1 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,333 Come on! Come on! Go! 2 00:00:27,833 --> 00:00:28,833 Go! 3 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:35,666 Come on! Come on! Go! Go! 4 00:00:37,666 --> 00:00:42,541 Oh my gosh! Oh my god! What is going on? 5 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:49,250 Whoa! 6 00:01:01,250 --> 00:01:03,125 -Where'd it go? -Whoa! 7 00:01:04,375 --> 00:01:05,666 What was that? 8 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:09,750 A ghost! A freaking ghost! 9 00:01:09,833 --> 00:01:11,333 That's what I've been saying! 10 00:01:11,416 --> 00:01:13,576 We need to get out of here before it comes back! 11 00:01:13,583 --> 00:01:15,333 Don't have to ask me twice! 12 00:02:05,666 --> 00:02:08,375 What… What are those things? 13 00:02:08,458 --> 00:02:10,916 It's more of those Hate Sprites! 14 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:14,500 What do we do? 15 00:02:15,541 --> 00:02:18,041 Just back away slowly. 16 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:20,416 Can they hurt us? 17 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,541 Yes, very much so. 18 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:25,541 This is crazy! 19 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:36,250 Whoa. Uh… 20 00:02:40,875 --> 00:02:42,000 Oh no! 21 00:02:47,791 --> 00:02:49,416 -No! -Run! 22 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:52,333 Get off of me, you overgrown housefly! 23 00:02:59,416 --> 00:03:01,125 Get off of me! Get... 24 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:05,583 Max! No! 25 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:11,833 El! 26 00:03:14,708 --> 00:03:16,958 Leave her alone! 27 00:03:36,375 --> 00:03:37,416 El! 28 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:11,666 What the… What the heck? 29 00:04:11,750 --> 00:04:15,208 Did… Did those things come from the flowers or something? 30 00:04:15,291 --> 00:04:16,500 They must have. 31 00:04:18,583 --> 00:04:21,375 Do you think they're from the Upside Down? 32 00:04:23,083 --> 00:04:24,708 I do not know. 33 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:29,000 Whatever they are, we gotta tell the others. 34 00:04:44,625 --> 00:04:45,625 Did we lose it? 35 00:04:46,541 --> 00:04:47,708 I think we're good. 36 00:04:48,541 --> 00:04:50,875 Oh my god! Oh my god! 37 00:04:50,958 --> 00:04:55,250 This could be The H.I.C.'s first contact with the afterlife! 38 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:59,625 We have to record every interaction, take meticulous notes, and… 39 00:04:59,708 --> 00:05:01,833 Are you, like, okay? 40 00:05:01,916 --> 00:05:03,000 Yeah. I'm fine. 41 00:05:03,083 --> 00:05:06,625 Mike, you have to walk us through your encounter. In detail. 42 00:05:06,708 --> 00:05:08,125 What? No. 43 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:11,500 It's for science! For posterity! 44 00:05:11,583 --> 00:05:13,875 I'm gonna kick your posterity if you keep asking. 45 00:05:13,958 --> 00:05:16,333 Whoa! Guys, come on. Just cool it! 46 00:05:17,541 --> 00:05:20,583 Here, whatever detail you want, it's in there. 47 00:05:20,666 --> 00:05:22,375 You got pics? 48 00:05:23,875 --> 00:05:26,041 I was just trying to see in the dark. 49 00:05:26,916 --> 00:05:28,833 Yeah. Doesn't look like much. 50 00:05:28,916 --> 00:05:30,500 Hold on. Hold on. 51 00:05:30,583 --> 00:05:32,291 -What? -Whoa. 52 00:05:33,291 --> 00:05:34,833 Is that a dead guy? 53 00:05:34,916 --> 00:05:39,000 He's not just dead. Look, he was murdered. 54 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,000 There's one more picture. 55 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:45,083 That just looks like a blurry light. 56 00:05:45,166 --> 00:05:46,833 But we all know it's not. 57 00:05:46,916 --> 00:05:49,125 Look at the color of that pickaxe. 58 00:05:49,208 --> 00:05:51,125 Is that silver? 59 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:55,291 This guy was killed by Bloodaxe Bill. 60 00:05:55,375 --> 00:05:58,833 No wonder he's haunting the mine. He has unfinished business. 61 00:06:00,041 --> 00:06:05,166 I'm sorry it comes down to this, but I know what we have to do here. 62 00:06:05,250 --> 00:06:06,083 What? 63 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:08,041 Our homework. 64 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:18,583 A ghost? You dorks cannot be serious. 65 00:06:18,666 --> 00:06:21,166 This is not the time to live out your Ghostbuster fantasies. 66 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:24,041 But I saw it. It was as close as you are. 67 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:25,833 Ghosts are real? 68 00:06:25,916 --> 00:06:27,083 -Yes. -No. 69 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:31,583 If they aren't real, then explain that. 70 00:06:33,833 --> 00:06:35,291 What is that, your thumb? 71 00:06:35,375 --> 00:06:38,375 I can't believe you're wasting time on a campfire story. 72 00:06:38,458 --> 00:06:41,791 Bloodaxe Bill? Haunted mines? Do you hear yourselves? 73 00:06:41,875 --> 00:06:44,750 The Upside Down has always been our problem. 74 00:06:45,416 --> 00:06:47,625 It's still our problem. 75 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:50,916 Those flowers have Upside Down written all over them. 76 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,291 The Hate Sprites too. 77 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:55,083 We're not really saying this is the Upside Down again, are we? 78 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:58,500 Last month, this town was crawling with spore-y plant creatures. 79 00:06:58,583 --> 00:07:01,791 Now there are Murder Flowers and Hate Sprites on the loose. 80 00:07:01,875 --> 00:07:04,291 Ooh, scary flowers. Heh. 81 00:07:04,375 --> 00:07:07,041 Guess I gotta cancel my order at the florist. 82 00:07:07,125 --> 00:07:10,125 Florist? The flowers. 83 00:07:10,208 --> 00:07:12,708 One plus one equals the Upside Down. 84 00:07:12,791 --> 00:07:14,875 And if there is one thing The H.I.C. tackles, 85 00:07:14,958 --> 00:07:16,875 it is the freaking Upside Down. 86 00:07:16,958 --> 00:07:18,500 -Max? -Oh, come on. 87 00:07:18,583 --> 00:07:19,416 Max! 88 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,458 No, you! Come on! Do you want me to dump you again? 89 00:07:22,541 --> 00:07:23,833 Yeah, right! 90 00:07:23,916 --> 00:07:27,416 Max! The Hate Sprites live in the flowers, right? 91 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:28,833 Right. 92 00:07:28,916 --> 00:07:30,333 Flowers. 93 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:33,083 Like the ones we stashed at school. 94 00:07:35,250 --> 00:07:37,750 Um, did we say Code Red? 95 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:42,208 This isn't a Code Red. It's a golden opportunity. 96 00:07:42,291 --> 00:07:46,541 Don't you see? The H.I.C. has two cases at the same time. 97 00:07:46,625 --> 00:07:50,791 This is what we've been building towards, what we've dreamed of. 98 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:54,583 We can't just let this chance pass us by. Two cases means that... 99 00:07:54,666 --> 00:07:55,583 We split up. 100 00:07:55,666 --> 00:07:58,458 Yeah, we'll take the school and the Hate Sprites. 101 00:07:58,541 --> 00:08:03,125 Team Two, we'll stay on Bloodaxe Bill. He's already claimed one victim, 102 00:08:03,208 --> 00:08:08,333 so we all have to figure out a way to stop him before he takes another. Okay? 103 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:11,500 -Fine. -Sure. 104 00:08:12,958 --> 00:08:15,291 Great, let's roll. We're wasting time. 105 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,250 Maybe I'm on Team One this time. 106 00:08:24,291 --> 00:08:29,166 I mean, the girls might need my help carrying all those flowers. 107 00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:32,875 Rad, okay. We could use another set of hands on flower-thrashing duty. 108 00:08:33,458 --> 00:08:35,625 Come on, Mike. You're not getting out of research 109 00:08:35,708 --> 00:08:37,708 -just 'cause you're scared of ghosts. -What? 110 00:08:37,791 --> 00:08:41,250 This isn't a field trip, Lucas. He doesn't need a permission slip. 111 00:08:41,333 --> 00:08:43,333 Well, are you coming or what? 112 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,958 Traitor. 113 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:55,791 Murder Flowers, killer Hate Sprites, mineshaft ghosts. 114 00:08:55,875 --> 00:08:58,333 Heck, even the pumpkin pies were evil. 115 00:08:58,416 --> 00:09:01,541 Max, one new kid to another, have you ever considered…? 116 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:06,291 Yeah, how completely nuts this town is? So many times. 117 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:11,333 So, the flower I gave you was… 118 00:09:11,416 --> 00:09:12,541 A Murder Flower. 119 00:09:13,041 --> 00:09:19,291 I am so sorry. I owe you another one, a non-murder one. 120 00:09:19,375 --> 00:09:22,375 You do not owe me anything, Mike. 121 00:09:23,166 --> 00:09:26,958 I just wanted to get you something nice. 122 00:09:27,041 --> 00:09:30,750 I… I… I always want to get you nice things. 123 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:33,500 Sometimes words are not enough? 124 00:09:34,083 --> 00:09:37,166 Yeah? I mean, yeah. 125 00:09:37,250 --> 00:09:42,041 I mean, I guess what I'm trying to say, to ask, is 126 00:09:42,125 --> 00:09:47,041 you're so cool, and so great, and so… brave. 127 00:09:49,041 --> 00:09:52,250 Mike, you wanted to ask something? 128 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:56,125 I… No. It's… It's just… 129 00:09:56,208 --> 00:09:57,875 We'll talk about it later. 130 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:19,583 None of this actually explains who that skeleton was, 131 00:10:19,666 --> 00:10:21,750 or why Bloodaxe Bill axed him, 132 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:25,208 because that definitely didn't happen in any explosion. 133 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,791 I'm not finding anything either. 134 00:10:27,875 --> 00:10:31,458 Maybe there's a missing page somewhere. 135 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:37,958 Or… Or maybe we need to decode a secret message. 136 00:10:38,041 --> 00:10:39,958 That feels like a stretch. 137 00:10:40,041 --> 00:10:41,750 "Where's the silver pickaxe?" 138 00:10:41,833 --> 00:10:43,500 It's still stuck in the skeleton. 139 00:10:43,583 --> 00:10:47,458 No, look. Somebody wrote all over the margins of this book. 140 00:10:47,541 --> 00:10:51,166 "The curse…" Something. 141 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:55,666 "…never be lifted until…" Something. 142 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:56,791 "…the truth"? 143 00:10:56,875 --> 00:10:58,333 "Curse." 144 00:10:58,416 --> 00:11:01,083 Didn't Charlie mention something about a curse? 145 00:11:01,166 --> 00:11:06,375 Okay. While you all know that I do not condone defacing library books, 146 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:10,083 it's clear whoever wrote this has information we need. 147 00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:12,416 We should find and question… 148 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:13,875 "AMD." 149 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,083 Is that enough? 150 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:19,458 Enough for a start. 151 00:11:19,541 --> 00:11:21,333 That's a lead. Let's go. 152 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,083 Do you think Mrs. Wheeler would let us use her phone book? 153 00:11:25,166 --> 00:11:26,083 Probably. 154 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,208 4872 Barnum. This is it. 155 00:11:42,458 --> 00:11:45,083 Looks like a place McGruff the Crime Dog would warn us about. 156 00:11:45,166 --> 00:11:51,291 Oh, come on. This is The H.I.C. We laugh in the face of danger. 157 00:11:51,375 --> 00:11:53,000 Onwards, champions. 158 00:11:56,208 --> 00:12:00,166 But maybe, you know, be careful with what you touch. 159 00:12:15,791 --> 00:12:16,833 Uh… 160 00:12:16,916 --> 00:12:20,041 Good evening, sir. Do you have a moment to discuss... 161 00:12:20,125 --> 00:12:21,500 I gave at the office. 162 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:25,958 Is this your handwriting? 163 00:12:27,458 --> 00:12:28,833 Who wants to know? 164 00:12:28,916 --> 00:12:31,458 Just a couple kids interested in the truth. 165 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,541 Tsk. Jeez. 166 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:42,041 Get in here. Quick. 167 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:56,916 So what do we do if the shed's, like, swarming with those things? 168 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,916 Close the door and run? Set the place on fire? 169 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:03,250 You should've seen how fast we ran out of that mine. 170 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:05,041 I think we broke the sound barrier. 171 00:13:05,125 --> 00:13:06,541 Adrenaline. 172 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:07,708 Adrenaline? 173 00:13:07,791 --> 00:13:10,708 Yeah, when you get scared, your brain produces adrenaline. 174 00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:14,416 It lets people do impossible things. Big energy boost. 175 00:13:27,791 --> 00:13:31,458 Speaking of boosts, we should have brought our knickknacks. 176 00:13:32,416 --> 00:13:36,583 No matter what happens, I can protect us. 177 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:57,250 So, Mr. AMD… 178 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:58,166 Arthur. 179 00:13:58,250 --> 00:13:59,750 Oh. Uh… 180 00:13:59,833 --> 00:14:02,333 Nice to meet you, Arthur. 181 00:14:02,416 --> 00:14:07,500 My name's Dustin. This is Will and Lucas. We go to Hawkins Middle School. 182 00:14:07,583 --> 00:14:13,875 And we're doing a local history report about Samuel Hawkins and Bloodaxe Bill. 183 00:14:13,958 --> 00:14:15,958 Local history? 184 00:14:16,041 --> 00:14:18,666 Bah! More like local garbage. 185 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:22,583 This town has never cared about the truth. 186 00:14:22,666 --> 00:14:24,708 Not as long as the money kept flowing. 187 00:14:25,666 --> 00:14:27,958 These are your notes, then? 188 00:14:28,041 --> 00:14:31,666 I'm the only one who cares to correct all the lies they print. 189 00:14:33,041 --> 00:14:38,708 History is written by the victors, right? My family ain't the victors. 190 00:14:38,791 --> 00:14:43,375 That's what we're here for. We want someone to tell us the real truth. 191 00:14:56,958 --> 00:14:58,708 What's the use? 192 00:14:58,791 --> 00:15:02,958 Everyone believes Bloodaxe Bill was nothing but a silver-mad monster 193 00:15:03,041 --> 00:15:05,583 whose greed got good men killed. 194 00:15:05,666 --> 00:15:07,000 Try us. 195 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:20,083 Fine. You want the truth? 196 00:15:20,708 --> 00:15:23,875 Bloodaxe Bill wasn't no villain. 197 00:15:23,958 --> 00:15:26,125 That's why he was murdered. 198 00:15:26,708 --> 00:15:27,708 Murdered? 199 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:05,041 Um, I'm not seeing any Hate Sprites. 200 00:16:05,625 --> 00:16:08,041 I… I guess we're okay, then. 201 00:16:08,125 --> 00:16:10,958 So, how are we gonna do this? 202 00:16:18,041 --> 00:16:19,875 I'm thinking like this. 203 00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:27,375 Murdered? But that skeleton, 204 00:16:27,458 --> 00:16:30,458 it had Bloodaxe Bill's silver pickaxe in its chest. 205 00:16:30,541 --> 00:16:32,583 We thought it must've been one of his victims, 206 00:16:32,666 --> 00:16:34,583 someone who tried to stop him 207 00:16:34,666 --> 00:16:38,208 before he made his men dig too deep and blew up the whole mine. 208 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:39,708 Bah! 209 00:16:39,791 --> 00:16:41,375 Lies, I tell ya. 210 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,666 If there's a skeleton in that mine, then it's Bloodaxe himself. 211 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:54,000 Don't you see? He didn't cause no explosion. 212 00:16:54,083 --> 00:17:00,625 His only crime was caring for his miners and trusting the wrong man, 213 00:17:00,708 --> 00:17:04,375 his friend, his murderer, 214 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:07,333 Samuel Hawkins himself! 215 00:17:20,708 --> 00:17:22,250 Ah! 216 00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:38,208 Just the wind. 217 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:42,916 Yeah, just the wind. 218 00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:51,875 Wind do that too? 219 00:17:53,916 --> 00:17:58,416 Guys, are these things still alive? 220 00:18:05,291 --> 00:18:06,708 Guys! 221 00:18:06,791 --> 00:18:09,666 Come on! Let's shred those things and get out of here! 222 00:18:20,375 --> 00:18:22,708 Did that come from the flowers? 223 00:18:33,375 --> 00:18:35,083 It was Hawkins and his greed 224 00:18:35,166 --> 00:18:38,666 that forced his miners to keep digging where they shouldn't. 225 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,958 And when Bloodaxe stood up to him, 226 00:18:41,041 --> 00:18:44,458 it was Hawkins' greed that stole that silver axe 227 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:47,458 and drove it into my granddad's chest! 228 00:18:47,541 --> 00:18:50,791 Wait a second. Bloodaxe Bill was your grandfather? 229 00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:54,833 He was. And he was a good man. 230 00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:58,625 Not that anyone in this blasted town believes it. 231 00:18:58,708 --> 00:19:02,708 After the explosion, Hawkins covered his tracks. 232 00:19:02,791 --> 00:19:07,500 He made himself the hero and my granddad the devil. 233 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,125 He earned himself two legacies. 234 00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:16,208 The first, the town named in his honor. 235 00:19:16,291 --> 00:19:18,125 But the second, 236 00:19:18,208 --> 00:19:22,541 that's the curse of Bloodaxe Bill. 237 00:19:22,625 --> 00:19:26,458 Because the spirit of Bloodaxe Bill will never rest. 238 00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:30,625 And he now haunts the town that killed him. 239 00:19:33,708 --> 00:19:34,541 It's him! 240 00:19:35,666 --> 00:19:36,708 The ghost! 241 00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:51,291 Nikki! 242 00:19:57,958 --> 00:20:01,291 And if one of Hawkins' own crosses his path, 243 00:20:02,083 --> 00:20:06,250 then they will feel the full wrath of Bloodaxe Bill… 244 00:20:07,625 --> 00:20:08,625 Mike! 245 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,958 …and his undying curse. 246 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,458 El! 247 00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:37,166 No, no, no! 248 00:20:57,250 --> 00:21:00,250 I… I can't stop it.