S3E06
E Pluribus Unum
The truth about the Russian involvement emerges.
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Stranger Things ā S03E06 ā Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Full transcript [loud thrumming] [both] The gate. I donāt understand. Youāve seen this before? Not exactly. Then what, exactly? All you need to know is itās bad. [Steve] Itās really bad. Like, end-of-the-human-race-as-we-know-it kind of bad. And you know about this how? Um, Steve? Whereās your Russian friend? [alarm blaring] Shit. [yelling in Russian] Halt! Halt! Shit. Go, go, go, go, go! [Dustin] Shit. [Steve] Move! Letās move! [office chair squeaks] [Steve] Go! Shit! Shit, shit, shit! [Steve] Go, go, go! [yelling in Russian] [shrieks] [yelling in Russian] [Dustin] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! [gasps for air] Holy shit! Guards! Go! This way! [grunting] [guards yelling in Russian] [Steve] Oh, shit! Oh, shit! [Erica] Whoa! [Steve grunts] Come on! Go, go, go, go, go! [Robin] Come on! Shit! [Robin] This way! [Robin] Come on, quick! [Steve] Hold the door! [yelling in Russian] Robin! Shit! [yelling in Russian] [Steve] Help me, come on! [Erica] Here! Come on, letās go! [yelling in Russian] Come on! Go! Just get out of here! Go, come on, now! No! Just go get some help, okay? [Steve] What are you doing?! [both] Go! [guards yelling] I wonāt forget you! [both] Go! [Robin yelps, grunts] [yelling in Russian] [guns cocking] [flourescent lights buzzing] [low frequency rumbling] [fluttering sound] Heās here. [Will shivers] [Eleven breathes deeply] [shrieking] Shit. Nancy! [Jonathan] Run! [Nancy] Damn! Hey! [Nancy grunts] [Jonathan] Come on! [roars] [Nancy whimpers] Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Two at a time! [creature shrieking] [panting] [snarling] [creature snarls, growls] [Nancy whimpers] [creature snarls] [Nancy whimpers] [shrieking] [pounding on door] [panting] [clanging] [Jonathan grunts] [snarling] [squelching sound] Oh, my God. [intense synth music playing] Jonathanā¦ No! Nancy! Jonathan! [grunts] No, no! Nancy! [beeping] Stairs. Goddamn it! [bubbling and squelching] [snarling] [roaring] [panting] [creature squelches] [creature snarling] [snarling continues] [creature growling] [roaring] [shrieking] Jesus! What the fā¦ [roaring] [Eleven yells] [creature wails] [Eleven yells] [creature groans] [yells] [creature shrieks] [yells] [snarls] [Eleven yells] Go. Nancy! Are you okay? Are you okay? [all panting] [lights buzzing] [squelching] [eerie synth music playing] [bubbling and squelching] [rhythmic grunting] [squelching sound] [creature grunts] Itās time. [creature shrieks] [theme music playing] [āStand Up and Meet Your Brotherā playing] [indistinct chatter] āŖ Stand up and meet your brother, honey āŖ āŖ One color or another āŖ āŖ But heās still āŖ āŖ Heās still your brother āŖ āŖ Reach out and take his hand āŖ āŖ I want yāall to āŖ āŖ Help him understandā¦ āŖ [grumbles] Hey! Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Whatā¦ what are you doing? Whatāsā¦ whatās this doing here? What? Your stand. Itās right in the main thoroughfare. Where do you want it, sir? [scoffs] Over there with the rest of the goddamn food stalls. It isnāt rocket science. Sheesh, do I have to do everything myself? [ominous synth music playing] [clears throat] [Larry] My friends in state PD, highway patrol, theyāre all on the lookout. I got eyes everywhere. The second he pops upā¦ I get a call. A call? Yes. A call. [chuckles] I mean, what more do you people want me to do? We want you to find him. [sucks lips] Let me explain something to you. This man is a moron, okay? Heās driving around in a yellow convertible, for Christās sakes. He sticks out like a sore thumb. I will find him. And, when I do, may I suggest you bring some backup with you this time? Backup. Some comrades. Since last time, he got the better of you. [Larry grunts] [door whines shut] [carnival music playing] [Larry groans] [hissing noise] [ride powers up] Pleaseā¦ Iā¦ I didnāt mean that. Youā¦ You donāt need backup. This man is your fault, your problem. Youāre lucky you still breathe. [choking] Very lucky. Please. Iām sorry. Iā¦ I have a bad temper. Iām going to therapy. You have one day to find this man for me. Nod if you understand. [choking] [playful orchestral music playing] [Hopper] Two Whoppers, extra ketchup, large fry, pack of Marlboro Reds, and one extra-largeā¦ Slurpee. Burger King is nowhere near the 7Eleven, by the way. Never said it was. Letās try this again. Joyce. Alexei, the generators, what are they powering? And tell him that we know it is not the Starcourt Mall, so he can stop selling us that crap. [in Russian] Those generators you were working on, what are you powering? We know itās not the mall. [in Russian] This tastes like shit strawberry. Whatād he say? He says, āItās strawberry.ā Iām sorry? Hisā¦ Slurpee. [Murray] He says itās strawberry. So what? Hop, he did ask for cherry. I meanā¦ Well, they didnāt have cherry. They didnāt have it. And it doesnāt matter, because it all tastes the same, okay? It is sugar on ice. You tell him that. Tell him what? You tell him that it all tastes the goddamn same! [Murray, in Russian] Itās all the same. Sugar on ice. No difference. [in Russian] Tell that stupid man it is not the same in the slightest, and I would like the cherry I requested. [in English] He respectfully disagrees. [Murray] Itās not the same at all, and he would likeā¦ cherry. [chuckles] Oh, yeah? You tell himā¦ he can forget it. [in Russian] He says forget it. No cherry. [in Russian] No cherry, no deal. [laughs] [in English] He says, āNo cherryā¦ no deal.ā [smacks lips] [Murray] Yeah. Hm. [inhales sharply] Mm. [Hopper yells] [Murray] Oh, shit! [yelling] [Joyce] No, Hopā¦ [grunting] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Iām not gonna hurt him! [Joyce] What are you doing? [Hopper growls] Come on! Come on! Iām just giving him an opportunity to get his own damnā¦ cherry Slurpee! [Hopper grunts] [Alexei whimpers] [whimpers] Jim, that man is an enemy of the state. Yeah, whoās been jerking us around for a full day! I get him his cherry Slurpee, then what? He wants a helicopter to charter him to his own private island. I have dealt with assholes like this my entire life. [Hopper] Yesterday in the woods, he couldāve escaped, but he didnāt. [chuckles] He stuck with us. Why do you think that is? Itās becauseā¦ heās scared. [Hopper] Heās scared. Not of us, of them. Heās scared of that seven-foot-tall Russian freak who couldāve killed him just as easily as us. Smirnoff knows that if he runs back to his comrades without a scratch on him, theyāre gonna think that he spilled his guts. So, whether he likes it or not, weā¦ are the best chance heās got. Ooh! [grunts in pain] I give him 30 seconds before he comes knocking on that door, right back into our arms, with a new sense of humility. [āNeutron Danceā plays] āŖ I donāt wanna take it anymore āŖ [laughs giddily] Jimā¦ Uhā¦ I, uh, believe he has started the car. Hopper. You know, testing us. Heās just calling my bluff. āŖ āCause I work so hard To make it every day āŖ āŖ Wooooh āŖ I believe he is now driving away. [grumbles] [scoffs] [Joyce grumbles] Jim. Jim, move. Joyce, Joyceā¦ Move, move, move! āŖ Yeah āŖ āŖ Oohooh, huh āŖ āŖ Yeah āŖ āŖ And itās hard to say āŖ āŖ Just how some things never change āŖ āŖ And itās hard to find āŖ āŖ Any strength to draw the line āŖ āŖ Ooh, Iām just burning Doinā the neutron dance āŖ āŖ Iām just burning Doinā the neutron dance āŖ [engine switches off] āŖ I know thereās a pot of gold for me āŖ āŖ All Iāve got to do is just believeā¦ āŖ [muttering in Russian] āŖ Doinā the neutron dance āŖ āŖ And Iām just burningā¦ āŖ Iām sorry, what did he say? He says he likes strawberry, too. āŖ Iām just burning āŖ āŖ In my feet āŖ āŖ Doinā the neutron dance, woohoo āŖ [Dustin] So, when we set fire to the hub, we drew the Demodogs away so El could close the gate. But now, for some insane reason, the Russians appear to be trying to reopen it, which just destroys everything we risked our lives for. By āwe,ā youāre including Lucas? Yes, of course. So, all that shit you told me, Lucas was there? Yeah. My brother, Lucas Charles Sinclair? Yes! I donāt believe you. Wait, so you believe everything about El and the gate and the Demodogs and the Mind Flayer, but you question your brotherās involvement? Thatās correct. Makes total sense. Um, you need help with that? No. Well, I mean, itās taking a while, soā¦ Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. All right, so if we donāt find a more efficient method to stop these fans, weāre never gonna find help, and your ice cream buddies are screwed. Yeah, with that attitude, they are. Jeezus! Iām just being realistic. I mean, weāve made it about point-three miles in nine hours. Then we had to walk three hours down that tunnel, so Iād estimate ten miles back to the elevator, which should take us approximately twelve-and-a-half days. Did you just do all of that in your head? Iām good with numbers. Holy shit. Youāre a nerd. Come again? Youā¦ areā¦ aā¦ nerd. Okay, you better take that back, nerd. Canāt put the truth back in the box. But itās not the truth. Letās examine the facts, shall we? Fact one: youāre a math whiz, apparently. That was a pretty straightforward equation. Fact number two: youāre a political junkie. Just because I donāt agree with Communism as an ideologyā¦ Fact number three: you love My Little Pony. And what does My Little Pony have to do with this? Ah, letās recall the poniesā latest adventure, shall we? The evil centaur team and Tirek turns Applejack into a dragon at Midnight Castle, and then Megan and the other ponies have to use Moochickās magic to defeat his rainbow of darkness, saving them from a lifetime of enslavement. All the pink in the world canāt disguise the irrefutable fact that centaurs and castles and dragons and magic are all standard nerd tropes. Ergo, My Little Pony is nerdy. Ergo, you, Erica, are a nerd. And how do you know so much about My Little Pony? Because Iāmā¦ a nerd. [electricity crackles] [powering down noise] Letās goā¦ nerd. Youā¦ [Steve groans] That one stung. [gasps for air] Who do you work for? For the millionth time, I work at Scoops Ahoy! Scoops Ahoy. [groans] [Steve] What the hell?! Look at my outfit! Look at my outfit! You think I just wear this?! Think Iām a spy in a sailorās uniform? [groans] [grunts] How did you get in? [gasps] I already told you. I told you before. [gasps for air] My delivery didnāt come, and my friends and I, we thought that it was left at the loading dock, so we went in the room, and then it turned into an elevator, and thenā¦ and then we dropped and then, next thing we know, I open my eyes, and weāre in thisā¦ wonderful facility. But I swear to God, nobody knows about us, nobody saw us. You could just let us go, all right? And Iām not gonna tell anybody about this, okay? Shit happens, life goes on. And, uhā¦ iceā¦ ice cream. Ice cream, okay? You guys know what ice cream is. Everybody loves ice cream. I donāt know if you have Russian ice cream or if thatās considered gelato. I donāt know whatās what, but whatever you guys want, seriously. USS Butterscotch, I mean, you gotta try it. It is out of this world, Iām telling ya! [soldiers laughing] [laughs nervously] I like this guy! āUSSā¦ Butterscotch.ā [laughs] [soldiers continue laughing] [chuckles] [laughter stops] Who do you work for? Oh, come on. No, no! No, seriouslyā¦ [soldier grunts] [soldiers speaking Russian] [grunting] Get your hands off me! [yelps, grunts] Heyā¦ Steve? [door buzzer sounds] Steve? Steve? Steve? What did you do to him? What did you do? [officer grunts] [Robin groans] [whimpers] [in Russian] Put them in the chairs. [soldier speaks Russian] [Robin] Donāt touch me! Steveā¦ [grunts] Steve, wake up. Steve? [Robin grunts, yelps] What did you do?! [Robin grunts] Donāt touch him. [clicking tongue] Steve? Steve, can you hear me? [officer, in English] I think your friend need a doctor. Good thingā¦ we have the very best. [officer laughs] [soldiers laugh] You are going to regret that, little bitch. [speaks Russian] [door buzzer sounds] Bastards. Let us outta here! Bastards! Let us out! Let us out! [water splashing gently] [ominous synth music playing] [static hissing] [Mike] It canāt be good for her to be in there for this long. Mike, you need to relax. What if she gets brain damage or something? Oh, shit. Is that, like, a real thing? No, itās not. He made it up. Mike doesnāt know what heās talking about. Oh, and you do? No, Iā¦ Yes, from The Hawkins Post. Iā¦ I called a couple days ago about theā¦ [indistinct male voice on phone] Yes, yes, umā¦ I was justā¦ following up to see if anything else had gone missing, or ifā¦ Okay. Um, sorry to botherā¦ [dial tone sounding] [Max and Mike argue indistinctly in background] [Nancy sighs] Whoās next? [Jonathan] There is no next. Unless you want to start calling random peopleās homes. It doesnāt make sense. What part of any of this makes sense? Thereās a pattern, okay? A consistency to their behavior. Theyāve been feeding on these chemicals since this started, andā¦ and, what, they just stop, out of the blue? Maybe they have all the chemicals they need. Maybe theyāve all turned into thoseā¦ things. But what about the source? I mean, did the Mind Flayer just suddenly stop infecting people? And even if the flayed are monsters now, why canāt El find them? Okay, can you guys settle an argument for us? Who do you think should decide Elās limits? Mike or Eleven? The way that you frame that is such bullshit. Itās not bullshit, Mike. This is your whole problem. And itās also precisely the reason why she dumped your ass. El dumped you? Yeah, because she is conspiring against me. Sheās corrupting her. No, enlightening her. [Max] The fact is, sheās not yours. Sheās her own person, fully capable of making her own decisions. Sheās risking her life for no reason. For no reason? Mike, the flayed are out there doing God knows what. Killing, flayingā¦ Transforming into monsters. And Elās not stupid. [Nancy] She knows her abilities better than any of us. Exactly, thank you. And she is her own person. Exactly. With her own free will. [Max] Exactly. El has saved the world twice, and Mike still doesnāt trust her. You wanna talk about trust, really? After you made Eleven spy on us? Wait, what? Oh, she didnāt tell you this? No. Your girlfriend used Elās powers to spy on us. No, no, no, I did not make her. It was her idea. And why are we even talking about this, seriously? Yeah, who cares? I care. Yeah. I guess girlfriends donāt lie, they spy. We were just joking around. Wouldnāt itāve been so funny if I was taking a massive shit or something? You werenāt. But what if I was? Then gross! Seriously, Mike? Iām just trying to demonstrate how careless Max is with Elevenās powers. In fact, how careless all of you are. Youāre treating her like some kind of machine when sheās not a machine, and I donāt want her to die looking for the flayed when theyāve obviously vanished off the face of the Earth. So can we please just come up with a new plan because I love her and I canāt lose her again. [door opening] Whatās going on? Nothing. Nothing. Just a family discussion. Oh. I found him. Found who? [Murray] He calls it the key, and this key emits a great energy. [Alexei speaking Russian] [Murray] It requires much strength, power. [Alexei speaking Russian] [Murray] Those houses, like the one you found, theyāre located near, uh, transformers. Theyāre stealing from your townās power grid. Why build this key here? Why are they not doing this in their own backyard? What are they trying to do, blow us to smithereens? [speaking Russian] [speaking Russian] [chuckles lightly] [speaking Russian] There were many of these, uh, keys before in Russia, but they turned out wrong. [Alexei speaking Russian] They had to come to where theā¦ where the, uhā¦ Where the what? I donāt understand what heās saying. I thought you were fluent. Oh, Iām sorry. Are my free translation services not good enough for you? Because you can just go ahead and file your complaint right up my ass! What is Smirnoff doing? Heās showing me. [speaking Russian] [Murray] Oh, okay. Uh, he says the straw, theyāre using it to penetrate a hole inā¦ a box? [speaking Russian] Okay, sorry, sorry. [Murray] The straw represents the key, which emits a great energy. [speaking Russian] Theyāre using this energyā¦ to break through a barrier, to openā¦ a doorway. A doorway between worlds. [Alexei speaking Russian] [Murray] But it seems this key was only half the equation. [speaking Russian] Locationā¦ Location was the other half. [speaking Russian] Oh, whatā¦ [speaking Russian] In Hawkins, this door had been opened once. [speaking Russian] It was stillā¦ healing. Jesus Christ. So, this door is open now? [speaking Russian] [speaking Russian] He says it isā¦ opening. [creature shrieking] [fluttering sound] [gasps] Where are you going? To call our children. [gasps] [in Russian] Can we watch Looney Tunes now? Nyet. [big band music playing] [panting] [grumbling] Can I help you with something? Whiskey. You have whiskey? No, but I do have vodka. [Hopper sighs] [Hopper inhales sharply] Oh! If thereās a way to start this key, thereās gotta be a way to stop it, yeah? Turn it off? [Hopper inhales sharply] [Murray sighs] Right. Right? [in Russian] The key, is there a way to turn it off? [speaking Russian] [in English] He says, āOf course he could turn it off. Couldā¦ Edison not turn off a lamp, could Bell not hang up a phone?ā Cocky bastard. āButā¦ā But what? [speaking Russian] But he is nowā¦ ānaked.ā Sorry, āexposed.ā Compromised. Hey, I will get you there. I will get you to your key. [speaking Russian] [laughs] You wanna ask him what the hellās so funny about that? [speaking Russian] [speaking Russian] He says he likes your courage. You remind him of aā¦ [clears throat] Fat Rambo. [Alexei speaking Russian] [Murray] But he says that even thin Rambo couldnāt get there. [Alexei speaking Russian] This key, it is in an underground fortress designed by the greatest Russian minds, guarded by their greatest warriors. [speaking Russian] [Murray] Breaking in isā¦ impossible. Jackpot. [Dustin] Ohhoho! Do you even know how to drive? How hard can it be? Max did it. [Dustin] Aw, come on. You seriously thought theyād just leave keys in there? Thereās gotta be a spare. [Erica sighs] [Erica] Hey, Dustin? Yeah? How big did you say that Demogorgon was? Big. Nine feet or so. Why? Found āem. Erica? [loud zapping] What the hell is that?! A deadly weapon. Could be useful. For what? What do you think? Taking down Commies, saving your friends. Thought you were more realistic than that, nerd. We donāt even know where they are, and even if we did, there are a million guards up there with weapons way deadlier than that. The best thing we can do for them is to get out of here and find help. Easy with that. Our chance of surviving, and theirs, rises substantially. Just trust me on this. Please? [engine powering up] [Robin] Help! [Robinās voice echoes] Help! Help! Hey, would you stop yelling? Steve! Oh, my God! [panting] Steveā¦ Areā¦ Are you okay? My ears are ringing, and I canāt really breathe, my eye feels like itās about to pop out of my skull, but, you know, apart from that, Iām doing pretty good. Well, the good news is that theyāre calling you a doctor. [Robin chuckles] Is this his place of work? I love the vibe. [Robin chuckles] Charming. Yeah, tell me about it. So, okay, do you see that table over there to your right? No, your other right. Oh. Yeah, okay. And do you see those scissors? Uhhuh. Yeah, well, I think that if we move at the same time, we could get over there, and then maybe I could kick the table and knock them into your lap. And I could cut the binds. Yeah, and we could get out of here. Gotcha. Okay, yeah, we can do that. Yeah. Those morons. They left scissors in here? Yeah, morons. [laughs] Total morons. Okay. Okay, so, on the count of three, weāre gonna hop. Okay, good, hop on three. I gotcha. All right. One, two, three. Okay, that worked. Okay. All right. Uh, letās try again. Right. [both] One, two, three. Holy shit, this is gonna work! Weāre close. Ready? Okay, one, two, three. [both grunting] [both groaning] [laughing lightly] Itās okay, itās okay. Donāt cry. Robin. [Robin giggles] Are you laughing? [continues laughing] Yeah. Jesus! Iām sorry! Iām so sorry. Itās justā¦ I canāt believeā¦ Iām gonna die in a secret Russian base with Steve āThe Hairā Harrington. Itās just too trippy, man. Weāre not gonna die. Weāre gonna get out of here, okay? Justā¦ You gotta let me just think for a second. Do you remember, um, Mrs. Clickās sophomore history class? What? Mrs. ClickityClackity. Thatās what us band dweebs called her. [sighs] It was first period, Tuesdays and Thursdays, so you were always late. And you always had the same breakfast. Bacon, egg, and cheese on a sesame bagel. I sat behind you two days a week for a year. Mister Funny. Mister Cool. The King of Hawkins High himself. Do you even remember me from that class? [Robin chuckles] Of course you donāt. You were a real asshole, you know that? Yeah, I know. But it didnāt even matter. It didnāt matter that you were an ass. I was stillā¦ obsessed with you. Even though all of us losers pretend to be above it all, we still just wanna be popularā¦ accepted, normal. If it makes you feel any better, having those things isnāt all that great. Seriously. [sighs] It just baffles me. Everything that people tell you is important, everything that people say you should care about, itās all justā¦ [chuckles] Bullshit. But I guess you gotta mess up to figure things out, right? I hope so. I feel like my whole life has beenā¦ one big error. [chuckles] Yep. [laughs] At least it canāt get any more messed up than this. [both chuckle] You know, I wish Iād known you in Clickās class. Yeah? Really, I do. [Robin chuckles] Maybe you couldāve helped me pass the class. Maybe instead of being here, Iād be on my way to college right now. And I would have no idea that there were evil Russians beneath our feet, and I would be happily slinging ice cream with some other schmuck. [both chuckle] Gotta say, though, I liked being your schmuck. It was fun while it lasted. It was. [buzzer sounds] [door opens] [suspenseful music playing] [chuckles] Where were you two going? [clicking tongue] Try telling the truth this time, yes? It will make your visit with Dr. Zharkov less painful. [winces] [chuckles] Wait a second. Wait. Hold on. Okay! Wait, wait, wait! What is that thing? It will help you talk. Did you even clean that thing?! [screams] [static hissing] [gasping breaths] [Eleven breathes rapidly] [gasping, panting] Whatās he doing now? [Nancy] And thatās not normal, right? Billy staying in his room on the Fourth of July? No, thatās not normal. He wants us to find him. Yeah, thatās what Iām afraid of. If we go to Billy, then the rest of the flayed know where we are. Itās a trap, I agree. Weāll be ambushed. We wonāt be surprised. Weāll know that theyāre coming, and we will kick their flayed butts. You mean El will kick their butts. [Elevenās voice echoes] Papa! No. [Terry] Rainbow. Three to the right, four to the left. Sunflower. Rainbow. [Mike] Itās too risky. [Nancy] Yeah, and unnecessary. Killing the flayed wonāt stop the Mind Flayer. We have to find out where itās spreading from. We have to find the source. [Eleven] Billy knows it. Billyās been there. To the source. Yeah, butā¦ Itās a trap. I know. [Eleven] We canāt go to Billy, but I think thereās another way. A way for me to see where heās been. [static hissing] El, I know you think you have to do this, but you donāt. Itās just, youāve only done this before once. And your mom, she loved you, and wanted you to know what happened. And Billyās mind isā¦ is sick, diseased. The Mind Flayer is in him. He canāt hurt me. Not in there. We donāt know that. Mike. I need you to trust me. Yeah. Justā¦ be careful. [shivering breaths] [Eleven exhales sharply] [echoing] Billy. Can you hear me? I want to see. I want to see what happened. [suspenseful synth music playing] [whimpering] Somethingās wrong. [screams] Stop! No! No! No! No! [distorted roaring] [gasping] [Billy grunting] [tires screeching] [distorted screams] [squawking] [distorted wailing] [Mike, echoing] El, are you okay? Are you okay? [sighs] [softly] Iām okay. Whatās going on? Iāmā¦ on a beach. [Lucas] Okay, I may be dense, but the last I checked, there werenāt any beaches in Hawkins. What else do you see? [tides crashing] [seagulls squawking] [Eleven] A woman. Sheāsā¦ pretty. Iā¦ I think sheās looking at me. [echoing laughter] [woman] Woo! Yeah! [woman laughs] [woman] You did it! Thereāsā¦ a boy. Did you see that? Yeah, I saw that! That was at least seven feet. [woman] I donāt know what it was, but it almost gave me a heart attack. Ten more minutes? Yeah, okay, ten more minutes. Okay. But any longer than that, Dadās gonna be mad, okay? [boy] Okay! [boy panting] Billy? Watch out for rip currents! I know. Itās Billy. Itās California. Itās a memory. [seagulls squawking] [distant rumbling] I think I see it. The source. [panting] [ominous synth music playing] [thunder rumbling and crashing] [dialing on rotary phone] [Murray] Two minutes, Jim. Itās a secure line, but any longer than that and they could trace you. Yeah, I want āem to trace me. What? [Hopper clears throat] [phone ringing] Philadelphia Public Library. Uhā¦ This is Jim Hopperā¦ uhā¦ police chief, Hawkins. [Hopper] I got this number from Dr. Sam Owens. What is your identification code? Identification code? You donāt know it? You must be joking. Oh, no, no, I got it, I got it. [chuckles] I got it. You wrote it down and kept it in your wallet? āAntique Chariot.ā Listen. [Hopper] Um, tell Owens that the Russkies are opening the gate. Now, heāll know what that means. Not about the Russkies, but about the gate. Tell him that thereās an entrance at Starcourt Mall. I know how to get in, but I need backup, a lot of backup. Have him call me back here at 6186258313. Your message will be relayed. So, now what? Now, we, uhā¦ we wait. You compromised me, Jim. You do realize that, donāt you? Iām gonna have to relocate. How long do we wait? As long as it takes. How can you just sit there being calm? I am not calm! Our kids are in danger! You said they were at the festival! Which is, like, ten minutes from the gate! [scoffs] What are you doing? Joyce? What are you doing? [phone rings] Philadelphia Public Library. Yes, hello. Uh, this is, uh, Antique Chariotās partnerā¦ Wheelbarrow. I donāt think Antique Chariot properly conveyed the urgency of our situation. What are you doing? Canāt just sit around and wait for a call. Maāam, Iām gonna need you to stay calm. No. Donāt you dare patronize me! I donāt know who you are, if youāre some glorified secretary or what, but if you donāt wanna lose your job, hereās whatās gonna happen. When I hang up, youāre gonna get up off your ass, and youāre gonna go find Owens and tell him whatās going on. We donāt have time to talk about it and neither does he. Heās gotta get to Hawkins, and heās gotta bring his men right now! Do you understand me? Yes, yes, maāam. Thank you. And good day. Itās been exactly one minute, Joyce. Thatās one minute too long. Alexei. [gasps] [in Russian] Whatās going on? We gotta go. Vroom, vroom. Back to Hawkins. Come on. [Joyce] Come on. Honestly, I donāt really feel anything. Do you? I mean, Iā¦ I feel fine. I feel normal. Yeah, I feelā¦ I feel fine. I kinda feel good. [both chuckling] Wanna know a secret? What? I like it, too! [both laugh] I feel good. Morons. They messed up the drug. They messed it up! Morons. Hey, morons! Morons! Moron! Morā¦ Hey! Whoaoh! Oh, no. Thereās definitely something wrong with us. Somethingās wrong. [door buzzer sounds] [Robin chuckles] Would now be a good time to tell you that I donāt like doctors? Letās try this again, yes? [murmurs] Who do you work for? Scoops. [chuckles] Scoops Ahoy. [giggles] How did you find us? Totally by accident. [chuckles] [Steve chuckles] [in Russian] More lies. What is that shiny little toy? [Robin] Where you going with that, doc? Whoa, whoa, hey, hey. Wait! No! Wait! Wait! Whoa! There was a code! We heard a code! Code. What code? āThe week is long. The silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west.ā Blah, blah, blah. You broadcast that stupid spy shit all over town, and we picked it up on our Cerebro, and we cracked it in a day. A day! You think youāre so smart, but a couple of kids who scoop ice cream for a living cracked your code in a day, and now, people know youāre here. Who knows we are here, little bitch? Uh, well, Dustin knows. Hey, Steve? Yeah, Dustin Henderson, he knows. Steve! [Steve laughs] Dustin Henderson. It is your small, curlyhaired friend? Oh, curlyhaired. Great hair. Small. Kind of like a āfro. Yeah. Where is he? Heās long gone, you big asshole. And heās probably calling Hopper, and Hopperās calling the US cavalry. [laughs] Theyāre gonna come in here, commandostyle, guns ablazinā, and kick your sorry asses back to Russia. Youāre gonna be two pieces of toast. [snickers] Is that so? Yeah. [both laugh] [laughs] [both laugh] [alarm blaring] [soldiers yelling in Russian] [speaking Russian] [soldiers yelling in Russian] [officer grunts a command] [sizzling] [electricity crackling] [intense synth music playing] [yells] [screaming] Hey! Henderson! Thatās crazy, I was just talking about you. Oh, my God! Get ready to run. [thunder rumbling] [wind howling] [ominous synth music playing] [man] Hey! Billy, stop! What the hell is wrong with you? What did we talk about, huh? You gotta slide! [stammering] I know. Wait. Afraid youāre gonna get hurt, is that it? No. [man] Well, what then? What? What did I raise, a pussy for a son? Leave me alone! Hey! [man] Thatās right, run! Like you always do! [lightning crackling] [thunderclap] [man] Where were you last night? Where were you? [woman] I told you, I was with Wendy. [man] Stop lying to me! [woman] Iām not lying to you! You saw him again, didnāt you? Didnāt you?! Get away from me! I said, get away! Youā¦ You whore! Stop it! Bitch! Donāt hurt her! No! Donāt hurt her! [woman] You bastard! [man grunts] [young Billy] Mom! [young Billy] I donāt understand. Why not? Please, Mom, donāt do this. Please come home. No. How long? How long?! [sobbing] I miss you. [teen Billy] Get back here! [grunting] Get up! What, are you scared to fight me? You scared? Get up and fight me, pussy! Pussy! [man] Billy, come over here, I want you to meet someone. This is your new sister. Her nameās Maxine. Max. Shake her hand. [Billy] Whoās there? [man] I said, shake her hand. [Billy] I said, whoās there?! [screams] [Billy screams] [screaming continues] [lightning crackling] [lightning crackling] [thunder rumbling] [thunder rumbling and booming] I think I found it. [Eleven panting] The source. Where, El? Where are you? Brimbornā¦ Steelworks. Here. Okay, uh, steelworks, steelworksā¦ Uhā¦ Here, steel. Uhā¦ [Jonathan] Found it. 6522 Cherry Oak Drive. Thatās close. El, El, we found it. Get out of there. [Mike] Get out. [echoing scream] [distorted scream] [gasps] [distorted scream] [panting] [gasps] Mike? Mike? Mike? [whimpers] Mike! [echoing] Mike! [Billy, with deep voice] He canāt hear you. [gasps] You shouldnāt have looked for me. Because now I see you. Now we can all see you. [dramatic choral music playing] [cheering and laughing] Youā¦ let us in. [creature roaring] And nowā¦ you are going to have to let us stay. [boy laughing] David, where you going? David? [excited cheering] Adam! Youāre gonna miss it! Adam! [firecrackers crackling] Donāt you see? All this time, weāve been building it. [sobbing] Weāve been building itā¦ for you. All that work, all that painā¦ all of itā¦ for you. [Eleven sobbing] And now itās time. Time to end it. And we are going to end you. And when you are gone, we are going to end your friends. No! And then we are going to endā¦ everyone. [screaming] Get away! No! El, youāre okay. Itāsā¦ Itās okay. El. [sobbing] [low frequency rumbling] [creature shrieking] [choking noises] [creature snarls] [creature lowing] [choking noises] [squelching noises] [creature shrieking] [creature snarls] [man grunts] [squelching noises] [pounding and rattling gate] [creature shrieks] [roaring] [dramatic orchestral and choral music continues] [monkey screeches]