Stranger Things
Created by: The Duffer Brothers
Stars: Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven / El), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), 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), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Brett Gelman (Murray Bauman), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Matthew Modine (Dr. Martin Brenner), Paul Reiser (Dr. Sam Owens), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna / Henry Creel / One), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Eduardo Franco (Argyle), Joseph Quinn (Eddie Munson)
Season 4 – Episode 8
Episode title: Chapter Eight: Papa
Original release date: July 1, 2022
Episode plot: Before releasing Nancy, Vecna shows her a vision of an apocalyptic future Hawkins taken over by the Upside Down. The group determines Vecna needs four gates to enact his plan; Max offers to lure Vecna into possessing her so the others can attack him while he is distracted. Eleven, using her powers, learns of this plan and gets Owens to arrange transit to Hawkins. Brenner betrays Owens and secures him, and traps Eleven, insisting she needs to complete her training. Eleven realizes that Brenner had been using her to try to recover Henry from the Upside Down. Sullivan and his forces arrive at the site and kill all the staff; Brenner flees with Eleven but is shot by a helicopter sniper. Sullivan’s crew tries to kill Eleven from a helicopter, but she uses her powers to stop them. She does not confirm to Brenner that she understands his motives and says goodbye to him before he dies. Will encourages Mike to fight for his relationship with Eleven, concealing his own feelings for Mike in the process, and they reunite with Eleven. In Russia, Hopper, Joyce, Murray, Yuri, and Antonov escape the base after discovering several more creatures from the Upside Down, as well as a shadowy fragment of the Mind Flayer, under study at the prison.
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Stranger Things – S04E08 – Chapter Eight: Papa | Full transcript
[eldritch thrumming]
[heavy breathing]
[jarring stinger]
[gate writhing wetly]
[ominous music playing]
[discomforting slithering]
[door creaks open]
[ominous music fades]
[intense music playing]
What have you done?
What have you done?
[thud echoes]
[faint buzzing]
[tattoo needle buzzing]
[clang echoes]
[menacing music playing]
[Brenner] All done.
Not so bad, was it?
See?
There’s nothing to be afraid of.
Is there, Nancy?
[jarring stinger]
[distorted] Why don’t you take a seat?
[distant screaming] No!
[distant screaming]
Nancy, just stay with me.
Stay with me, okay?
Whatever you guys are doing, hurry up!
Steve says you need to hurry!
Yeah? No shit!
We’re trying. We can’t find anything.
What is all this shit?
What are you even looking for?
Madonna, Blondie, Bowie, Beatles?
Music! We need music!
This is music!
[sinister music intensifies]
[exhales]
Son of a…
God!
[Vecna] Nancy.
[panting]
What are you doing?
It’s not time for you to leave.
[gasps]
[planks creaking, breaking]
Now that you’ve seen where I’ve been…
[Nancy exclaims]
…I would like very much to show you where I am going.
[planks clatter]
[panting]
[grunts]
[distorted] Take a seat, Nancy.
[music intensifies, halts]
[Nancy panting]
[electricity surges]
[wet writhing]
[panting]
[tentacles chittering]
[threatening music playing]
[Vecna breathing heavily]
I…
Want you to tell Eleven.
I want you to tell her everything you see.
[guttural gurgling]
No!
[clock chimes]
No!
Tell her…
No!
…everything.
[music intensifies]
No!
[gasps]
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Nancy panting]
It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay.
[Nancy gasps]
It’s okay. I’m here.
[Steve pants] I’m right here.
[music intensifies, halts]
[Nancy’s gasp echoes]
[theme music playing]
[snarling]
[menacing industrial synth music playing]
[in Russian] What’s going on there?
Get the power back on!
[radio beeps]
[guard speaking over radio] Tell him that the prisoners are contained… and that you’re working on the power.
Tell him!
And that door there, where does it lead?
To… to cell block two…
No cell blocks!
I need a safe way out of here.
[Yuri yelling, muffled]
[shushing]
[indistinct chatter continues]
[in English] Guess you got my message, huh?
Oh, no, I just have always wanted to visit the Soviet Union.
With Murray.
You two getting along?
He’s the Star sky to my Hutch.
I thought you were dead.
[tender, emotional music playing]
Thought I lost you.
I did lose you.
For eight months.
[exhales]
We had a funeral.
Anybody show?
Are you kidding?
You’re the hero of Hawkins.
[chuckles]
[Joyce] It’s true.
Yeah, I always felt I’d be easier to like when I was dead.
[clicks tongue]
[chuckles]
How about El?
She’s good.
She misses her dad.
We all do.
[Murray] Uh, I hate to interrupt, but apparently, they can climb too.
[Demogorgon chittering]
[guard yelling]
[ominous music playing]
[guard in Russian] Lower your weapons.
Lower your weapons!
Don’t shoot!
[bellows]
[gunfire] Stop!
[gunfire continues]
[Antonov] The hell is that?
[Murray] Please tell me they don’t have another one of those things.
[guns click]
[shrieks]
[yelling]
[in Russian] You can’t go in there!
It’s dangerous!
[roaring]
[scientist] It’s dangerous!
[loud banging, thrashing]
[shrill trilling]
[gun cocks]
[shrill trilling continues]
[eerie ringing]
[chittering]
[Demodog roars]
[gunshot]
[unsettling music playing]
[liquid gurgling]
[in English] Oh my God.
[delicate, distressing music playing]
The hell are they doing?
[eerie whooshing]
[unsettling audio distortions]
[distortions intensify]
[Antonov] Hey.
Found something.
[tense, determined music playing]
[Hopper grunts]
Think this’ll lead us outta here?
I give it a hundred to one odds.
[Hopper chuckles]
[music intensifies]
[music stops abruptly]
[woman] And one, two, three.
[dull whoosh]
And one, two, three.
[dull whoosh]
Again.
One, two, three.
[electricity whines]
[paddles discharge]
[gasps]
[monitor beeping]
[panting]
[disoriented grunting]
Pulse is dropping.
One-fifty now. BP’s 160…
[air hissing]
[Eleven moaning]
[monitor beeping faintly]
How do you feel?
[Owens] Can you hear us?
[distorted] Eleven. Can you hear us?
[faint whooshing]
No, leave her.
[Terry] Hi, Jane.
[Eleven moaning faintly]
[monitor continues beeping]
[monitor flat lines]
[deep, determined breathing]
[low, tinny audio distortion]
[faint audio distortions]
[mysterious music playing]
[tank rumbling]
[energy thrumming]
[rattling]
[tank groaning, creaking]
[bolts snapping]
[music intensifies]
[metal groaning]
[metal groaning]
[dramatic music continues]
[tank guards click, set]
[dramatic music fades]
[unsettling music playing]
[music swells, fades]
[reggae music playing faintly over stereo]
[Jonathan inhales]
Holy shit, dude. Check it out.
I didn’t know they expanded into Nevada.
[chuckles]
Watch out, Domino’s.
Your dominoes are gonna fall.
[Will] How far is Nina from Vegas?
From Vegas?
Um, as long as Suzie’s coordinates are right, about another 90 miles. Why?
Well, once we save her, El, we should stop on the way back.
El could make us, like, super rich, and we’d never have to work.
We could just play D&D and Nintendo for the rest of our lives.
Yeah. Totally.
We’re gonna make it, Mike.
She’s gonna be okay.
Yeah, I know. I… I know she is.
But… But what if after all this is over, she…
Sh… she doesn’t need me anymore?
No, o… of course she’ll still need you.
She’ll always need you, Mike.
I keep telling myself that, but I…
I don’t believe it.
I mean, she’s special.
She was born special.
Maybe I was one of the first people to realize that.
But the truth is, when I stumbled on her in the woods, she just needed someone.
It’s not fate. It’s… It’s not destiny.
It’s just simple dumb luck.
And one day she’s gonna realize I’m just some random nerd that got lucky that Superman landed on his doorstep.
I mean, at least Lois Lane is an ace reporter for the Daily Planet, right? But…
[Mike scoffs]
Sorry.
No.
No, I… it’s so stupid, given everything that’s going on.
It’s just… I… I don’t know, I just…
Uh…
You’re scared of losing her.
[tender, emotional music playing]
Can I show you something?
[chuckles]
This is amazing.
Did you paint this?
Yeah. Yeah. I mean…
I mean… I mean, El asked me to.
She commissioned it, basically.
I mean, she told me what to draw.
Anyway, my point is, see how you’re leading us here?
You’re guiding the whole party, inspiring us.
That… That’s what you do.
And see your coat of arms here?
It’s a heart.
And I know it’s sort of on the nose, but that’s what holds this party together. Heart.
Because, I mean, without heart, we’d all fall apart.
Even El. Especially El.
These past few months, she’s been so lost without you.
It’s just, she’s so different from other people, and…
[haltingly] …when you’re… when you’re different, sometimes…
[sighs] …you feel like a mistake.
But you make her feel like she’s not a mistake at all.
Like she’s better for being different.
And that gives her the courage to fight on.
If she was mean to you or she seemed like she was pushing you away, it’s because she’s scared of losing you, like you’re scared of losing her.
And if she was going to lose you, I… I think she’d rather just get it over with quick.
Like ripping off a Band-Aid.
So, yeah, El needs you, Mike.
And she always will.
Yeah?
Yeah.
[mysterious music playing]
[mysterious music intensifies]
[Brenner] After the attack, you fell into a coma.
Like One, you had pushed yourself beyond your limit.
And it very nearly destroyed you.
But that is where your similarities ended.
[garbled static]
What you displayed that day was beyond anything I’d ever imagined.
[One screaming]
A potential I’d only dreamed of.
[screaming continues]
But when you awoke, something had been lost. Your memories, along with whatever else you’d found within yourself that day.
[monitor beeping]
But I knew then, just as I knew today, that your powers had not been lost.
They just needed a spark.
[can crunches]
But that day, you awakened something else.
A doorway to another world.
[building crumbling]
[unsettling music playing]
I always thought that Henry was out there, hiding in the darkness.
I didn’t know for sure, not beyond a feeling.
Until now.
He’s claimed three victims so far, and when I saw the eyes, I knew… I knew that was him.
He was sending us a message, letting us know he’s back.
That’s when I came to see you.
[gasps softly]
My friends.
Well, we… we haven’t risked contact, but, as far as we know, they’re… they’re all safe.
But I’m not gonna lie to you, Eleven.
Your friends are in terrible danger.
With each victim he takes, Henry is…
Chiseling away at the barrier that exists between our two worlds.
“Chiseling”?
[Brenner] Imagine, if you will, the barrier between our worlds is a…
Concrete dam.
[menacing music playing]
Henry is putting cracks in this dam.
Cracks in dams create pressure.
Left unchecked, the pressure will build.
And build.
And eventually, it will reach a breaking point.
And the dam will burst.
[snap echoes]
And when that happens, Hawkins will fall.
[exhales]
Well, that went very well, I thought.
You eased her into it, nice and gentle, just like we talked about.
Not ominous at all.
[introspective music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[slams loudly]
[water gushes]
[Eleven sighs]
[exhales]
[Nancy, hoarsely] He showed me things that haven’t happened yet.
The most awful things.
I saw a dark cloud spreading over Hawkins.
Downtown on fire.
Dead soldiers.
And this…
Giant creature with… a gaping mouth.
And this creature wasn’t alone.
There were so many monsters.
An army.
And they were coming into Hawkins.
Into our neighborhoods.
Our homes.
And then…
He showed me my mom.
And Holly.
Mike.
And they…
They were all…
[breathes shakily]
Okay, but… he’s just trying to scare you, Nance.
Right? I mean…
I mean, it’s not real.
Not yet.
But there… there was something else.
He showed me gates.
[haunting music playing]
Four gates.
Spreading across Hawkins.
And these gates, they looked like the one outside of Eddie’s trailer, but… they didn’t stop growing.
And this wasn’t the Upside Down Hawkins.
This was our Hawkins.
Our home.
[Max] Four chimes.
Vecna’s clock.
It always chimes four times.
[music pulses ominously]
Four exactly.
I heard them too.
He’s been telling us his plan this whole time.
Four kills.
Four gates.
End of the world.
If that’s true…
He’s only one kill away.
Oh Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.
Try ’em again. Try ’em again.
[keypad beeping]
[line ringing]
[busy signal droning]
[phone clattering]
[Dustin] Anything?
[Max] No.
Rang a few times, then went to busy signal.
[Steve] Maybe you punched it wrong.
Try again.
[Max] I didn’t punch it in wrong.
[Steve] Well, I don’t know.
[Dustin] I think she knows how to use a phone.
[Steve] I’m just saying, she could’ve typed it in wrong.
[line ringing]
[busy signal drones]
Same shit.
[Lucas] How is that possible?
Joyce has this telemarketer job.
Always on the phone.
Mike won’t stop whining about it.
Yeah, but this phone’s been busy for, what, three days now?
That’s not Joyce.
No way. Something’s wrong.
[Nancy] She’s right.
It can’t be just coincidence. It can’t be.
Whatever’s happening in Lenora is connected to all of this.
I’m sure of it.
But Vecna can’t hurt them.
Not if he’s dead.
We have to go back in there.
Back to the Upside Down.
[Steve] Whoa, no, no, no. What?
Nope.
Let’s think this through.
What is there to think through?
We barely made it out of there.
Yeah, because we weren’t prepared.
But this time, we will be.
We’ll get weapons and protection.
We’ll go through the gate, we’ll find his lair, and we’ll kill him.
Or he’ll kill us.
The only reason you survived is because he wanted you to.
He’s not scared of us.
And for good reason.
We were wrong about Vecna. Henry. One.
Sorry, what are we calling him now?
[Dustin, Lucas] One.
Vecna.
Henry.
Right.
We’ve learned something new about Vecna/Henry/One.
He’s a number like Eleven, only a sick, evil, male, child-murdering version of her with really bad skin.
But my… my point is, he’s super powerful.
Could turn us inside out with a snap of his fingers. It’s not a fair fight.
[Dustin] Then why fight fair?
You’re right. He’s like Eleven.
But that gives us an upper hand.
We know Eleven’s strengths.
And weaknesses.
Weaknesses?
When El remote-travels, she goes into this sort of trancelike state.
I bet the same is true of Vecna.
That would explain what he was doing in that attic.
Exactly. When he attacks his next victim, I’ll bet you he’s back in that attic, physical body defenseless.
Defenseless? What about the army of bats?
True. We’ll have to find a way past them.
Distract them somehow.
And, uh, how do we do that, exactly?
No idea.
But once they’re gone, he doesn’t stand a chance.
It’ll be like slaying sleeping Dracula in his coffin.
That all sounds good in theory, but there is no pattern to Vecna’s killings.
Not one that I can decipher.
We don’t know when he’s going to attack next.
Don’t even know who he’s going to attack.
Yeah, we do.
I can still feel him.
[ominous audio distortion]
I’m still marked.
Cursed.
I ditch Kate Bush, I draw his focus back to me.
Max.
You can’t.
He’ll kill you.
I survived before.
[dire synth music playing]
I can survive again.
I just need to keep him busy long enough so that you guys can get into that attic.
Then you can chop his head off.
Stab him in the heart. Blow him up with some explosive Dustin cooks up.
I honestly don’t care how you put this asshole in his grave.
Just…
[music intensifies]
…whatever it is…
Whatever you do…
Try not to miss.
[music swells, fades]
[faint clattering]
[person grunts]
[grunts]
[Hopper grunting]
[panting]
[grunting]
[optimistic synth music playing]
[music swells, fades]
Bam.
Durak.
[in Russian] Son of a bitch!
[grandiose Russian opera playing]
[horn honking frantically]
Sayonara! [cackles]
[gun cocks]
[gunfire]
[Joyce, Hopper grunt]
[in English] Oh God! Oh God!
[empty gun chamber clicking]
[in Russian] Son of a bitch!
[music halts]
[in English] You okay? All right?
Yeah.
You okay?
Okay? I’m great! Whoo!
Oh, nothing like a little prison escape to get your day started, am I right?
We’re not out of the woods yet.
My people do not take kindly to escapes.
They’ll be hunting us.
Yeah, well, we aren’t exactly planning on sticking around.
Where’s the plane you came in on?
That plane? Um, that crashed.
Crashed?
His fault.
[Yuri yelps, muffled]
[Murray] A word of warning.
That man is more slippery than an eel dipped in baby oil.
I wouldn’t trust a word out of his mouth.
[coughs, splutters] My tongue. My tongue!
I… I can’t feel my tongue.
We need to get out of here, back to the States.
Can you get us to another plane?
Now?
You’re asking for Yuri’s help after dragging him through miles of shit tunnel?
I could have told you we are going wrong way hours ago.
You Neanderthal…
Watch your mouth, or I am gonna take this, I’m gonna rub it along the bottom of my shoe, and I’m gonna jam it down your throat.
Well, go ahead! [yelps] But then you’ll never make it out of my country alive.
So you can get us out.
For a glass of water and hot steam bath and five-inch stack of American dollars,
Yuri will fly you to moon.
[gun clicks] You make another demand, you double-crossing mudak, I’ll decorate the roof of this van with your brains.
Why so angry, comrade?
Rough couple of days for you, I’m sure.
But now you are free.
Everything works out.
Happy ending for everybody.
No?
For you, that will very much depend on how you answer. Comrade.
Will you take us to America?
Yes?
[gun cocks]
Or no?
[dramatic musical flourish]
[Eddie] Check this out. The War Zone.
I’ve been there once.
It’s huge.
They got everything you need for, uh…
Well, killing things, basically.
You think fake Rambo has enough guns there?
Is that a grenade?
I mean, how is any of this legal?
Well, lucky for us it is, so…
This… This place is just far enough outside of Hawkins.
As long as we steer clear of main roads, we ought a be able to avoid cops and, uh, angry hicks.
If we’re trying to avoid angry hicks, maybe we shouldn’t go to some store called the War Zone.
Normally, I’d agree, but we need the weapons.
So I think it’s worth the risk.
Me too.
But is it worth the time?
It’ll take all day to bike there and back.
Who said anything about bikes?
You got some car we don’t know about?
It’s not exactly a car, Steve.
And it’s not exactly mine, but, uh… it’ll do.
Hey, Red, uh, you got a ski mask or a bandanna, something like that?
[spooky synth music playing]
[man speaking indistinctly over radio]
That was suffocating.
Go! Come on.
Where’d you learn how to do this?
Well, when the other dads were teaching their kids how to fish or play ball, my old man was teaching me how to hotwire.
Now, I swore to myself I wouldn’t wind up like he did, but now I’m wanted for murder, and soon, grand theft auto.
So, uh, I’m really living up to that Munson name.
Eddie, I’m not sure I love the idea of you driving.
Oh, I’m just starting this sucker.
Harrington’s got her.
Don’t ya, big boy?
[engine starts]
[“Up Around the Bend” playing] What the hell?
Hey! Open this door!
Hey!
[woman] They locked the door!
Shit! Go.
It’s just a car.
Everybody, hang on to something!
[Lucas] Oh my God! Let’s go! Let’s go!
Drive, Steve! Drive!
[Robin] Go, go, go!
♪ Hitch a ride to the end of the highway ♪
♪ Where the neons… ♪
[Lucas] Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Shit, they look pissed.
It’s not every day you lose your house and car in one fell swoop.
♪ …around the bend ♪
Hold on! Hold on!
♪ You can ponder perpetual motion… ♪
Them!
Stop ’em! God bless it!
Okay.
♪ …a good conversation ♪
♪ There’s an ear for what you say ♪
[tires screech]
♪ Come on the rising wind ♪
♪ We’re going up around the bend ♪
[song distorts, fades]
[wind whistling]
My friends. I saw them.
You told me they were safe.
They are not safe.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.
Uh, just give us a second, please.
Please.
Okay, okay, first… first things first.
We’re not gonna let anything happen to your friends, okay, kiddo?
I will personally make sure of that.
Did… Did you see where they were?
They were at… They were at Max’s house.
They’re planning to kill him.
To kill Henry.
[Eleven breathes shakily]
Okay. Okay.
This… Does this Max have a last name?
Max… Max Mayfield.
Okay. So here’s what’s gonna happen.
I have people in Hawkins, and I’m gonna send some to Max Mayfield.
And they will stop him…
Her.
Stop her. And the rest of them from whatever foolish, although well-intentioned, mission that they’re attempting, alright?
No. No, do not send your men.
Send me.
Your friends are not prepared for this fight, Eleven.
And neither are you.
[ominous music playing]
You must understand, when One kills, he doesn’t simply kill.
He consumes.
He takes everything from his victims.
Everything they are and everything they ever will be.
Their memories, their abilities.
And we do not know where he’s been these lost years.
But if he has survived this long, we can only assume that he has grown in strength.
To underestimate him, to act rashly, would be very dangerous.
I don’t want to upset you, Eleven.
What you’ve accomplished is nothing short of a miracle.
[intense music playing]
You came to me broken.
And you’ve learned to walk again.
But if you want to stop One, you will need to do more than walk.
You will need to do more than run.
You will need to fly.
And you’re not ready.
My friends need me.
I’ve stopped him once. I will again.
I’m sorry. You can’t.
It’s impossible.
Nothing’s impossible.
I can call Stinson. She’s got connections at Nellis. That’s two hours away.
And if we hustle, I’ll bet we can be in Hawkins before nightfall.
That would be a grave mistake.
Waiting would be an even greater mistake.
What if One makes his move before we’ve had a chance to throw a punch?
Then what is the point of all this?
That’s a risk we’re going to have to take.
We pushed her before and look what happened.
She lifted a 10,000pound tank into the goddamn air.
You don’t understand what he’s capable of!
Maybe you’re right.
Or maybe you are overestimating him.
Either way, doesn’t matter because this is not our choice.
We agreed this was not gonna be a prison.
We’ll show her what this is, what we can offer, and then it is her choice whether she wants to stay or go.
Right, Doc?
You may not agree with it, but here she is, standing before us, making a choice.
You’re sure you wanna do this?
[determined synth music playing]
Okay. Pack your things, say your goodbyes.
[“Fire and Rain” by James Taylor playing]
[Nancy] How’s it handle?
[Steve] Not half bad.
Considering that this is a…
House.
♪ Yesterday mornin’
They let me know you were gone… ♪
Yeah, it’s…
It’s silly, but I… I’ve actually…
I always had this dream that I’d have this really… really big family.
I’m talking, like, uh, a full brood of Harringtons.
Like, five, six kids.
Six?
Yeah. Six little nuggets.
Three girls, three boys.
[laughs] And… and every summer, I figured all of us Harringtons, we would pack into something like this and… just see the country.
You know, the Rockies, Grand Canyon, maybe Yellowstone.
End up in some beach side town in California.
Spend a week parked in the sand.
Learn how to surf or something.
That sounds nice.
Yeah?
[tenderly] Yeah.
Well, uh, except for the six-kid part.
That sounds like a total nightmare.
If only I had some practice.
All right. Fair.
That’s fair.
♪ Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain ♪
♪ I’ve seen sunny days
That I thought would never end ♪
♪ I’ve seen lonely times
When I could not find a friend ♪
[Lucas] Hey.
♪ But I always thought
That I’d see you again… ♪
So I’ve been thinking, two of the three of Vecna’s victims were seeing Ms. Kelley, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
So I figure there’s a good chance Vecna cursed another one of her students.
We go back to her office.
We read all of her files.
Look for mentions of headaches, nosebleeds, nightmares.
We identify his most likely next victim.
Lucas.
We stake out his house…
Lucas, stop.
We don’t have time for any of that, okay?
And even if we did, even if your plan did work, we’d be putting a total stranger at risk.
A stranger who has no idea what they’re up against.
I do.
He uses my memories against me.
But… only my darkest memories.
Same with Chrissy and Fred, right?
Right.
It’s like he only sees the darkness in us.
So, I’ll just run in the opposite direction.
Run to the light.
[mysterious music playing]
And maybe he won’t be able to find me there.
Now, how exactly do you plan on doing this?
I’m not sure.
But it’s my mind.
Not his, right?
So I should be able to control where I am.
I just need to… push him away.
Find a happy memory and hide there.
Hide in the light.
You got a memory in mind?
Yeah.
It was a time when I was the happiest.
Was I there?
[tender, emotional music playing]
That’s presumptuous of you.
[chuckles]
But yeah.
You might’ve been there.
Okay, but the second you start to lift, I’m calling in Kate Bush.
All right?
[chuckles] Okay.
Deal.
Deal.
[somber music playing]
[wind whistling]
[grunts]
Heh, come on. This way.
[in Russian] If I get a whiff of any funny business, smuggler…
I will not hesitate to kill you.
In fact…Â I am just looking for a reason.
Understand?
Are you a parrot, cop?
You keep repeating the same thing.
[in English] You were trapped in a cell with this dull man and you didn’t take opportunity to smother him.
[Yuri tuts]
[Yuri vocalizing]
[door slams]
Beautiful, yes?
Please tell me this is another poor joke.
You said you had a plane.
A plane!
No, no, no.
I… I told you I could fly you home.
And Katinka can fly you home, little bird.
She was named Katinka after my first lover.
[laughs] Katinka also had very beautiful, very round buttocks.
Uh, mu… much like this.
[Yuri laughing wheezily]
This cannot fly us to America.
Why not?
As long as winds are not too strong and your military friends do not shoot us out of sky, we can make it to the coast.
There, while we refuel, we skin dip in ice-cold water and wash off this muck.
[Joyce scoffs]
Then we fly her rest of the way.
Happy ending.
Okay, what is the furthest Katinka has ever flown?
For me, she is still a virgin. [chuckles] Uh, not real Katinka. Goodness, no.
[wheezy laughter]
That Katinka, no.
But this Katinka, pretty much unspoiled.
But I’m sure she will soar when given a chance.
She just need little tune-up.
[tools clattering]
I did warn you, Jim.
[Antonov] Okay.
Should I shoot him now? Or later?
What about Owens?
He… He’s gotta have contacts or spies here that could help us.
Can we do that?
Can we make a call to the States?
[tense music playing]
[tense music playing]
[line ringing]
[indistinct chatter]
[in Russian] Yes, hello, miss.
I’d like to place a call to the United States. A very sick relative.
[indistinct response]
Correct. Yes…Â The number is…
[in English] The number?
It’s 775…
[Antonov translating]
…305…
…3450.
[translating into Russian]
[indistinct response]
Da, spasibo.
[in English] What are you doing?
How exactly do you think this works?
They will make the call for us, and then they will call us back.
How long’s that gonna take?
Five minutes. Five hours.
Five days. Who knows?
And when we do get the call, assume the KGB will be on the other line, listening to everything you say.
So, I suggest talking in code.
Say the wrong thing and they will be on us like flies on shit.
Welcome to the Soviet Union.
[“Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” by Rick Derringer playing]
♪ Couldn’t stop moving
When it first took hold… ♪
So much for avoiding angry hicks.
Let’s be… fast.
Yep.
Definitely.
[patrons chattering indistinctly]
♪ Don’t ya know
I’m never gonna lose that funky sound?… ♪
How many of these do you think we need?
Five or six.
[romantic music playing]
What are you gonna do? Stand and gawk?
Shut up.
Ah!
[yelps]
Jesus, you scared me.
[chuckles] Whoa. You gonna mace me with that?
[Vickie] If it keeps you in line, yeah.
[boy scoffs]
[music turns melancholic]
See? Not so scary.
[Steve] Robin. Robin!
Who’s that?
Someone from band.
[gun cocks loudly]
How much is this?
$120.99, but I’ll throw in 20 rounds of buckshot for ya.
[Jason] Hey, can I see this real pretty .357, please?
[uncomfortable music playing]
[clerk] Sure thing.
Here you go, son.
Thank you.
Nancy Wheeler.
Wouldn’t expect to find you here.
Yeah, well, it’s just… scary times.
[menacing music playing]
[cart squeaks]
I’m… sorry about Chrissy.
Want my advice?
Shotguns are not good for much of anything past killing small birds.
I mean, they got power, sure, but not much range.
And that’s just gonna force you into close-range combat, then someone can just grab that barrel like this…
[ominous stinger]
…and redirect it.
[cart squeaking]
[threatening stinger]
Well, you look nervous.
Like I said, scary times.
Now, your brother, he, uh…
Is he here with you, by chance?
Mike?
Mike.
No.
I only ask because he’s…
He’s in Hellfire, isn’t he?
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
What about his friends?
They here with you?
Would you let go?
[forcefully] Let go.
What the hell is taking so long?
[dramatic stinger]
What happened?
Gotta go.
Your old friends are here.
Shit!
Let’s go! Let’s go!
I’m going! I’m going! Sit down!
[tense music playing]
Should be up on our right.
There’s nothing out here.
[van jittering]
[sleepily] Mmm. We there already?
Already? It’s been nine hours.
It’s gotta be around here somewhere.
What are we looking for, my dudes?
Some sort of facility.
A fence. A building.
Any signs of life would be nice.
Since when did we decide Nina was a building and not a small woman?
Sounds like a small woman to me.
It’s not a small woman.
Small woman out in this desert would be hard to see.
How is he still high?
Sure you got your measurements right?
Yes, they’re right.
You’re 100%, right?
Yes.
Maybe latitude and longitude are wrong.
Are you really questioning Suzie?
She’s a genius, Jonathan.
Even geniuses make mistakes.
Well, she didn’t.
If that small woman is small enough, she could fit behind a small tree.
Stop! Just…
[brakes screech]
Ouch.
What are you doing?
I am stopping us before we get more lost.
[dramatic stinger]
[Jonathan] Give me the coordinates.
[Will] Um, okay.
Longitude is 116 degrees, five minutes, and 17…
Slow down. Slow down.
[bird caws]
Nina!
Nina.
Nina?
[echoes] Nina!
[chuckling] Holy macaroni.
All right. You just go straight down.
Like, straight… straight…
Right on the money, as I said.
It just doesn’t make sense.
[Argyle] Yo, dudes!
My dudes!
Jesus Christ.
Come check this shit out!
What is it?
Gotta see it to believe it, my dudes!
Come on! Hurry!
Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Pronto!
Okay.
So no small woman named Nina.
But you said any signs of life, am I right?
Right.
Well, these are no regular tire tracks, brochachos.
I mean, look at the tread on these monsters.
They’re fatties.
And you know what that means.
Military.
We gotta go.
[dramatic music playing]
Well, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t think she was ready.
But either way, I don’t think we have any other choice.
Do you?
No, I don’t.
Yeah.
It might take me some time though.
Just… As fast as you can.
It’s gonna take us two hours to get to Nellis as it is.
And, Ellen, one more favor.
Can you send somebody over to a Max Mayfield’s house?
There are some kids there that just need looking after, okay?
[line clicks]
Ellen? Hello?
[dial tone droning]
Sam? Hello?
[door opens]
[threatening music playing]
Why the long face, Doc?
We just wanna talk.
[music swells, fades]
[momentous music playing]
[door clangs]
No! Wait!
No! No!
[door locks]
[panting]
What…
[Brenner] You can’t leave, Eleven.
[distressing stinger]
Where is Dr. Owens?
Dr. Owens had a change of heart.
I know you wish to go to him, and there’s nothing I can do to stop you from forcing open that door.
But if my men hear you coming, they will kill him.
[Owens grunts, strains]
[handcuffs clicking] And alone, you will never find your way out of this desert to your friends.
Here’s what we’re going to do.
You and I are going to complete our work together.
And when I decide that you are ready, we will return to Hawkins, together.
Papa and daughter.
[exhales] Why are you doing this?
Because there’s no other choice.
There is a choice.
Only one that is right.
And you make the right choices?
I try.
Did you make the right choice with Mama?
Four-fifty.
[electricity hums]
Your mother was sick, Eleven.
She was a danger to herself and to others.
She brought a gun into the hospital.
She killed a man.
Hospital?
No.
A prison.
Everything I have done was for your own good.
For your own protection.
And Henry?
[chilling music playing]
You kept Henry in that lab.
With the children.
Was that for our good?
Was that a right choice?
I had no idea what Henry would do.
I cared for you.
I loved you. I loved all of you.
Even Henry?
Yes.
I was trying to help Henry, to understand him. Yes.
Yes, I cared for him.
Even after what… what he did?
Yes.
Because I knew I had failed him.
So this morning, you said you believed he was always alive in the darkness.
Is that why I was searching the darkness?
[eerie snarling]
Was I looking for him? For Henry?
No. No.
We were focused on the Soviets.
You knew that.
“Papa does not tell the truth.”
Henry said that.
And now you trust Henry?
Henry, who’s manipulated you like some puppet?
You are the one who released him from his prison.
You.
And now you are angry with yourself and you’re taking your anger out on me and you’re risking everything.
No.
No, you.
You have risked everything!
You have lied!
You made me look for him!
[Demogorgon snarls]
[screams] The gate.
[wall crumbling]
The Mind Flayer.
[insidious hissing]
So many dead.
[all screaming]
[bones cracking] And all because of you.
Because you could not stop.
You could not let him go.
I came here to try and understand who I was.
To see if I…
If I was the monster.
[groaning]
[shock prods sparking]
Papa!
And now I know the truth.
It is not me.
It is you.
You are the monster.
I am going to open that door, and I am going to leave with Dr. Owens.
If you try to stop me, I will kill you.
[determined synth music playing]
[lights buzzing]
[door groaning]
[Eleven yells]
[startling stinger]
[yells]
[grunts]
[grunts]
You’ll soon see the truth, Eleven.
[Eleven screams]
[Brenner grunts, screams]
[distorted screaming]
Ah!
[distorted audio]
[distressing music building]
[music climaxes]
Is this legal?
Actually, I think it’s a felony.
Right.
But it guarantees one thing.
I won’t miss.
[metal clangs]
[Dustin] How’s she feeling?
Light. But durable.
Deadly.
But reliable.
[Dustin chuckling]
[dramatically] Hear me now.
There will be no more retreating…
[in regular voice]
…from Eddie the Banished.
Hey, you’re really ready for battle.
[chortles]
You get it?
“Battle.”
BAT.
No? [groans] I thought I had a good one.
[bright, hopeful music playing]
What are you doing?
[Eddie grunts]
You son of a bitch!
[Dustin] No wedgies! No wedgies!
Never change, Dustin Henderson.
Promise me?
I wasn’t planning on it.
Good.
Good.
Good. [laughs] Hey, Sinclairs.
How are those, uh… those spears coming on?
Flip that damn thumb around.
What?
It’s too loose, Lucas.
This isn’t a basketball game where they blow the whistle when your shoes fall off.
Okay, okay, for the record, my shoes never fell off.
Okay, for the record, it’s kinda hard for your shoes to fall off when you’re riding the bench.
Yet, for some reason, you show up to every game.
Mmm, except the one that mattered.
Plus, Mom and Dad forced me.
Bull. Mom and Dad can’t force you to do shit.
Well, even though you’re a bench-riding loser, you’re still my brother.
Just the facts.
[Steve] It just doesn’t make sense.
What doesn’t make sense?
That was Dan Shelter.
He graduated, like, two years ago.
So?
So he’s in college.
Which means he was visiting on spring break.
Fast Times was returned, like, I don’t know, a week ago?
Right? Unless she’s got some horn dog brother we don’t know about.
Which is possible.
Or she’s just really into Judge Reinhold?
Steve.
Nah.
What?
I don’t care.
I don’t understand why you do either with everything that’s going on.
Honestly, this feels like a perfect time for that little pull of the rug because…
In the face of the world ending, the stakes of my love life feel spectacularly low.
Yeah. I mean, I get you there, but… I still have hope.
Not everything has a happy ending.
Yeah, yeah, believe me, I know.
[Robin chuckles]
[pensive music playing]
I’m not talking about failed romance.
I just…
I have this terrible, gnawing feeling that…
It might not work out for us this time.
You think we shouldn’t be doing this?
I think we’re mad fools, the lot of us, but…
[sighs] …but if we don’t stop him, who will?
[indistinct chatter]
We have to try, right?
Yeah.
To killing Vecna.
Slash Henry.
Slash One.
[bottles clink]
[low, menacing thrumming]
[high-pitched ringing]
[panicked breathing]
[Brenner] It’s only a precaution, Eleven.
I never intend to activate it.
[chilling music playing]
I very much hope our fighting has come to an end.
[whimpers]
Shh.
Shh.
[whimpers] I know.
You’re angry with me.
But it was the only way.
[breathing shakily]
The best way.
[alarm blares]
[alarm continues blaring]
What’s going on?
[soldier] It’s Sullivan.
They found us.
[dramatic music playing]
[soldier] Go, go, go!
[alarm continues]
Three! Two! One!
[muffled explosion]
Go to the back!
Get moving!
Move out!
Go!
Get ’em out of here!
No more time!
Evacuate now!
[dramatic music halts]
[alarm continues blaring]
[electricity buzzing rhythmically]
[eerie crackling]
[loud boom]
[intense synth music playing]
[soldier 1] Move!
[soldier 2] Steady! Fire!
[bullets ricocheting]
Eleven, we have to go.
What is happening?
They’ve come to kill you.
[gunfire in distance]
[PA system] Evacuate immediately. Please proceed…
[soldier 1] Clear.
[soldier 2] Clear!
Quarter and search by twos.
Hicks, take the upper level.
Yes, sir.
[intense synth music continues]
Sir?
We found something you’re gonna wanna see.
[electricity crackles]
[Sullivan] Well, well.
And what happened here?
Hmm?
Are Mommy and Daddy fighting?
Okay.
Let’s try this again, shall we?
Where’s the girl?
[Brenner grunts]
[wind rushing]
[Brenner grunts]
[sharp whooshing]
[gunshot]
[grunts]
[helicopter blades whirring]
[menacing synth music playing]
[gunshot]
Where do you think you’re going, Doc?
[gunshot]
Why don’t you give ’em some lead?
I got it.
[intense music swells]
[grunting]
[flesh bursts]
[Brenner grunts] Down he goes.
[high-pitched ringing]
[coughs]
[helicopter blades whirring, distorted]
[gun cocks loudly]
[indistinct radio chatter]
Victor-Two-Sierra, this is Charlie-Lima-Golf.
Do you copy, over?
Victor-Two-Sierra, I copy, over.
We’ve got the target in our sights. Requesting permission to take the shot, over.
Jack, you don’t have to do this.
It’s over, Sam.
Wait! Wait! Wait! I can put her in a coma.
A medically induced coma.
We have the drugs.
We can do it right here.
And we’ll see if… if these murders keep happening.
If you’re right, the killing ends, and you can pull the plug on her.
In fact, I’ll do it myself.
But if you’re wrong about this, God, are we gonna need her.
Jack.
Don’t do this.
I’m begging you.
[breathes deeply]
Take it.
You son of a bitch!
No! You son of a bitch!
Green light. Light her up.
[tense music playing]
[horn honking]
Civvies. Five o’clock.
[honking continues]
The hell?
There she is! There she is!
Where?
[Mike] On the ground!
What are those dudes doing on the ground?
Is that blood, man?
Shit.
[engine revs]
Victor-Two-Sierra, we’ve got a civvy headed our way.
[radio beeps]
Ignore it. Just take out the girl.
Copy that.
Ignore the civvy. Take the shot.
[intense stinger]
Found ya.
[metal creaking]
[gunshot]
Hell are you doing? Hold her steady!
I don’t know, man. Something’s wrong!
[dramatic music playing]
Jesus Christ.
[blades whirring erratically]
Holy shit!
Shit!
[metal groaning]
[blades continue whirring erratically]
I’m losing her!
Shit!
Shit!
Shit! I can’t! I can’t hold it!
[Eleven screams]
[scream echoing]
[slowed-down, distorted whirring]
[screaming]
Shit! Shit! Shit!
[pants]
[epic music playing]
[Eleven breathing heavily]
[Mike, muffled] Eleven!
[music swells]
Eleven.
[powerful, emotional music playing]
Oh, Mike.
[breathing heavily]
It’s really you?
It’s me.
I’m here.
Okay.
Everyone’s here.
[powerful, emotional music continues]
[both crying]
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Oh shit.
Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Shit!
Eleven.
You… Are you okay?
I’m okay. [titters]
Okay.
Hey, guys. We gotta go.
We gotta get you outta here.
[collar unclasps]
[music fades]
[collar clinks]
[wind rushing]
[thud echoes]
Papa.
Eleven.
[breathes shakily]
I want you to know I’m proud of you.
So very proud.
You are my family.
[breathing shakily]
My child.
[Brenner gasps]
[gentle, emotional music playing]
I’ve only ever wanted to help you.
To protect you.
[Brenner struggling]
Everything I did, I did for you.
I need you to understand.
Please tell me you understand.
[gentle, emotional music continues]
Please.
Goodbye, Papa.
[hopeful music playing]
[wind whistling]
[hopeful music continues]
We need to get to Hawkins.
I know. And we will.
But we need to get you somewhere safe.
Gonna be people behind us.
No, Mike, we need to get to Hawkins tonight.
We’ll never make it.
That’s over 2,000 miles.
We need to find a way.
If we don’t, they are going to die.
Who’s gonna die?
El, who’s gonna die?
[“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey playing]
♪ Here we stand ♪
♪ Worlds apart, hearts broken in two ♪
♪ Two ♪
♪ Two ♪
♪ Sleepless nights ♪
♪ Losing ground ♪
♪ I’m reachin’ for you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ You ♪
[music swells powerfully]
[resolute drum line plays]
♪ Someday, love will find you ♪
♪ True love won’t desert you ♪
♪ You know I still love you ♪
♪ Though we touched
And went our separate ways ♪
[music builds to dramatic climax]
[music halts]
[owl hooting]
[sinister outro music playing]
