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What the heck is that thing?
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I don't know, but it's got Rosario!
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Correction, it just ate Rosario!
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How did it grow that fast?
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It's hiding in the trees.
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Where did it go?
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Can anyone see it?
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- Mike!
- El!
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I got you!
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Whoa!
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But who's got you, Mike?
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Let them go!
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Hold on, El! Hold on!
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El!
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It's coming for us!
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Please be gone.
Please be gone. Please be gone.
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It's not gone!
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Grab my hand!
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Dude, help me!
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No. Not again.
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Over here, freak show.
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Again!
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Loaded! Go!
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Dude, throw me a stick or something!
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Will?
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Run!
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Watch out!
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Max, duck!
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Lucas!
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El! El!
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Hey! Jerk O'Lantern!
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Leave my friends alone!
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Heck yeah, Zombie Boy!
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- Yeah!
- Oh yeah, Will!
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Oh no.
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El.
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Nice job, man.
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Is she alive?
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If she's not,
she's definitely going to kill me.
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I think that pie was bad.
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Come on, guys. Let's get Rosario home.
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Good idea.
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Why am I covered in all this gunk?
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That was a heck of an
allergic reaction to pumpkin pie.
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The amount of barf was pretty gnarly.
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I wasn't allergic to pumpkin before.
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Puberty. Life changes.
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Am I right?
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You're an idiot, Henderson.
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Puberty? Seriously?
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I don't know.
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I want that vest back! Clean!
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No tumble dry!
Don't ruin the waterproofing!
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Okay, I gotta get Eleven back home
before curfew.
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Arcade meet-up tomorrow.
We'll figure all this out then.
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Good, because I can barely stand.
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Hey, you sure you still wanna be part
of all this, new kid?
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Dude, what? Are you kidding?
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You guys are way more entertaining
than anything I could ever find on cable.
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And you?
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I told you you were a rock star. Later.
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- Yeah, that was awesome.
- Good job!
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Yeah, man, you totally destroyed it.
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Thank you, Will.
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Friends help friends.
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Night! Don't let the pumpkin things bite!
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Come on!
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Something's really wrong with you, Max!
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Are you all right?
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Yeah. It's just…
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What if there are more?
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Then we'll stop them too.
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Hey.
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Here you go. One order of fries.
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Perfect. I'm starving.
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Hey, I bought these for Eleven to try.
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She's had fries before.
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Yeah, but cheese fries?
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Cheese fries?
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Mm. These are so delicious.
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Hey, dude, if you like those,
wait until you try chili cheese fries.
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Chili cheese fries?
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Yeah.
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Everyone, eat.
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So good!
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Guys, come on! Slow down!
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Hey, just be glad Dustin's not here yet,
or there'd be nothing left.
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Gives us a minute
to talk about the campaign.
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Because I was thinking of DMing this time.
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You wanna be Dungeon Master?
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You know,
when this Upside Down stuff is done…
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"When" being the operative word.
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First things first.
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"Aboleth."
According to the Monster Manual,
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our Snow Shark looks like
a snow-based Aboleth.
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Plus, Snow Shark sounds
like a Jabberjaw character.
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Bottom line is,
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something from the Upside Down
must have survived last year.
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That's how we got the Aboleth.
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El saved Charlie,
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and then we got more details
thanks to our H.I.C. tip boxes.
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One lead was to a freaked-out Charlie
who told me that a vine attacked him.
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The other lead was scoped out
by Agents Mayfield and Sinclair.
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Yeah, you are not calling us that.
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Anyway, a crop
of transformed pumpkin vines
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were discovered at Eugene's farm.
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More like almost killed us.
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Then, the Jerk O'Lantern happened.
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But the gate is closed.
Where are the vines coming from?
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And what happened
to these plants in our world
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that would make them turn Charlie
and Rosario into Upside Down creatures?
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We are missing something.
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Oh! What if the creatures needed something
from Charlie and Rosario?
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Maybe they weren't transforming Charlie
and Rosario into creatures…
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But feeding off of them!
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Of course! And using them as human hosts.
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Gamma World has a section
on plant and vine mutations.
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So you guys reference fantasy books
instead of actual science?
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Hey, whatever works.
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No, you're right.
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We need real answers
from someone who knows science stuff.
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Man, I wish Mr. Clarke was here.
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Hey, guys, I think
I might know someone who could help.
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All right everybody,
slice and bake cookies!
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Mr. Clarke warned…
told me about his AV Club students
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and their curious minds.
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Looks like he was right.
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Yep, that's us.
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Oh, hello.
I don't think I recognize this face.
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Are you in a different grade
than your friends, dear?
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School is at home.
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Oh!
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An independent!
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Some of our greatest minds
were homeschooled.
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If you ever need any help, I am here.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Henderson!
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Dan!
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I told you I'd get you your money!
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Relax. I'm not here for you.
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What's up, D Man?
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Gotta head to the store.
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I'll see you tonight.
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Okay, honey.
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My turn to dine and dash.
Consider this a down payment.
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- Bye, sweet pea.
- Later, Dan!
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- Bye, Dan!
- See ya!
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So, Mrs. Baxter,
we were talking evolution stuff.
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Yes, yes, yes, yes. I apologize.
Evolution. Please continue.
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If a creature was cut off from its home
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and now
in a completely different environment,
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is it possible that, in order to survive,
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it could evolve and adapt
to make the new location its home?
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That is correct.
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The isolated specimen
could form a new genetic branch
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thanks to natural selection.
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Is there any way that new branch
could make something evolve faster?
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It could indeed.
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Where there is isolation,
there are leaps in evolution.
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Like orchids.
They can evolve in a matter of days.
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Interesting.
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Oh, my good God, it is.
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Dragonflies, even some frogs,
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evolve into very different animals
at different phases of their life cycles.
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The evolutionary leap
makes it even more so.
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Life cycles? Like in Alien?
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Oh, I love that movie!
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When the alien egg sensed a person
as its unwilling host,
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it hatched
that bizarre, knuckled organism.
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Yeah, the crab thing on the dude's face?
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Which laid an embryo of its own
into the person's chest cavity.
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Until finally, bursting from his chest,
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ending the cycle
by turning into a terrifying adult.
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There's a cycle!
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Thank you so much, Mrs. Baxter.
You've been amazing!
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Oh, my pleasure, Treasure.
I could talk about this stuff all day.
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Evolution, extinction,
especially extinction,
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the biggest factor that triggers evolution
in the first place.
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Wait. What do you mean?
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The fear of extinction
is a great motivator.
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Like mushrooms and pine trees.
When they're dying, they release spores.
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These spores are gonna ensure
the survival of their species.
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Isn't nature just fascinating?
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Upside Down spores! It's gotta be!
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Whatever got stuck here
after El closed the gate is evolving
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to survive in our world!
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It would explain
why these creatures look so different
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than anything we've seen!
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Yeah, maybe it's releasing spores
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and turning plants in our world
into Upside Down creatures!
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And taking people!
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We need to check the fairgrounds
and Eugene's farm
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and stop these things from spreading!
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Max and I will check the farm.
The fair has way more ground to cover.
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Good idea!
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the Hawkins Investigators Club
is on the case!
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Did you find anything?
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No, not yet.
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You know,
I'm really starting to hate this farm.
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Well, that's fair.
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This place does not hold
a good track record.
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It officially ruined pumpkins for me.
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Maybe, if Eleven comes along,
I might consider eating pumpkin pie again.
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Maybe.
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We did all right on our own,
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but yeah, El's powers
would've come in pretty handy.
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She ain't no tractor-driving Mad Max,
though.
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Ever wonder what you'd do
if you had El's powers?
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Oh, I would totally freak Billy out.
Like explode his bottle of gross cologne,
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crack his new windshield,
take the wheel while he's steering.
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He wouldn't know
where it was coming from. He'd go nuts!
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Wow, you've thought this through.
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Maybe a little.
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What about you?
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Probably the same with Erica.
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Your little sister isn't half as bad
as my stupid stepbrother.
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I'd take Erica any day of the week.
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How about tomorrow?
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Hey, look at those vines.
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Guess they didn't find a pumpkin
to latch onto.
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That ash around them looks
like dried-up spores.
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Did this come from the spores?
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It definitely came from something.
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Looks like the vine was
in the middle of mutating.
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Didn't get far, though.
Shriveled up worse than my Aunt Angela.
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Are you sure that's a good idea?
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Sure, it is. Could be evidence.
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Hawkins Investigators Club.
Case file number 002.
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We are in the woods south
of the Hawkins Festival Grounds.
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Twenty hours, twelve minutes post
our encounter with the Jerk O'Lantern.
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It's been dry since last night,
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so there's no new snow cover
to impede our continuing search.
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Mike! Another!
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It looks…
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…fresher.
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Everything we've seen so far
has been dead.
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On our present walk, we found the remains
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of a semi-mutated, Upside Down plant
covered in dead spores.
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We found it in the southern direction,
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which indicates the wind was blowing south
last night.
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Ya think, Sherlock?
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Things from the Upside Down like it cold.
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Winter in Hawkins
is its perfect playground.
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Ah!
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Okay, mildly freaking.
If I'm gonna be out here, I need a weapon.
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Okay. No. Nope.
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Aha!
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Great for protection against creatures
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and taking my mom's burnt barbecue
off the grill.
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Where'd you get all that stuff?
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From my brain.
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I've got a garage full of junk.
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I'm kinda like the Leonardo da Vinci
of trash.
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What can I say? I like to tinker.
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Luckily, my mom encourages me
to experiment.
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I think it's just to keep me busy
so I don't butt into her own science junk.
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Let's just say
she's definitely not like other moms.
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She is very funny.
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She's a total freak show.
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My mom too.
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Then again, so am I.
Which is why we get each other, you know?
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Well, sometimes. Kinda.
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What do you mean?
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We just go about things differently
is all.
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I like to stick it out and work on stuff,
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and she likes
to hop onto the next new thing.
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Once in a while,
she'll find a job she likes,
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but that usually doesn't last long.
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And then it's just us again,
and off we go.
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She thinks of it as learning experiences.
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I think of it as never having to unpack.
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Guys! Hold up. Over here.
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Holy moly.
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I was not expecting that.
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At least now we have an answer.
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If they don't find a host…
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…it dies.
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Now we know
it definitely has a limited life cycle.
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Yup. Less than a day.
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Dustin, this is Lucas. Over.
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Lucas, what is the situation? Over.
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It's confirmed.
We found dead mutated vines at the farm.
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There was ashy stuff all over them.
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We think they may be spores.
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We found the same thing.
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Our trail heads
right toward the old sawmill.
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Who knows what we'll find.
Meet us there. Posthaste.
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And be careful. Over.
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Well, this is
a horror movie waiting to happen.
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Jeez! You guys almost gave me
a heart attack.
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This doesn't make any sense.
The trail just ends.
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Hey, Chuck!
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Get on over here and help me out
with this haul from Eugene's farm.
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Are you kidding?
I'm still busy with yesterday's haul.
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Lazy, good-for-nothing…
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Hey! What are you kids doing here?
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Oh! Um… Hi there.
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Mill's closed.
Ain't got no time for a school field trip.
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We just wanted to know.
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Have you seen anything weird around here?
Anything strange or unusual?
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Heh. Just my brother Chuck.
But he's been strange his whole life.
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Hey, I heard that!
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Now get out of here.
This ain't no place for children.
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Oh, all righty then.
Thank you and your clone for nothing.
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You know, we ought to fix that front gate
to keep the riffraff out of here.
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This is all the wood you brought back?
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It's twice as much as you got.
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Get it off!
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I got you, brother! I got you!
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It's so weird.
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Everything led in this direction,
but there's nothing here.
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Maybe this is the end of the trail.
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I mean, there's only so much ground
we can cover, right?
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Maybe the one we found was the last one.
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- Not the last!
- Oh no!
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It's not working!
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Is he… dead?
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No. He's breathing.
He's covered in snot, but he's breathing.
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Aren't these things supposed to stay dead?
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It doesn't have a human host anymore!
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It should be dead, right?
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Does it look dead to you?
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Eat my silver fulminate, you jerk!
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El!
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El!
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El! El, can you hear me?
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El!