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Why would you even think that? SH could be anyone's initials.

Oh, so Madam Ortiz says you have a passion for an SH that isn't Steve Harrington?

Wait. What the…?

That isn't who?

Are you even listening to me?

Bradley?

I'm listening. I'm listening. Geez.

Just thought I saw…

Jeanie?

Help! Help!

Please don't let that be what I think it is.

It's exactly what you think it is.

Where's Mike?

Gone.

What?

Yeah, that thing just grabbed Mike and, like, ran off with him.

So we gotta assume Wheeler's…

No! He's still alive, Charlie. He's gotta be. We just have to find him.

Why is Daniel doing all of this?

He's desperate.

He's scaring people to death to power open this gate.

He's gotta be trying to get his real body out of the Upside Down.

So how long before the gate opens?

No way to tell.

Maybe there is.

Jumpy needle means the gate's still forming,

but when it's built, this needle will point straight at it.

And that's when hell breaks loose.

Demogorgons, Demodogs, The Mind Flayer.

No!

No!

It's just too strong.

I'm sorry. We just… We can't stop the gate like that.

Not while Daniel's got all of his sprites and stupid flowers feeding it energy.

Then that's game over, okay? This thing is way too powerful.

No! Listen up, H.I.C.

I wasn't kidding when I said we were Hawkins' first line of defense.

We're the only chance this town and Mike have.

It's up to us to find a way.

We can't close the gate while Daniel's feeding it energy, right?

Why don't we cut off his supply?

Right. We could split up.

One group takes out the sprites. The other knocks out the flowers.

But that still leaves Wood Monster Daniel.

And Mike.

Leave Daniel to me.

You really think this is gonna work? Scale of one to ten.

Ten million!

You saw that mist stuff when you hit these things with rocks?

Hate Sprites love it.

Yeah, it's like some kind of dusty love potion pheromone.

Love potion, huh?

Then…

-Happy Valentine's Day, you freaks! -Yeah!

That did it! Go, go, go!

Come on! Looks like we're all clear.

Man, these flowers are everywhere.

So we better get a move on.

Come on, you pixie jerks!

Whatever you do, Charlie, don't slow down!

I wasn't planning on it!

Okay, you guys know the rest of the plan.

See you at Mount Doom!

Why can't you idiots use normal names for anything?

It…

Is…

Working.

Give me Mike.

You.

Got you.

West Hawkins, check.

North Hawkins, check. But…

We're running out of time.

Aw!

Dang it! Out of gas.

That's why we're a tag team, Sinclair.

Come on. We got this.

Payback.

How much further?

I think it's just through here.

Ow!

Mike!

Did you forget?

-Help! -Mike!

You can't stop me!

No! He's using our fear against us.

Ah!

I must survive!

No matter who I have to kill to do it.

Get away!

Over here! Come get it!

Will!

Hey, Zombie Boy!

Dude, you really thought you could outrun those things?

No.

Fancy meeting you here, Dandridge.

There it is! Mount Doom!

The gate's almost open.

Okay, this should be the last of them. Come on.

Huh?

Max!

Oh man.

What do you think you're doing, Sinclair? Burning up our place?

This ends now.

And so do you!

-Yeah! Yeah! -Yeah! Yeah!

That's a lot of flowers.

If we pull this off, these'll all go kablooey, too.

Mine cart ahead! Look out!

Dustin!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Watch out! Watch out!

I think I just broke every single bone in my body.

Gramps?

Samuel Hawkins.

No time for family reunions, Charlie. We gotta go.

Oh, crud.

Incoming!

I do not know if you can hear me.

But Daniel is using you, Mike, using your fear to open the gate.

Jeff, listen, this has nothing to do with you.

It has everything to do with me.

I cut you a break before, Sinclair,

and you used it to turn Charlie against me.

And now you're setting fire to my bridge?

-Max! The flowers! -Right!

Whoo! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

We're coming for you!

Hurry, hurry! Come on!

Sorry, Gramps.

What are you doing? Charlie?

Charlie?

Charlie!

How's that for...

Not sure how long I can play whack-a-mole here.

Give me a break!

Dustin!

-What? -Get on!

Back seat, Henderson!

Whoa!

-You made it. -You doubted us?

Hey, can we drop the cargo now?

Bombs away! Eat that, you sprites!

It worked! It worked!

You dorks mess with my bike, this is how you pay!

Let me go!

Pauly!

You think you're tough? Take this!

You just trapped yourself, genius!

I'm coming for you.

Mike, I was not listening to you before,

but I am listening now.

I cannot defend you right now, but I know you can defend yourself.

You are strong and brave.

And I believe in you.

The gate!

It's open.

At… last!

The exit!

Uh, Dustin?

Go, go, go, go, go!

Let's hope Mr. M was right about the natural gas.

Shouldn't we get out out first?

We gotta cut it as close as possible.

-Nikki? -On it!

No! No, no, no, no, no!

Nowhere to run, Red.

Jeff, stop! Jeff! Come on, man!

Whoa!

Wee-ooh!

No more interfering!

Mike! Please, you have to fight!

Mike!

Here's the trick. I close my eyes.

I count to five.

One…

Two…

Three…

Four…

…five.

By the time I breathe out…

…all that fear seeps away, too,

and I get that power back.

El! El!

El!

Huh!

How's this for a Dandridge curse?

Are you crazy?

You're one to talk, Henderson!

Yeah!

No!

Mike!

Ah!

No!

Oh, crap. Oh, crap. Oh, crap.

Come on!

Lucas!

Run, Max. Run!

Ah!

What?

No!

What is happening?

My friends.

You did it, Mike.

You did it.

Lucas!

Lucas!

Ow.

Did you miss me or something?

Stupid.

The flowers!

No! No!

No!

No! No!

I…

Will…

Kill…

You.

El? Mike? You guys alive over there?

Alive! We're good, Dustin. It's over.

Ow! Ugh!

That's gonna leave a scar.

I hope that's not infected.

Hence the hydrogen peroxide.

Let's just hope it disinfects golem gouges.

So this is it, huh? I can't change your mind?

I mean, unless you can win the lottery. It's been…

It's been unreal, Zombie Boy. And I wouldn't change it for the world.

Nikki, Nikki, Nikki, and Will. I have got some news for you.

Okay, remember you said we should think "outside the box"?

Well, your mom here thought right out of the box

and right into Hawkins High School.

What does that mean?

Okay, they were looking for a biology teacher.

I applied and bingo, bango, bongo. They just called. I got it. I got it.

This is full-time. This is a raise. This is...

What? This is so awesome! Mom, we can stay?

Oh, it is awesome. Indeed. Come here. Come here.

Will, get in here too.

…four, five.

El, I… I've got a question I've been afraid to ask you.

What?

Um, will you…

Oh man, this is weird.

Um… be my girlfriend?

Yes, Mike. Of course, yes.

Yes? Yes!

Oh! Oh!

I've… I've been trying so long to find the right way to ask you that.

Well, sometimes words are enough.

-Hey, guys. -So you saw the match?

I did. I did. I saw the whole thing. Lucas got me a tape of it.

Hey, where's Nikki?

On her way. She had to help her mom with...

Shh. Guys, look, it's on!

The heart of Hawkins has always been its people.

But some of those people have been harboring secrets.

That was a clip from a school video project

made by four local kids

who uncovered a tragic secret in Hawkins history.

Challenging conventional wisdom about Samuel Hawkins,

whose famed signet ring was found at the murder scene…

-This is great. -…of the maligned Bloodaxe Bill Dandridge.

We spoke to members of the Dandridge family

who were thrilled to have their ancestor's name cleared.

Take it in, you guys, because we're celebrities. Next up, MTV.

I don't need to be famous. Just needed to pass history.

I'm honestly surprised you made the news.

All they've been covering is that weird firefly infestation.

Yeah, that was weird.

Yeah. Inexplicable.

Yeah, whatever.

Hey, you're gonna have to pay for that, like with money.

Okay, guys, now back to business.

So we've handled the paranormal,

but we've yet to investigate werewolves, vampires.

Werewolves are real?

-No. -Yes.