1 00:00:22,833 --> 00:00:26,750 Why would you even think that? SH could be anyone's initials. 2 00:00:26,833 --> 00:00:32,291 Oh, so Madam Ortiz says you have a passion for an SH that isn't Steve Harrington? 3 00:00:33,291 --> 00:00:34,875 Wait. What the…? 4 00:00:34,958 --> 00:00:36,083 That isn't who? 5 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:39,125 Are you even listening to me? 6 00:00:44,291 --> 00:00:45,291 Bradley? 7 00:00:46,583 --> 00:00:48,750 I'm listening. I'm listening. Geez. 8 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:58,666 Just thought I saw… 9 00:01:00,666 --> 00:01:01,583 Jeanie? 10 00:01:11,541 --> 00:01:12,625 Help! Help! 11 00:02:01,875 --> 00:02:04,458 Please don't let that be what I think it is. 12 00:02:09,791 --> 00:02:12,208 It's exactly what you think it is. 13 00:02:23,833 --> 00:02:24,833 Where's Mike? 14 00:02:24,916 --> 00:02:26,958 Gone. 15 00:02:27,041 --> 00:02:27,958 What? 16 00:02:28,041 --> 00:02:32,166 Yeah, that thing just grabbed Mike and, like, ran off with him. 17 00:02:32,750 --> 00:02:35,166 So we gotta assume Wheeler's… 18 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:39,375 No! He's still alive, Charlie. He's gotta be. We just have to find him. 19 00:02:39,458 --> 00:02:41,333 Why is Daniel doing all of this? 20 00:02:41,416 --> 00:02:42,583 He's desperate. 21 00:02:42,666 --> 00:02:45,416 He's scaring people to death to power open this gate. 22 00:02:46,125 --> 00:02:50,333 He's gotta be trying to get his real body out of the Upside Down. 23 00:02:50,416 --> 00:02:52,458 So how long before the gate opens? 24 00:02:52,541 --> 00:02:53,833 No way to tell. 25 00:02:53,916 --> 00:02:55,416 Maybe there is. 26 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,916 Jumpy needle means the gate's still forming, 27 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,166 but when it's built, this needle will point straight at it. 28 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,833 And that's when hell breaks loose. 29 00:03:03,916 --> 00:03:08,333 Demogorgons, Demodogs, The Mind Flayer. 30 00:03:08,416 --> 00:03:10,333 No! 31 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:32,250 No! 32 00:03:32,333 --> 00:03:33,791 It's just too strong. 33 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:36,791 I'm sorry. We just… We can't stop the gate like that. 34 00:03:36,875 --> 00:03:41,208 Not while Daniel's got all of his sprites and stupid flowers feeding it energy. 35 00:03:41,291 --> 00:03:46,291 Then that's game over, okay? This thing is way too powerful. 36 00:03:49,125 --> 00:03:51,791 No! Listen up, H.I.C. 37 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:55,708 I wasn't kidding when I said we were Hawkins' first line of defense. 38 00:03:55,791 --> 00:03:59,708 We're the only chance this town and Mike have. 39 00:03:59,791 --> 00:04:02,250 It's up to us to find a way. 40 00:04:02,750 --> 00:04:05,625 We can't close the gate while Daniel's feeding it energy, right? 41 00:04:05,708 --> 00:04:07,208 Why don't we cut off his supply? 42 00:04:07,291 --> 00:04:09,250 Right. We could split up. 43 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:12,125 One group takes out the sprites. The other knocks out the flowers. 44 00:04:12,208 --> 00:04:15,166 But that still leaves Wood Monster Daniel. 45 00:04:15,250 --> 00:04:16,458 And Mike. 46 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,875 Leave Daniel to me. 47 00:04:23,833 --> 00:04:27,166 You really think this is gonna work? Scale of one to ten. 48 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:28,750 Ten million! 49 00:04:28,833 --> 00:04:32,000 You saw that mist stuff when you hit these things with rocks? 50 00:04:32,083 --> 00:04:33,208 Hate Sprites love it. 51 00:04:33,291 --> 00:04:37,208 Yeah, it's like some kind of dusty love potion pheromone. 52 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,083 Love potion, huh? 53 00:04:53,791 --> 00:04:54,791 Then… 54 00:04:57,708 --> 00:05:00,791 -Happy Valentine's Day, you freaks! -Yeah! 55 00:05:04,791 --> 00:05:07,083 That did it! Go, go, go! 56 00:05:09,291 --> 00:05:11,708 Come on! Looks like we're all clear. 57 00:05:11,791 --> 00:05:13,916 Man, these flowers are everywhere. 58 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,333 So we better get a move on. 59 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,041 Come on, you pixie jerks! 60 00:05:23,666 --> 00:05:26,541 Whatever you do, Charlie, don't slow down! 61 00:05:26,625 --> 00:05:28,500 I wasn't planning on it! 62 00:05:29,125 --> 00:05:32,125 Okay, you guys know the rest of the plan. 63 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:33,708 See you at Mount Doom! 64 00:05:33,791 --> 00:05:37,291 Why can't you idiots use normal names for anything? 65 00:05:50,875 --> 00:05:52,458 It… 66 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:54,833 Is… 67 00:05:56,166 --> 00:05:58,875 Working. 68 00:06:03,958 --> 00:06:05,375 Give me Mike. 69 00:06:05,458 --> 00:06:07,541 You. 70 00:06:28,041 --> 00:06:29,291 Got you. 71 00:06:44,958 --> 00:06:46,791 West Hawkins, check. 72 00:06:48,125 --> 00:06:50,625 North Hawkins, check. But… 73 00:06:52,208 --> 00:06:54,041 We're running out of time. 74 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:56,916 Aw! 75 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,833 Dang it! Out of gas. 76 00:07:00,625 --> 00:07:02,875 That's why we're a tag team, Sinclair. 77 00:07:03,708 --> 00:07:05,833 Come on. We got this. 78 00:07:12,791 --> 00:07:14,166 Payback. 79 00:07:15,208 --> 00:07:17,625 How much further? 80 00:07:19,083 --> 00:07:20,666 I think it's just through here. 81 00:07:33,958 --> 00:07:34,916 Ow! 82 00:07:49,958 --> 00:07:51,083 Mike! 83 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:56,250 Did you forget? 84 00:07:57,291 --> 00:07:59,416 -Help! -Mike! 85 00:08:02,583 --> 00:08:08,666 You can't stop me! 86 00:08:12,583 --> 00:08:17,166 No! He's using our fear against us. 87 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:18,416 Ah! 88 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:23,333 I must survive! 89 00:08:26,583 --> 00:08:33,250 No matter who I have to kill to do it. 90 00:08:57,208 --> 00:08:58,541 Get away! 91 00:08:59,541 --> 00:09:02,666 Over here! Come get it! 92 00:09:05,375 --> 00:09:06,500 Will! 93 00:09:16,208 --> 00:09:18,333 Hey, Zombie Boy! 94 00:09:23,875 --> 00:09:26,875 Dude, you really thought you could outrun those things? 95 00:09:26,958 --> 00:09:27,958 No. 96 00:09:40,625 --> 00:09:42,875 Fancy meeting you here, Dandridge. 97 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:45,916 There it is! Mount Doom! 98 00:09:58,791 --> 00:10:00,375 The gate's almost open. 99 00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,541 Okay, this should be the last of them. Come on. 100 00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:09,875 Huh? 101 00:10:11,250 --> 00:10:12,541 Max! 102 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:24,750 Oh man. 103 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:28,416 What do you think you're doing, Sinclair? Burning up our place? 104 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:31,083 This ends now. 105 00:10:31,166 --> 00:10:32,166 And so do you! 106 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,791 -Yeah! Yeah! -Yeah! Yeah! 107 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:45,125 That's a lot of flowers. 108 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:49,333 If we pull this off, these'll all go kablooey, too. 109 00:10:50,666 --> 00:10:52,791 Mine cart ahead! Look out! 110 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:54,583 Dustin! 111 00:10:54,666 --> 00:10:56,750 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Watch out! Watch out! 112 00:11:04,875 --> 00:11:09,875 I think I just broke every single bone in my body. 113 00:11:13,291 --> 00:11:14,291 Gramps? 114 00:11:19,625 --> 00:11:21,541 Samuel Hawkins. 115 00:11:21,625 --> 00:11:25,583 No time for family reunions, Charlie. We gotta go. 116 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:29,958 Oh, crud. 117 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:34,000 Incoming! 118 00:11:44,708 --> 00:11:47,125 I do not know if you can hear me. 119 00:11:47,750 --> 00:11:54,083 But Daniel is using you, Mike, using your fear to open the gate. 120 00:11:57,791 --> 00:12:01,375 Jeff, listen, this has nothing to do with you. 121 00:12:01,458 --> 00:12:03,458 It has everything to do with me. 122 00:12:03,541 --> 00:12:06,083 I cut you a break before, Sinclair, 123 00:12:06,166 --> 00:12:08,291 and you used it to turn Charlie against me. 124 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:10,500 And now you're setting fire to my bridge? 125 00:12:13,041 --> 00:12:14,958 -Max! The flowers! -Right! 126 00:12:15,041 --> 00:12:17,458 Whoo! Yeah, yeah, yeah! 127 00:12:25,458 --> 00:12:27,875 We're coming for you! 128 00:12:35,166 --> 00:12:37,791 Hurry, hurry! Come on! 129 00:12:38,416 --> 00:12:39,458 Sorry, Gramps. 130 00:12:40,041 --> 00:12:42,583 What are you doing? Charlie? 131 00:12:43,708 --> 00:12:45,083 Charlie? 132 00:12:47,041 --> 00:12:48,291 Charlie! 133 00:12:53,458 --> 00:12:55,083 How's that for... 134 00:12:57,708 --> 00:13:01,750 Not sure how long I can play whack-a-mole here. 135 00:13:09,166 --> 00:13:10,166 Give me a break! 136 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:12,000 Dustin! 137 00:13:13,625 --> 00:13:15,583 -What? -Get on! 138 00:13:15,666 --> 00:13:17,208 Back seat, Henderson! 139 00:13:27,291 --> 00:13:28,541 Whoa! 140 00:13:28,625 --> 00:13:30,583 -You made it. -You doubted us? 141 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:35,250 Hey, can we drop the cargo now? 142 00:13:35,333 --> 00:13:38,416 Bombs away! Eat that, you sprites! 143 00:13:46,083 --> 00:13:47,833 It worked! It worked! 144 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,458 You dorks mess with my bike, this is how you pay! 145 00:13:55,541 --> 00:13:57,583 Let me go! 146 00:14:01,291 --> 00:14:02,291 Pauly! 147 00:14:02,958 --> 00:14:05,416 You think you're tough? Take this! 148 00:14:11,708 --> 00:14:13,916 You just trapped yourself, genius! 149 00:14:16,833 --> 00:14:18,033 I'm coming for you. 150 00:14:36,958 --> 00:14:40,583 Mike, I was not listening to you before, 151 00:14:40,666 --> 00:14:43,375 but I am listening now. 152 00:14:44,333 --> 00:14:49,916 I cannot defend you right now, but I know you can defend yourself. 153 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,333 You are strong and brave. 154 00:14:53,416 --> 00:14:55,833 And I believe in you. 155 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:20,583 The gate! 156 00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:23,333 It's open. 157 00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:39,500 At… last! 158 00:15:42,750 --> 00:15:44,166 The exit! 159 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,000 Uh, Dustin? 160 00:15:52,083 --> 00:15:53,500 Go, go, go, go, go! 161 00:15:55,583 --> 00:15:59,500 Let's hope Mr. M was right about the natural gas. 162 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:01,416 Shouldn't we get out out first? 163 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,916 We gotta cut it as close as possible. 164 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,750 -Nikki? -On it! 165 00:16:13,583 --> 00:16:15,416 No! No, no, no, no, no! 166 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,458 Nowhere to run, Red. 167 00:16:26,875 --> 00:16:30,625 Jeff, stop! Jeff! Come on, man! 168 00:16:31,708 --> 00:16:33,000 Whoa! 169 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,416 Wee-ooh! 170 00:17:01,916 --> 00:17:06,333 No more interfering! 171 00:17:10,583 --> 00:17:14,833 Mike! Please, you have to fight! 172 00:17:14,916 --> 00:17:18,333 Mike! 173 00:17:19,250 --> 00:17:22,000 Here's the trick. I close my eyes. 174 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:24,333 I count to five. 175 00:17:25,791 --> 00:17:27,041 One… 176 00:17:28,916 --> 00:17:30,208 Two… 177 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:33,833 Three… 178 00:17:35,916 --> 00:17:36,833 Four… 179 00:17:40,416 --> 00:17:41,666 …five. 180 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:44,000 By the time I breathe out… 181 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:49,166 …all that fear seeps away, too, 182 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,166 and I get that power back. 183 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:03,625 El! El! 184 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,083 El! 185 00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:13,333 Huh! 186 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:17,000 How's this for a Dandridge curse? 187 00:18:17,083 --> 00:18:19,000 Are you crazy? 188 00:18:19,083 --> 00:18:20,666 You're one to talk, Henderson! 189 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:28,833 Yeah! 190 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:50,875 No! 191 00:18:55,791 --> 00:18:57,375 Mike! 192 00:18:58,708 --> 00:18:59,958 Ah! 193 00:19:02,250 --> 00:19:03,541 No! 194 00:19:14,791 --> 00:19:16,458 Oh, crap. Oh, crap. Oh, crap. 195 00:19:17,958 --> 00:19:18,791 Come on! 196 00:19:25,208 --> 00:19:26,375 Lucas! 197 00:19:29,625 --> 00:19:31,625 Run, Max. Run! 198 00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:36,583 Ah! 199 00:19:50,458 --> 00:19:52,916 What? 200 00:19:53,958 --> 00:19:55,041 No! 201 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:04,666 What is happening? 202 00:20:10,291 --> 00:20:12,041 My friends. 203 00:20:37,041 --> 00:20:38,500 You did it, Mike. 204 00:20:39,541 --> 00:20:40,791 You did it. 205 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:51,625 Lucas! 206 00:20:53,541 --> 00:20:55,416 Lucas! 207 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,458 Ow. 208 00:21:10,541 --> 00:21:12,500 Did you miss me or something? 209 00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:13,666 Stupid. 210 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:15,041 The flowers! 211 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:23,291 No! No! 212 00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:24,333 No! 213 00:21:25,125 --> 00:21:29,791 No! No! 214 00:21:38,291 --> 00:21:40,916 I… 215 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,125 Will… 216 00:21:43,208 --> 00:21:45,125 Kill… 217 00:21:45,208 --> 00:21:47,041 You. 218 00:22:00,041 --> 00:22:03,250 El? Mike? You guys alive over there? 219 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:07,166 Alive! We're good, Dustin. It's over. 220 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:18,333 Ow! Ugh! 221 00:22:18,916 --> 00:22:20,166 That's gonna leave a scar. 222 00:22:20,250 --> 00:22:22,000 I hope that's not infected. 223 00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:24,875 Hence the hydrogen peroxide. 224 00:22:25,458 --> 00:22:28,208 Let's just hope it disinfects golem gouges. 225 00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:33,541 So this is it, huh? I can't change your mind? 226 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:37,750 I mean, unless you can win the lottery. It's been… 227 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:42,875 It's been unreal, Zombie Boy. And I wouldn't change it for the world. 228 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:48,375 Nikki, Nikki, Nikki, and Will. I have got some news for you. 229 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:52,500 Okay, remember you said we should think "outside the box"? 230 00:22:52,583 --> 00:22:56,375 Well, your mom here thought right out of the box 231 00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:59,583 and right into Hawkins High School. 232 00:23:00,791 --> 00:23:01,833 What does that mean? 233 00:23:01,916 --> 00:23:04,583 Okay, they were looking for a biology teacher. 234 00:23:04,666 --> 00:23:09,875 I applied and bingo, bango, bongo. They just called. I got it. I got it. 235 00:23:09,958 --> 00:23:13,125 This is full-time. This is a raise. This is... 236 00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:16,833 What? This is so awesome! Mom, we can stay? 237 00:23:16,916 --> 00:23:19,666 Oh, it is awesome. Indeed. Come here. Come here. 238 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,333 Will, get in here too. 239 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,208 …four, five. 240 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:46,333 El, I… I've got a question I've been afraid to ask you. 241 00:23:46,416 --> 00:23:47,625 What? 242 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,500 Um, will you… 243 00:23:50,583 --> 00:23:52,708 Oh man, this is weird. 244 00:23:52,791 --> 00:23:56,500 Um… be my girlfriend? 245 00:23:56,583 --> 00:23:59,666 Yes, Mike. Of course, yes. 246 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:01,875 Yes? Yes! 247 00:24:01,958 --> 00:24:03,041 Oh! Oh! 248 00:24:03,125 --> 00:24:07,208 I've… I've been trying so long to find the right way to ask you that. 249 00:24:07,291 --> 00:24:10,000 Well, sometimes words are enough. 250 00:24:12,375 --> 00:24:14,015 -Hey, guys. -So you saw the match? 251 00:24:14,083 --> 00:24:17,541 I did. I did. I saw the whole thing. Lucas got me a tape of it. 252 00:24:17,625 --> 00:24:18,583 Hey, where's Nikki? 253 00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:20,583 On her way. She had to help her mom with... 254 00:24:20,666 --> 00:24:22,166 Shh. Guys, look, it's on! 255 00:24:22,250 --> 00:24:25,833 The heart of Hawkins has always been its people. 256 00:24:25,916 --> 00:24:29,000 But some of those people have been harboring secrets. 257 00:24:30,541 --> 00:24:32,625 That was a clip from a school video project 258 00:24:32,708 --> 00:24:34,375 made by four local kids 259 00:24:34,458 --> 00:24:37,625 who uncovered a tragic secret in Hawkins history. 260 00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:41,833 Challenging conventional wisdom about Samuel Hawkins, 261 00:24:41,916 --> 00:24:44,750 whose famed signet ring was found at the murder scene… 262 00:24:44,833 --> 00:24:47,416 -This is great. -…of the maligned Bloodaxe Bill Dandridge. 263 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:49,291 We spoke to members of the Dandridge family 264 00:24:49,375 --> 00:24:52,833 who were thrilled to have their ancestor's name cleared. 265 00:24:52,916 --> 00:24:59,708 Take it in, you guys, because we're celebrities. Next up, MTV. 266 00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:02,916 I don't need to be famous. Just needed to pass history. 267 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,125 I'm honestly surprised you made the news. 268 00:25:05,208 --> 00:25:08,583 All they've been covering is that weird firefly infestation. 269 00:25:09,250 --> 00:25:11,458 Yeah, that was weird. 270 00:25:11,541 --> 00:25:13,750 Yeah. Inexplicable. 271 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,541 Yeah, whatever. 272 00:25:16,625 --> 00:25:19,583 Hey, you're gonna have to pay for that, like with money. 273 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:21,916 Okay, guys, now back to business. 274 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,125 So we've handled the paranormal, 275 00:25:24,208 --> 00:25:28,333 but we've yet to investigate werewolves, vampires. 276 00:25:28,416 --> 00:25:30,083 Werewolves are real? 277 00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:31,708 -No. -Yes.