nightmare.

If only I had some practice.

All right. Fair.

That's fair.

♪ Oh, I've seen fire
and I've seen rain ♪

♪ I've seen sunny days ♪
♪ That I thought would never end ♪

♪ I've seen lonely times ♪
♪ When I could not find a friend ♪

[LUCAS] Hey.

♪ But I always thought ♪
♪ That I'd see you again... ♪

So I've been thinking,

two of the three of Vecna's victims
were seeing Ms. Kelley, right?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

So I figure there's a good chance

Vecna cursed another
one of her students.

We go back to her office.
We read all of her files.

Look for mentions of headaches,
nosebleeds, nightmares.

- We identify his most likely next victim.
- Lucas.

- We stake out his house...
- Lucas, stop.

We don't have time
for any of that, okay?

And even if we did,

even if your plan did work,

we'd be putting a
total stranger at risk.

A stranger who has no idea
what they're up against.

I do.

He uses my memories against me.

But... only my darkest memories.

- Same with Chrissy and Fred, right?
- Right.

It's like he only sees
the darkness in us.

So, I'll just run in
the opposite direction.

Run to the light.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

And maybe he won't be
able to find me there.

Now, how exactly do
you plan on doing this?

I'm not sure.

But it's my mind.

Not his, right?

So I should be able
to control where I am.

I just need to... push him away.

Find a happy memory and hide there.

Hide in the light.

You got a memory in mind?

Yeah.

It was a time when I was

the happiest.

Was I there?

[TENDER, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

That's presumptuous of you.

[CHUCKLES]

But yeah.

You might've been there.

Okay, but the second you start to lift,

I'm calling in Kate Bush.

- All right?
- [CHUCKLES] Okay.

- Deal.
- Deal.

- [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
- [WIND WHISTLING]

[GRUNTS]

Heh, come on. This way.

[IN RUSSIAN] If I get a whiff of
any funny business, smuggler...

I will not hesitate to k*ll you.

In fact... I am just looking
for a reason. Understand?

Are you a parrot, cop? You
keep repeating the same thing.

[IN ENGLISH] You were trapped
in a cell with this dull man

and you didn't take
opportunity to smother him.

[YURI TUTS]

[YURI VOCALIZING]

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Beautiful, yes?

Please tell me this
is another poor joke.

You said you had a plane.

- A plane!
- No, no, no.

I... I told you I could fly you home.

And Katinka can fly
you home, little bird.

She was named Katinka
after my first lover.

[LAUGHS] Katinka also had very
beautiful, very round buttocks.

Uh, mu... much like this.

[YURI LAUGHING WHEEZILY]

This cannot fly us to America.

Why not?

As long as winds are not too strong

and your m*llitary friends
do not sh**t us out of sky,

we can make it to the coast.

There, while we refuel,

we skin dip in ice-cold
water and wash off this muck.

- [JOYCE SCOFFS]
- Then we fly her rest of the way.

Happy ending.

Okay, what is the furthest
Katinka has ever flown?

For me, she is still
a virgin. [CHUCKLES]

Uh, not real Katinka. Goodness, no.

[WHEEZY LAUGHTER]

That Katinka, no.

But this Katinka, pretty much unspoiled.

But I'm sure she will
soar when given a chance.

She just need little tune-up.

[TOOLS CLATTERING]

- I did warn you, Jim.
- [ANTONOV] Okay.

Should I sh**t him now? Or later?

What about Owens?

He... He's gotta have contacts
or spies here that could help us.

Can we do that?

Can we make a call to the States?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

- [LINE RINGING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[IN RUSSIAN] Yes, hello, miss.

I'd like to place a call to the
United States. A very sick relative.

[INDISTINCT RESPONSE]

Correct. Yes... The number is...

- [IN ENGLISH] The number?
- It's ...

- [ANTONOV TRANSLATING]
- ... ...

... .

[TRANSLATING INTO RUSSIAN]

[INDISTINCT RESPONSE]

Da, spasibo.

- [IN ENGLISH] What are you doing?
- How exactly do you think this works?

They will make the call for us,
and then they will call us back.

How long's that gonna take?

Five minutes. Five hours.

Five days. Who knows?

And when we do get the call,

assume the KGB will
be on the other line,

listening to everything you say.

So,

I suggest talking in code.

Say the wrong thing

and they will be on
us like flies on sh*t.

Welcome to the Soviet Union.

["ROCK AND ROLL, HOOCHIE KOO"
BY RICK DERRINGER PLAYING]

♪ Couldn't stop moving ♪
♪ When it first took hold... ♪

So much for avoiding angry hicks.

Let's be... fast.

- Yep.
- Definitely.

[PATRONS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

♪ Don't ya know I'm never gonna
lose that funky sound?... ♪

- How many of these do you think we need?
- Five or six.

[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING]

What are you gonna do? Stand and gawk?

Shut up.

- Ah!
- [YELPS]

- Jesus, you scared me.
- [CHUCKLES]

Whoa. You gonna mace me with that?

[VICKIE] If it keeps you in line, yeah.

[BOY SCOFFS]

[MUSIC TURNS MELANCHOLIC]

See? Not so scary.

[STEVE] Robin. Robin!

Who's that?

Someone from band.

[g*n COCKS LOUDLY]

How much is this?

$ . , but I'll throw in
rounds of buckshot for ya.

[JASON] Hey, can I see this
real pretty . , please?

- [UNCOMFORTABLE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [CLERK] Sure thing.

- Here you go, son.
- Thank you.

Nancy Wheeler.

Wouldn't expect to find you here.

Yeah, well, it's just... scary times.

[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]

[CART SQUEAKS]

I'm... sorry about Chrissy.

Want my advice?

Shotguns are not good for much of
anything past k*lling small birds.

I mean, they got power, sure,

but not much range.

And that's just gonna force
you into close-range combat,

then someone can just grab
that barrel like this...

[OMINOUS STINGER]

... and redirect it.

[CART SQUEAKING]

[THREATENING STINGER]

Well, you look nervous.

Like I said,

scary times.

Now, your brother, he, uh...

is he here with you, by chance?

Mike?

Mike.

No.

I only ask because he's...

he's in Hellfire, isn't he?

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- What about his friends?

They here with you?

Would you let go?

[FORCEFULLY] Let go.

What the hell is taking so long?

[DRAMATIC STINGER]

- What happened?
- Gotta go.

- Your old friends are here.
- sh*t!

- Let's go! Let's go!
- I'm going! I'm going! Sit down!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Should be up on our right.

There's nothing out here.

[VAN JITTERING]

[SLEEPILY] Mmm. We there already?

- Already? It's been nine hours.
- It's gotta be around here somewhere.

What are we looking for, my dudes?

- Some sort of facility.
- A fence. A building.

Any signs of life would be nice.

Since when did we decide Nina was
a building and not a small woman?

Sounds like a small woman to me.

It's not a small woman.

Small woman out in this
desert would be hard to see.

- How is he still high?
- Sure you got your measurements right?

Yes, they're right.

- You're %, right?
- Yes.

Maybe latitude and longitude are wrong.

- Are you really questioning Suzie?
- She's a genius, Jonathan.

- Even geniuses make mistakes.
- Well, she didn't.

If that small woman is small enough,
she could fit behind a small tree.

Stop! Just...

[BRAKES SCREECH]

- Ouch.
- What are you doing?

I am stopping us
before we get more lost.

[DRAMATIC STINGER]

- [JONATHAN] Give me the coordinates.
- [WILL] Um, okay.

Longitude is degrees,
five minutes, and ...

Slow down. Slow down.

[BIRD CAWS]

Nina!

Nina.

Nina?

[ECHOES] Nina!

[CHUCKLING] Holy macaroni.

All right. You just go straight
down. Like, straight... straight...

Right on the money, as I said.

- It just doesn't make sense.
- [ARGYLE] Yo, dudes!

My dudes!

Jesus Christ.

Come check this sh*t out!

What is it?

Gotta see it to believe it, my dudes!

Come on! Hurry!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Pronto!

Okay.

So no small woman named Nina.

But you said any signs
of life, am I right?

- Right.
- Well,

these are no regular
tire tracks, brochachos.

I mean, look at the
tread on these monsters.

They're fatties. And
you know what that means.

m*llitary.

We gotta go.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, I wouldn't do it if I
didn't think she was ready.

But either way, I don't think
we have any other choice.

- Do you?
- No, I don't.

Yeah.

- It might take me some time though.
- Just... As fast as you can.

It's gonna take us two hours
to get to Nellis as it is.

And, Ellen, one more favor.

Can you send somebody over
to a Max Mayfield's house?

There are some kids there that
just need looking after, okay?

- [LINE CLICKS]
- Ellen? Hello?

- [DIAL TONE DRONING]
- Sam? Hello?

[DOOR OPENS]

[THREATENING MUSIC PLAYING]

Why the long face, Doc?

We just wanna talk.

[MUSIC SWELLS, FADES]

[MOMENTOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR CLANGS]

No! Wait!

No! No!

[DOOR LOCKS]

[PANTING]

What...

[BRENNER] You can't leave, Eleven.

[DISTRESSING STINGER]

Where is Dr. Owens?

Dr. Owens had a change of heart.

I know you wish to go to him,

and there's nothing I can do to stop you

from forcing open that door.

But if my men hear you coming,

they will k*ll him.

- [OWENS GRUNTS, STRAINS]
- [HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

And alone, you will never find your way

out of this desert to your friends.

Here's what we're going to do.

You and I are going to
complete our work together.

And when I decide that you are ready,

we will return to Hawkins, together.

Papa and daughter.

[EXHALES] Why are you doing this?

Because there's no other choice.

There is a choice.

Only one that is right.

And you make the right choices?

I try.

Did you make the right choice with Mama?

Four-fifty.

[ELECTRICITY HUMS]

Your mother was sick, Eleven.

She was a danger to
herself and to others.

She brought a g*n into the
hospital. She k*lled a man.

Hospital?

No.

A prison.

Everything I have done
was for your own good.

For your own protection.

And Henry?

[CHILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

You kept Henry in that lab.

With the children.

Was that for our good?

Was that a right choice?

I had no idea what Henry would do.

I cared for you.

I loved you. I loved all of you.

Even Henry?

Yes.

I was trying to help Henry,
to understand him. Yes.

Yes, I cared for him.

Even after what... what he did?

Yes.

Because I knew I had failed him.

So this morning,

you said you believed he was
always alive in the darkness.

Is that why I was
searching the darkness?

[EERIE SNARLING]

Was I looking for him? For Henry?

No. No.

We were focused on the Soviets.

You knew that.

"Papa does not tell the truth."

Henry said that.

And now you trust Henry?

Henry, who's manipulated
you like some puppet?

You are the one who
released him from his prison.

You.

And now you are angry with yourself

and you're taking your anger out on me

and you're risking everything.

No.

No, you.

You have risked everything!

You have lied!

You made me look for him!

- [DEMOGORGON SNARLS]
- [SCREAMS]

The gate.

[WALL CRUMBLING]

The Mind Flayer.

[INSIDIOUS HISSING]

So many dead.

- [ALL SCREAMING]
- [BONES CRACKING]

And all because of you.

Because you could not stop.

You could not let him go.

I came here to try and
understand who I was.

To see if I...

if I was the monster.

[GROANING]

[SHOCK PRODS SPARKING]

Papa!

And now I know the truth.

It is not me.

It is you.

You

are the monster.

I am going to open that door,

and I am going to leave

with Dr. Owens.

If you try to stop me, I will k*ll you.

[DETERMINED SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

- [LIGHTS BUZZING]
- [DOOR GROANING]

[ELEVEN YELLS]

- [STARTLING STINGER]
- [YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

You'll soon see the truth, Eleven.

[ELEVEN SCREAMS]

[BRENNER GRUNTS, SCREAMS]

[DISTORTED SCREAMING]

Ah!

[DISTORTED AUDIO]

[DISTRESSING MUSIC BUILDING]

[MUSIC CLIMAXES]

Is this legal?

Actually, I think it's a felony.

Right.

But it guarantees one thing.

I won't miss.

[METAL CLANGS]

- [DUSTIN] How's she feeling?
- Light. But durable.

Deadly.

- But reliable.
- [DUSTIN CHUCKLING]

[DRAMATICALLY] Hear me now.

There will be no more retreating...

[IN REGULAR VOICE] ...
from Eddie the Banished.

Hey, you're really ready for bat-tle.

[CHORTLES]

You get it?

"Bat-tle."

B-A-T.

No? [GROANS]

I thought I had a good one.

[BRIGHT, HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

What are you doing?

- [EDDIE GRUNTS]
- You son of a bitch!

[DUSTIN] No wedgies! No wedgies!

Never change,

Dustin Henderson.

Promise me?

I wasn't planning on it.

Good.

- Good.
- Good. [LAUGHS]

Hey, Sinclairs.

How are those, uh...
those spears coming on?

Flip that damn thumb around.

What?

It's too loose, Lucas.

This isn't a basketball game

where they blow the whistle
when your shoes fall off.

Okay, okay, for the record,

my shoes never fell off.

Okay, for the record,

it's kinda hard for
your shoes to fall off

when you're riding the bench.

Yet, for some reason,

you show up to every game.

Mmm, except the one that mattered.

Plus, Mom and Dad forced me.

Bull. Mom and Dad can't
force you to do sh*t.

Well, even though you're
a bench-riding loser,

you're still my brother.

Just the facts.

- [STEVE] It just doesn't make sense.
- What doesn't make sense?

That was Dan Shelter. He
graduated, like, two years ago.

- So?
- So he's in college.

Which means he was
visiting on spring break.

Fast Times was returned,
like, I don't know, a week ago?

Right? Unless she's got some
horndog brother we don't know about.

Which is possible.

Or she's just really
into Judge Reinhold?

- Steve.
- Nah.

- What?
- I don't care.

I don't understand why you do either
with everything that's going on.

Honestly, this feels like a perfect time

for that little pull
of the rug because...

in the face of the world ending,
the stakes of my love life

feel spectacularly low.

Yeah. I mean, I get you there,

but... I still have hope.

- Not everything has a happy ending.
- Yeah, yeah, believe me, I know.

[ROBIN CHUCKLES]

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm not talking about failed romance.

I just...

I have this terrible,

gnawing feeling that...

it might not work out for us this time.

You think we shouldn't be doing this?

I think we're mad fools,
the lot of us, but...

[SIGHS] ... but if we
don't stop him, who will?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

We have to try, right?

Yeah.

To k*lling Vecna.

Slash Henry.

- Slash One.
- [BOTTLES CLINK]

[LOW, MENACING THRUMMING]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[PANICKED BREATHING]

[BRENNER] It's only
a precaution, Eleven.

I never intend to activate it.

[CHILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

I very much hope

our fighting has come to an end.

[WHIMPERS]

Shh.

- Shh.
- [WHIMPERS]

I know.

You're angry with me.

But it was the only way.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

The best way.

[ALARM BLARES]

[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]

- What's going on?
- [SOLDIER] It's Sullivan.

They found us.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOLDIER] Go, go, go!

[ALARM CONTINUES]

Three! Two! One!

[MUFFLED expl*si*n]

- Go to the back!
- Get moving!

- Move out!
- Go!

- Get 'em out of here!
- No more time!

Evacuate now!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC HALTS]

[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING RHYTHMICALLY]

[EERIE CRACKLING]

[LOUD BOOM]

[INTENSE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOLDIER ] Move!

[SOLDIER ] Steady! Fire!

[b*ll*ts RICOCHETING]

Eleven, we have to go.

- What is happening?
- They've come to k*ll you.

[g*nf*re IN DISTANCE]

[PA SYSTEM] Evacuate
immediately. Please proceed...

- [SOLDIER ] Clear.
- [SOLDIER ] Clear!

Quarter and search by twos.
Hicks, take the upper level.

Yes, sir.

[INTENSE SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES]

Sir?

We found something
you're gonna wanna see.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

[SULLIVAN] Well, well.

And what happened here?

Hmm?

Are Mommy and Daddy fighting?

Okay.

Let's try this again, shall we?

Where's the girl?

[BRENNER GRUNTS]

[WIND RUSHING]

[BRENNER GRUNTS]

[SHARP WHOOSHING]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GRUNTS]

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

[MENACING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]

[g*nsh*t]

Where do you think you're going, Doc?

[g*nsh*t]

- Why don't you give 'em some lead?
- I got it.

[INTENSE MUSIC SWELLS]

[GRUNTING]

- [FLESH BURSTS]
- [BRENNER GRUNTS]

Down he goes.

- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
- [COUGHS]

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING, DISTORTED]

[g*n COCKS LOUDLY]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Victor-Two-Sierra, this
is Charlie-Lima-Golf.

Do you copy, over?

Victor-Two-Sierra, I copy, over.

We've got the target in our sights.

Requesting permission
to take the sh*t, over.

Jack, you don't have to do this.

It's over, Sam.

Wait! Wait! Wait! I
can put her in a coma.

A medically induced coma.

We have the dr*gs. We
can do it right here.

And we'll see if... if
these murders keep happening.

If you're right, the k*lling ends,
and you can pull the plug on her.

In fact, I'll do it myself.

But if you're wrong about this,

God, are we gonna need her.

Jack.

Don't do this.

I'm begging you.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

Take it.

You son of a bitch!

No! You son of a bitch!

Green light. Light her up.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[HORN HONKING]

Civvies. Five o'clock.

[HONKING CONTINUES]

The hell?

- There she is! There she is!
- Where?

- [MIKE] On the ground!
- What are those dudes doing on the ground?

- Is that blood, man?
- sh*t.

[ENGINE REVS]

Victor-Two-Sierra, we've
got a civvy headed our way.

- [RADIO BEEPS]
- Ignore it. Just take out the girl.

Copy that. Ignore the
civvy. Take the sh*t.

[INTENSE STINGER]

Found ya.

[METAL CREAKING]

[g*nsh*t]

- Hell are you doing? Hold her steady!
- I don't know, man. Something's wrong!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Jesus Christ.

[BLADES WHIRRING ERRATICALLY]

Holy sh*t!

sh*t!

[METAL GROANING]

[BLADES CONTINUE WHIRRING ERRATICALLY]

I'm losing her!

sh*t!

- sh*t!
- sh*t! I can't! I can't hold it!

[ELEVEN SCREAMS]

[SCREAM ECHOING]

[SLOWED-DOWN, DISTORTED WHIRRING]

- [SCREAMING]
- sh*t! sh*t! sh*t!

[PANTS]

[EPIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ELEVEN BREATHING HEAVILY]

[MIKE, MUFFLED] Eleven!

[MUSIC SWELLS]

Eleven.

[POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, Mike.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

It's really you?

It's me.

- I'm here.
- Okay.

Everyone's here.

[POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BOTH CRYING]

sh*t. sh*t. sh*t.

Oh sh*t.

Oh sh*t. Oh sh*t. Oh sh*t. sh*t!

Eleven.

You... Are you okay?

- I'm okay. [TITTERS]
- Okay.

Hey, guys. We gotta go.

We gotta get you outta here.

[COLLAR UNCLASPS]

[MUSIC FADES]

[COLLAR CLINKS]

[WIND RUSHING]

[THUD ECHOES]

Papa.

Eleven.

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

I want you to know

I'm proud of you.

So very proud.

You

are my family.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

My child.

[BRENNER GASPS]

[GENTLE, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

I've only ever

wanted to help you.

To protect you.

[BRENNER STRUGGLING]

Everything I did,

I did for you.

I need you to understand.

Please tell me you understand.

[GENTLE, EMOTIONAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

Please.

Goodbye, Papa.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[WIND WHISTLING]

[HOPEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

- We need to get to Hawkins.
- I know. And we will.

But we need to get you somewhere
safe. Gonna be people behind us.

No, Mike, we need to
get to Hawkins tonight.

We'll never make it.
That's over , miles.

We need to find a way.

If we don't, they are going to die.

Who's gonna die?

El, who's gonna die?

["SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS
APART)" BY JOURNEY PLAYING]

♪ Here we stand ♪

♪ Worlds apart, hearts broken in two ♪

♪ Two ♪

♪ Two ♪

♪ Sleepless nights ♪

♪ Losing ground ♪

♪ I'm reachin' for you ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ You ♪

[MUSIC SWELLS POWERFULLY]

[RESOLUTE DRUM LINE PLAYS]

♪ Someday, love will find you ♪

♪ True love won't desert you ♪

♪ You know I still love you ♪

♪ Though we touched ♪
♪ And went our separate ways ♪

[MUSIC BUILDS TO DRAMATIC CLIMAX]

[MUSIC HALTS]

[OWL HOOTING]

[SINISTER OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING]