Come on, press something! Just press the button!
- [screams] - [Erica] Push it!
Dustin! [strains]
Yeah, I'm great, now that I know that Russians can't design elevators!
Just so you nerds are aware,
Your mom's not gonna be able to find us if we're dead in a Russian elevator!
[Dustin] Hey.
[Dustin's grunts echo]
Where's that coming from?
[whispers] It's below us.
[suspenseful synth music playing]
[men speaking in Russian]
Hawkins PD. Hands in the air.
[speaking Russian]
- [speaking Russian] - No understand!
[in Russian accent] Or what?
Because you are policeman.
[gunfire]
- [Joyce] Oh, God. - [Hopper] Come on, Smirnoff.
You're coming with us!
Move it, Smirnoff! Move it!
- Come on, Joyce! Quit screwin' around! - Are you kidding me?
[Hopper] Get us outta here!
[tires squealing]
[dramatic synth music playing]
[theme music playing]
and irrational and out of touch, but can you save your lecture,
because I really don't give a shit right now. I just...
Okay, a magnet? Magnets?
- Do you know "magnet"? Magnet? - [speaking Russian] Magnit.
They demagnetized, stopped working. Uh, do you understand?
Okay, so is that because of the machines that you're working on?
What have you learned, huh? You learned that Smirnoff over there...
- [Joyce] Alexei. - Smirnoff is Russian
But now we know-know, because I've confirmed them.
You're welcome.
Yeah? Why don't you confirm whether this baby'll start, huh?
You do... do something useful.
- You do something useful. - [sighs]
- [electric crackling] - Hey. Hey. [speaking Russian]
Shut up, Smirnoff!
[speaking Russian rapidly]
Aw, come on! D'you hear me?
Oh, Jesus.
I hope that works for your schedule. Jesus Christ, Joyce.
Isn't there someone in Indiana who speaks Russian that...
Just saying.
And Dustin's MIA, too?
- It's up to us. - Up to us to do what exactly?
We got the Mind Flayer out of Will before and he just came right back.
We don't just have to stop Billy, we have to stop the Mind Flayer.
Girls just like hanging out in bathrooms.
- I mean, I don't know. - They're conspiring against me.
- It's just a sub-concern. - I thought it was already over.
It's not over, okay? We're just taking a break.
[whispers] Conspiring.
- I told you, they're conspiring. - [knock at door]
[Dustin] Code red, I repeat, code red.
they will torture and kill us.
- The mall just opened. - So?
Shh! Jesus Christ.
Will you just give up on your creepy dream already?
you know, probably just a little bit of the reason why I'm feeling just...
Can you redirect your stream, please?
Exactly. It could be useful.
Useful how?
and if it comes down to me drinking that shit
or dying of thirst,
[distant electronic whirring]
We've got company.
[suspenseful synth music playing]
[in Russian] You smell that?
[in Russian] What?
[elevator door whirring]
[Robin] Come on, Steve, let's go!
- Jesus Christ. - [Erica] Ooh!
Let's go, come on.
She's flayed, just like Billy.
Takes over their mind.
Once they do that, they basically become him.
Seriously?
Welcome to my world.
[intense synth music playing]
'Cause I, uh... I blew up the car?
Well, I just want to remind you of something, Joyce.
Yeah, he reminds me a bit of a Russian Scott Clarke.
- [Alexei mutters in Russian] - [Hopper] Hey! Smirnoff!
[speaking Russian]
- [bell chimes] - [light instrumental music playing]
[music stops]
Yeah, I... I'm just checking on Will.
Just keep your mouth shut, all right?
All right, all right, hop in. Come on, get in.
I need to commandeer your vehicle.
[Hopper] What is your name, sir?
but he is one of the most dangerous men in the world.
He's agreed to... lend us his vehicle to transport our dangerous criminal.
Oh, yes, he... very dangerous, uh,
forger... er.
- You just call the station. - What station?
[tires squealing]
[Dustin] I mean, you have to admit, as a feat of engineering alone,
What are you talking about? It's a total fire hazard.
There's no stairs, there's no exit,
there's just an elevator that drops you halfway to hell.
They're Commies.
To be fair to our Russian comrades,
It all comes into the mall like any old delivery.
I very seriously doubt it's something as boring as poison.
It's what Victor Stone's dad used to make Cyborg's bionic and cybernetic components.
No, I'm just saying I don't know jack shit about Prometheus.
[Dustin] Promethium.
Prometheus is a Greek mythological figure, but whatever. All I'm saying is,
it's probably being used to make something.
I mean, Hawkins. Seriously. Of all places.
At the very best, we're a toilet stop on your way to Disneyland,
- You think the Russians know? - About...
- [static hissing] - [man speaks Russian on radio]
[man continues in Russian]
[in Russian] "A trip to China sounds nice.
- Wherever that broadcast is coming from... - It's close.
Jesus, it's freezing.
Yeah, either that or they just went on a hell of a cleaning spree.
I mean, come on, if you drink this crap, it'll kill you.
[suspenseful music playing]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
They must have tied them.
They must have taken them somewhere.
There must be a place where all this started, right?
[Todd] ...this guy comes up to me,
I'm just pumping gas over here,
- [bell jingles] - [light instrumental music playing]
Busy day?
Yeah, no shit, Khrushchev.
Come on, let's go.
Smirnoff.
he's completely harmless.
[in Russian] Get that out of my face,
[in Russian] I may be bald,
[big band music playing]
[device whirs]
[in Russian] Watch it.
[in Russian] Silence, scum.
- How long is this gonna take, because I... - No.
[Joyce] Just c'mere. I need to talk to you.
- Glass houses, Joyce. - What?
- You know, pot calling the kettle black. - Oh, come on.
- Excuse me! - What?
walked God knows how many miles in a hundred degree heat,
Because somehow, you're the closest person who speaks Russian,
But that doesn't matter because, unfortunately, we're here.
that's making my magnets fall off my damn fridge!
[big band music plays loudly]
Clear, come on, let's go.
- [Dustin] Too close. - Relax.
[suspenseful music playing]
[female voice speaking Russian on PA]
Jesus!
- First floor, northwest. - Saw what?
The comms room.
You saw the comms room?
[woman speaking Russian]
[man speaking Russian]
Sh, sh. Come on.
[female voice speaking Russian on radio]
[in Russian] Tread lightly!
[in Russian] Who are you?
[Dustin] Dude!
- What are you doing? - Getting us our ticket out of here.
[Dustin] This plan is way better. If I knew Steve could knock out a Russian,
that would've been our plan in the first place.
[men speaking Russian]
See, you're the only one who gon' tell... Whoa, whoa, whoa! Excuse me!
I was just going to visit my grandma again.
Girl, this child has lost her mind.
- I was just... - Angry?
I mean, I was just completely, utterly,
I just look forward to you never doubting me again.
[vending machine whirring]
Oh, come on, you piece of shit!
[ominous music playing]
We were hoping you might come back.
- [stairwell door shuts] - Run!
- [Max] Best three in a row now. - Hey.
[gentle synth music playing]
- [intercom buzzer sounds] - Hello? Hello?!
No, I don't want her in my damn house.
Come on, pick up!
[ominous music playing]
[theme music playing]