Eleven quotes from Stranger Things

So what, we're just not gonna talk about it, huh?

About what?

Oh, I don't know. I'm just curious why, all of a sudden, you look like some kinda MTV punk? [Pause] I'm not mad, kid. I just wanna know where you've been. That's all.

To see Mama.

Okay. How'd you get there?

A truck.

"A truck?"

A big truck.

"A big truck?" Whose truck was it?

A man's.

A man's?

A nice man.

Okay. So, let me just get this straight in my head: so, a nice man in a big truck, he drove you to your mama's? And then what, your- your aunt Becky gave you those clothes and that makeup?!

I... I shouldn't have left.

Hmm-mm, No. No, this isn't on you, kid. I should've been there. I should never have lied to you about your mom... or about when you could leave. A lot of things I shouldn't have done. Sometimes, I feel like I'm... like I'm just some kinda black hole or something.

"Black hole?"

Yeah, it's a... y'know, it's this thing in outer space. It's like... it sucks everything towards it and destroys it. Sarah had a picture book about outer space, she loved it.

Who's Sarah?

Sarah? Sarah's my girl. [Looks at her] She's my little girl.

Where is she?

Well, that's kinda the thing, kid. She, uh... well, she left us.

Gone.

Yeah. The black hole. It got her. And, somehow... I've just been scared, you know. I've just been scared that it would take you, too. I guess that's why I get... so mad. [Shakes his head] I'm so sorry. For everything. I can be so... so...

Stupid.

[Chuckles] Yeah... stupid. Just really stupid.

I've been stupid, too.

I guess we broke our rule. [Eleven smiles tearfully] I don't hate it, by the way. This whole... look. Kinda cool.

[Smirks] Bitchin'.

Okay, sure. [Smiles] "Bitchin'".

Mike

Do you want to dance?

I... don't know how.

Mike

I don't either. Do you want to figure it out?

Max

[Walking up to the boys] Well isn't this a nice surprise.

Mike

[Sees Eleven and drops his bike] WHAT are you doing here?

Eleven

[Deadpan] Shopping.

Max

This is her new style. What do you think?

Mike

What's wrong with you? You know she's not allowed to be here!

Max

What is she, your little pet?

Eleven

Yeah, am I your pet?

Mike

What? No!

Eleven

Then why do you treat me like garbage?

Mike

What?

Eleven

You said Nana was sick.

Mike

She is! [Looks to Lucas for support] She is! She is sick!

Lucas

Yeah she's sick, she's really sick! That's why, we're here actually.

Mike

Yeah yeah, we're shopping! Not for us, but for her, for Nana!

Lucas

For Nana! [Max stares at him, suspicious]

Mike

Also we're here to get a gift for you. [Eleven glares at him] We just, we couldn't find anything that suited you, and I only have like, three dollars and fifty cents so it's hard.

Lucas

Super hard! It's.. it's expensive.

Eleven

You lie. [Mike just looks at her] Why do you lie? [Mike doesn't respond. Eleven looks at the bus arriving, and, determined, walks up to Mike with a fierce expression] I dump your ass! [Mike looks shocked, while Max looks both shocked and impressed. Eleven turns and walks away to the bus, Max following. They giggle and hi-five]

Max

But here's the thing. When Billy is alone with a girl they make like really crazy noises.

Eleven

They scream?

Max

Yeah, but like, happy screams.

Eleven

Happy screams… what is happy screams?

Max

It's like... I'm just gonna lend you my mom's Cosmo.

Eleven

Mike? Mike? Mike? [gets up] Mike! [Screams] MIKE!!!

Billy

[Offscreen] He can't hear you. [Reveals himself] You shouldn't have looked for me. Because now I see you. Now we can all see you. You let us in. And now, you are going to have to let us stay. Don't you see? All this time, we've been building it. We've been building it, for you. All that work. All that pain. All of it... for you. And now it's time. Time to end it. And we're going to end you and when you are gone we are going to end your friends.

Eleven

[Screams] NO!!!

Billy

And then we are going to end... everyone.

Eleven

[Screams] GET AWAY!!!

Eleven

Did you talk to your mom? About Thanksgiving?

Mike

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got the okay. I'll be there. And then I was thinking maybe you could come up here for Christmas. And Will too. You can come here before or after Christmas or whatever Mrs. Byers wants but I was thinking Christmas Day could be super fun because we'd all have cool new presents to play with and, uh... [chuckles] Sorry, that made me sound like a seven-year-old.

Eleven

I like presents too.

Mike

Yeah, cool. Yeah. I like... I like presents too. [Pause]

Eleven

Mike?

Mike

Yeah?

Eleven

Remember that day… at the cabin, you were talking to Max?

Mike

Um … I don't think I follow.

Eleven

You talked about your-- your feelings, your heart.

Mike

Oh. Oh, yeah, that. Man, that was so long ago. Um … That was really heat of the moment stuff, and we were arguing and… I don't really remember… What did I say, exactly?

Eleven

Mike… I love you too.

Hi. [Her classmates look bored] For my hero I... I chose my dad. [Angela and her friends make a face] And for my visual aid, I made a diraoma of our cabin.

More like diarrhea. [Everyone laughs]

Quiet, everyone. Let's be respectful. [The classroom quiets down]

[Picks up a figure from her diorama] This is my dad. His name is Hopper. He made the best eggos, and we liked to watch Miami Vice on Fridays. [Meanwhile, as Will watches the presentation, the girl next to them touches his foot with her own, looking at him flirtatiously. He moves his foot away]

[Holds up another figure] This is Mr. Fibley. He is a squirrel. [Her classmates laugh again. Will nods at her encouragingly] And this is the alarm that my dad made. [Angela raises her hand] Uh, I was never scared because... beca- because... [Glances at her teacher]

Uh, Angela, let's save questions until the end of Jane's presentation.

Yeah, sorry, I'm just like, confused. I thought this was a presentation about a historical hero.

My dad was in the newspaper.

Your local paper? [Laughs mockingly, the other classmates doing the same] I just don't think that's what Mrs. Gracie meant by historical. This is supposed to be about famous people.

My dad is famous. He saved lots of lives, in a mall fire. He was a hero for people. And he was my hero too! [Her classmates give each other looks]

That's not what I'm saying at all. But, it's okay. [Sarcastically] I am so sorry, Mrs. Gracie. I didn't mean to interrupt. I just wanted clarity on the rules of the assignment.

Well, technically, you are correct. [Angela smirks, and Jane/Eleven begins to tear up, lip trembling] But Jane has decided to do her father. So, please, continue with your presentation, Jane. [A tear falls down Jane/Eleven's cheek, and she takes a few deep breaths]

Angela!

Uh oh. Look who it is.

She looks upset.

You ruined my day!

Oh no. Did we embarrass you in front of your boyfriend? [Chuckles]

[crying] I want you to say sorry to me. And I want you to tell my boyfriend that it was just a joke. And that we are really friends.

Or what? [Mockingly holds out her hand] You're gonna hurt us with your mean stare again? [Laughs mockingly] Sorry you can't cry to teacher today. You'll just have to cry to your daddy instead. Oh, wait. Can't do that either.

[Looks at Chad] Oh ho ho ho!

Hey!

Angela!

[Shocked] Oh shit! Angela, you okay?! Angela! You okay?!

[Horrified] Oh, my god!

Oh my god, what do we do?

No, no, no, don't! [Angela yelps in horror at the sight of blood]

You're okay! You're okay!

Will

Oh... oh, my god!

Mike

Holy shit, El! What did you do? What did you do!?

Brenner

What have you done? What have you done!?

[to Brenner] The Gate. The Mind Flayer. So many dead! 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. But now I know the truth. It is not me. It is you. You are the monster.

Max, are you okay?

Max

Huh?

Are you okay?

Max

Yeah. Are you... Are you real? Di... Did I make you?

I'm real.

Max

How?

I piggybacked from a pizza dough freezer.

Max

What?

[To Vecna, about Max] If you touch her again, I will kill you again.

Vecna

All I needed was someone to open the door. And you did that for me. Without even realizing it. Didn't you? And when you did realize, you chose to resist. So I sought a means to open my own doors. I sought... your power. So, don't you see? Once again, you have freed me.

No. You don't have to do this. You can still stop this.

Vecna

It is over, Eleven. Your friends have lost. There is nothing... nothing you can do to stop this now. Hawkins will burn and fall. And the rest of this senseless, broken world. And I will be there. I will be there to pick up the pieces when it does. And remake it into something... beautiful. There was a time when I had hoped to have you by my side. But now I just want you to watch.

I kept it open. I kept the door open three inches.

I know.

I never stopped believing.

Oh, I know. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here.

Mike

We find Vecna and we end this once and for all.

Eleven

And then what happens?

Mike

You mean after you totally demolish Vecna? In my campaigns if the party wins, then they all live happily ever after.

Eleven

Happily how?

Mike

Well, usually what happens is, the party doesn't return to their local village because too much has happened. They've seen too much, so they travel to a far-away land -- a peaceful land, somewhere beautiful with, like, three waterfalls or something and they all start again, together.

Eleven

Do you think that could be real, for us?

Mike

Yeah, of course! I mean, not the three waterfalls part, but the other stuff, yeah! Of course. If Vecna's gone, then what's stopping us?

And you got there how, exactly?

Eleven

Get where?

The Wheeler house. Did you take the Henderson shelter?

Eleven

No. Nancy drove me.

Nancy drove you?

Eleven

Yes.

We don't drive ever, do we? Do we?

Eleven

No.

No, we take the tunnels, and we don't surface until it's clear, until it's safe.

Eleven

I wore my hoodie.

Oh, well, geez, that's great. I don't know what we've been crawling around in the mud all this time. We should've just drove you around in your hoodie.

You're more like me than I'd like to admit.

Eleven

What, a stubborn punk-ass?

You heard that?

Eleven

You talk loud.

Yeah, I guess I am a stubborn punk-ass. Or at least I was. I never listened to my pops either. Always thought I knew best. Pissed him right off. I remember one day it got so heated, he took me to the recruitment office. He made me enlist right there. He thought the Army would do me some good. Give me some structure, some discipline. But the thing was, I thought I was smarter than the officers.

Eleven

Were you?

Sometimes. But mostly, no, I was just dumb. Naive. I used to trust my gut and my instinct. Never... Like you. Did a lot of crazy things in that war. Reckless things. You might call them brave, but there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity. Saw a lot of brave men die in that war. Friends of mine. My daughter... Sara. She was brave. Bravest person I ever knew. She stared death in the face. She never got scared. She never wavered. Fought her heart out. The doctors said they never saw anything like it. They thought she was gonna make it, too.

Eleven

So that's why you don't want me in here. Because you think Vecna will win and I will die.

I don't think... I don't think anything. I've just been around long enough to know that you can't count on anything in this life. I don't wanna lose you. I won't. Which is why whatever happens from here on out, wherever this blood leads, I need you to do what I say.

Eleven

So don't be a stubborn punk-ass like you?

Yeah, don't be a stubborn punk-ass.