02x07 - Chapter Seven: The Golem

[bunniefuu]

[distorted "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Joy Division playing]

♪ Love, love will tear us apart ♪

[Nikki, echoing] Morning!

What we got cooking?

Order up!

You forget the strawberries, D-Man?

Who do you think you're talking to?

Wowie zowie, strawberry pancakes?
What's the occasion?

-Hollywood Squares!
-Hollywood Squares!

Channel 11's running a marathon all day.

Mm.

When did my daughter
become a 50-year-old man?

You're welcome.

Oh, get out of here!

[all laughing]

[heart beating rapidly]

[Anna shouting] How could you, Daniel?
You monster!

[vials rattling]

-[Nikki] Oh my God!
-[Will] Nikki!

Look out!

[Daniel exclaiming fearfully]

[kids shouting]

[Daniel] Please, no. No, no.

No! No, no!

No!

♪ Love, love will tear us apart ♪

[echoing] ♪ Again ♪

[screeching]

[panting]

[coughing]

[ominous music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[gasping]

[engine cranking]

[growling]

[Nikki] Morning!

[Daniel] Come on!

Come on!

[Nikki laughing]

If those same molecule structures can
somehow recreate a way back, then I can…

[Anna] Because you make me feel special.

Oh no, no, no, no, no!

[Daniel & Nikki] Hollywood Squares!

[exclaiming angrily]

[Anna] You monster!

[yelling]

I'm going to die here.

[shimmering]

[crying out]

[Anna, distorted] How could you, Daniel?
You monster!

[Daniel screaming] No! No!

[heartbeat pounding]

[heartbeat slows]

[heartbeat fades]

[distant screeching]

[synth theme music playing]

[music fades out]

The Lich is Daniel?

Wait, who's Daniel?

A biologist.

My mom's ex.

He was plant food. We all saw it.
El, are you sure it was him?

I am sure. His body is in the Upside Down,
but his mind is here.

It sounds like he's using his serum
to control plants,

project himself, or his consciousness,
through them, into them.

And into all these evil Pinocchios?

If he's been stuck in the Upside Down,

then he's probably looking
for a way to escape.

Okay, but how? How does all of this help
with any of that?

We don't need to know what his plan is
to know that it's hurting people.

We have to stop him
before he takes out the whole town.

We're gonna need to hunt him down.

Jeez, right into Rambo mode.
It never stops with you nerds.

Do those look like tracks to anyone else?

They just end here.

Has anyone got a clue?

That one heads north,
and that one goes east.

Does one of those sound like a better bet?

Well, H.I.C., buckle up,

because it looks like
we're splitting the party.

[Will groans]

I was in the Upside Down for a week
and barely survived.

I can't believe
he's been trapped there all this time.

Sounds like a waking nightmare.

Oof.

It is.

[Mike] You guys almost sound sad for him.

I mean, I'm definitely not happy about it.

I don't know that anyone deserves
what's happening to Daniel right now.

Did you forget
that he's been terrorizing Hawkins?

Or how about the fact
that he tried to k*ll us?

Yeah, dude. I was there, remember?

But that doesn't mean
I wish horrible things on him.

Maybe Daniel wasn't always evil, you know?

Like… Like, Darth Vader.

Darth Vader?

He's the bad guy in Star Wars.

I know.

He was not always evil?

She only saw the first movie.

I'm just saying,
somewhere inside this creature

is someone we know used to be human.

Darth Vader may have saved Luke,

but he still k*lled people.
He blew up a whole planet.

That was Grand Moff Tarkin.

Just remember that in the end,
the good guy won

because Luke Skywalker believed
there might still be good in his father.

[Eleven] His father?

Oh, um…

You seriously think a man like Daniel
can still have good in him?

I think the exit's ahead. Come on.

Ugh, if I never see a sewer again,
I'll be happy.

Maybe we should get up high.
I don't know, climb a tree?

If Daniel's left a trail,
then we might be able to spot it.

I don't think finding a trail
is gonna be a problem.

[foreboding music playing]

-[rustling in bushes]
-Huh?

[chittering]

[soft screeching]

[metallic clanging]

What in the world?

[straining] Ugh!

That place stunk like your breath,
Henderson.

Why is everyone always saying
I have bad breath?

Ah! [groans]

I got a splinter.

I told you to cover your hands.

-Mr. Henderson? Mr. Sinclair?
-[both] Ah!

Uh, hey, Mr. Mackie.
What brings you out this beautiful night?

Never mind me.
What were you all just doing in a sewer?

What were we doing? [chuckles awkwardly]

Um…

Lucas, would you kindly tell the gentleman

the perfectly good reason
we were in the sewer?

Well, since there were actually
a few good reasons for us to be in there,

it may be hard to narrow them all down
to just one, so…

Seems like you guys have a few things
to hash out.

We'll just be waiting over here.

To be fair,

we weren't so much in the sewer
as we were under the street.

Hmm.

[Mike] Dustin!

Dustin, come in!

Come in! Over!

Why aren't they answering?

[man screaming]

Oh my god.

[Will] Guys!

He is alive!

What could have…

[creaking]

[golem growling]

No way.

Gentlemen,
you're dancing around the point.

The sewer is no place
for unsupervised children,

no matter what precautions you might take.

You're right!
I guess we gotta spill the beans.

[Mr. Mackie] If there are beans,
then by all means, spill them.

You see, Mr. Mackie, uh…

If you can't see your way
to an explanation, gentlemen,

then perhaps a call to your parents
would provide one for me instead.

Well, it's like this.

We promised accuracy
in our history project, right?

Accurate facts, costumes…

And locations.

That's why.

We were scouting the sewer
as a double for the old silver mine.

[man struggling]

Help me!

[Nikki] D-Man!

It's me! It's… It's Nikki!

I know how scared you are.
I've been there, in that place.

I know how terrifying it is.

We know what happened to you.
You're trapped, somewhere horrible.

[Daniel screaming] No!

[Nikki] You're trapped.

[Nikki laughing]

D-Man, your tongue is green.

-No!
-[laughing]

[Nikki] I mean, hey, we're family, right?

Daniel!

I think it's working. Keep going.

But Daniel, this… this thing
you turned yourself into, it's not you.

You didn't want to hurt anyone before.
I know that.

Hurt…

Hurt, yeah. But you're hurting people now.

This isn't the way to save yourself.

No. You don't have to be a monster, okay?

[growling softly]

Daniel! You monster!

You can put that dude down.

You just need help.

So you were saying,
a double for the old silver mine?

Yeah. See, um,
we tried sh**ting in the real mine.

-[whispering] Help me! Help me!
-But it was too…

-[Mr. Mackie] Mm-hm.
-Too dark. It was too dark in there.

Do you boys hear something?

Nope. Not a sound.

[chuckling] My ears really must be
playing tricks on me,

because I also thought I heard you say

you were messing around
in the old silver mine.

-Yeah. Would it be a problem if we were?
-Hold still!

What do you mean, hold still?

Would it? Yes!
Weren't you listening in class?

Those tunnels are filled with natural gas.

If you kicked up so much as a spark,
the whole place would go up in flames.

Okay, are you certain
you boys don't hear anything?

-It sounds like a… a clicking.
-[metallic clicking]

[gasping]

What? Mr. Dandridge!
What on earth are you doing?

I'm saving your skin, you old--

He means we have to go. Now.

A little club soda should get that
right out, Mr. Mackie. See ya!

So, a bunch of evil pixies attack,
and that's fine.

But when your crackerjack compass breaks,
that's an emergency.

It's not broken.
It's just not facing true north.

What do you think? EM surge?

Oh, man.
We haven't seen one this big since…

Yeah.

But there's no way
he's strong enough, right?

I'm already sorry I asked,

but does anyone want to tell me
what the hell is going on here?

Mike, come in.

Code red. We have a code red.

[Nikki] Do you hear me?

Daniel, you just need help!

[Anna shouting] How could you, Daniel?
You monster!

[Daniel screaming] No!

[Nikki] You just need help!

I…

need…

[shouting] …fear!

Nikki! Watch out!

[all screaming]

[roaring]

[man] What happened? What is this?

Hey, are you…

Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.

[screaming]

What is that thing?

Sam!

[screaming]

[moans]

Where's El?

[golem moaning]

She's okay.

Nikki, whatever we say,
I don't think Daniel's gonna listen.

-Then…
-[footsteps pounding]

…he really is gone.

If this guy freaks out again,
he'll get us all dusted!

We have to get him out of here!

How? Daniel will flatten us
as soon as he sees us!

So he better not see us.

[growling]

Hey, guys, I have a plan.

And we're gonna need that.

Hey, El!

You ever watch Jaws?

[Eleven] Hey! Mouthbreather!

You ruined my Valentine's Day.

Hey, D-Man! Smile.

[golem screaming]

Now!

Oh no!

[Nikki] Hey! Incoming!

Come on! Come on! Get him to cover!

There!

Ah.

[screaming]

[screaming]

That was a bad move!

[screaming]

[screaming]

[grunting painfully]

I'll buy you some time.

El!

[Eleven straining]

No more!

[golem screaming]

[grunting]

Mike!

[grunting]

El!

[screaming]

You're…

afraid…

[Mike] El!

…for him!

[dramatic music playing]

Daniel, don't do this!

[screaming]

-No!
-No!

No!

Stop! Stop!

No! No, no, no, no!

Mike!

-El! Run!
-Come on!

No!

Mike!

[grunting]

It's gonna be okay.

[Eleven] Mike!

[sobbing]

I think this is it, guys.

Wait.

What is this place?

Is something wrong?

Nothing. It's just…

I feel like I've been here before.

The energy source should be
right around here.

That's it!

The night my uncle disappeared.

This is where I saw the ghost!

Where you saw Daniel.

As far as we know,
that was his first attack.

Maybe this spot means
something special to him.

Wait a second. You guys, look!

[energy crackling]

I don't know how,

but Daniel is definitely trying
to open a gate.

[sprites buzzing]

Is that…?

[Lucas] Come on! Take cover!

[ominous music playing]

Wait. Where are they going?

Oh no.

[music intensifies]

[synth theme music playing]