S2E02
Trick or Treat, Freak
Halloween brings new terrors as the group encounters something sinister.
đ Transcript
Stranger Things â S02E02 â Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak | Full transcript [Eleven echoing] Goodbye, Mike. [yelling] [screeching] [coughs] [groans] Mike? Mike? [breathing heavily] Mike? Mike! [screaming] Mike! Mike! [whimpers] [soldiers shouting indistinctly] [muffled explosion] [soldier 1] Bravo team, check in. [Eleven breathing heavily] [soldiers conversing indistinctly] [grunts] [panting] [Karen] What about the Russians? What if they come looking for her? They donât know where she is. And she canât contact you without us knowing. [man] The most important thing is for you to try to go on with your lives and to keep all of this⊠Top secret. Yeah. Understood. Weâre all patriots in this house. [woman] Go back to the beginning. [Mike] I told you everything. I understand this is difficult, Michael. I donât know where she is. And even if I did, Iâd never tell you. I would never tell you. [woman] I know itâs difficult to accept, the stories she told you were not true. Sheâs a very dangerous individual. [man] If she contacts you, you must tell us. [woman] Otherwise, youâre putting yourself and your entire family at risk. Do you understand, Michael? Do you understand? [man] Michael? Michael? [man] Fan out. Somebody check the left side, Iâll check the right side. [helicopter blades whirring] [men shouting indistinctly] [theme music playing] [Hopper] Oh, Jesus! [Eleven] Ghost. Yeah, I see that. [Eleven] Halloween. Sure is. But right now, itâs breakfast, okay? Come on, letâs eat. They wouldnât see me. Who wouldnât see you? The bad men. What are you talking about? Trick or treat. You want to go trick-or-treating? You know the rules. Yes, but⊠Yeah, so you know the answer. No, but they wouldnât see me. No. Hey. I donât care. But they wouldnât see me. I donât care, all right? You go out there, ghost or not, itâs a risk. We donât take risks. All right? Theyâre stupid, and⊠Weâre not stupid! Exactly. Now, you take that off, sit down and eat. Your foodâs getting cold. [sighs] All right, look⊠How about I get off early tonight, and I buy us a bunch of candy, and we can sit around and get fat, and we watch a scary movie together? Howâs that for a compromise? [stutters] âCompromiseâ? COM-promise. Compromise. How about thatâs your word for the day? Yeah? Itâs something thatâs kinda in-between. Itâs like halfway happy. By 515? 5:15. Yeah, sure. Promise? Yes. I promise. Halfway happy. [chuckles] Will? Come on, honey, up and at âem. Will? Jonathan? Yeah? Whereâs Will? What? Whereâs Will? Heâs not in his room? No. Uh⊠Will? What are you doing? Peeing? [chuckles] Okay. [toilet flushes] Okay. Letâs get this⊠on. [grunts] Oh! You need some tape. Hold on. Whatâs this? Nothing. Did you have another episode? No, itâs just, um⊠a sketch for a story Iâm writing. [Joyce sighs] All right. [Jonathan] Three, two, one⊠[âGhostbustersâ playing] Great. Hold up the proton blaster. All right, now turn to the light. Oh! I want to see those pearls. Yeah! [meows] Who you gonna call? [scatting] [laughs] Oh! Adorable, baby. Just adorable! God. You are such a nerd. Shut up. No wonder you only hang out with boys. Erica! Just the facts. [mouthing] Nerd. [Mrs. Sinclair] My God, I love this costume. Keep it up. [Mike] All right, thatâs the last one. No, just one more. Come on, please? Ah! Can I go to school? Wait, wait. Okay, say, âWho you gonna call?â No! [all singing âGhostbustersâ] âȘ Who you gonna call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters! âȘ Hey, Spengler! Egon! Yeah! Venkman! Whoa! Whoa! What? Why are you Venkman? Because Iâm Venkman. No, Iâm Venkman. Why canât there be two Venkmans? Because thereâs only one Venkman in real life. We planned this months ago. Iâm Venkman, Dustinâs Stantz, youâre Egon, and youâre Winston. I specifically didnât agree to Winston. Yes, you did! I donât think he did. No one wants to be Winston, man. Whatâs wrong with Winston? Whatâs wrong with Winston? He joined the team super late, heâs not funny, and heâs not even a scientist! Yeah, but heâs still cool. If heâs cool, then you be Winston. I canât! Why not? [stutters] Because⊠[mocking Mike] Because youâre not black? I didnât say that! You thought it. I didnât say that! Mike! Guys⊠Guys! Guys! Why is no one else wearing costumes? [school bell ringing] Crap. [students laughing] [student] Oh, my God! When do people make these decisions? [Will] Everyone dressed up last year. Itâs a conspiracy, Iâm telling you. Just be cool. [boy] Who you gonna call? The nerds! We gonna do this? Not right now. We look like morons. [Dustin] Maybe she likes Ghostbusters? Of course she likes Ghostbusters, but thatâs not the point. The point is weâre dressed up and she isnât. [Dustin] I didnât bring regular clothes. You? [Lucas] No. Then we have no choice. We gotta do this. Itâs now or never. Right. [sniffs] Letâs engage. We could ask her after class. Yup. Okay. [Joyce] See? Itâs an exact match. But⊠why would he lie to me? [inhales deeply] Heâs a kid, Joyce. I mean, you heard him describe these episodes. Itâs not like heâs describing a nightmare. He talks about them like theyâre real. Yeah, because theyâre not nightmares, theyâre flashbacks. I know a couple guys who have had these things, and it feels like youâre there, like itâs happening. Then what the hell is this? Owens said it would get worse. That place⊠What do you wanna do? You wanna take him back to Chicago? Well, thereâs that guy in Boston thatâs supposed to be⊠Theyâre all a bunch of quacks. Theyâll all tell you the same thing, just cost you more money. I think heâs right⊠about trauma. And weâre coming up on a year, you know. I think everybodyâs on edge. Me, you⊠Will most of all. I think we just gotta get through the next few weeks. [sighs] [sighs] Nothingâs gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But itâll get better. In time. [sighs heavily] [Joyce mumbles] Here. Thank you. [chokes and coughs] [chuckles] Jesus! Hopper⊠Brings me back to old times. What? [sighs] Sharing my cigarettes between⊠Fifth and sixth period. Yeah, under the steps. Mr. Cooper caught us that time, remember? He was like, [gruffly] âHey, assholes.â We ran. We just ran. [chuckles] God, I want this to be over. I know. [Joyce sniffles] [beeps] [static crackling] Howâs it looking out there, cowboy? [man] Uh, you know, Doc. The usual. Nice and nasty with a chance of radioactivity. Oh, yeah, itâs barbecued all right. Anyone hungry? [technician] And⊠[beeping] âŠweâre back on! [cheering and applauding] [Will] There was this storm. [Owens] Okay. So how did you feel when you saw the storm? [Will] I felt frozen. [Owens] Actually frozen? Cold? [Will] No, like how you feel when youâre scared, and you canât breathe or talk or do anything. I felt⊠I felt this evil⊠[Barbara echoing] Nancy, this isnât you. [Nancy] Barb, just go ahead and go home, okay? [Barbara] Nancy? Nancy! Nancy. Whatâs going on? Are you okay? I canât keep doing this. Doing what? Pretending like everythingâs okay. What are you talking about? Barbara. Itâs like everyone forgot. Itâs like nobody cares. Except her parents. And now theyâre selling their house. Nance⊠And theyâre going to spend the rest of their lives looking for her. I know. Itâs destroying them. I know. Okay? I get it. But listen, thereâs nothing we can do about it. Yeah, we could tell them the truth. Well, you know that we canât do that. We donât have to tell them everything. This isnât some game, Nance. If they found out that we told any⊠They could put us in jail. Okay? Or worse, they could destroy our families. They could do anything they want. Okay? Just think about what youâre saying. Hey⊠Hey, hey⊠Hey, itâs⊠[sighs] Itâs hard, but letâs⊠letâs just go to Tinaâs stupid party⊠wear our stupid costumes that weâve been working on for a stupid amount of time, and just pretend like weâre stupid teenagers, okay? Can we just do that, just for tonight? Okay. Come here. [Nancy sighs] [ringing] [Dustin clears throat] Um⊠Hi, Max. Iâm Dustin, and this is⊠Lucas. Yeah, I know. The stalkers. [stutters] Uh, no. Actually⊠We werenât stalking you. No, we were just concerned because, you know, youâre new and all. Yeah, for your safety. Mmmhmm. There are a lot of bullies here. [stuttering] So many bullies, itâs crazy. Yeah. Is that why youâre wearing proton packs? Well, these donât function. But⊠I do have this handy-dandy little trap here. And look, it even opens and closes. Look, look, look⊠VoilĂ ! [chuckles] Itâs cool, right? No? Okay. But, um⊠So, we were talking last night, and youâre new here, so you probably donât have any friends to take you trickortreating, and youâre scared of bullies, so we were thinking that it would be okay if you come with us. âItâd be okayâ? Yeah. Our partyâs a democracy, the majority voted you could come. Didnât realize it was such an honor to go trick-or-treating with you. We know where to get the full-sized candy bars. We figured youâd want in. Thatâs presumptuous of you. Yeah. Totally. Uh, so, um⊠youâll come? Weâre meeting at the Maple Street cul-de-sac at 7:00. Thatâs 7:00 on the dot! âPresumptuous.â Thatâs a good thing, right? [sighs] Is it bad? Lucas, is it bad? Lucas? Son of a bitch, Lucas. Is it bad? [woman on TV] How does it feel? Like pouring pure silk onto my skin. [man] Inhuman. Relentless. Arnold Schwarzenegger is⊠The Term⊠Well, Iâm stunned. I donât know what to think. [man] Donât you love me? [Erica] Of course I love you. Itâs just that itâs so sudden. I mean, itâs not like you. Erica, I am this way because of you. [Erica] Me? âMe?â [man] Mmmhmm. You have made me wild and impetuous, just like you. âImpetuous.â People are going to be aghast. âPeople are going to be aghast.â [man laughs] Theyâre gonna love it. [both laughing on TV] I mean, itâs gonna stun the whole town. The whole world! Erica, tell me that you will marry me, in this house, tonight⊠[television continues indistinctly] [chittering] [chittering] [twig snaps] Hey. Iâm not gonna hurt you. Whatâs your name? Whatâre you doing out here in the cold? [grunts] [tires screeching] [flies buzzing] So, youâre telling me that Merrill poisoned your farm, because he thinks you poisoned his, which, of course, you didnât? No, sir. And I got me an alibi the night he accuses me. My Jenny and her boys were in town. I was with them all night. Did you actually see Merrill? No need. That man done lost his mind. Went around slandering me, threatening all sorts of madness. A pumpkin conspiracy. [chuckles] Hawkinsâ very own Chinatown. Merrill threatening to do something and him actually doing something are two very different things. You got a better explanation? Cold weather. Itâs October. Yeah, itâs a cold one. You see these hands? Yeah. You know why they look like that? Because youâre old? Youâre damn straight. [Powell chuckles] And Iâve been doing this a long time, Chief. A long time. And I ainât never seen anything the likes of this. None of us have. None of us? Merrill didnât just hit me last night. He hit damn near everyone. What are you talking about? Jack OâDell, Pete Freeling, Rick Neary, the Christensens. All of their crops, dead. Give me those names again. Youâre late again. Yeah, I had to get catchup homework. Jesus. I donât care. Youâre late again, and youâre skating home. Do you hear me? [âWango Tangoâ by Ted Nugent playing] [song continues on car radio] God, this place is such a shithole. Itâs not that bad. No? [Billy inhales deeply] Mmm! You smell that, Max? Thatâs actually shit. Cow shit. I donât see any cows. Clearly, you havenât met the high-school girls. [scoffs] So what, you like it here now? No. Then why are you defending it? Iâm not. Sure sounds like it. Itâs just weâre stuck here, so⊠Hmm. Youâre right. Weâre stuck here. And whose fault is that? Yours. Whatâd you say? Nothing. Did you say itâs my fault? No. You know whose fault it is. Say it. Max⊠say it. Say it! [âWango Tangoâ continues playing] Really, everyone dressed up last year. Billy, slow down. Oh, these your new hick friends? No! I donât know them. I guess you wonât care if I hit âem, then? I get bonus points, I get âem all in one go? No, Billy, stop. Itâs not funny. [revving] Hey, guys? Billy, come on, stop it. Itâs not funny. Stop! Go! Mike, you need to haul ass! Billy, stop it! [tires screeches] [Dustin] Whoa! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Yeah! That was a close one, huh? [Billy laughs] [Dustin] Holy shit! Was that⊠Mad Max. [âWango Tangoâ continues playing] [wind chimes rattling] [flies buzzing] Now, you tryinâ to tell me, with a straight face, cold did this? How far does it go? [Powell over radio] Hey, Chief, you copy? [Hopper] Uh⊠Hey, Chief. [Hopper] Howâs it looking over there? Like a giant pissed all over Jackâs bean field. Smells, too. It smell over there? Uh, yeah, little bit. [grunts] Smells like a nursing home, man. Listen. I want you guys to track the rot, see how far it goes. Just, uh, mark anything thatâs dead. Thatâs gonna take some time. So take it. And, look, we donât know what caused this. Could be poison. So donât touch anything without gloves. [sniffs] Copy that, Chief. [sighs] You got any marking flags? So you hit âTâ to zoom in, and âWâ zooms back out. See? Easy-peasy. Just make sure to turn off the power to save energy there. Listen. Stay close to your brother, okay? And listen, listen, listen⊠If you get a bad feeling or anything, you tell him to take you straight home. You promise? Okay. Are you ready, bud? Yeah. Be safe. [imitating Dracula] I hope it doesnât suck! [snickers] [chuckles] [Jonathan] I just donât get what she sees in him. What? Bob. At least he doesnât treat me different. I mean, I canât even go trick-or-treating by myself. Itâs lame. What? You think Iâm lame? No, but itâs not like Nancyâs coming to watch over Mike, you know? [sighs] [Dustin] Will! Hey! [car horn honks] [Dustin] Hey, donât cross the streams. Donât cross the streams! [sighs] Hey, listen. Yeah? If I let you go on your own, you promise to stay in the neighborhood? Yeah! Yeah, yeah, totally. And be back at Mikeâs by 9:00. 9:30? 9:00. Yeah. Deal? Yeah, deal. All right. Hey, Will. Donât let any of your spazzy friends use this, all right? Okay. [imitating Dracula] I hope it doesnât suck. [Will chuckles] [Lucas] Will! Egon! Yeah! You ready for tonight, man? Awesome! [âShout at the Devilâ by Mötley CrĂŒe playing] [all] âŠthirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two! [all cheering loudly] Yeah! Fortytwo! We got ourselves a new Keg King! [chanting] Billy! Billy! Billy! Thatâs how you do it, Hawkins! Billy! Billy! Billy! [chanting continues] We got ourselves a new Keg King, Harrington. Yeah, thatâs right! Yeah. Eat it, Harrington. Whatâs in this? Pure fuel! Pure fuel! Whoo! [burps] [glasses shattering] Hey⊠Whoa, whoa! Hey⊠Whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it easy. Take it easy. Nance, Nance, Nance⊠Weâre just being stupid teenagers for the night. Wasnât that the deal? [âIslands in the Streamâ by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers playing] [chuckles] Yeah. [Joyce chuckling] No. No, no. Come on. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Come on. No. No. No. [laughing] Oh, there it is. [chuckles] You playing Frankenstein to my Dracula? Come on, youâre stiff as a board. Relax. Iâm sorry. Itâs⊠Heâs fine. Okay? Jonathanâs with him. [sighs] I know. Itâs just every time heâs away from me, itâs like I canât function. I know it sounds silly. No, itâs not silly. Itâs not silly. What if we were to move out of Hawkins⊠together? What? I know. Whoa, Nellie, right? No, I just⊠Iâve been thinking about what you said. About how weâve got all these memories here, and you wish you had enough money to move. Well, my parents are selling their house in Maine. Thereâs a RadioShack nearby. Iâm sure theyâd take me on. We could just⊠My turn to be silly now. [sighs] Bob⊠No, itâs fine. Wine makes me crazy. Oh, itâs just so hard to explain. Itâs just this⊠This is not a normal family. It could be. It could be. âȘ Everything is nothing If you got no one âȘ âȘ And you just walk in the night âȘ âȘ Slowly losing sight of the real thing âȘ [doorbell rings] [knocking on door] Finally. Huh? [imitates Dracula] Victims. [knocking and ringing continues] [all] Trick or treat! [chuckles] Oh! Well, arenât you cute? The little exterminators. [Lucas sighs] If I get another 3 Musketeers, Iâm gonna kill myself. Whatâs wrong with 3 Musketeers? âWhatâs wrong with 3 Musketeers?â No one likes 3 Musketeers. Yeah, itâs just nougat. Whoa. âJust nougatâ? Just nougat? It is top three for me. Top three? Top three! Oh, God. Give me a break. Seriously, I can just eat a whole bowl of nougat. Straight up. [growling] [boys scream] [Lucas squeals] [chuckling] Holy shit! You should have seen the look on your faces. And you? Who screams like that? You sound like a little girl. Hey, you guys coming or not? Oh, I heard we should hit up Loch Nora. Thatâs where the rich people live, right? [chuckles] [both] Yeah! [sighs] [gunshots] [Hopper gasps and sighs] Youâre dead. Yeah, you got me, kid. [toy gun firing] [kid chuckles] Happy Halloween. Oh, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. [groans] Hey, kid. Give me some of that candy, would you? No way. All right. How about now? Who are you? Iâm Maria. Will you play with me? Would you like one of my flowers? [beeping] L⊠A⊠T⊠E. Late. [continues beeping] [âMonster Mashâ playing] âȘ He did the mash âȘ âȘ He did the monster mash âȘ âȘ The monster mash âȘ âȘ It was a graveyard smash âȘ âȘ He did the mash⊠âȘ Another full-size. Like, seriously, rich people are such suckers. Wait. Youâre not rich, right? No, I live up Old Cherry Road. Oh. No, itâs fine. I mean, the streetâs good for skating. [Dustin] Hmm. Yeah, totally tubular. What? Did I say that right? Or is it, like, tubular. Itâs, like, [imitates surfer] totally tubular. Totally tubular! What a gnarly wave, dude. Totally brodacious, bro! [Max] Stop. My ears are hurting. [Dustin and Lucas continue indistinctly] Did you agree to this? What? To her joining our party. Itâs just for Halloween. You should have checked with me. Well, they were excited. I guess I thought youâd be okay with it. Sheâs ruining the best night of the year. Watch it, Zombie Boy. [gasps] Trick or treat, freak. Boo! [gasps] [ambient rumbling] [echoing] Mike? Mike? Mike! [chittering] [chittering continues] [ominous loud rumbling] [loud growling] [breathing heavily] [Mike] Will! [screams] Will, whatâs wrong? [breathing heavily] I couldnât find you. Are you hurt? Holy shit! [Lucas] Is he okay? I donât know. Iâm gonna get you home, okay? Iâm gonna get you home. Hold on. All right, take it easy. I got him. Mike? Keep trick-or-treating. Iâm bored anyways. Whatâs wrong with him? [âGirls on Filmâ by Duran Duran playing] [retching] [âGirls on Filmâ continues playing] [girl] Nice costume. Huh? Nice costume. Oh, uh, yeah. Iâm going as a guy who hates parties. [chuckles] Iâm Samantha. Uh, Jonathan. Kiss? The band. [chuckles] No, no, no. Get off. No, youâve had enough, okay? Screw you! Nance, Iâm serious. Hey. Hey. Hey. Stop. No, Iâm serious. Put it down. No! Nance, put it down. Steve! Stop. Stop. Stop. [gasps] [all exclaim] What the hell? Nance. Nance, Iâm sorry. Thatâs not coming off, Nance. Itâs coming. Come on. Let me just take you home, okay? Come here. Let me take you home. Come on. [slurring] You wanted this. No, I didnât want this. I told you to stop drinking. Itâs bullshit. Bullshit. No, itâs not bullshit. Okay? No, itâs not bullshit, Nancy. No, you. Youâre bullshit. [stammers] What? Youâre pretending like everything is okay. You know, like we didnât⊠like we didnât kill Barb. Like, itâs great. Like, weâre in love and weâre partying. Yeah, letâs party, huh? Party. Weâre partying. This is bullshit. âLike weâre in loveâ? [Steve shudders] Itâs bullshit. You donât love me? Itâs bullshit. [sighs] [Will] Itâs like⊠like Iâm stuck. [Mike] Like, like, stuck in the Upside Down? [Will sighs] No. You know on a View-Master, when it gets, like⊠Caught between two slides? Yeah. Like that. Like one sideâs our world, and the other⊠The other slide is the Upside Down. And⊠And there was this noise coming from everywhere. And then I saw something. The Demogorgon? No. It was like this huge shadow in the sky. Only, it was alive. And it was coming for me. Is this all real? Or is it like the doctors say, all in your head? I donât know. Just⊠Just please donât tell the others, okay? They wonât understand. Eleven would. She would? Yeah. She always did. Sometimes I feel like I still see her. Like sheâs still around, but she never is. I donât know. Sometimes I feel like Iâm going crazy. Me, too. Hey, well, if weâre both going crazy, then weâll go crazy together, right? [chuckles] Yeah. Crazy together. [chuckles softly] [Nancy exhales] [sighs] Jonathan? [knocking rhythmically] Hey, kid. Open up, all right? Look, I know Iâm late. I got candy here, all right? I got all the good stuff. Please, will you open the door? Iâm gonna freeze to death out here. [breathing heavily] [TV playing in distance] Hey, kid. Open up, would you? I got, uh⊠stuck somewhere, and I lost track of time. And Iâm sorry. El, would you please open the door? El? [sighs] All right. Iâm just gonna be out here by myself, eating all this candy. Iâm gonna get fat. Itâs very unhealthy to leave me out here. Could have a heart attack or something. But, you know, you do what you want. [announcer on TV] One quarter pound of all-American beef, fresh-cut tomato, and four strips of crispy bacon. [man and woman] Did somebody say bacon? [switches channels] [man] Refreshing lemon⊠[woman] âŠand theyâre perfect for dunking. Mmm! [voices echoing] [Mike echoing] Itâs day 353. I had a bad day today. I donât know. I⊠I guess I wish you were here. I mean, we all do. If youâre out there, just please give me a sign. Mike. Eleven? [sobbing] [Dustin] Tubular. Tubular. Tubular. [chirping and growling] Mews, is that⊠[loud thud] [noise continues] Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. [screams] [chittering] Holy sh⊠[âGhostbustersâ playing] âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ If thereâs something strange In your neighborhood âȘ âȘ Who you gonna call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ If thereâs something weird And it donât look good âȘ âȘ Who you gonna call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ I ainât afraid of no ghost âȘ âȘ I ainât afraid of no ghost âȘ âȘ If youâre seeing things Running through your head âȘ âȘ Who can you call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ An invisible man Sleeping in your bed âȘ âȘ Oh! Who you gonna call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ I ainât afraid of no ghost âȘ âȘ I ainât afraid of no ghost âȘ âȘ Donât get caught alone Oh, no âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ When it comes through your door âȘ âȘ Unless you just want some more âȘ âȘ I think you better call âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ âȘ Who you gonna call? âȘ âȘ Ghostbusters âȘ