KPKali Prasad/Eight
Everyone you see here was in some way responsible for what happened to us.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
... You hurt the Bad Men?
DDottie
(sarcastically) No, we just... give 'em a pat on the back.
[Montage of Kali's gang killing a former member of Hawkins Labs]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
They're criminals. We simply make them pay for their crimes.
Damn, Shirley, what's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost.
DDottie
We can't all be fighters, I guess.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I'm a fighter. I've killed.
[Flashback of El killing the federal agents who tried to capture her]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And these men you killed, did they... deserve it?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
They hurt me.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And they still want to hurt you. To hurt us. We're just making the first move. Come.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
I was once just like you, you know that? But that's why I'm hard on you, because I see in you my past mistakes.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Sharply] They were kids.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Does that excuse that man's sins? Were we not also children? (El looks away) I remember the day I came to the rainbow room, and you were... gone. So, when my gifts were strong enough, I used them to escape, and I ran. I ran away as far as I could. And it was there, far away, that I... I found a place to hide. A family. A home. Just like you and your policeman. But... they couldn't help me. So, eventually, I lost them, too. So, I decided to play the part; to stop hiding. To use my gifts against those who hurt us. You're now faced with the same choice, Jane: go back into hiding and hope they don't find you, or fight, and face them again.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Face who?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
The man who calls himself our father.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Shakes her head] Papa is... dead.
That man tonight disagreed.
[El spins around and sees an illusion of Brenner that Kali is projecting into her mind]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Stands up] You're not real.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
All this time, and you haven't looked for me? Why? Because you thought I was dead? Or because you were afraid of what you might find?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[In tears] Go away.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
You have to confront your pain. You have a wound, Eleven, a terrible wound. And it's festering. Do you remember what that means? Festering? It means... a rot. And it will grow. Spread.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Get out of my head.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
And eventually, it will kill you.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!
[The illusion vanishes, Kali kneels in front of a sobbing El]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
This isn't a prison, Jane. You're always free to return to your policeman. Or stay, and avenge your mother. Let us heal our wounds. Together.
[Kali's gang are about to flee after the cops raid their hideout]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Jane, get in.
[El recalls her visions of Mike and Hopper in trouble]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I have to go back. My friends... my friends are in danger.
This isn't time for a talk! We gotta go right now!
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Your mother sent you here for a reason, remember? We belong together. There's nothing for you back there; they cannot save you, Jane!
JIJane Ives/Eleven
No...But I can save them.
[Indicating a map] This is us, and this is the nearest exit. But even if we somehow make it there, there's no way out.
The locks are fail secure.
If there's a power outage, the building goes on full lockdown.
Can it be unlocked remotely?
With a computer, sure, but somebody's gotta re-set the breakers.
Breakers are in the basement, three floors down.
[Hopper heads for the door]
Hey, where are you going?
Then we get the Hell out of here.
No, then the power comes back on. If you wanna unlock the doors, you have to completely reboot the computer system, and then override the security codes with a manual input.
You can't! Not unless you know BASIC.
I don't know what that means.
It's a computer-program language.
[Sarcastically] Shall I teach you French while I'm at it, Jim? How 'bout a little German? How 'bout you, Doc? You speak BASIC?
Okay... I got this. I got this.
It's okay. [Hugs her] It's gonna be okay. Remember: Bob Newby, superhero.
Did you guys know that Bob was the original founder of Hawkins AV Club?
He petitioned the school to start it, and everything. And then he had a fund-raiser for equipment. Mr. Clarke learned everything from him. Pretty awesome, right?
We can't let him die in vain.
Well, what do you wanna do, Mike? Alright, the Chief's right on this; we can't stop those Demo-dogs on our own.
Demogorgon, dogs. Demo-dogs. It's like a compound, it's like a play on words-
I mean, when it was just Dart, maybe.
[Holding up the drawing of the Shadow Monster] His army! Maybe if we stop him, we can stop his army too.
[To a possessed Will] Do you know what March 22nd is? It's your birthday. Your birthday. When you turned eight, I gave you that huge box of crayons, do you remember that? It was 120 colors. And all your friends, they got you Star Wars toys, but all you wanted to do was... draw with all your new colors. And you drew this big spaceship, but it wasn't from a movie, it-it was your spaceship. A "rainbow ship" is what you called it. And you, you must have used every color in the box. I... I took that with me to Melvald's, and I put it up, and I told everyone who came in, "My son drew this." And you were so embarrassed. [Chuckles tearfully] But I was so proud. I was so, so proud.
[Going to sit opposite him] Do you remember the day Dad left? We stayed up all night, building Castle Byers, just the way you drew it. And it took so long, because you were so bad at hammering. You'd miss the nail every time. And then it started raining, but we stayed out there anyway. We were both sick for like a week, after that. But we just had to finish it, didn't we? We just had to.
[Will's fingers begin tapping on the chair]
Do you remember the first day we met? It was... it was the first day of kindergarten. I knew nobody. I had no friends, and...I just felt so alone, and so scared, but... I saw you on the swings, and you were alone, too. You were just swinging by yourself. And I just walked up to you, and...I asked. I asked if you wanted to be my friend. And you said yes. You said yes. It was the best thing I've ever done.
Will, baby... if you're in there, just please... please talk to us. Please, honey, please, can you do that for me? Please. I love you so much.
[As the Shadow Monster] Let me go.
[Hopper notices that Will's finger-tapping is Morse Code]
[They embrace tearfully]
[Lucas and Dustin nod, both staring at Eleven]
I never gave up on you. I called you every night. Every night, for...
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Three hundred and fifty-three days. [Mike looks shocked] I heard.
Why didn't you tell me you were there? That you were okay?
Because I wouldn't let her. [To Eleven] The hell is this? Where you been?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Where've you been?
[Eleven and Hopper embrace]
[Realizes, angrily] You've been hiding her. You've been hiding her this whole time! [Angrily shoves Hopper behind his back]
[Angrily grabs Mike] Hey!!
So what, we're just not gonna talk about it, huh?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
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.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
To see Mama.
Okay. How'd you get there?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
A truck.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
A big truck.
"A big truck?" Whose truck was it?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
A man's.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
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?!
JIJane Ives/Eleven
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.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
"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.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Who's Sarah?
Sarah? Sarah's my girl. [Looks at her] She's my little girl.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Where is she?
Well, that's kinda the thing, kid. She, uh... well, she left us.
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...
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Stupid.
[Chuckles] Yeah... stupid. Just really stupid.
[Eleven squeezes his hand]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
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.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Smirks] Bitchin'.
Okay, sure. [Smiles] "Bitchin'".
Better! Though I'm pretty sure my football career is over. [Offers half his sandwich] Hey, you want some of this? There's no way I'm gonna finish it.
No. I'm, uh, I'm on a diet.
Well, you're a better man than me. Hey, I got a little something for you.
[He hands him an envelope; Hopper opens it to find an altered birth certificate for Eleven, naming her as Jane "Hopper"]
Sometimes, I impress even myself. Still, I'd let things cool off for a while, if I were you.
You wanna be safe, I'd give it a year.
A year? [He takes the sandwich and bites into it] What about one night out?
Yeah. How risky would that be?
What's so important about one night?
[Nancy notices Dustin crying after being rudely rejected by two girls at the Snow Ball]
[Offers her hand] Wanna dance?
Come on, let's go. Here. [She puts his hands on her waist] Mm-hm. Closer.
[Dustin hesitantly moves closer]
[Smiles] A little closer. Okay. Now, feel the music, the rhythm. Start to move to it... Yeah, there.
That's good, yeah. You know, out of all my brother's friends... you're my favorite. You've always been my favorite.
[They glance at the girls who rejected Dustin, who are staring at them]
Girls this age are... dumb. But, you give 'em a few years... and they'll wise up. You're gonna drive 'em nuts.
And another one bites the dust. You are 0 for 6 Popeye.
[Annoyed] Yeah, yeah I can count.
You know that means you suck.
It's this stupid hat, I'm telling you. It's totally blowing my best feature.
Yeah, company policy is a real drag. You know, its a crazy idea, but have you considered... telling the truth?
Oh, you mean that I couldn't even get into tech and my douchebag dad is trying to teach me a lesson? I make three bucks an hour and I have no future, that truth?
[Pointing at customers walking over] Hey, twelve-o'clock.
Oh shit, oh shit, okay... I'm going in. Oh, and you know what? [Takes off hat] Screw company policy.
[Sarcastically] Oh my god, you're a whole new man.
Right? [Turns towards the customers, who yelp in surprise] Ahoy ladies! Didn't see you there. Would you guys like to set sail on this ocean of flavor with me, I'll be your captain... I'm Steve Harrington.
