[tires screeching]
[ominous synth music playing]
[tires screeching]
- [Eleven] No! - Jesus Christ.
[Dustin] Jesus Christ.
The goalie on my soccer team, Beth Wildfire,
this other girl slid into her leg, and the bone came out of her knee,
[Dustin] Jesus Christ.
[Dustin] Holy shit. Holy shit.
[Dustin murmurs uncomfortably]
[Dustin] Oh, shit.
[intense synth music playing]
[theme music playing]
[Nancy] And it almost did. That was just one tiny piece of it.
- Thirty feet, at least. - [Lucas] Yeah.
Okay, so, just to be clear, this...
- Yes. - But instead of, like, screws and metal,
I... Yeah, I'm just making sure.
[papers rustling]
Now, the hub takes us to the vault room.
but I think it's fairly close to the vault room,
What, you're just gonna waltz in there like it's commie Disneyland or something?
Erica Sinclair. Who are you?
- Erica! - Just the facts!
She's right. You're all gonna die, but you don't have to. Excuse me.
There's a hatch in here that feeds into their underground ventilation system.
You can show us the way?
Don't worry, you can do all the fighting and the dangerous hero shit,
and we'll just be your...
We could've really used you guys down there.
Could've used you up here, too.
Hey, heads up. You can navigate, just from someplace safe.
to relay with the Russians' radio tower.
But for that to work, you need someone who has both seen their comms room
If you want us to navigate, you got us.
["Goldrush" by Yello playing]
[Robin] Did you just talk about yourself in the third person?
- Did he just call himself daddy? - All right, where are we going?
- Just drive. - Okay. Jesus!
[tires squealing]
third-to-top lock,
You just stick close to your brother and... and do whatever he says.
Better than any of us.
You can't be serious. Come on!
Didn't your mom just buy this car?
- Come on! - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Just stop, stop!
[ominous synth music playing]
And then we just follow the map to the observation room, turn the key...
Right under their commie noses.
Oh, God, just because it wasn't your plan doesn't mean it was a bad plan.
[in Russian] Stop right there!
[in Russian] Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
for the Lieutenant-Comrade!
He called us, last minute.
[in Russian] Lieutenant? What Lieutenant?
Jesus, how far is this place, man?
Suzie must be pretty special, huh?
and lugged it all the way to the middle of nowhere just to talk to her?
[Steve] Jesus! Hang on!
- Oh, Jesus! - We're not gonna make it!
Yes, we are. Come on, baby. Come on, baby!
[Steve] Come on!
[Steve grunts] Come on. Come on.
[Steve] Come on!
[dramatic synth music playing]
[Mike] Scoops Troop, do you copy? Billy has found us.
This is just a precaution, okay?
And not just against Billy.
If he knows we're here, so does the Mind Flayer.
[Mike] Dustin!
We just need the ignition cable.
[Jonathan] Push!
[female voice speaking Russian on PA]
[in Russian] Can I help?
[in Russian] Picking up.
when we have one another, comrade?
[chuckles] Indeed, comrade!
[Dustin on radio] Bald Eagle, do you copy?
- Bald Eagle. This is Bald Eagle! - [Dustin] Copy that.
- Remember, if anyone says anything, just... - Smile and nod.
[Jonathan] Push!
Three, two, one... Push!
[ominous music playing]
[skylight glass clinking]
[Mike] Come on!
[dramatic synth music playing]
[in Russian] We just found them like this.
[in Russian] The American.
[gentle Russian ballad playing]
Ah, come on.
Just for clarification, just because I... I mean, just... If...
When you say "date," just so that we're crystal clear,
- so there's no confusion... Yeah? - Yeah, Hop?
[Russian ballad crescendos]
- [Dustin] This is what? - The fourth junction.
- [Dustin] Fly right. - Roger that, flying right.
- Get him started? Just tell me... - Hey, guys?
[ominous synth music playing]
[Dustin] Griswold Family, this is Scoops Troop.
Please confirm your safety!
Griswold Family, this is Scoops Troop! Please confirm your safety!
- [Dustin continues indistinctly] - [creature roaring]
Please confirm your safety!
Someone, please just answer. Is anyone there?
- [Will shudders] - Just answer!
[Dustin] Do you copy?!
It's turned away. If we go up the stairs now, we'll make it.
[dramatic synth music playing]
[broken glass clinking]
Come on, how much longer?
Get ready, lovebirds, you're almost up to bat.
[indistinct Russian chatter]
[soldiers yelling in Russian]
[in Russian] Did Mikhail send for you?
[female voice speaking Russian on PA]
[Murray] The code is a number, a famous number.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Come on.
[tires screeching]
- Come on. - We gotta go!
Come on!
[intense synth music playing]
[crickets chirping]
- [Dustin] Suzie, do you copy? - [gasps]
- Suzie! - Dusty-bun?
"Dusty-bun"?
I'm so, so sorry. I... I've been really busy...
uh, trying to save the world from Russians and monsters.
Uh, I don't know, actually. I think it was just some interference.
- [Suzie] Dusty-bun, you copy? - [Dustin] I copy, Suzie-poo.
Okay, let me just be clear on this. I haven't heard from you in a week,
- Not right now. - Yes, now, Dusty-bun.
Yes, yes, you're saving the world, I heard you the first time,
- ♪ The mirror of your dreams ♪ - [synth music playing]
[Suzie and Dustin harmonize] ♪ Make believe I'm everywhere ♪
[Suzie and Dustin vocalizing]
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets will ♪
[Suzie and Dustin vocalizing]
You just saved the world.
Gosh, I miss you, Dusty-bun.
[Dustin] No, I miss you...
[ominous synth music playing]
[men yelling in Russian]
[yelling in Russian]
Okay. Come on, come on, come on...
All set, but I've got some company which I'd love you to obliterate.
[in Russian] The Americans,
Just try and stay... very still.
[fireworks crackling]
- [fireworks whistling] - [Billy screams]
Dustin! We're out of time!
[Dustin] Close it!
Come on!
[Max] Hey, come on.
[fireworks crackling]
[gentle music playing]
[fireworks whistling and crackling]
[dramatic synth music playing]
[yelling in Russian]
[helicopter blades whirring]
[soldier] Let's go! Go! Come on!
[ominous synth music playing]
[sirens wailing]
Hey, come on, let's go!
[sirens wailing]
[emotional synth music playing]
[news fanfare playing]
[male reporter] Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana,
- But then... - [sirens wailing]
But this was not this small town's first brush with tragedy.
Mysterious deaths, government cover-ups,
Is it all linked?
All a vast conspiracy?
[Robin] You're such a dingus.
[Robin] Uh, just to be clear, we weren't fired, you know.
- Uh... Animal House, for sure. - [Robin scoffs]
No? Uh... Oh, the one that just came out. The movie that just came out.
Will you just, um... Will you give us a minute?
but the dingus has other qualities.
He was a bit of a prick to us in high school, I'll grant you that,
a total chick magnet.
The ladies will come in just to see him.
They'll come in in droves.
We're just, um...
We're just friends.
♪ The mirror of your dreams ♪
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets ♪
So then join in, Dusty-bun. [blows air kiss]
Yeah, come on, Dusty-bun, why don't you join us?
- Can't we just hear your rendition? - No.
Please? Just one verse?
- ♪ In their face ♪ - [Lucas claps]
♪ The mirror of your dreams ♪
[Dustin] Shut up, you guys.
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets ♪
[Dustin] Stop! You guys, please, shut up.
I know. I'll just use yours when I come back.
What if I just...
the new owners might kick us out.
[Mike] They'll come back.
Because you know that I'm gonna steal Cerebro from Dustin
And then I was thinking maybe you could come up here for Christmas.
You can come before or after Christmas, or whatever Mrs. Byers wants,
because we'd all have cool new presents to play with and, uh...
[emotional synth music playing]
so we can build an environment...
comfortable...
trusted...
Jesus.
for so long, I'd forgotten what those even were.
for the first time in a long time,
It's just...
and when life hurts you, because it will,
♪ Just for one day ♪
♪ Oh, we can be us ♪
♪ Just for one day ♪
[ominous synth music playing]
[in Russian] No. Not the American.
[in Russian] No, I'm begging you... No! Don't!
[prisoner yells in Russian]
[muttering in Russian]
[Demogorgon shrieks]
[theme music playing]