Hopper and Jane Ives/Eleven in “Unfinished Business”

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'".