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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Woo-hoo!

4
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What the...

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Pauly!

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-Son of a…
-Leave him! He's fine!

7
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Just stay on their tail!

8
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I got an idea.

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Hey! Where'd it go? Do you see it?

10
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I don't! I… I can't see it!

11
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You're dead meat, Henderson!

12
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She's right! We can't keep running

13
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if we can't even see
what we're running from!

14
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Whoa!

15
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And if that thing
doesn't get us, then these guys will!

16
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Not necessarily!

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Ow! Hey! Watch it!

18
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Hey! You see it?

19
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Oh, I see it!

20
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Okay, okay, okay.
Charlie, I'm gonna need you to trust me.

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Whatever you want! Just do it fast!

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In that case…

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Brake now!

24
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You really think you can...

25
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You freaking genius, Henderson!
Hell yeah! Hell yeah!

26
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Ride!

27
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You got a ping on the ghost?

28
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Working on it!

29
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-Whoa!
-Ah! Ah! Ah!

30
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Come on, baby. Come on!

31
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It's got me!

32
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Hold on, dweeb!

33
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Got it!

34
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Uh-oh!

35
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I got you now.

36
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Hey Charlie! You ever play chicken?

37
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Have I ever played chicken?

38
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On my mark!

39
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End of the line, Dandridge!

40
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Henderson!

41
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Now!

42
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We're not out of the woods yet!
Go, go, go!

43
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Faster, faster, Charlie!

44
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I hear ya! I hear ya!

45
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It can't keep going without the flowers.

46
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Did we lose it?

47
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No more dodging, Mr. Dandridge.
Just drive.

48
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With pleasure!

49
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Fear? That's what it's been after
this whole time?

50
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Think about it. It all adds up.

51
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Wait, wait.
I thought you said this thing was a ghost.

52
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Have you ever seen a ghost try
to feed someone to man-eating flowers?

53
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I've never seen a ghost, period.

54
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How am I supposed to know
what they can and can't do?

55
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Eh, he's got a point.

56
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We have to face it.

57
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This was the Upside Down.

58
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Max was right.

59
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She's been right all along.

60
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But this isn't like any creature
we've ever seen before.

61
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Wait a second. Back at the séance,
I hit it with some liquid nitro.

62
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Dude, a chunk froze loose,
and I grabbed it.

63
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What in the world?

64
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Wait a second.

65
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It's pollen, just like
the Hate Sprites were harvesting.

66
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This thing is made of pollen.

67
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That's why it evaporated
when we led it away from the flowers.

68
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And why it disappeared

69
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when El shredded the flowers
in the garden shed.

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Because this thing isn't a ghost.

71
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It's a Lich.

72
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These guys are obsessed
with gathering power.

73
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We're way past spooky one-off hauntings.

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Liches think big, like world-endingly big.

75
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With all the hauntings
and the Hate Sprites,

76
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it's turning Hawkins
into its own personal fear energy grid.

77
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But for what?

78
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It's not like there's a gate open.
El would've sensed it if there was.

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I don't know,
but that energy drain is brutal.

80
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We have to stop it
before it gets any worse.

81
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Liches store the power they collect
in their lair.

82
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We destroy the power stash,
and we destroy The Lich.

83
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You think that lair might be
the end of the road

84
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for those Hate Sprites?

85
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It's as good a guess as any.
But how the heck do we tail a swarm?

86
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What about trapping a sprite?

87
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Do you think
it'd lead us to the lair?

88
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If you wanna go rustling…

89
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Hey. You okay?

90
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I want to help,
but every time I try, I am useless.

91
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What?

92
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No, you're not useless.

93
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At school, useless.

94
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At the cabin, useless.

95
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That's not true.
You did the best you could.

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On the road, useless.

97
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That man almost died.

98
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I am supposed to protect you.
I am supposed to keep everyone safe.

99
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That is why I am here.

100
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You're here because you're our friend.

101
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Do you think we just like you
because you can defend us?

102
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I think you like me because…

103
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I am brave and strong
and always have your back.

104
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And I am scared of what will happen

105
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if I don't.

106
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If you can't defend us,

107
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then you have to trust
we can defend ourselves.

108
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We're not useless, El.

109
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And even if you can't fight,
you aren't useless either.

110
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That's it!

111
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The Hate Sprites are collecting power
through flower pollen, right?

112
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Well, guess what I can see
through my handy-dandy camera?

113
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This is how we figure out
their delivery route,

114
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right to The Lich's lair.

115
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We'll need to go high, way up there,
tall enough to survey the whole town.

116
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We might know the perfect spot.

117
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Okay. Okay. Let's see.

118
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Oh, crud.

119
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Double crud.

120
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What?

121
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Oh.

122
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Triple crud.

123
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Here, let me see.

124
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Oh no.

125
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Hawkins is covered in pollen.

126
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Following the pollen trail
to The Lich's lair is a non-starter.

127
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If pollen's everywhere, we're nowhere.

128
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Um…

129
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Is it supposed to do that?

130
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Yeah, it's fine.

131
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Dude, these babies have seen some battles.

132
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They just need some…

133
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There we go. Good as new.

134
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These all look
like they could use some serious fixes.

135
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Do you need to swing by the hardware store
to buy new parts?

136
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What? Not everyone's
just got cash sitting around

137
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for fun little shopping sprees, Byers.

138
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Great.

139
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This is the part I'm not gonna miss.

140
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"Miss"?

141
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Uh, just about done here. We should head
out if we wanna meet up with the others.

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-Hey, Nikki.
-What?

143
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You said "miss," like you're leaving.

144
00:10:31,875 --> 00:10:34,458
And before, I'm pretty sure I remember

145
00:10:34,541 --> 00:10:38,208
you talking about this being
your last mission with The H.I.C.

146
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What's going on?

147
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Uh…

148
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I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
snapped at you like that. Just…

149
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Look, there's not gonna be
any hardware store runs

150
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or replacement parts. I can't swing it.
Not right now, at least.

151
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I'm kind of…

152
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We're hurting for cash right now,
me and my mom.

153
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Why didn't you tell me?
I… I understand family money problems.

154
00:11:03,041 --> 00:11:06,625
Yeah, yeah, I know,
but it's not just that.

155
00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:10,083
Dude, my mom's been working herself
to the bone to keep us here,

156
00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:14,375
even though I was the one
who made us stay. It's not fair to her.

157
00:11:14,458 --> 00:11:19,125
So, I have to help out and get a job.

158
00:11:20,041 --> 00:11:23,041
After this, that's gotta be my priority.

159
00:11:25,833 --> 00:11:27,333
No more H.I.C.

160
00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:41,791
What's taking those dweebs so long?

161
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They have been up there a while.

162
00:11:45,708 --> 00:11:48,083
Hey! You see anything?

163
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Working on it!

164
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This is impossible.

165
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How are we supposed to find anything
in this?

166
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It's so freaking bright, like, everywhere.

167
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Bright?

168
00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:08,333
Hang on a sec.
Remember back in the AV room?

169
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The image was too bright,
so we turned down the gain and…

170
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Holy macaroni! I see it.

171
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These trails, they're where
the pollen is more concentrated.

172
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So, they must be the paths
that the Hate Sprites have taken.

173
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Directly to The Lich.

174
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Dustin! Slow down!

175
00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,458
Come on, guys! Keep up!

176
00:12:42,375 --> 00:12:43,750
It goes through here!

177
00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:53,708
It was always gonna lead right back here.

178
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Daniel's lab.

179
00:13:11,541 --> 00:13:14,250
It can't be a coincidence,
can it,

180
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that The Lich picked here of all places?

181
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Who knows what other experiments
Daniel was up to

182
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before his creation ate him?

183
00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:29,166
Any one of them could've spawned The Lich.

184
00:13:32,583 --> 00:13:34,875
El, see any Hate Sprites?

185
00:13:34,958 --> 00:13:37,125
No, not yet.

186
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Hate Sprite.

187
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Dead Hate Sprite.

188
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Guys…

189
00:14:00,791 --> 00:14:02,416
What in the…

190
00:14:04,416 --> 00:14:06,416
Hey, uh…

191
00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:10,375
Do they have that
in your monster book, Henderson?

192
00:14:15,541 --> 00:14:16,958
Whoa.

193
00:14:17,041 --> 00:14:20,833
Is that supposed to look like a person?

194
00:14:20,916 --> 00:14:24,416
It's like it has a muscular system.

195
00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:26,833
Yeah, made of what? Roots?

196
00:14:26,916 --> 00:14:30,791
Is this why The Lich needs
to harvest fear? To make these?

197
00:14:30,875 --> 00:14:34,291
If it is, it's been busy.

198
00:14:37,208 --> 00:14:39,125
I will check the gate.

199
00:14:39,208 --> 00:14:42,208
Good. You guys make sure
Pandora's box is still shut.

200
00:14:42,291 --> 00:14:45,416
We'll check out
this nightmare goblin garden.

201
00:14:57,125 --> 00:15:01,458
They're all malformed, twisted.

202
00:15:01,541 --> 00:15:05,125
Like failed experiments?

203
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,958
Hey! Hey! Stop!

204
00:15:24,041 --> 00:15:27,291
Maybe let's not throw rocks
at evil statues.

205
00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:28,666
Okay, dork.

206
00:15:36,375 --> 00:15:37,291
Whoa.

207
00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,541
Guys…

208
00:15:45,666 --> 00:15:49,875
Seven weird wooden creatures,
eight cocoons.

209
00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,833
I don't like that math.

210
00:15:52,916 --> 00:15:55,500
Whatever The Lich
was collecting power for,

211
00:15:55,583 --> 00:15:57,833
I think he put it to use.

212
00:16:45,125 --> 00:16:46,833
It is closed.

213
00:16:46,916 --> 00:16:49,875
Safe to say nothing's coming
out of there, right?

214
00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:54,958
Looks like something tried
to pry the gate open by hand.

215
00:16:55,541 --> 00:16:56,625
The Lich.

216
00:16:57,250 --> 00:17:00,541
And if we're in its secret lair,
where is it?

217
00:17:05,916 --> 00:17:07,708
I have an idea.

218
00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:22,416
Okay, but do you have to do this
in the creepy chasm?

219
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,708
We can wait, come back later
when we know it's safe, or…

220
00:17:25,791 --> 00:17:28,125
I will find it now

221
00:17:28,208 --> 00:17:32,541
before any more people are hurt,
before things get any worse.

222
00:18:15,125 --> 00:18:19,916
So, do we just, like,
stare at this chick or…

223
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,041
Can you please explain to me
why Dirtbag Charlie had to tag along?

224
00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:28,208
Like I already explained,
we need all the help...

225
00:18:28,291 --> 00:18:30,250
Uh, guys…

226
00:18:39,541 --> 00:18:42,666
One Hate Sprite.
It gets close enough, I got it.

227
00:19:12,625 --> 00:19:16,375
That's it?
A little light show, then roll credits?

228
00:19:16,458 --> 00:19:18,500
Nothing can help those ugly things.

229
00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,875
Would you quit it with the rocks?

230
00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:23,875
Chill out, hall monitor.

231
00:19:32,708 --> 00:19:34,916
Of course
they're gonna come alive.

232
00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:38,208
Uh, this is messed up.

233
00:19:42,416 --> 00:19:46,750
Those golems definitely woke up
on the wrong side of the bed.

234
00:19:46,833 --> 00:19:48,458
What's the game plan, Mike?

235
00:19:48,541 --> 00:19:52,041
If El can't find The Lich now,
she'll lose her chance.

236
00:19:52,125 --> 00:19:53,625
We have to buy her some time.

237
00:19:56,583 --> 00:19:58,333
Whoa! Ah!

238
00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:08,625
Smooth shooting, Mad Max!

239
00:20:11,041 --> 00:20:12,791
-Whoa!
-Not smooth enough.

240
00:20:14,750 --> 00:20:17,833
If they won't stay down,
we'll have to put 'em down.

241
00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:25,958
Sure! Easy. Just put 'em down.

242
00:20:26,041 --> 00:20:27,500
Quit it with the rocks, huh?

243
00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:44,375
Uh, Mike, how much more time does El need?

244
00:20:45,958 --> 00:20:48,208
As much time as we can give her.

245
00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:50,958
Don't touch her!

246
00:20:57,291 --> 00:20:58,750
-Will!
-On it!

247
00:21:08,416 --> 00:21:09,416
Zombie Boy!

248
00:21:24,791 --> 00:21:26,125
Listen up, H.I.C.!

249
00:21:26,208 --> 00:21:30,041
Zombie rules!
Kill the head, kill the golem!

250
00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:32,625
Back off!

251
00:21:34,166 --> 00:21:35,875
Ah! Get away!

252
00:21:47,541 --> 00:21:49,083
-Not bad.
-Thanks.

253
00:21:51,791 --> 00:21:52,958
I meant me.

254
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,208
Piece of cake. Am I right?

255
00:22:17,291 --> 00:22:19,000
I found The Lich.

256
00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:48,541
It is building something.

257
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,250
This is not right.

258
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:21,833
It is like
The Lich is in two places at once.

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The Lich's mind is in a golem,

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but their body is somewhere else.

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It is Daniel.

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Daniel is The Lich.