1 00:00:07,508 --> 00:00:09,295 [vehicle approaching] 2 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:18,174 [tires screeching] 3 00:00:24,983 --> 00:00:26,224 [Dustin and Max] Will! 4 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:29,237 [Dustin] Will! 5 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:30,857 - Dustin! - Mrs. Byers? 6 00:00:30,948 --> 00:00:32,735 What's going on? Where's Will? 7 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:34,816 [pants] The field! 8 00:00:37,829 --> 00:00:40,742 Will. I just found him like this! 9 00:00:40,832 --> 00:00:42,494 I think he's having another episode! 10 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:46,585 Will! Will! Will! 11 00:00:46,672 --> 00:00:49,415 Sweetie, wake up! It's Mom! 12 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:51,384 Will! 13 00:00:51,843 --> 00:00:53,835 [choking] 14 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:57,513 Will, wake up! 15 00:00:57,599 --> 00:00:58,806 Can you hear me? 16 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,178 [choking] 17 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,972 Will, please, just wake up. 18 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:06,065 Please, wake up! 19 00:01:06,108 --> 00:01:07,440 [choking] 20 00:01:08,777 --> 00:01:09,813 It's Mom! 21 00:01:11,446 --> 00:01:12,482 It's me! 22 00:01:12,573 --> 00:01:13,984 [choking] 23 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:17,159 [gasps] 24 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:20,528 [theme music playing] 25 00:02:28,231 --> 00:02:30,268 Okay, that totally freaked me out. 26 00:02:30,359 --> 00:02:31,975 Did that not freak you guys out? 27 00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:35,358 - [Lucas] Two episodes in two days. - It's getting worse. 28 00:02:35,447 --> 00:02:37,109 You think it's True Sight? 29 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:38,485 What's True Sight? 30 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:41,366 - [car engine starts] - It's nothing. 31 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:48,954 [Will] I can't remember. 32 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:51,707 [sighs] I need you to try. 33 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:57,217 I... I was on the field and... and then it... 34 00:02:57,302 --> 00:03:00,841 it all just went blank, and... and then you were there. 35 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:05,346 Will, I need you to tell me the truth. 36 00:03:05,435 --> 00:03:07,222 [stutters] I am. 37 00:03:07,312 --> 00:03:08,473 [sighs] 38 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:24,077 This shape, I saw it on the video tape from Halloween night. 39 00:03:24,162 --> 00:03:26,404 It's the same shape as... as your drawing. 40 00:03:26,498 --> 00:03:28,080 [Joyce sighs] 41 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:31,250 These episodes that you're having, I think Dr. Owens is wrong. 42 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:32,668 I think they're real. 43 00:03:32,754 --> 00:03:35,963 But... but I can't help you if I don't know what's going on. 44 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:39,008 So, you have to talk to me. Please. 45 00:03:41,304 --> 00:03:43,512 No more secrets, okay? 46 00:03:46,017 --> 00:03:47,017 Okay. 47 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:50,812 Did... did you see this thing again on the field? 48 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,068 Yes. 49 00:03:57,654 --> 00:03:59,691 What... what is it? 50 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:04,821 I don't know. 51 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:09,076 [stammering] It's almost more like a feeling. 52 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:12,830 Like the one you had that night at the arcade? 53 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,331 Yes. 54 00:04:19,342 --> 00:04:21,334 [stutters] What does it want? 55 00:04:24,222 --> 00:04:26,134 I don't know. 56 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:29,308 It came for me, and... 57 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:30,394 [yelling] Go away! 58 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:34,723 And I tried. I tried to make it go away. 59 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:37,438 But it got me, Mom. 60 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:38,734 Well, what does that mean? 61 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:42,313 [crying] I felt it... everywhere. 62 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Everywhere. 63 00:04:45,035 --> 00:04:47,072 I... I still feel it. 64 00:04:47,913 --> 00:04:50,656 [sobbing] I just want this to be over. 65 00:04:50,749 --> 00:04:54,208 It's okay. It's okay. Hey. 66 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,160 - Listen. Look, look at me. - [sniffles] 67 00:04:56,755 --> 00:05:01,216 I will never, ever let anything bad happen to you ever again. 68 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:05,970 Whatever's going on in you, we're gonna fix it. I will fix it. 69 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:09,306 I promise. I'm here. 70 00:05:09,392 --> 00:05:10,803 [shuddering] 71 00:05:36,795 --> 00:05:37,795 [sighs] 72 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:55,011 "Friends don't lie." Isn't that your bullshit saying? 73 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:57,813 Hey, hey! Hey! Don't walk away from me! 74 00:06:00,986 --> 00:06:03,444 Where'd you go on your little field trip, huh? 75 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,197 Where? 76 00:06:07,158 --> 00:06:08,740 Did you go see Mike? 77 00:06:09,661 --> 00:06:10,661 He didn't see me. 78 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:15,206 Yeah, well, that mother and her daughter did and they called the cops. 79 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:18,501 Now, did anyone else see you? 80 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:20,419 Anyone at all? 81 00:06:20,505 --> 00:06:22,246 Come on, I need you to think! 82 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:24,423 Nobody saw me! 83 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:27,381 You put us in danger. 84 00:06:28,305 --> 00:06:29,762 You realize that, right? 85 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:31,965 You promised... 86 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,013 I go! 87 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:36,719 And I never leave! 88 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:39,021 Nothing ever happens! 89 00:06:39,107 --> 00:06:42,441 Yeah! Nothing happens and you stay safe! 90 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:46,403 You lie! 91 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:50,358 I don't lie! I protect and I feed and I teach! 92 00:06:50,452 --> 00:06:54,822 And all I ask of you is that you follow three simple rules. 93 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,998 Three rules. And you know what? 94 00:06:58,251 --> 00:07:00,208 You can't even do that! 95 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,040 [bangs] 96 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:07,134 You're grounded. 97 00:07:08,345 --> 00:07:09,631 You know what that means? 98 00:07:10,347 --> 00:07:12,430 It means no Eggos... 99 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:18,143 And no TV for a week. 100 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:26,773 All right, knock it off. Let go. 101 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:29,990 [grunts] 102 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:31,903 Okay. 103 00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:33,575 Two weeks. 104 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:36,279 Let go! 105 00:07:37,749 --> 00:07:39,866 - A month! - No! 106 00:07:41,628 --> 00:07:43,085 Well, congratulations. 107 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:48,212 You just graduated from no TV for a month to no TV at all! 108 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:49,587 No! 109 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,262 No! No. No! 110 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:57,888 You have got to understand that there are consequences to your actions. 111 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,935 You are like Papa! 112 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:01,228 Really? 113 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:04,015 I'm like that psychotic son of a bitch? 114 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,151 Wow! All right. You wanna go back in the lab? 115 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:09,608 One phone call. I can make that happen. 116 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:11,234 I hate you. 117 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:13,236 Yeah, well, I'm not so crazy about you, either. 118 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,113 You know why? 'Cause you're a brat. 119 00:08:15,203 --> 00:08:16,444 You know what that word means? 120 00:08:16,538 --> 00:08:19,576 How about that be your word for the day, huh? Brat. 121 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:22,704 Why don't we look it up? B-R-A-T. 122 00:08:22,794 --> 00:08:23,794 Brat. 123 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,299 Hey! What the hell is wrong with you? 124 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:33,840 [grunts] Hey! 125 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:36,134 Hey! 126 00:08:36,975 --> 00:08:38,386 Hey! Hey! 127 00:08:40,311 --> 00:08:42,018 Open this door! 128 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:44,017 Open the damn door! 129 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:45,723 You wanna go out in the world? 130 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,399 You better grow up! 131 00:08:47,485 --> 00:08:49,272 Grow the hell up! 132 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:50,443 [screams] 133 00:08:57,954 --> 00:08:59,195 [sobbing] 134 00:09:14,012 --> 00:09:15,093 Mom? 135 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:18,590 Will? 136 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,386 Hello? 137 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:03,638 [Mike] Do you like those grapes, Holly? 138 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:07,764 Hey, Mom, I was thinking about staying the night at Stacey's tonight? 139 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:09,473 We were gonna have a girl's night. 140 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:12,275 Romantic comedies, do our nails, gossip... 141 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:14,194 Sure! That sounds like fun. 142 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,069 - [TV playing indistinctly] - [Nancy] Toast? No? 143 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:30,290 - Hey. - Hey. 144 00:10:32,423 --> 00:10:33,789 Did you see your mom? 145 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:36,546 No, she was sleeping. But I left a note. 146 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:41,297 You don't have to do this, you know. 147 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,182 Stop saying that. 148 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:54,606 - [line ringing] - [sighs] 149 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:58,485 - [Florence] Hawkins Police. - Flo, it's Joyce again. 150 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:00,567 Oh, hi, Joyce. Listen, I gave him your message... 151 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,367 - He's still not there? - No, but... 152 00:11:02,453 --> 00:11:05,116 Did he get any of my messages from yesterday? Did you give... 153 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:08,665 - Yes, do you wanna talk to... - No, no, I need Hopper. 154 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:13,166 Just tell him to call me the second he gets in. Please. 155 00:11:13,256 --> 00:11:14,963 - Thank you. - Bye. 156 00:11:16,134 --> 00:11:17,295 [sighs] 157 00:11:19,304 --> 00:11:22,547 Hey. How you feeling, sleepyhead? 158 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,051 - Any better? - Mmm-mmm. 159 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:26,384 Same as last night? Still weird? 160 00:11:26,477 --> 00:11:27,558 Yeah. 161 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,307 All right. [sighs] 162 00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:31,565 Hmm. 163 00:11:36,446 --> 00:11:38,062 Okay, let me see. 164 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:46,830 Is it a fever? 165 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:51,038 No. Uh, actually, it's cold. 166 00:11:51,127 --> 00:11:52,413 Do you feel cold? 167 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:56,122 No. Just a little out of it. 168 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:58,629 Like I haven't really woken up yet. 169 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:02,006 You promised no doctor. 170 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:04,053 And I meant it. No doctor. 171 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:05,724 You know what? 172 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:08,221 I'm gonna run you a nice bath and it'll warm you up 173 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:09,893 and hopefully get you feeling better. 174 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:12,016 How's that sound? Okay. 175 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:28,741 Morning, Dart. 176 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:31,406 Got you some breakfast. 177 00:12:31,501 --> 00:12:32,867 Your favorite. 178 00:12:36,673 --> 00:12:38,005 I gotta go to school, 179 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,174 but I'll be back soon. Sound good? 180 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,717 [chitters] 181 00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:02,529 [Mike] Stop being a baby and do it already! 182 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:05,073 [Max] This is so disgusting. Is this really necessary? 183 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:08,911 What the hell's going on? 184 00:13:08,997 --> 00:13:11,114 What do you think? We're looking for Dart. 185 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:12,749 - Jesus! - [Max] Oh! 186 00:13:12,834 --> 00:13:14,041 [Mike] Ugh! 187 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:15,708 [grunts] 188 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,377 [Lucas] Well, well, well. 189 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,750 Look who finally decided to show up. 190 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:22,675 After I drew the short straw. Real convenient. 191 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:24,676 You stink! 192 00:13:28,391 --> 00:13:29,391 Hi, Max. 193 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:31,226 Hi. 194 00:13:32,729 --> 00:13:34,686 - Where's Will? - He'll be here. 195 00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:36,479 Are you just gonna stand there? 196 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:38,231 Or you gonna help? 197 00:13:43,281 --> 00:13:45,568 [Mr. Clarke] All living things, from complex mammals 198 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:48,822 to single-celled organisms, instinctively respond to danger. 199 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,863 Expose a bacterium to a toxic chemical, and it will flee. 200 00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:55,540 Or deploy some other defense mechanism. 201 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,044 We're very much the same. 202 00:14:01,090 --> 00:14:04,504 When we encounter danger, our hearts start pounding. 203 00:14:05,595 --> 00:14:06,595 [water dripping] 204 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:11,716 Our palms start to sweat. 205 00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:20,062 These are the signs of the physical and emotional state we call... 206 00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:22,518 fear. 207 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,074 [Hopper] Hey, you reached Jim. 208 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,153 I'm probably doing something incredible right now and I can't... 209 00:14:32,997 --> 00:14:34,204 Mom. 210 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:35,997 Yeah, sweetie, what is it? 211 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:37,325 It's too hot. 212 00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:48,631 [sighs] I... I can cool it down a little bit, baby, 213 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:50,929 - but we gotta get your body temp back up. - No. 214 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:53,725 What? 215 00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:56,764 He likes it cold. 216 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:24,296 Hey, kid. 217 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:32,804 Listen, um... 218 00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:36,725 about last night, I, uh... 219 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,062 I want this place cleaned up by the time I get back 220 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:47,361 and then maybe I'll consider fixing the TV. 221 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:48,654 You hear me? 222 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:54,447 [door opens and closes] 223 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,618 [Florence on radio] Come in, Hop. 224 00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:01,458 Come in, Hop. 225 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:04,161 Come in, Hop. 226 00:16:04,714 --> 00:16:07,502 [grunts softly] Yeah. Yeah, I'm on my way in, 227 00:16:07,592 --> 00:16:10,335 and, yes, I do know what time it is. 228 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:14,839 Joyce Byers has called eight times already this morning. 229 00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:16,468 Eight times. 230 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:19,893 For my sake, please deal with her! 231 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:25,108 [whistle blows] 232 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:28,735 [coach] Let's go. Pass it up now. Get open! 233 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:33,191 [laughs] All right! All right, all right! 234 00:16:33,284 --> 00:16:35,651 King Steve. King Steve, everyone. 235 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:37,577 I like it. Playing tough today. 236 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,325 Jesus! Do you ever stop talking? Come on! 237 00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:40,951 [laughs] What? 238 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,705 You afraid the coach is gonna bench you now that I'm here? Huh? 239 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,710 [grunts] 240 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:53,631 You were moving your feet. 241 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:56,964 Plant them next time, draw a charge. 242 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:01,513 [whistle blows] 243 00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:05,939 [sniffing] 244 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:10,060 Don't sweat it, Harrington. 245 00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,861 Today's just not your day, man. 246 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,940 Yeah. Not your week. 247 00:17:14,909 --> 00:17:16,589 You and the princess break up for one day, 248 00:17:16,619 --> 00:17:18,360 she's running off with the freak's brother. 249 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:19,454 [chuckles] 250 00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:23,415 Oh, shit. You don't know. 251 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:27,578 Jonathan and the princess skipped yesterday. Still haven't shown. 252 00:17:27,672 --> 00:17:30,631 But that must just be a coincidence, right? 253 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:31,957 [laughs] 254 00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:35,585 Don't take it too hard, man. 255 00:17:36,514 --> 00:17:38,847 A pretty boy like you has got nothing to worry about. 256 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:41,516 Plenty of bitches in the sea. 257 00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:44,978 Am I right? 258 00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,358 I'll be sure to leave you some. 259 00:17:57,368 --> 00:17:58,825 [indistinct chatter] 260 00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:01,705 [sighs] 261 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:06,082 It's 15 past. 262 00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:07,704 Yeah, I know. 263 00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:10,412 Just give him time. 264 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:16,381 That guy. There. 265 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:20,760 - What? - He just... just talked to himself. 266 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,019 [children shouting indistinctly] 267 00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:36,488 [child] Duck, duck, duck, 268 00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:39,408 - duck, duck... - [indistinct chatter] 269 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,038 Duck, duck, duck... 270 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,005 Duck, duck, duck... 271 00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:00,716 Duck... 272 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:01,887 [kids laugh] 273 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,092 Duck, duck... 274 00:19:05,186 --> 00:19:06,643 Goose! 275 00:19:06,729 --> 00:19:08,186 I think we should go. 276 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:32,585 [stalling] 277 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,381 [gasps] 278 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:41,424 Trouble with your car, miss? I can give you two a lift if you like. 279 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:44,680 [Nancy] Jonathan. 280 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:55,400 You sure you don't need that ride? 281 00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:18,791 Hello? 282 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,341 [Joyce] Leave it open. 283 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:23,799 Where the hell have you been? 284 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:27,223 I overslept. What the hell's going on? It's freezing. 285 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:33,893 Hey! Knock, knock. 286 00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:37,358 We have a visitor. 287 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,157 [Hopper] So this thing, this shadow thing. 288 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,987 You told your mom it likes it like this. It likes it cold? 289 00:20:48,998 --> 00:20:49,998 Yeah. 290 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:52,244 How do you know that? 291 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,993 I just know. 292 00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:00,717 Does he talk to you? 293 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,217 No. It's like... 294 00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:04,966 I don't have to think. 295 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,717 I just know things now. 296 00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:09,428 Things I never did before. 297 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,231 [Hopper] And, uh... 298 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:18,392 what else do you know? 299 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,652 [Will] It's hard to explain. 300 00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:25,198 It's like old memories in the back of my head, 301 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:28,527 only... they're not my memories. 302 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,404 Okay. 303 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:34,992 I mean, I don't think they're old memories at all. They're... 304 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:39,542 they're now-memories, happening all at once, now. 305 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,874 Can you describe these now-memories? 306 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:48,471 I don't know. It's... it's hard to explain. 307 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:51,595 [Joyce] I know it's hard but can you just... Can you try? 308 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,347 For us? 309 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:56,896 It's like... 310 00:21:57,858 --> 00:22:01,022 They're growing and spreading... 311 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:03,363 killing. 312 00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:05,275 The memories? 313 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,653 I don't know. 314 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:10,954 Oh! 315 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,872 - [crying] I'm sorry. - No, no, no. It's okay, sweetie. 316 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:22,459 Hey, hey, sweetie... 317 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:25,717 what if you didn't have to use words? 318 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:40,523 [phone ringing] 319 00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:51,700 [continues ringing] 320 00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:54,707 [Joyce on answering machine] Hey, you've reached the Byers. We're sorry... 321 00:22:57,751 --> 00:22:58,751 [Lucas] Anything? 322 00:22:58,836 --> 00:23:02,500 We need to talk. AV room. Right now. 323 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:05,884 Party members only. 324 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,052 Come on, Mike. 325 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:09,844 No! This is non-negotiable. 326 00:23:11,098 --> 00:23:12,805 - Sorry, Max. - Sorry. 327 00:23:19,607 --> 00:23:21,348 [Mike] Will didn't want me to tell anyone, 328 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:24,935 but on Halloween night he saw a sort of shadow in the sky. 329 00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:26,854 A shadow? 330 00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:28,563 [stammers] What kind of shadow? 331 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:30,398 I don't know. But it scared him. 332 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,155 And if Will really has True Sight... 333 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,453 I mean, if he can really see into the Upside Down, 334 00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,531 maybe he saw that shadow again yesterday. 335 00:23:38,375 --> 00:23:41,083 - So that's why he was frozen like that? - Maybe. 336 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:42,170 Can it hurt him? 337 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,997 I mean, if this shadow thing isn't from our world... 338 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:46,752 I'm not sure. Dustin? 339 00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:48,208 Well, if you're in another plane, 340 00:23:48,302 --> 00:23:50,134 you can't interact with the material plane, 341 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:52,303 so theoretically, no, the shadow can't hurt him. 342 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:54,005 Yeah, if that's even what's happening. 343 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,682 This isn't D & D. This is real life. 344 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:57,769 So what do we do? 345 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,560 We acquire more knowledge. 346 00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:02,139 I'll go to Will's after school. See what's going on. 347 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:03,552 You guys stay here and find Dart. 348 00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:05,316 Dart? What's he gotta do with this? 349 00:24:05,402 --> 00:24:06,938 Will heard him in the Upside Down. 350 00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:10,443 I don't know how yet, but he's gotta be connected to all this. 351 00:24:10,532 --> 00:24:11,613 He's gotta be. 352 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,780 If we find Dart, maybe we can solve this thing. 353 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:17,199 Maybe we can help Will. 354 00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:28,549 [sighs] 355 00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:46,523 [blows] 356 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:42,743 [grunting] 357 00:26:14,031 --> 00:26:16,694 Hey! Hey, assholes! 358 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:18,820 Let us out of here! 359 00:26:20,454 --> 00:26:21,865 [Owens] Oh! 360 00:26:22,873 --> 00:26:24,830 Not very pleasant in here, is it? 361 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:29,127 Sorry about that. Hospitality's not our strong suit. 362 00:26:29,213 --> 00:26:31,125 You know, scientists and all. 363 00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:36,300 Yeah. Okay. 364 00:26:37,971 --> 00:26:39,337 You up for a little walk? 365 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:44,639 - I'm assuming you're behind me. - [door opens] 366 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:48,062 "Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind." 367 00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:49,639 George Sarton said that. 368 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,567 You guys know who George Sarton is? Doesn't really matter. 369 00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:55,111 The point is, mistakes have been made. Yes. 370 00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:56,483 - Mistakes? - Yes. 371 00:26:56,573 --> 00:26:57,689 You killed Barbara. 372 00:26:57,783 --> 00:27:01,618 Abundant mistakes, but, the men involved with those mistakes, 373 00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:05,617 the ones responsible for what happened to your brother and Miss Holland's death, 374 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:08,415 they're gone. They're gone, and for better for worse, 375 00:27:08,502 --> 00:27:10,622 I'm the schmuck they brought in to make things better. 376 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:13,835 But I can't make things better without your help. 377 00:27:13,924 --> 00:27:15,540 You mean without us shutting up? 378 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,923 [sighs] She's tough, this one. You guys been together long? 379 00:27:19,012 --> 00:27:21,755 - We're not together. - Wanna see what really killed your friend? 380 00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:28,224 Teddy, I brought you an audience today. I hope you don't mind. 381 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,520 [Teddy] More the merrier, sir. 382 00:27:33,235 --> 00:27:35,443 [Owens] I'd call it one hell of a mistake. 383 00:27:35,529 --> 00:27:37,020 Wouldn't you? 384 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:45,491 See, the thing is, we can't seem to erase our mistake... 385 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,994 but we can stop it from spreading. 386 00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:51,076 Like, it's like pulling weeds. 387 00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:55,296 But imagine for a moment if a foreign state, 388 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:58,841 let's say, the Soviets... If they heard about our mistake... 389 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,091 do you think they would even consider that a mistake? 390 00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:05,386 What if they tried to replicate that? 391 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,774 The more attention we bring to ourselves, the more... 392 00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:17,227 the more people like the Hollands know the truth, 393 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:19,529 the more likely that scenario becomes. 394 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,284 You see why I have to stop the truth from spreading, too. 395 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,326 Just, same as those weeds there. 396 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:30,740 By whatever means necessary. 397 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,625 [screeching] 398 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:40,000 So, we understand each other now, don't we? 399 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,446 This is more of the same. 400 00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:08,778 Oh, it's nothing. It's just scribbles. 401 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:10,623 Wait! 402 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:12,956 - What? What? - Wait. 403 00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:16,377 - Wait. These black lines, see? - [Hopper] What? 404 00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:19,163 Look, they connect. 405 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:24,134 They connect. 406 00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:25,302 [grunting] 407 00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,558 Does this mean anything to you? 408 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:17,648 No. 409 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:21,601 [sighs] I mean, is it some sort of maze or a road? 410 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:26,899 [stammers] I mean, it's sort of forking and branching like... like lightning. 411 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,153 You think it's that storm? 412 00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:31,782 No, the storm he drew was completely different. He used red. 413 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:35,991 And this is all blue and it has some weird dirt color. 414 00:30:37,294 --> 00:30:38,785 I mean, maybe it's roots. 415 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:41,417 'Cause remember, he was saying it was spreading and... 416 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:42,872 Killing. 417 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:44,548 He said they were killing. 418 00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:47,878 Vines. 419 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,268 He's drawing vines. 420 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,142 [ringing] 421 00:30:59,316 --> 00:31:03,230 Hey, Max. Have you seen Dustin? We're supposed to meet after class. 422 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:06,194 Max! 423 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:10,692 Hey, Max! Hey, where you going? Come on! We've gotta go look for Dart. 424 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:12,152 Yeah, good luck with that. 425 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,330 [Lucas] What is wrong with you? 426 00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:18,248 What is wrong with me? What's wrong with you? 427 00:31:18,919 --> 00:31:22,333 - I don't understand. - No! I don't understand! 428 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:24,288 You guys act like you want me to be your friend 429 00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:25,840 but then you treat me like garbage! 430 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:27,633 - That's not true! - Yes, it is! 431 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,005 You go and hide in the AV Club, 432 00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:31,383 keeping secrets like we're in second grade or something. 433 00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:33,886 You know, I thought you guys wanted me in your party. 434 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,388 - We do. But it's... - But what? 435 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,562 [sighs] There... there are just things. 436 00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:42,061 Things we can't tell you, all right? For your own safety. 437 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:43,857 - My own safety? - Yes! 438 00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:47,278 - Because I'm a girl? - What? No! 439 00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,151 Did you keep secrets from El? 440 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,150 How do you know about El? 441 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:53,576 Did you? 442 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:55,870 That was different. Trust me. Okay? 443 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,948 That was just... just different. 444 00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:00,454 Okay. You know what? Forget it, okay? 445 00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:03,457 I don't wanna be in your stupid party anyway. I'm out. 446 00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:05,625 Have a nice life. 447 00:32:08,385 --> 00:32:10,718 - Max! - You still stink, by the way! 448 00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:14,759 [sniffs] Oh, shit! 449 00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:29,695 That kid you were talking to, who is he? 450 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:31,238 [Max] He's no one. 451 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,361 - No one? - This kid from my class. 452 00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:53,802 Why was he talking to you? 453 00:32:53,889 --> 00:32:55,630 It was just about a stupid class assignment. 454 00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:58,467 - Then why're you so upset? - I'm not! 455 00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,560 He causing you trouble? 456 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:01,386 Why do you care? 457 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,267 Because, Max, you're a piece of shit, 458 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,769 but we're family now whether we like it or not, 459 00:33:05,859 --> 00:33:07,691 meaning I'm stuck looking out for you. 460 00:33:08,528 --> 00:33:10,088 - What would I ever do without... - Hey! 461 00:33:11,031 --> 00:33:12,772 This is serious shit, okay? 462 00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:14,402 I'm older than you. 463 00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:15,779 And something you learn 464 00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:19,158 is that there are a certain type of people in this world that you stay away from, 465 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,864 and that kid, Max... 466 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:24,871 That kid is one of them. 467 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:27,753 You stay away from him, you hear me? 468 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:29,705 Stay away. 469 00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:33,588 [engine starts] 470 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,347 "Ives. 471 00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,183 Terry." 472 00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:46,911 Jane. 473 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,174 Papa. 474 00:35:29,878 --> 00:35:31,460 [host on radio]...President Reagan's... 475 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,162 [stations changing] 476 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,918 [upbeat song playing] 477 00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:36,753 [radio static] 478 00:36:21,805 --> 00:36:23,797 [Terry mumbling indistinctly] 479 00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:28,384 Three to the right. Four to the left. 480 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:45,743 Rainbow. 481 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,031 Three to the right. Four to the left. 482 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:56,462 Rainbow. 483 00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:58,414 Three to the right. Four to the left. 484 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,257 Four-fifty... 485 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:08,350 Jane. 486 00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:13,930 Mama? 487 00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:29,453 Mama! 488 00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:35,951 [crying] Mama? 489 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,050 [crying] Mama! 490 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,754 [shrieking] Mama! 491 00:37:51,352 --> 00:37:52,559 Mama... 492 00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,640 [sobbing] 493 00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:08,613 Mama! 494 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,961 Hello? 495 00:38:20,048 --> 00:38:21,164 Will! 496 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,757 - Mrs. Byers? - [door unlocks] 497 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,880 - [sighs] Hey. - Hey, Mike. 498 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,632 - Is Will here? - You know what? 499 00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:29,088 Now is not a really good time. 500 00:38:29,182 --> 00:38:30,263 Is he okay? 501 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:31,886 [sighs] 502 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:35,310 Yeah. You know, he's... he's just not feeling real well. 503 00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:38,514 He's laying down, so I'll tell him you stopped by, okay? 504 00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:42,856 It's about the shadow monster, isn't it? 505 00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:54,038 Have a nice day. 506 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:02,917 [engine starts] 507 00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:28,944 - [tape whirring] - [clicks] 508 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:32,071 [Owens] Doesn't really matter. The point is, mistakes have been made. 509 00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:33,322 - Yes. - [Nancy] Mistakes? 510 00:39:33,413 --> 00:39:34,278 [tape forwarding] 511 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,132 [Owens] The men involved with those mistakes, 512 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,369 the ones responsible for what happened to your brother 513 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:41,042 and Miss Holland's death, they're gone... 514 00:39:41,129 --> 00:39:41,960 [tape rewinding] 515 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,504 ...the ones responsible for what happened to your brother 516 00:39:44,591 --> 00:39:47,049 - and Miss Holland's death, they're gone. - [clicks] 517 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:52,045 You still wanna do this? 518 00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:55,925 Let's burn that lab to the ground. 519 00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:12,150 [Claudia] Mew-mew, dinner! 520 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,906 Where are you? Mew-mew! 521 00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:17,328 - Hey, Dusty! - Hi, hey. Hey, Mom. 522 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,907 - Everything okay? - Yeah, everything's fine. Yeah. 523 00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:26,585 Dart, I've gotta talk to you, buddy. 524 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,170 It's about my friend, Will. [panting] 525 00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:31,050 I think... 526 00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:46,768 What the hell? 527 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,193 [Dart screeching] 528 00:40:50,907 --> 00:40:52,773 [grunting] 529 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:54,074 Dart? 530 00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:01,866 [Dart continues grunting] 531 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,766 [screeching] 532 00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,028 [Hopper grunting] 533 00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:52,920 [squelching] 534 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:56,845 [panting] 535 00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:00,970 [grunting] 536 00:42:02,729 --> 00:42:03,729 [air hissing] 537 00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:20,407 [bubbling] 538 00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:29,290 [breathing heavily] 539 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:39,971 [grunts] 540 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,174 [continues breathing heavily] 541 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,140 Oh, Jesus.