"Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind." George Sarton said that. You guys know who George Sarton is? Doesn't really matter. The point is, mistakes have been made, yes.
"Mistakes?!"
Yes.
You killed Barbara!
"Abundant mistakes". But, the men involved in those mistakes, the ones responsible for what happened to your brother and... Ms. Holland's death, they're gone. They're gone, and for better or for worse, I'm the schmuck they brought in to make things better. But I can't make things better without your help.
You mean, without us shutting up?
[To Jonathan, indicating Nancy] She's tough, this one. You guys been together long?
We're not together.
Wanna see what really killed your friend?
[They enter the chamber holding the portal to the Upside Down]
Teddy, I brought you an audience today. Hope you don't mind.
The more the merrier, sir.
[Gestures at the tendrils coming out of the portal] I call it, "One Hell of a Mistake." Wouldn't you? See, the thing is, we can't seem to... erase our mistake. But we can stop it from spreading. It's like pulling weeds. But, imagine for a moment, if a foreign state, let's say, the Soviets, if they heard about our mistake. Do you think they would even consider that a mistake? What if they tried to replicate that?
[A man with a protective suit and a flamethrower approaches the portal]
The more attention we draw to ourselves, the more... the more people like the Hollands know the truth, the more likely that scenario becomes. You see why I have to stop the truth from spreading, too... same as those weeds, there. By whatever means necessary.
[The man begins incinerating the tendrils]
So... we understand each other now. Don't we?
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