Stranger Things (2016) s05e03 Episode Script

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[GOO SPLATTERING]
[HOPPER GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING LOUDLY]
- [GASPING]
- [YELLING]
[WALL SHIFTING]
[SHOUTING] God damn it!
I closed the gate.
I can break through.
What are you doing?
I need food for my battery.
You had a fully charged
battery. You didn't make a dent.
No. We're not getting
through that thing,
whatever it is, not this way at least.
We have to.
We don't even know if
Holly's on the other side.
The trail could've gone
cold for a million reasons.
Battery.
Anything else?
Hey! I No, I don't
have anything else.
I was packing for a party
of one, a party of me.
You're lucky I'm sharing with you.
Try it.
You might like it.
Hmm?
[VEHICLES APPROACHING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
We gotta go.
[POWERING UP]
[PULSING]
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]
El?
You okay?
- [PULSING]
- What's wrong? You all right?
- [WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPING]
- Will, Robin, I need you to answer me.
I'm not mad. I just
need to know you're safe.
[WILL] Shit.
- Is that, uh
- Yeah.
- You think she saw us?
- [TIRES SQUEALING]
Yeah.
Get in.
I told you, I explicitly told you,
I didn't want him going
anywhere that's not safe.
And not only did you take him,
you cut off all communication.
Yes, I mean, in retrospect,
that was a bit inconsiderate.
Inconsiderate?
We really should've left a note.
Is this funny to you?
Oh. Sorry. It must be my tone.
My mother says I sound
perpetually insincere.
Okay, this is my son's
life you're playing with.
My son.
So next time I say I do not
want him leaving my side,
that means I don't want
him leaving my goddamn side.
I'm right here, Mom.
You know, you can talk to me, right?
And I'm not a kid anymore.
Will, I am still your mother.
- Doesn't mean you know what you're doing.
- What?
Your plan? It It sucked.
I'm sorry, but it did.
You only liked it because it was safe,
but we don't have time
for safe, not anymore.
We have to act, and we have to
take risks, and thank God we did.
Because my plan, it
it actually worked.
I spied on Vecna and tapped
back into the hive mind,
and we found out that Holly
was just the beginning.
Vecna is gonna take more kids.
I don't know why or what
he wants to do with them,
but now we know something we can
use against him, his next target.
So next time you order me to stay
by your side, I wouldn't count on it.
But, as I said, in the future,
we will try to leave a note.
We should go. We have to stop
Vecna. We don't have much time.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING, PLAYING]
- [ECHOING] Ready for the biosphere?
- Yes, I am.
Okay. Think about the difference
between land and water.
Okay, got it. Thank you!
[TEACHER] Hey!
[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SYNTH THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
[HENRY EXHALES]
You still thinking about your parents?
Yeah.
They are in the very best possible
hands, Holly, I assure you.
And I'm told that they are
improving with each hour that passes.
As soon as they're healed,
they'll join us here.
I I know.
- It's just
- You wish to be with them.
I understand.
But you cannot offer them
comfort in Hawkins, Holly.
The only comfort they have
is knowing you are here, safe.
With me.
Safe from the monsters.
I thought blackberries
might cheer you up a little.
They're your favorite, aren't they?
How did you know?
That they're my favorite?
Oh, it's, uh
It's just a hunch.
I'm good with hunches.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll make
chocolate chip pancakes.
- He loves those.
- Who does?
Your classmate, Derek.
Derek is coming here?
You don't like Derek very much, do you?
Should I just let the monsters eat him?
No. No, you can't you can't do that.
Well, how about this?
I will tell Derek
that if he misbehaves, or
if he hurts you in any way,
I will send him right back, and he
can face those monsters on his own.
How does that sound?
[HENRY CHUCKLES]
I expect to be gone most of the day.
While I'm out, you'll have the
whole house all to yourself.
The whole house?
Everything which is mine is yours.
But in return, I need you
to promise me one thing.
Something very important.
Do you think you can do that?
Yeah.
You must never,
under any circumstance, go out
into the woods. Do you understand?
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
Is that where the monsters live?
But they won't find you. That
is, as long as you don't
Don't try to find them.
You know, I'm very
glad I saved you first.
You're the brightest of them all.
Oh, and if you don't mind,
bring my mail in, won't you?
[LAUGHS]
How did you know?
A hunch.
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]
[FOREBODING MUSIC BUILDS]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]
Base, Alpha 1 checking in.
We're arrived at checkpoint
H, H for Hercules.
No sign of freak.
We'll recon this area, then
proceed to next checkpoint. Over.
[BASE] Alpha 1, Base. Acknowledge
your location at Hercules. Over.
Alpha 1, out.
Recon?
Meaning, I take a leak,
and you guys take five.
You heard the man.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
[ELEVEN MOANING IN PAIN]
[SIZZLING]
Some jackass messing
with the wall, Lieutenant?
Some jackass, yeah.
But not one of ours.
Come on.
Get on the hedgehog.
Yes, sir.
[WHIRRING]
[ELEVEN MOANING IN PAIN]
[PULSING]
[SCREAMING]
[PULSING INCREASES]
[MOANING IN PAIN CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Oh!
- Hey!
Come up! Come up!
Base, Alpha 1, we're taking enemy
fire. Need backup and air cover now.
- [GUN CLICKING]
- [SOLDIER] Move!
[TENSE MUSIC RISING]
[ELEVEN GRUNTING]
[HOPPER] Okay.
- [ELEVEN SCREAMS]
- [SOLDIER] Who's there?
[HOPPER GRUNTS]
[PULSING FADES OUT]
It looks like Robin
sent up the Bat-Signal.
Hey. I'm so sorry.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Here.
Holy shit.
Yep.
Bike crash. Flew headfirst
into a light post.
Look, I'm sorry about missing
the crawl, about everything.
It's not your fault.
Don't beat yourself up.
Yeah, looks like he already did.
- Is that broken?
- I dunno.
- Let me
- Don't touch it. Why
- I wasn't I wanted to
- You were going to.
Hey, this isn't a social
call, kiddos. Let's go.
[STEVE] Derek?
Derek Turnbow?
As in the Turnbow family?
Like Turnbow Realty?
The one and only.
Whole family's a menace.
[NANCY] How can you be sure?
Sure that Derek's the next target?
Because I saw.
I've learned that when I'm
close enough to the hive mind,
I can tap into it, into Vecna's mind.
I can see who he's targeting.
The first time it happened,
I saw through Holly's eyes
the same day she was taken.
And this morning, it happened again.
Only this time, I wasn't Holly.
- [KID] What the hell?
- I was someone else.
- Watch where you're going, dipshit.
- [DEREK] Suck a fat one!
I was Derek Turnbow. I'm positive.
Hold on. I'm a little lost.
Shocking.
Were you seeing through the
eyes of of Vecna or of Derek?
Both.
I I was Vecna,
but inside Derek's mind.
[ROBIN] Vecna's like a
psychic serial killer.
He stalks his victims, but he
does it by invading their minds.
That's what he did with Chrissy and Max.
Yeah, but the way he's doing
it this time is different.
We did some digging at the hospital.
It turns out that before he took Holly,
Vecna stalked her.
But he didn't appear as
Vecna. He appeared as Henry.
As a friend.
We think he was trying
to earn her trust.
Now, why he went to all
that trouble, we don't know.
But I highly doubt his
long-term goal is friendship.
Whatever it is, whatever he's planning,
we have to stop him.
And we have to save Derek.
[WILL] The Turnbows live here.
We wait in a van across the street.
As soon as they're asleep,
we move in, we grab Derek,
and we take him to here,
the McCorkle farm. It's completely
isolated. It's abandoned.
The only thing is, we need to make sure
he doesn't see us or know where he is.
So we'll need to blindfold him.
Wait. Hold on. What?
So that Vecna can't find him.
Yeah. What, and Mom, you're okay
with just kidnapping a child?
No, we're saving a child via kidnapping.
And yeah, it's fine, I think.
Yes. Now's not the time
to play it safe, Jonathan.
[DUSTIN] If I may,
though I'm not morally opposed to
any of this, there are a few holes.
Yeah. Like what if Derek falls asleep
before the Demogorgon attacks him?
That's one.
Or what if Derek wakes up before
we grab him, alerts his family?
- We'll go to jail.
- [DUSTIN] There's another.
But the third and most gaping hole is
even if by some miracle
this plan even works,
Holly's still missing.
Hop and El, still MIA.
This doesn't bring us any
closer to finding Vecna.
This plan just buys
us and Derek some time.
That's it.
[MIKE] Not necessarily.
There might be a way.
A way to save Derek and find Holly.
This is Derek.
And this is the rest
of the Turnbow family.
We're gonna need to recruit
someone that the family trusts,
someone that can gain
access to the house.
This person will knock the family out.
Then we'll extract the family.
Knock them out?
Well, safely. With
sleeping pills or something.
I might know where we
could get some benzos.
Those things could knock
an elephant on its ass.
[MIKE] Perfect. That way if Vecna spies,
he'll just assume Derek
is fast asleep in bed.
He'll send his Demos to grab him.
Only he won't find Derek. He'll find us.
And we'll be ready.
We'll get Murray to
supply us with the traps.
We'll burn the sucker. Send him
scampering home to its master,
but not before we stick
him with one of these.
We'll track the Demo
across the Upside Down
in the Squawk van just
like we did with Hopper.
And if we're lucky, the Demo
will lead us back to its lair,
to Vecna,
to Holly.
Holes?
["I THINK WE'RE ALONE
NOW" BY TIFFANY PLAYING]
Children behave ♪
That's what they say
when we're together ♪
[HOLLY SINGING ALONG]
'Cause what would they say ♪
If they ever knew and so we're ♪
[ROOSTER CROWING]
Running just as fast as we can ♪
Holdin' onto one another's hand ♪
Tryin' to get away into the night ♪
And then you put your arms around me ♪
And we tumble to the
ground and then you say ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
[MUSIC CONTINUES IN DISTANCE]
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
[SONG FADES OUT]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[DOORBELL RINGS REPEATEDLY]
Henry?
[RINGING STOPS]
Derek, if this is you, it's
not funny, you barf bag!
[HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
[HOLLY] "I need your help."
"Meet me at the X."
"Henry."
East.
[MEDIC] Move aside. Coming
through! Make way, please!
You're gonna be okay,
man. Just hang in there.
[SOLDIER] Sir!
Orders?
Find who did this.
Bring them to me.
And I will disembowel
the son of a bitch!
[SOLDIER] Sir!
Let's go! Move out!
Got that Humvee hid pretty good.
If they don't know it's
missing yet, they will soon.
Got more birds.
They all got those
speakers, whatever they are.
I don't know how, but
seems like our military
friends found your kryptonite.
Hey.
Any movement from our guest?
Better not be brain-dead.
[ELEVEN] He peed on it.
What?
That soldier.
You said he peed on the big wall.
Yeah, no, I heard what you said.
I just don't know why
you're talking about it.
Maybe he knows what it is
or how to get through it.
That's highly doubtful.
What he will know, though,
is the schedule for
the next supply convoy,
which is our way out of this hellhole.
What happens then?
We go back, we tell everybody
what we saw, and we we
make a new plan.
The others? You think they'll
know how to get through the wall?
I don't know. Maybe, yeah.
They won't.
We'll be back to the first square.
- Square one.
- He peed on it.
Even if he knows something,
he's been trained to
resist interrogation.
The Russians took two
weeks trying to break me,
and they still couldn't.
We don't have two weeks.
We don't have two hours.
Convoy information, I might
be able to get out of him.
Classified information?
That's not gonna happen.
With my help, it will.
Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
I forgot about your extensive
training in interrogation tactics.
My battery's charged.
I don't see how that helps us.
- I can break him.
- El
Twenty minutes.
You get to ask him about the convoy.
You get what you want,
then I get what I want.
Compromise. "C-O-M-promise." Remember?
Halfway happy.
- [BANGING]
- [LIEUTENANT] Hey, what is this?
Get me outta here! Get
me the hell outta here!
You're a stubborn punk-ass.
You know that, right?
Einstein-Rosen bridges,
more commonly known as wormholes,
are often depicted in
an hourglass-like shape,
such as this.
While the existence of wormholes
is entirely theoretical,
they have captured the fascination
of scientists and science
fiction writers alike.
Can anyone tell me why that is?
Come on. This is easy. Just
What's neat about wormholes?
[SIGHS]
Okay. Erica.
Wormholes are neat
because they allow matter to travel
between galaxies or dimensions
without crossing the space between.
Yes. Exactly right.
Again.
And, uh, just think of all
the places mankind could go.
Another galaxy.
- Another time, even.
- [MOUTHING]
- So why aren't we doing it now?
- [MOUTHING]
If wormholes did exist, they
would be extraordinarily unstable.
Their enormous gravitational
force would rip them apart
at the very moment they formed. Now
You have 60 seconds to explain why
you interrupted my favorite class.
Erica, this is really serious.
57, 56
It's hard to explain
everything in 56 seconds.
But basically, everything went
bad at the crawl last night.
Wouldn't know. I wasn't invited.
- That's why I'm ex
- [MIKE SHUSHING]
That's why I'm explaining.
Things went bad at the crawl,
and a lot of stuff happened,
and now we think Tina's
little brother's in trouble.
That literally makes no sense.
And even if it did, why would I care
that Dipshit Derek is in trouble?
You're just gonna
have to trust us, okay?
And to help Derek, we're gonna need you
to get us into the Turnbow house.
- Tonight.
- Not possible.
Of course it is. Make
plans to hang out with Tina.
- Tina and I don't hang.
- You hang nonstop. She's your best friend.
- Was.
- Was?
- We are now enemies.
- Enemies?
- Arch.
- Since when?
Since PE class 12 days ago.
Then apologize for what
happened in PE class 12 days ago.
- No can do.
- Yes, can do.
All you have to do is use your mouth
to form a word that
rhymes with "starry."
I'd rather learn about
wormholes than apologize to Tina
and help you all save Dipshit Derek.
- Sorry.
- [WATCH ALARM BEEPING]
Time's up.
This isn't about saving
Derek. It's about saving Holly.
Vecna took her.
And yeah, now he's after Dipshit
Derek. But we have a plan.
A plan to both save Dipshit
Derek and find Holly.
But the plan is
It's a bit insane.
But after it's over,
I don't think Tina's gonna
wanna talk to you ever again.
Well, why the hell didn't
you just start with that?
Hi, Doris.
Oh! You here to see Mrs. Massey?
- You are just psychic, I'm telling you.
- I am. Thank you, baby.
- Thank you.
- Y'all go on back there.
Mm!
Who's Mrs. Massey?
My sweet granny who fell
down a flight of stairs
and broke nearly every
bone in her frail old body.
Oh God. I'm sorry.
Don't be too sorry.
She's not my real granny.
I use her name so I can visit Vickie.
I know it sounds unethical,
but I always bring her cookies,
and I think Mrs. Massey loves me more
than her own family at this point.
More importantly, she has got,
like, a mondo stash of benzos,
and her nurse is a slacker who
never locks the medicine cabinet.
[NURSE] this story I heard.
- Shit.
- Oh!
- What What are we doing?
- Hiding.
- Hiding? Right. Why?
- Down.
[ROBIN] Jesus, she talks so much.
- I know. I'm a hypocrite.
- I
We have to go!
I promised Vickie that I would
take her to Enzo's tonight,
and now I can't, obviously,
meaning I have to ditch her again
for reasons that she
just can't understand.
A massive fight will ensue,
and we'll never make it
to my fake granny's room.
I can't be the reason
Wheeler's plan fails.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Shoot. Stay low.
You know, you could
always just kiss her again.
I knew that was your goddamn bowl cut.
Yeah, I mean, they're
not that popular anymore.
Did I look like I knew
what I was doing at least?
I mean, yeah. To me.
I guess that's something.
So, how did you know
that, with Vickie, right?
How did you know that
Vickie wanted to
- Make out?
- to date?
Oh. Well, we volunteered together.
You know, there were, like, signals.
Signals?
Yeah, you know, like
a brush of the knee,
a bump of the elbow, a shared look.
It all just kind of accrued, like
a snowball rolling down a hill,
until it was obvious.
How obvious?
Let's say the, uh, snowball
became an avalanche.
[MAN WHEEZING]
Oh God, that looks awful.
[ROBIN] Sure does.
And he's in the same
wing as my fake granny.
- Meaning?
- Same slacker nurse.
Jackpot.
Jesus, we could knock out
half of Hawkins with this shit.
- Okay, load me up.
- Okay.
[MURRAY] Okay, so, I
couldn't get any ethanol,
but I was able to scrounge
up a gallon of acetone.
Be very careful.
You smoke a Virginia Slim
too close to this stuff,
it'll catch fire, okay?
Snare wire, various gauges.
A creepy, child-sized CPR dummy.
Its purpose a mystery to me.
Shotgun shells, per our
lovely lady's request.
Three 20-packs of water
balloons. Purpose also a mystery.
But I did take the liberty
of selecting the grenade style
as it felt thematically appropriate.
Do keep those far away from
these 3,000 feet of barbed wire.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, I almost forgot.
Some sparkling new spark
plugs for Bilbo Baggins.
Spark plugs, that's it?
I'm also giving out free hugs.
- You didn't get the turbocharger?
- No.
- The suspension kit?
- No.
- The aerodynamic spoiler?
- No.
It wasn't a goddamn
Christmas list, Murray.
That's exactly what it was.
And the fact that Santa Murray
scrounged all this up
in a single afternoon
and smuggled it into what is likely
the most heavily secured location
outside of the White House,
Fort Knox, and Area 51
is a goddamn Christmas miracle.
So, count your blessings,
hang some mistletoe, pucker up,
and kiss my jolly ass!
Thank you for the spark plugs.
- What are you doing?
- You gonna help or just stand there?
I'd rather not herniate
a disc over a lost cause.
Yeah, that's the attitude.
This van once stalled out
chugging up Pickett Road
like it was the Little
Engine That Couldn't.
It's not fast enough to keep up
with a Demo without
serious modifications.
What the hell do you
think I'm doing? Modifying.
A lighter van is a faster van.
If we're just tracking, we don't
need half of the crap in here.
Speaking of, can you go
empty the window washer fluid?
The window washer fluid.
That'll do it. Good job, Steven.
We should go back to the
agreement from yesterday.
- What agreement?
- The no-talking agreement.
["OH YEAH" BY YELLO PLAYING]
Oh yeah ♪
What are you doing?
Henderson, I'm using that.
Hey. You little shit!
I said I'm using that, man.
What are you Yo, hey!
Get off the Beamer, man. Get off!
You were right. For once.
We don't need half the crap
in there for our mission.
In fact, the only thing we really
need is a telemetry tracker,
which I can affix to any vehicle.
Henderson
Don't you touch her.
Henderson!
Henderson, I'm dead serious.
- No talking.
- Wait, wait, wait!
Hey, hey! What are you
No! What the
- Okay, transmitter?
- Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Children. Children.
- What are we doing?
- What does it look like?
Well, it looks like you're loading
my telemetry tracker
into a shotgun shell
in what I presume are the hopes
of firing it into an
interdimensional being.
You told me that these transmitters
were designed specifically
to withstand harsh conditions.
Blasting it out of a shotgun into
some beast isn't a harsh condition.
It's deadly.
If the heat from the exploding gunpowder
doesn't destroy the transmitter,
the force from the recoil will.
And is that a fact
or a theory?
A theory.
Oh. Okay.
[TRANSMITTER BEEPING]
Let's test it then.
[MURRAY] What's her deal today, huh?
Her deal?
Yeah.
Her sister is missing.
Her parents almost died.
- Sure, sure. But what about, you know?
- No, I don't.
Coltrane, Love Supreme.
- Did you give it a whirl?
- Yeah.
- And?
- It was very nice.
- And?
- What? Thank you?
Christ, man! You haven't
done it yet, have you?
I thought you were desperate,
that things were stagnating,
that your mating
competition was making moves.
- [JONATHAN] Whoa!
- Hey!
Whatever you two are conspiring
about back there, please do it later.
Our apologies, milady.
And hurry up. We don't have all day.
Why the delay?
Have you forgotten the fact
that her sister is missing and
her parents are in the hospital?
Could one ask for better conditions?
The death of a loved one is the
painful but necessary reminder
that life is delicate, precious,
that one must not take
those around us for granted,
that one must strengthen bonds.
I mean, hell, man,
the two of you were brought together
by shared trauma in the first place.
This is the stuff of fate, of destiny.
So, if not for your sake, then for mine.
Grow some balls and get
it over with already.
Hey! If you don't shut
up right now, Santa,
I swear to God I will shoot this
tracker into your potato sacks.
I'm a good enough shot to hit any mark,
no matter how small.
Jesus.
Now set up my target.
Okay.
[GUN COCKING]
Quite large, actually.
My potato sacks.
Hmm.
[BEEPING]
[NANCY SIGHS]
Well, would you look at
that, Santa? Another miracle.
At the very least,
couldn't hurt her mood.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[HOPPER] Hey!
How's the head?
You'll get nothing out of me.
So if you're gonna kill me, get to it.
It's tempting.
But no.
Just need a little information, okay?
I need to know about that fleshy wall.
Don't know a thing about
it. I'm just a grunt.
A grunt? [LAUGHING]
Is that funny to you?
Let me get this straight.
You're telling me you just,
like all the other boots on the ground,
came to Hawkins to direct traffic
and save kitty cats out of trees.
- You're just a red, white, and blue grunt.
- That's what I said.
I used to be a grunt.
So I know the difference.
You're something else.
Some kind of special forces puke.
I used to have to put up
with guys like you in Nam.
Guys who cut the ears off enemy corpses,
make a necklace out of them.
Pretty sick, you ask me.
Grunt, my ass. You're one
of Sullivan's attack dogs.
You're the psychos he
lets slip off the leash
when he wants to, I don't
know, go into the desert
and massacre a group
of unarmed scientists
all in the pursuit of one little girl.
Little Little girl?
She's a freak!
She took down a helicopter
just by looking at it.
I had friends in that Huey, man.
Oh my God! My heart is breaking for you.
You, whoever you are, you
just took out more of my guys,
so go to hell.
I'm already there. Look around you.
I gotta tell you something
about this old ex-grunt.
Those guys I killed, I'd kill
them a hundred times over.
I'd kill a thousand guys like you
to protect the one person that I love.
[CLANGING]
[HOPPER] All right.
So you don't know about the wall, huh?
Who does?
Dr. Kay?
- Who?
- Kay.
The one that even
Sullivan takes orders from.
- Don't know who you're talking about.
- Really?
Then why'd you tell us her name?
What?
Her name. You told us her name.
Us?
That little girl you're looking for?
She's rooting around in that
tiny brain of yours as we speak.
She can see everything.
Everything you've ever thought,
everything you've ever seen.
So you might as well start talking.
'Cause if you don't give me
answers, she'll find them.
So why don't we save some time?
Where do I find Dr. Kay?
I I don't know where she is.
You can lie to me all you
want. You can't lie to her.
- I'm not lying to you.
- Yes, you are.
You know this Dr. Kay. Where is Dr. Kay?
I don't know
[GROANING]
[ECHOING] Is it really necessary
to take these lashings
from Kay in person?
Just shut up and drive, Akers.
There's a base in the Upside Down.
Gable Ridge Road.
- Gable Ridge Road Base.
- What the hell is she doing to me?
I don't exactly know how it works,
but I know it's probably not a good idea
to have her rooting
around there for too long.
What was this meeting about
with you and the good doctor?
The freak. She wants the freak.
That's her mission. That's all I know.
[AKERS GROANING]
You have one more month,
Lieutenant Colonel.
Then I find someone else
to lead this operation.
[LT. COLONEL] Thank you, ma'am.
Akers, let's go.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[LOCK BEEPING]
[ELEVEN] There's a door at the end.
Big, metal,
like a vault.
There's a door, a big door,
secure door, down a
corridor, down a hallway.
- What's behind that door?
- I don't know.
What's behind that door?
I told you I don't know. God!
There's something back there.
He doesn't want me to see.
[GROANING LOUDLY]
- My head! My head!
- Hey, I can make it stop.
What's behind the door?
Secret shit. I don't know.
Just get the freak out, man.
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I can make it stop, but
you gotta tell me the truth.
What's behind that door?
Does it have something
to do with the wall?
I told you I don't know.
Come on! What's behind the door?!
[CREAKING]
I swear to God, I don't know!
Just get her out of my
head! Get her out of my head!
[SCREAMING]
[HOPPER] Hey, hey, hey!
Hey!
[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Hey! Hey!
What the hell was that? What happened?
- El, are you all right? El?
- [MUSIC FADES OUT]
Kryptonite.
What?
I heard it behind the
door, louder than before.
The doctor's keeping someone there,
someone powerful like me.
It has to be.
It has to be what?
The military,
they have him.
[FOREBODING MUSIC BUILDING]
They have Vecna.
It doesn't make sense.
Henry said never to go
into the woods. Never, ever.
Why am I talking to you anyways?
You're a pop star. What
do you know about monsters?
[AGGRAVATED GROANING]
What would you do?
[HOPEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC TRAILS OFF]
Stupid.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[GAME BEEPING]
[DOOR OPENING]
It smells like ass in here, dipshit.
Probably from all my farts.
Disgusting.
Mom wants you down for dinner.
Mom can suck a fat one.
[GRUMBLES]
Hey!
Tina! Give it back, Tina!
[TINA LAUGHING]
Tina!
Ah, ah, ah. Enough.
How many times must I repeat myself?
This home is not a playground.
[DOORBELL RINGING]
Derek, wash up. Tina, get
the door, and be polite.
Unless it's a Mormon.
Or a Democrat.
Listen, I know you
probably hate me right now,
but I thought you might
want your favorite pie.
And also, I just wanted
to say that I'm sorry.
[SNIFFLING] I'm so sorry, Tina.
[DUSTIN] She's in.
She's in.
Hey. What
Sinclair, come in. Do you copy?
Yep, this is Sinclair. Copy. Go ahead.
Sinclair, I'm confused. I thought
your sister said that Tina was mean.
Oh, no, no. She's not
mean. She's a villain.
Kill the puppies for a
fur coat kind of villain.
Trust me.
How long before the drugs kick in?
- Depends how much pie they eat.
- And how fast they eat it.
- What they had for lunch.
- [MIKE] Caffeine intake, alcohol intake.
It's a lot of variables.
Yeah, what could go wrong, right?
Aside from everything.
- [CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [TURNBOW PARENTS LAUGHING]
Aw, you know, I'm so
happy you girls made up.
We've missed you,
Erica. Haven't we, dear?
- We missed this pie, that's for sure.
- Hmm.
Now, Erica, you've done
something different this time.
Sorry?
Your pie. It's got a little
something extra tonight.
A little hint of
Nutmeg.
Nutmeg! Of course.
Brilliant. Brilliant.
Brill Brilliant.
Tina, aren't you gonna try some?
Oh, I wish. Looks super good.
Just gotta watch those
calories, you know.
Fatty McFatFat.
Derek, remember what we talked about.
If you don't have something
nice to say, don't say it at all.
[SLURRING] This is how you
alienate your spears, Derek.
My spears?
Your spears. Sph Spheres. Peers.
Holy shit, Dad's wasted again.
Derek. Please, language.
Well, I used a low-fat creamer,
so you can enjoy guilt-free.
Thanks, but I'm just not hungry.
But I made it for you.
I said I'm not hungry.
Just a bite or two.
- [TINA] Okay, why are you being so weird?
- What?
Why do you care so much
if I eat your stupid pie?
Because it's for you.
Oh my God. It's because
you want me fat, isn't it?
- Girls, please.
- Why would I want you fat?
Because you're still
jealous of me and Josh,
and you wanna sabotage our
chances of being together.
[ERICA] I was never
jealous of you and Josh.
- Then how do you explain PE?
- It was an accident.
Ken, where are you going?
I'm not feeling good.
It wasn't an accident.
[ERICA] It was dodgeball. In
dodgeball, you throw balls at people.
[TINA] Not that hard.
You gave Joshy a black eye.
Now he won't even look at me.
[ERICA] That's stupid.
You didn't throw the ball.
[TINA] It doesn't
matter. He associates us.
He associates us. And
you humiliated him.
He humiliated himself by
crying like a goddamn pussy.
- [MRS. TURNBOW GASPING]
- [CACKLING LOUDLY]
Ken?
Oh my God.
Mommy!
[CACKLING SLOWS TO A STOP]
Mom.
Erica, call 911! Erica!
Mom, wake up.
Erica!
Mommy, wake up. Daddy.
Erica, I told you to call 911.
And I told you to eat your damn pie.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[MARKER SQUEAKING]
[PUMPING]
[TRANSMITTER BEEPING]
[GUN COCKING]
[MUSIC ENDS]
- This is gonna work.
- It better work.
It's not like we're
conspicuous or anything.
[ROBIN] Hey. Talk to me, guys.
How's it looking out there?
It's boring.
[STEVE] How are the Turnbows holding up?
They're still in their "food comas,"
but I swear to God,
this Demo better show.
If we took out an entire
family for nothing,
- my conscience will never recover.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I thought you quit.
Quit what?
[BOTH LAUGH]
Pretty smooth.
Thanks.
Where's your coat?
It's in the barn.
Well, you should get it if
you're gonna be out here.
Mom,
about this morning
Will, it's fine.
No, no, it's not.
I shouldn't have talked to you that way,
and I was a jerk, and I'm sorry.
Honey, I'm sorry too.
I know I can be
I can be a lot.
That's not true.
It's just, when I couldn't
find you this morning
I don't know.
[JOYCE TAKES A DEEP BREATH]
I think about that night all the time.
The night it came for you,
the night all this started.
- [EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]
- I wasn't even home.
My shift ran late.
When I finally do get
home, what do I do?
I smoke cigarettes, drink cheap wine,
and watch Cheers
reruns until I pass out.
I didn't know you were
missing for eight hours.
Mom, what happened to
me, it's not your fault.
Eight hours.
What kind of mother doesn't
check on their 11-year-old boy?
[ROBIN] That is ridiculous!
The jury's still out on your new friend.
She certainly is interesting.
But one thing I know for sure,
she's not your mom.
She hasn't seen what I've seen,
and I am not gonna look away.
Not again. Not until this
is over, and you're safe.
You don't have to look away, Mom.
I I just I need you to trust me.
I do trust you, Will.
But, you know, trust
is a two-way street.
Even though my plan last
night kind of sucked
- Kind of?
- Hey!
[BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY]
Let's get your coat on.
It's a lot harder to save the
world if you have the sniffles.
So, like, what kind of criminals
does your uncle defend exactly?
You know, are they, like,
white-collar criminals?
Because that does seem like
a Harrington thing to do,
like, defend rich douchebags.
And in this situation,
I think that the rich douchebags
would be coming for us.
[CRACKLING]
[ROBIN] Steve?
Steve? Are you there?
Yeah, I hear you. Just stop talking.
I think we've got company.
[DARK MUSIC PLAYING]
Moving south down Arlington,
T-minus 30 seconds.
South down Arlington,
T-minus 30 seconds.
Status check. Taggers?
In position and set. Launcher?
Set. Catcher?
Set. Trackers?
Set. Let's do this thing already.
It's inside.
Minimize chatter.
It's inside. Keep your traps shut.
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING ERRATICALLY]
[DARK MUSIC RISES]
[DEMOGORGON GROWLING]
[DEMOGORGON CLICKING]
[SNARLING]
[ROARING]
Catch this!
[DEMOGORGON SHRIEKING]
[LUCAS SCREAMS]
Get him!
Now!
Nancy!
Nancy! Hurry! Come on!
Get him, Mike! Get him,
Mike! Mike, get him! Get him!
[LUCAS] Ah!
It flipped! It flipped!
Signal acquired. Headed our way.
How close?
Dustin, how close?
- [ELECTRICITY BUZZING ERRATICALLY]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Shit.
- [BOTH YELLING]
- Jesus Christ!
[JONATHAN] Where is it?
Hold your horses.
Bearing northwest and fast.
- Oh, come on.
- Demo tagged and released.
Trackers in pursuit. Repeat,
trackers in pursuit. Hit it!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
All right, signal
holding. Just keep steady.
Holding. Turn right.
- Right?
- Right! Turn right! Right now!
Sorry, sorry, sorry!
[DUSTIN] Whoa! You're gonna crash!
- You said right!
- Jesus Christ!
Stop! Stop! Stop right now! Stop here!
God damn it! Henderson,
what are we doing?
We lost the signal!
- Come on. Come on!
- Shit, shit, shit.
Shit, shit, shit.
- I got it! It's headed southeast now!
- God damn it.
- Jesus!
- [DUSTIN] Sorry!
It's okay.
- [DUSTIN] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Shit!
- Hang on!
Shit, shit, shit!
Jesus Christ.
All right, I've got it.
- You got it?
- Yes, I got it.
[JOYCE] Why would they turn around?
Maybe he's trying to shake them?
No, that's impossible. It
doesn't know it's being tracked.
[RATTLING]
[DEREK GRUNTING]
Stay away from me! Stay away!
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm so, so sorry, okay?
I'll probably explain this at some
point, but for now, don't move.
- I thought he ate, like, two slices.
- He did!
Why is he awake then?
It doesn't matter.
Not anymore.
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]
We're southeast.
That's why it turned around.
Vecna's seen.
He knows where we are.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC BUILDS]
[SOFT, EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ECHOING] Hello?
Henry?
Are you there?
Henry?
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Hi.
["I THINK WE'RE ALONE
NOW" BY TIFFANY PLAYING]
Children behave ♪
That's what they say
when we're together ♪
And watch how you play ♪
They don't understand and so we're ♪
Running just as fast as we can ♪
Holdin' onto one another's hand ♪
Tryin' to get away into the night ♪
And then you put your arms around me ♪
And we tumble to the
ground and then you say ♪
I think we're alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
I think we're alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
Look at the way ♪
We gotta hide what we're doin' ♪
'Cause what would they say ♪
If they ever knew and so we're ♪
Running just as fast as we can ♪
Holdin' onto one another's hand ♪
Tryin' to get away into the night ♪
And then you put your arms around me ♪
And we tumble to the
ground and then you say ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
There doesn't seem
to be anyone around ♪
- I think we're alone now ♪
- Alone now ♪
The beating of our
hearts is the only sound ♪