CREATED BY

Matt Duffer | Ross Duffer

EPISODE 2.04

“Chapter Four: Will the Wise”

An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results.

While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising
discovery.

WRITTEN BY:
Paul Dichter

DIRECTED BY:
Shawn Levy

ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
October 27, 2017

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 MAIN EPISODE CAST

Winona Ryder ... Joyce Byers

David Harbour ... Jim Hopper
Finn Wolfhard ... Mike Wheeler
Millie Bobby Brown ... Eleven
Gaten Matarazzo ... Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin ... Lucas Sinclair
Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers
Sadie Sink ... Max Mayfield
Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler
Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers
Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington
Dacre Montgomery ... Billy Hargrove
Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler
Sean Astin ... Bob Newby (credit only)
Paul Reiser ... Sam Owens
Catherine Curtin ... Claudia Henderson
Joe Chrest ... Ted Wheeler
Randy Havens ... Mr. Clarke
Aimee Mullins ... Terry Ives
Chester Rushing ... Tommy H.
James DuMont ... Middle-Aged Man
Drew Scheid ... Sweaty Teen Boy
Susan Shalhoub Larkin ... Florence
Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler
David A MacDonald ... Flamethrower Soldier
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[vehicle approaching]

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[tires screeching]

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[Dustin and Max] Will!

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[Dustin] Will!

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-Dustin!
-Mrs. Byers?

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What's going on? Where's Will?

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[pants] The field!

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Will. I just found him like this!

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I think he's having another episode!

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Will! Will! Will!

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Sweetie, wake up! It's Mom!

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Will!

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[choking]

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Will, wake up!

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Can you hear me?

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[choking]

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Will, please, just wake up.

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Please, wake up!

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[choking]

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It's Mom!

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It's me!

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[choking]

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[gasps]

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[theme music playing]

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Okay, that totally freaked me out.

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Did that not freak you guys out?

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-[Lucas] Two episodes in two days.
 -It's getting worse.

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You think it's True Sight?

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What's True Sight?

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-[car engine starts]
-It's nothing.

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[Will] I can't remember.

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[sighs] I need you to try.

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I... I was on the field and...
and then it...

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it all just went blank, and...
and then you were there.

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Will, I need you to tell me the truth.

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[stutters] I am.

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[sighs]

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This shape, I saw it on the video tape
from Halloween night.

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It's the same shape as... as your drawing.
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[Joyce sighs]

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These episodes that you're having,
I think Dr. Owens is wrong.

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I think they're real.

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But... but I can't help you
if I don't know what's going on.

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So, you have to talk to me. Please.

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No more secrets, okay?

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Okay.

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Did... did you see this thing again
on the field?

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Yes.

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What... what is it?

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I don't know.

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[stammering] It's almost
more like a feeling.

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 Like the one you had
that night at the arcade?

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Yes.

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[stutters] What does it want?

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I don't know.

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It came for me, and...

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[yelling] Go away!

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And I tried. I tried to make it go away.

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But it got me, Mom.

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Well, what does that mean?

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[crying] I felt it... everywhere.

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Everywhere.

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I-- I still feel it.

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[sobbing] I just want this to be over.

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It's okay. It's okay. Hey.
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-Listen. Look, look at me.
-[sniffles]

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I will never, ever let anything bad
happen to you ever again.

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Whatever's going on in you,
we're gonna fix it. I will fix it.

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I promise. I'm here.

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[shuddering]

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[sighs]

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"Friends don't lie."
Isn't that your bullshit saying?

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Hey, hey! Hey! Don't walk away from me!

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Where'd you go
on your little field trip, huh?

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Where?

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Did you go see Mike?

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He didn't see me.
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Yeah, well, that mother and her daughter
did and they called the cops.

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Now, did anyone else see you?

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Anyone at all?

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Come on, I need you to think!

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Nobody saw me!

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You put us in danger.

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You realize that, right?

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You promised...

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I go!

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And I never leave!

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Nothing ever happens!

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Yeah! Nothing happens and you stay safe!

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You lie!

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I don't lie!
I protect and I feed and I teach!

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And all I ask of you is
that you follow three simple rules.

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Three rules. And you know what?

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You can't even do that!

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[bangs]

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You're grounded.

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You know what that means?

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It means no Eggos...

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And no TV for a week.

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All right, knock it off. Let go.

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[grunts]

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Okay.

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Two weeks.

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Let go!

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-A month!
-No!

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Well, congratulations.

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You just graduated from no TV for a month
to no TV at all!

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No!

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No! No. No!

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You have got to understand that
there are consequences to your actions.

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You are like Papa!

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Really?

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I'm like that psychotic son of a bitch?

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Wow! All right.
You wanna go back in the lab?

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One phone call. I can make that happen.

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I hate you.
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Yeah, well,
I'm not so crazy about you, either.

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You know why? 'Cause you're a brat.

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You know what that word means?

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How about that be your word
for the day, huh? Brat.

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Why don't we look it up? B-R-A-T.

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Brat.

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Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?

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[grunts] Hey!

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Hey!

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Hey! Hey!

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Open this door!

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Open the damn door!

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You wanna go out in the world?
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You better grow up!

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Grow the hell up!

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[screams]

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[sobbing]

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Mom?

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Will?

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Hello?

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[Mike] Do you like those grapes, Holly?

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Hey, Mom, I was thinking about
staying the night at Stacey's tonight?

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We were gonna have a girl's night.

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Romantic comedies, do our nails, gossip...

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Sure! That sounds like fun.

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-[TV playing indistinctly]
-[Nancy] Toast? No?
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-Hey.
-Hey.

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Did you see your mom?

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No, she was sleeping. But I left a note.

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You don't have to do this, you know.

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Stop saying that.

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-[line ringing]
-[sighs]

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-[Florence] Hawkins Police.
-Flo, it's Joyce again.

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Oh, hi, Joyce.
Listen, I gave him your message--

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-He's still not there?
-No, but--

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Did he get any of my messages
from yesterday? Did you give--

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-Yes, do you wanna talk to--
-No, no, I need Hopper.

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 Just tell him to call me
the second he gets in. Please.

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-Thank you.
-Bye.

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[sighs]

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Hey. How you feeling, sleepyhead?

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-Any better?
-Mmm-mmm.

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Same as last night? Still weird?

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Yeah.

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All right. [sighs]

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Hmm.

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Okay, let me see.

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Is it a fever?

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No. Uh, actually, it's cold.

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Do you feel cold?

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No. Just a little out of it.

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Like I haven't really woken up yet.

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You promised no doctor.

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And I meant it. No doctor.

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You know what?

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I'm gonna run you a nice bath
and it'll warm you up

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and hopefully get you feeling better.

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How's that sound? Okay.

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Morning, Dart.

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Got you some breakfast.

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Your favorite.

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I gotta go to school,

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but I'll be back soon. Sound good?

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 [chitters]

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[Mike] Stop being a baby
and do it already!

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[Max] This is so disgusting.
Is this really necessary?

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What the hell's going on?

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What do you think? We're looking for Dart.

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-Jesus!
-[Max] Oh!

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[Mike] Ugh!

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[grunts]

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[Lucas] Well, well, well.

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Look who finally decided to show up.

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After I drew the short straw.
Real convenient.

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You stink!

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Hi, Max.
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Hi.

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-Where's Will?
-He'll be here.

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Are you just gonna stand there?

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Or you gonna help?

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[Mr. Clarke] All living things,
from complex mammals

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to single-celled organisms,
instinctively respond to danger.

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Expose a bacterium to a toxic chemical,
and it will flee.

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Or deploy some other defense mechanism.

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We're very much the same.

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When we encounter danger,
our hearts start pounding.

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[water dripping]

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Our palms start to sweat.

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These are the signs of the physical
and emotional state we call...

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fear.

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[Hopper] Hey, you reached Jim.

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I'm probably doing something
incredible right now and I can't...

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Mom.

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Yeah, sweetie, what is it?

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It's too hot.

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[sighs] I... I can cool it down
a little bit, baby,

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-but we gotta get your body temp back up.
-No.

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What?

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He likes it cold.

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Hey, kid.

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Listen, um...
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about last night, I, uh...

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I want this place cleaned up
by the time I get back

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and then maybe I'll consider
fixing the TV.

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You hear me?

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[door opens and closes]

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[Florence on radio] Come in, Hop.

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Come in, Hop.

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Come in, Hop.

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[grunts softly] Yeah.
Yeah, I'm on my way in,

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and, yes, I do know what time it is.

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Joyce Byers has called
eight times already this morning.

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Eight times.

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For my sake, please deal with her!

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[whistle blows]

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[coach] Let's go. Pass it up now.
Get open!

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[laughs] All right! All right, all right!

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King Steve. King Steve, everyone.

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I like it. Playing tough today.

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Jesus! Do you ever stop talking?
Come on!

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[laughs] What?

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You afraid the coach is gonna
bench you now that I'm here? Huh?

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[grunts]

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You were moving your feet.

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Plant them next time, draw a charge.

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[whistle blows]
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[sniffing]

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Don't sweat it, Harrington.

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Today's just not your day, man.

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Yeah. Not your week.

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You and the princess break up for one day,

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she's running off
with the freak's brother.

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[chuckles]

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Oh, shit. You don't know.

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Jonathan and the princess skipped
yesterday. Still haven't shown.

252
00:17:27,671 --> 00:17:30,632
But that must just be
a coincidence, right?

253
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:31,967
[laughs]

254
00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:35,596
Don't take it too hard, man.

255
00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:38,849
A pretty boy like you has got
 nothing to worry about.

256
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,518
Plenty of bitches in the sea.

257
00:17:43,645 --> 00:17:44,980
Am I right?

258
00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,360
I'll be sure to leave you some.

259
00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,827
[indistinct chatter]

260
00:18:00,704 --> 00:18:01,705
[sighs]

261
00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:06,085
It's 15 past.

262
00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:07,711
Yeah, I know.

263
00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:10,422
Just give him time.

264
00:18:14,718 --> 00:18:16,386
That guy. There.

265
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:20,766
-What?
-He just... just talked to himself.

266
00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:30,025
[children shouting indistinctly]

267
00:18:33,153 --> 00:18:36,490
[child] Duck, duck, duck,

268
00:18:36,573 --> 00:18:39,409
-duck, duck...
 -[indistinct chatter]

269
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,044
Duck, duck, duck...

270
00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:57,010
Duck, duck, duck...

271
00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:00,722
Duck...

272
00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:01,890
[kids laugh]

273
00:19:02,474 --> 00:19:05,102
Duck, duck...

274
00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:06,645
Goose!

275
00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:08,188
I think we should go.

276
00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:32,588
[stalling]

277
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,384
[gasps]

278
00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:41,430
Trouble with your car, miss?
I can give you two a lift if you like.

279
00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:44,683
[Nancy] Jonathan.

280
00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,402
You sure you don't need that ride?

281
00:20:17,674 --> 00:20:18,800
Hello?
 282
00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,344
[Joyce] Leave it open.

283
00:20:22,512 --> 00:20:23,805
Where the hell have you been?

284
00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:27,226
I overslept. What the hell's going on?
It's freezing.

285
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,899
Hey! Knock, knock.

286
00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:37,361
We have a visitor.

287
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,160
[Hopper] So this thing, this shadow thing.

288
00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,996
You told your mom it likes it like this.
It likes it cold?

289
00:20:48,997 --> 00:20:49,998
Yeah.

290
00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:52,251
How do you know that?

291
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,003
I just know.

292
00:20:59,716 --> 00:21:00,717
Does he talk to you?

293
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,220
No. It's like...

294
00:21:03,303 --> 00:21:04,972
I don't have to think.
 295
00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,723
I just know things now.

296
00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:09,434
Things I never did before.

297
00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,233
[Hopper] And, uh...

298
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:18,402
what else do you know?

299
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,655
[Will] It's hard to explain.

300
00:21:21,738 --> 00:21:25,200
It's like old memories
in the back of my head,

301
00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:28,537
only... they're not my memories.

302
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,414
Okay.

303
00:21:31,873 --> 00:21:35,002
I mean, I don't think
they're old memories at all. They're...

304
00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:39,548
they're now-memories,
happening all at once, now.

305
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:41,883
Can you describe these now-memories?

306
00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,473
I don't know.
It's... it's hard to explain.

307
 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:51,601
[Joyce] I know it's hard
but can you just... Can you try?

308
00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,353
For us?

309
00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:56,898
It's like...

310
00:21:57,858 --> 00:22:01,028
They're growing and spreading...

311
00:22:02,362 --> 00:22:03,363
killing.

312
00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:05,282
The memories?

313
00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,659
I don't know.

314
00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:10,954
Oh!

315
00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,874
-[crying] I'm sorry.
-No, no, no. It's okay, sweetie.

316
00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:22,466
Hey, hey, sweetie...

317
00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:25,719
what if you didn't have to use words?

318
00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:40,525
[phone ringing]

319
00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:51,703
[continues ringing]

320
 00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:54,664
[Joyce on answering machine] Hey,
you've reached the Byers. We're sorry...

321
00:22:57,751 --> 00:22:58,752
[Lucas] Anything?

322
00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:02,506
We need to talk. AV room. Right now.

323
00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:05,884
Party members only.

324
00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,053
Come on, Mike.

325
00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:09,846
No! This is non-negotiable.

326
00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:12,808
-Sorry, Max.
-Sorry.

327
00:23:19,606 --> 00:23:21,358
[Mike] Will didn't want me to tell anyone,

328
00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:24,945
but on Halloween night
he saw a sort of shadow in the sky.

329
00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:26,863
A shadow?

330
00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:28,573
[stammers] What kind of shadow?

331
00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:30,408
I don't know. But it scared him.

332
00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,161
And if Will really has True Sight...
 333
00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,455
I mean, if he can really see
into the Upside Down,

334
00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,541
maybe he saw that shadow again yesterday.

335
00:23:38,375 --> 00:23:41,086
-So that's why he was frozen like that?
-Maybe.

336
00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:42,170
Can it hurt him?

337
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:45,006
I mean, if this shadow thing
isn't from our world...

338
00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:46,758
I'm not sure. Dustin?

339
00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:48,218
Well, if you're in another plane,

340
00:23:48,301 --> 00:23:50,137
you can't interact
with the material plane,

341
00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:52,305
so theoretically,
no, the shadow can't hurt him.

342
00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:54,015
Yeah, if that's even what's happening.

343
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,685
This isn't D & D. This is real life.

344
00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:57,769
So what do we do?

345
 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,563
We acquire more knowledge.

346
00:23:59,646 --> 00:24:02,149
I'll go to Will's after school.
See what's going on.

347
00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:03,525
You guys stay here and find Dart.

348
00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:05,318
Dart? What's he gotta do with this?

349
00:24:05,402 --> 00:24:06,945
Will heard him in the Upside Down.

350
00:24:07,028 --> 00:24:10,448
I don't know how yet,
but he's gotta be connected to all this.

351
00:24:10,532 --> 00:24:11,616
He's gotta be.

352
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,786
If we find Dart,
maybe we can solve this thing.

353
00:24:15,912 --> 00:24:17,205
Maybe we can help Will.

354
00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:28,550
[sighs]

355
00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:46,526
[blows]

356
00:25:41,581 --> 00:25:42,749
[grunting]

357
00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:16,700
Hey! Hey, assholes!
 358
00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:18,827
Let us out of here!

359
00:26:20,453 --> 00:26:21,871
[Owens] Oh!

360
00:26:22,872 --> 00:26:24,833
Not very pleasant in here, is it?

361
00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:29,129
Sorry about that.
Hospitality's not our strong suit.

362
00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:31,131
You know, scientists and all.

363
00:26:34,342 --> 00:26:36,303
Yeah. Okay.

364
00:26:37,971 --> 00:26:39,347
You up for a little walk?

365
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,644
-I'm assuming you're behind me.
-[door opens]

366
00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:48,064
"Men of science have made
abundant mistakes of every kind."

367
00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:49,649
George Sarton said that.

368
00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,569
You guys know who George Sarton is?
Doesn't really matter.

369
00:26:52,652 --> 00:26:55,113
The point is,
mistakes have been made. Yes.

370
 00:26:55,196 --> 00:26:56,489
-Mistakes?
-Yes.

371
00:26:56,573 --> 00:26:57,699
You killed Barbara.

372
00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:01,619
Abundant mistakes, but,
the men involved with those mistakes,

373
00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:05,623
the ones responsible for what happened
to your brother and Miss Holland's death,

374
00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:08,418
they're gone.
They're gone, and for better for worse,

375
00:27:08,501 --> 00:27:10,587
I'm the schmuck they brought in
to make things better.

376
00:27:10,670 --> 00:27:13,840
But I can't make things better
without your help.

377
00:27:13,923 --> 00:27:15,550
You mean without us shutting up?

378
00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:18,928
[sighs] She's tough, this one.
You guys been together long?

379
00:27:19,012 --> 00:27:21,765
-We're not together.
-Wanna see what really killed your friend?

380
00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:28,229
Teddy, I brought you an audience today.
I hope you don't mind.

381
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,522
 [Teddy] More the merrier, sir.

382
00:27:33,234 --> 00:27:35,445
[Owens] I'd call it one hell of a mistake.

383
00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:37,030
Wouldn't you?

384
00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:45,497
See, the thing is,
we can't seem to erase our mistake...

385
00:27:45,580 --> 00:27:47,999
but we can stop it from spreading.

386
00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:51,086
Like, it's like pulling weeds.

387
00:27:51,711 --> 00:27:55,298
But imagine for a moment
if a foreign state,

388
00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:58,843
let's say, the Soviets...
If they heard about our mistake...

389
00:27:59,677 --> 00:28:02,097
do you think they would even
consider that a mistake?

390
00:28:03,598 --> 00:28:05,392
What if they tried to replicate that?

391
00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:14,776
The more attention we bring to ourselves,
the more...

392
00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:17,237
the more people like the Hollands
know the truth,

393
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,531
the more likely that scenario becomes.

394
00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:24,285
You see why I have to stop
the truth from spreading, too.

395
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,329
Just, same as those weeds there.

396
00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:30,750
By whatever means necessary.

397
00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,628
[screeching]

398
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:40,009
So, we understand each other now,
don't we?

399
00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,452
This is more of the same.

400
00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:08,788
Oh, it's nothing. It's just scribbles.

401
00:29:09,622 --> 00:29:10,623
Wait!

402
00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:12,959
-What? What?
-Wait.

403
00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:16,379
-Wait. These black lines, see?
-[Hopper] What?

404
00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:19,174
Look, they connect.

405
00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:24,137
They connect.
 406
00:29:24,220 --> 00:29:25,305
[grunting]

407
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,564
Does this mean anything to you?

408
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:17,649
No.

409
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:21,611
[sighs] I mean,
is it some sort of maze or a road?

410
00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:26,908
[stammers] I mean, it's sort of forking
and branching like... like lightning.

411
00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:28,159
You think it's that storm?

412
00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:31,788
No, the storm he drew was
completely different. He used red.

413
00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:36,000
And this is all blue
and it has some weird dirt color.

414
00:30:37,293 --> 00:30:38,795
I mean, maybe it's roots.

415
00:30:38,878 --> 00:30:41,422
'Cause remember,
he was saying it was spreading and--

416
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:42,882
Killing.

417
00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:44,551
He said they were killing.

418
 00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:47,887
Vines.

419
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,271
He's drawing vines.

420
00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:58,147
[ringing]

421
00:30:59,315 --> 00:31:03,236
Hey, Max. Have you seen Dustin?
We're supposed to meet after class.

422
00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:06,197
Max!

423
00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:10,702
Hey, Max! Hey, where you going?
Come on! We've gotta go look for Dart.

424
00:31:10,785 --> 00:31:12,161
Yeah, good luck with that.

425
00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,332
[Lucas] What is wrong with you?

426
00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:18,251
What is wrong with me?
What's wrong with you?

427
00:31:18,918 --> 00:31:22,338
-I don't understand.
-No! I don't understand!

428
00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:24,299
You guys act like
you want me to be your friend

429
00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,842
but then you treat me like garbage!

430
00:31:25,925 --> 00:31:27,635
 -That's not true!
-Yes, it is!

431
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,012
You go and hide in the AV Club,

432
00:31:29,095 --> 00:31:31,389
keeping secrets like we're
in second grade or something.

433
00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:33,892
You know, I thought you guys wanted me
in your party.

434
00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,394
-We do. But it's...
-But what?

435
00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:39,564
[sighs] There... there are just things.

436
00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:42,066
Things we can't tell you, all right?
For your own safety.

437
00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:43,860
-My own safety?
-Yes!

438
00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:47,280
-Because I'm a girl?
-What? No!

439
00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:49,157
Did you keep secrets from El?

440
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,160
How do you know about El?

441
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,578
Did you?

442
 00:31:53,661 --> 00:31:55,872
That was different. Trust me. Okay?

443
00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:57,957
That was just... just different.

444
00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:00,460
Okay. You know what? Forget it, okay?

445
00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:03,463
I don't wanna be in your
stupid party anyway. I'm out.

446
00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:05,632
Have a nice life.

447
00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:10,720
-Max!
-You still stink, by the way!

448
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:14,766
[sniffs] Oh, shit!

449
00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:29,697
That kid you were talking to, who is he?

450
00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:31,240
[Max] He's no one.

451
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,368
-No one?
-This kid from my class.

452
00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:53,805
Why was he talking to you?

453
00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:55,640
It was just about
a stupid class assignment.

454
00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:58,476
-Then why're you so upset?
 -I'm not!

455
00:32:58,559 --> 00:32:59,560
He causing you trouble?

456
00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:01,396
Why do you care?

457
00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,272
Because, Max, you're a piece of shit,

458
00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,775
but we're family now
whether we like it or not,

459
00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:07,694
meaning I'm stuck looking out for you.

460
00:33:08,528 --> 00:33:10,029
-What would I ever do without--
-Hey!

461
00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:12,782
This is serious shit, okay?

462
00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:14,409
I'm older than you.

463
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:15,785
And something you learn

464
00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:19,163
is that there are a certain type of people
in this world that you stay away from,

465
00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,874
and that kid, Max...

466
00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:24,877
That kid is one of them.

467
 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:27,755
You stay away from him, you hear me?

468
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:29,716
Stay away.

469
00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:33,594
[engine starts]

470
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,353
"Ives.

471
00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,190
Terry."

472
00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:46,918
Jane.

473
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,184
Papa.

474
00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:31,462
[host on radio] ...President Reagan's...

475
00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,172
[stations changing]

476
00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,924
[upbeat song playing]

477
00:35:35,716 --> 00:35:36,759
[radio static]

478
00:36:21,804 --> 00:36:23,806
[Terry mumbling indistinctly]

479
00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:28,394
Three to the right.
Four to the left.

480
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:45,745
 Rainbow.

481
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,041
Three to the right.
Four to the left.

482
00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:56,464
Rainbow.

483
00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:58,424
Three to the right.
Four to the left.

484
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,259
Four-fifty...

485
00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:08,351
Jane.

486
00:37:12,813 --> 00:37:13,940
Mama?

487
00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:29,455
Mama!

488
00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:35,962
[crying] Mama?

489
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,053
[crying] Mama!

490
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,764
[shrieking] Mama!

491
00:37:51,352 --> 00:37:52,561
Mama...

492
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:57,650
[sobbing]

493
00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:08,619
 Mama!

494
00:38:18,879 --> 00:38:19,964
Hello?

495
00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:21,173
Will!

496
00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:23,759
-Mrs. Byers?
-[door unlocks]

497
00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,886
-[sighs] Hey.
-Hey, Mike.

498
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,638
-Is Will here?
-You know what?

499
00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:29,098
Now is not a really good time.

500
00:38:29,181 --> 00:38:30,266
Is he okay?

501
00:38:30,349 --> 00:38:31,892
[sighs]

502
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:35,313
Yeah. You know, he's...
he's just not feeling real well.

503
00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:38,524
He's laying down,
so I'll tell him you stopped by, okay?

504
00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:42,862
It's about the shadow monster, isn't it?

505
00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,040
Have a nice day.
 506
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:02,923
[engine starts]

507
00:39:26,405 --> 00:39:28,949
-[tape whirring]
-[clicks]

508
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:32,078
[Owens] Doesn't really matter.
The point is, mistakes have been made.

509
00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:33,329
-Yes.
-[Nancy] Mistakes?

510
00:39:33,412 --> 00:39:34,288
[tape forwarding]

511
00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,123
[Owens] The men involved
with those mistakes,

512
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,376
the ones responsible
for what happened to your brother

513
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:41,045
and Miss Holland's death, they're gone...

514
00:39:41,128 --> 00:39:41,962
[tape rewinding]

515
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,507
...the ones responsible
for what happened to your brother

516
00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,051
-and Miss Holland's death, they're gone.
-[clicks]

517
00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:52,056
 You still wanna do this?

518
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:55,935
Let's burn that lab to the ground.

519
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:12,159
[Claudia] Mew-mew, dinner!

520
00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,912
Where are you? Mew-mew!

521
00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:17,331
-Hey, Dusty!
-Hi, hey. Hey, Mom.

522
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,917
-Everything okay?
-Yeah, everything's fine. Yeah.

523
00:40:24,046 --> 00:40:26,590
Dart, I've gotta talk to you, buddy.

524
00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,176
It's about my friend, Will. [panting]

525
00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:31,053
I think...

526
00:40:45,651 --> 00:40:46,777
What the hell?

527
00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,195
[Dart screeching]

528
00:40:50,906 --> 00:40:52,783
[grunting]

529
00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:54,076
Dart?

530
00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:01,876
 [Dart continues grunting]

531
00:41:25,399 --> 00:41:26,775
[screeching]

532
00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:31,030
[Hopper grunting]

533
00:41:51,383 --> 00:41:52,927
[squelching]

534
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:56,847
[panting]

535
00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:00,976
[grunting]

536
00:42:02,728 --> 00:42:03,729
[air hissing]

537
00:42:18,744 --> 00:42:20,412
[bubbling]

538
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:29,296
[breathing heavily]

539
00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:39,974
[grunts]

540
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,184
[continues breathing heavily]

541
00:42:44,728 --> 00:42:46,146
Oh, Jesus.
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