WEBVTT 04:08.563 --> 04:09.730 Steady! 04:10.563 --> 04:14.313 Here. Here it comes. Here… Come on. Come on, little guy! 04:20.896 --> 04:24.146 My love, you gotta eat. The day is only halfway over. 04:24.230 --> 04:27.355 Your brain needs food to run. 04:27.438 --> 04:28.521 I'm not really hungry. 04:28.605 --> 04:29.688 Oh, you're not? 04:29.771 --> 04:32.771 Well, why don't you ask your GHSR1a receptors? 04:32.855 --> 04:36.355 I'm certain they'd tell you a different story. 04:40.021 --> 04:42.605 Anywhoozle, I was thinking, 04:42.688 --> 04:45.313 how would you like to have your new friends over sometime? 04:45.396 --> 04:46.855 We could make a bonfire. 04:46.938 --> 04:50.188 Hey, Mom, how much longer are we sticking around for? 04:50.271 --> 04:51.688 Well, let me see. 04:51.771 --> 04:54.313 I have a faculty meeting at 2:00, and then I have-- 04:54.396 --> 04:56.480 I mean sticking around in Hawkins. 04:57.063 --> 04:59.313 Whoa! Where is this coming from? 05:00.313 --> 05:02.355 Watch, watch, watch, watch! Careful, careful! 05:03.813 --> 05:05.480 Oops! Uh-oh! 05:05.563 --> 05:07.730 Captain Lab Safety to the rescue. 05:09.480 --> 05:10.980 Hey, what's up, D Man? 05:11.063 --> 05:12.105 Hi, Daniel. 05:12.188 --> 05:14.355 I come bearing sandwiches. 05:14.438 --> 05:17.438 Someone grabbed the wrong backpack again. 05:17.521 --> 05:20.605 Thank you. I'm Starvin' Marvin over here. 05:20.688 --> 05:22.230 But the brain needs food to run. 05:23.021 --> 05:25.396 You know, I thought you liked it here. 05:25.480 --> 05:28.021 I can't remember the last time you had friends over. 05:29.230 --> 05:30.105 Honey. 05:31.355 --> 05:33.396 I can't leave Hawkins. I… 05:33.480 --> 05:34.730 Just not yet. 05:34.813 --> 05:38.730 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who's leaving Hawkins? 05:38.813 --> 05:42.771 I've made too much progress in my work to give up now. 05:42.855 --> 05:45.855 Your mother is close to a real breakthrough. 05:45.938 --> 05:49.730 One day, people will be able to revive their rotting produce 05:49.813 --> 05:52.105 because of your mom's work. 05:52.188 --> 05:55.730 She could change the world if she sticks with it. 05:55.813 --> 05:57.563 Fine. Whatever. I get it. 05:59.563 --> 06:02.938 Just give me a heads-up when you're done "changing the world" 06:03.021 --> 06:04.855 so I can start packing, okay? 06:04.938 --> 06:06.813 Nikki. Nikki. 06:09.480 --> 06:10.980 - No. - Who wants my PB&J? 06:11.063 --> 06:12.230 I got apple juice! 06:13.521 --> 06:16.063 Hey, you know you really came through for me yesterday. 06:16.146 --> 06:21.271 And none of it would have been possible without the Hawkins Investigators Club. 06:21.355 --> 06:24.230 No way! This is awesome! 06:24.313 --> 06:28.396 Thanks, everybody. I humbly accept this very cool hat. 06:29.438 --> 06:34.271 All right, now before we declare the H.I.C. a definitive success, 06:34.355 --> 06:36.771 let's double-check our math. Start us off, Will. 06:37.563 --> 06:41.063 Well, we discovered that if the spores don't find a host within 12 hours, 06:41.146 --> 06:42.188 they die permanently. 06:42.271 --> 06:45.521 And it's now been more than 24 hours since the last incident. 06:45.605 --> 06:47.563 So we should be in the clear. 06:47.646 --> 06:50.938 Although, we never did get to the bottom of Charlie's red light. 06:52.938 --> 06:54.605 Take the win, Dustin! 06:54.688 --> 06:56.230 The final test is right here. 06:56.313 --> 06:58.771 The last of our H.I.C. tip boxes. 06:58.855 --> 07:01.688 If we open it and find a clue, there's still work to do. 07:01.771 --> 07:02.605 If we don't, 07:02.688 --> 07:05.563 that means the Hawkins Investigators Club has succeeded. 07:05.646 --> 07:07.396 Drumroll, please. 07:07.480 --> 07:11.355 Three, two, one. 07:14.605 --> 07:15.521 Yes! 07:15.605 --> 07:16.563 Garbage! 07:17.646 --> 07:20.271 The H.I.C. is a bona fide success! 07:20.355 --> 07:23.813 H.I.C.! H.I.C.! H.I.C.! 07:23.896 --> 07:24.730 Yes! 07:24.813 --> 07:26.938 El's waiting for me to pick her up after school. 07:27.021 --> 07:30.688 Then we can all meet up at the arcade to talk about the new D&D campaign. 07:30.771 --> 07:33.355 She'll be happy to know things are finally back to normal. 07:33.438 --> 07:37.146 Actually, I'll meet you guys at the arcade later. 07:37.230 --> 07:41.396 I have this, uh, side quest thing I gotta do. 07:41.980 --> 07:44.313 - Side quest? Right. - Dude. 07:44.396 --> 07:47.105 You can't even look us in the eye right now. 07:47.188 --> 07:49.771 Okay, now you gotta tell us what's going on. 07:49.855 --> 07:54.563 Nope, nuh-uh, never in one million years. 08:00.896 --> 08:04.855 Nikki, where have you been? We haven't seen you since the cabin. 08:04.938 --> 08:06.230 Sorry. It was getting late, 08:06.313 --> 08:08.646 and my mom needed to talk to me about something, so… 08:08.730 --> 08:10.688 Well, you missed some pretty big headlines. 08:11.271 --> 08:13.355 The H.I.C. has officially closed the case, 08:13.438 --> 08:16.313 which means my D&D game is still on track for the snowstorm. 08:16.396 --> 08:19.063 Wait. "Your D&D game"? 08:19.146 --> 08:21.438 Don't you think we should discuss it with the party 08:21.521 --> 08:23.438 before inviting her into the game? 08:23.938 --> 08:26.521 I can make the call. I'm the DM. 08:26.605 --> 08:27.855 Hey, Nikki! 08:27.938 --> 08:29.896 I'll catch you later, Zombie Boy. 08:30.646 --> 08:33.146 - Wait. I wanna talk to you. - Yeah? 08:33.230 --> 08:35.938 Well, I'm not so sure Wheeler would be cool with that. 08:36.021 --> 08:38.063 You didn't even ask me first. 08:38.146 --> 08:41.313 So? I can make my own decisions. 08:41.396 --> 08:42.813 Wait, Nikki! 08:42.896 --> 08:45.813 - Look, I just think-- - Could you give me a second? 08:45.896 --> 08:47.480 DMing is a lot to take on, and-- 08:47.563 --> 08:48.438 Nikki, hang on! 08:48.521 --> 08:49.438 - Will! - Wait. 08:49.521 --> 08:50.855 Will! 08:54.688 --> 08:56.688 What did you do that for? 08:57.938 --> 09:02.063 Okay, which one of you knuckleheads pulled the fire alarm? 09:02.646 --> 09:04.563 I have zero clue, Coach. 09:08.813 --> 09:12.730 I never expected to hear Will, Mike, and "detention" in the same sentence. 09:12.813 --> 09:15.438 It was just a matter of time before those good boys went bad. 09:15.521 --> 09:16.896 I don't know which one did it, 09:16.980 --> 09:20.396 but I owe them big time for getting me out of my math test. 09:20.480 --> 09:22.146 Hey! Henderson! 09:23.938 --> 09:25.313 We doing this or what? 09:25.396 --> 09:26.855 Let's go, popcorn head! 09:28.355 --> 09:31.271 Wait. This is your side quest? 09:31.355 --> 09:33.021 Yes, all right. 09:33.105 --> 09:38.063 My mom is mad that I gave my vest away, so I'm going to Rosario's to get it back. 09:38.146 --> 09:39.355 That's all, okay? 09:39.938 --> 09:40.896 Whatever you say. 09:40.980 --> 09:44.146 Enough chit-chat! We're wasting daylight! Hyah! 09:44.230 --> 09:46.230 I'm going! I'm going! 09:50.896 --> 09:52.688 Bye! Have a good break! 09:53.396 --> 09:56.146 Welcome to detention, donkeys. 09:57.021 --> 09:59.521 Okay, let's see who we got. 09:59.605 --> 10:01.980 - Baxter! - Sir! Present, sir! 10:03.105 --> 10:05.355 You're the new biology teacher's kid? 10:05.938 --> 10:06.855 Yeah. 10:07.730 --> 10:10.230 She must be so proud. 10:11.396 --> 10:14.730 Celebrity alert! It's Zombie Byers! 10:14.813 --> 10:16.896 I'm keeping an eye on you. 10:16.980 --> 10:19.480 Can't go missing on my watch. 10:19.563 --> 10:22.438 And Mr. Wheeler is here too. 10:22.521 --> 10:26.521 Shouldn't you be building model rockets instead of pulling fire alarms? 10:26.605 --> 10:30.730 And it just wouldn't be detention without Charlie Dandridge, 10:30.813 --> 10:33.855 the poster child for underachievers. 10:35.021 --> 10:36.646 You know the drill. 10:38.771 --> 10:41.105 You'll get it back after detention. 10:42.355 --> 10:47.980 For the next hour, there will be no talking, no laughing, no getting up. 10:48.521 --> 10:50.355 And your time starts… 10:51.813 --> 10:52.855 now. 10:53.896 --> 10:55.063 Ugh! 10:55.146 --> 10:57.813 Ugh! How long is detention anyway? 10:57.896 --> 11:00.438 It's no fun beating Will's Galaga score if he's not there to witness it. 11:00.521 --> 11:01.355 Help! 11:01.938 --> 11:03.396 Somebody help! 11:04.063 --> 11:05.938 Hey, kid! What's wrong? 11:06.021 --> 11:08.146 My brother's gonna kill me. 11:08.230 --> 11:10.563 I dropped his ball, and it bounced right into the tunnel. 11:13.063 --> 11:17.438 I'm too scared to go get it because I keep hearing things in there. 11:19.396 --> 11:23.771 Tough choice. Nice, warm arcade or icy, stinky sewer. 11:25.105 --> 11:27.313 Sometimes it stinks to be a hero. 11:36.313 --> 11:39.896 You're going the wrong way, doofus. Your sense of direction sucks. 11:42.021 --> 11:44.730 You know what? You've hated me ever since third grade, 11:44.813 --> 11:46.896 and I don't understand why. 11:46.980 --> 11:48.938 Maybe it's because you're a bully 11:49.021 --> 11:52.021 who threw punch on my new dress at Lindsay Molnar's birthday party. 11:52.105 --> 11:54.146 That wasn't on purpose. 11:54.230 --> 11:56.480 Stupid Ian Lee bumped into me. 11:56.563 --> 12:00.146 Would a bully have a dent here from a malicious seesaw incident? 12:00.230 --> 12:02.146 No. Maybe you're the bully. 12:02.230 --> 12:03.730 Would a bully have a bald patch 12:03.813 --> 12:06.146 from being dragged by her ponytail by the pep squad? 12:07.105 --> 12:08.605 Jeez. 12:09.646 --> 12:13.813 Hey. If we knew we had this much in common when we were little, 12:13.896 --> 12:18.563 do you think we'd have been, I don't know, friends? 12:19.438 --> 12:22.980 No way. Especially not with your stupid hair. 12:23.063 --> 12:25.980 Then would you settle for a truce? 12:27.355 --> 12:29.271 Whatever. 12:32.230 --> 12:34.730 Whoa! Are you okay? 12:34.813 --> 12:38.188 Ever since that pie contest, I haven't been able to sleep. 12:39.021 --> 12:41.938 When I close my eyes, I keep seeing this image. 12:42.021 --> 12:43.396 You know what? Never mind. 12:43.480 --> 12:48.021 Oh, no, no, no. You can't start a mysterious story like that 12:48.105 --> 12:49.521 and then just bail. 12:51.980 --> 12:57.021 It's these flashes of a blurry X with a floating red light above it. 12:57.605 --> 13:01.063 Just like Charlie. I knew there was something more going on. 13:01.563 --> 13:03.855 Red light. Red light. 13:06.188 --> 13:07.771 Did it look like that? 13:09.313 --> 13:10.271 Sort of. 13:10.855 --> 13:12.105 But not really. 13:12.188 --> 13:13.730 It wasn't just a light. 13:13.813 --> 13:17.146 There were trees, branches 13:17.730 --> 13:21.355 reaching up from below like… fingers. 13:26.063 --> 13:27.730 I know this sounds crazy, 13:27.813 --> 13:30.521 but if we can find where you saw this light, 13:30.605 --> 13:33.146 maybe we can understand why. 13:35.230 --> 13:37.605 Come on, I'm begging you. 13:37.688 --> 13:40.980 I'll owe you big time. Please, please, please. 13:41.063 --> 13:42.271 Fine, I'll help. 13:42.813 --> 13:47.105 But only for like an hour. She-Ra starts at 4:30. 13:47.188 --> 13:48.021 Yes! 13:48.521 --> 13:52.146 For the honor of Grayskull! 14:11.438 --> 14:14.688 All right, rejects. I gotta go make the rounds. 14:14.771 --> 14:18.771 Don't move an inch. 14:21.980 --> 14:26.688 Hey, I'm sorry I landed us in here. I just wanted to talk. 14:32.980 --> 14:35.271 Hey, chump. You wanna arm wrestle? 14:35.980 --> 14:37.230 You against me? 14:38.355 --> 14:39.355 Bring it on. 14:50.896 --> 14:52.688 We're still in the wrong spot. 14:53.188 --> 14:55.980 It's okay. Let's just keep looking for the right one. 14:56.063 --> 14:59.855 We can barely see anything. Time to call it, detective. Let's go. 14:59.938 --> 15:02.063 It just doesn't make sense. 15:02.146 --> 15:06.313 If you saw this light, and Charlie saw this light, 15:06.396 --> 15:08.771 why would you be having the same dream? 15:08.855 --> 15:13.605 Hey, Earth to Dustin. It's a quarter to She-Ra. Time to go. 15:13.688 --> 15:15.563 She-Ra. That's right! 15:15.646 --> 15:20.646 Adora and her friends, every week, they wage battle against the… 15:21.605 --> 15:22.730 Horde Troopers. 15:22.813 --> 15:23.855 Right. 15:23.938 --> 15:27.563 But they aren't Adora's biggest enemy. Her main enemy is… 15:27.646 --> 15:28.563 Hordak. 15:28.646 --> 15:30.146 Who's sitting in the Fright Zone, 15:30.230 --> 15:32.855 sending his minions out to do the dirty work for him. 15:32.938 --> 15:34.896 Maybe that's what's happening here. 15:34.980 --> 15:38.688 Which means there must be a bigger enemy out there, 15:38.771 --> 15:40.230 some sort of leader. 15:41.021 --> 15:42.771 A queen. 15:42.855 --> 15:44.771 You got frostbite of the brain. 15:45.521 --> 15:46.688 Let's hit the road. 15:52.396 --> 15:53.646 You all right, dude? 15:54.521 --> 15:58.063 Remember that article we saw back at The Weekly Watcher? 15:58.146 --> 16:00.021 "Sewer Serpent Strikes Again"? 16:00.105 --> 16:02.438 I think this is the sewer. 16:03.646 --> 16:04.480 Look! 16:05.646 --> 16:06.980 There's the ball. 16:07.063 --> 16:07.980 What, are you okay? 16:09.063 --> 16:10.771 Gross! I stepped in a puddle. 16:10.855 --> 16:12.480 Dude, I thought something happened! 16:12.563 --> 16:14.521 Something did happen! 16:14.605 --> 16:16.438 I ruined my new sneakers! 16:16.521 --> 16:18.521 My mom's gonna kill me! 16:20.605 --> 16:22.896 Hey. Check it out. 16:35.355 --> 16:36.271 Come on! 17:27.730 --> 17:28.646 Run! 17:42.146 --> 17:43.146 Lucas! 17:45.563 --> 17:50.063 The storm has come earlier than expected and is now far larger, 17:50.146 --> 17:53.563 barreling towards Roane County at an unprecedented rate. 17:53.646 --> 17:56.146 Experts are urging anyone in the storm's path… 17:57.896 --> 18:00.396 Mike. Mike, are you there? 18:03.188 --> 18:07.605 Ha-ha! Boom! The undefeated queen of detention. 18:07.688 --> 18:08.813 Best two out of three. 18:08.896 --> 18:10.938 Two out of three? 18:11.021 --> 18:13.105 We're at, like, nine out of ten, dude. 18:13.188 --> 18:16.855 I guess your new pal likes hanging around jerks. 18:18.855 --> 18:21.688 Hey, I'm sorry I got us stuck in detention, 18:21.771 --> 18:23.563 but you can't be mad at me forever. 18:23.646 --> 18:26.021 'Cause you were trying to impress Nikki? 18:26.105 --> 18:27.855 Look, I know she's a little-- 18:32.855 --> 18:37.480 Okay, she's a lot, but I like her, and so does everyone else. 18:37.563 --> 18:40.605 Doesn't matter. I promised El I'd see her after school, 18:40.688 --> 18:42.938 but I'm stuck here, and my walkie's in my locker. 18:43.021 --> 18:44.313 Then why are you sulking? 18:44.396 --> 18:46.271 - Let me go! - Let's go get your walkie. 18:46.355 --> 18:48.688 We can't! Coach will-- 18:48.771 --> 18:52.438 What? Give us detention? We're already here, dude. 18:52.521 --> 18:54.480 Why do you suddenly care now? 18:54.563 --> 18:57.480 Maybe because El saved my life, like, 50 times, 18:57.563 --> 18:59.105 and I'd like to do her a solid. 18:59.188 --> 19:01.188 Dandridge, you'll stand lookout. 19:01.271 --> 19:03.313 What's in it for me? 19:04.188 --> 19:08.355 Uh, the sweet, sweet sounds of X-Ray Spex. 19:08.438 --> 19:12.313 I'll even make you a copy of the tape when we're out of here. What do you say? 19:13.063 --> 19:14.896 Deal. 19:14.980 --> 19:17.771 But if this band sucks, you owe me big. 19:17.855 --> 19:19.438 Well, what do you think? 19:21.980 --> 19:24.563 Okay, under one condition. 19:24.646 --> 19:26.896 We get it done before Coach gets back. 19:30.230 --> 19:31.271 Max! 19:32.146 --> 19:33.105 Hang on! 19:47.105 --> 19:48.521 It's too strong! 19:51.480 --> 19:52.355 Max! 19:53.355 --> 19:54.646 Look! 20:02.605 --> 20:04.688 Hey, ugly! Over here! 20:43.563 --> 20:44.563 What in the…? 20:48.063 --> 20:49.146 - Jeff Nelson? - Jeff Nelson? 20:52.480 --> 20:53.771 The ceiling! 21:09.730 --> 21:12.188 I don't get paid enough for this. 21:15.188 --> 21:16.021 Hello? 21:16.563 --> 21:17.563 Hello? 21:18.146 --> 21:19.646 I keep imagining things. 21:36.271 --> 21:38.730 Operation Breaker Breaker is a go! 21:42.688 --> 21:44.855 You know Will can handle himself, right? 21:44.938 --> 21:46.896 Dude, you treat him like he's stepping out of line 21:46.980 --> 21:51.146 every time he tries to do something new. Between this, his D&D game, and-- 21:51.230 --> 21:54.688 You don't know Will like I do. He's been through a lot, and-- 21:54.771 --> 21:56.146 Yeah, and maybe he's sick 21:56.230 --> 21:58.688 of his best friend looking at him like he's broken. 21:58.771 --> 22:00.480 You ever think about that? 22:02.438 --> 22:03.980 You wanna know a secret? 22:04.063 --> 22:06.438 Will's the bravest person I know. 22:06.521 --> 22:08.230 Yeah, I can see that. 22:08.313 --> 22:11.188 If you can see that, why have you been blowing him off? 22:11.271 --> 22:16.771 Because you don't want me here because I "ruin everything," remember? 22:19.688 --> 22:22.146 I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry. 22:22.230 --> 22:24.855 But don't shut Will out because of me. 22:26.188 --> 22:30.313 Believe me, I know how scary it is to let people close to you. 22:30.396 --> 22:32.313 When you do, that means 22:32.396 --> 22:35.521 the things they do or the things that happen to them, 22:35.605 --> 22:36.730 they can hurt you. 22:36.813 --> 22:40.230 But those people can help you too. They can be awesome. 22:40.896 --> 22:42.396 You just have to let them. 22:42.480 --> 22:46.313 Maybe we should both take a page out of Will's book. 22:46.396 --> 22:47.646 And be brave. 22:48.688 --> 22:50.938 Are y'all coming or what? Chop-chop! 22:56.063 --> 22:58.646 Jeff! Come on, man, wake up! 22:59.855 --> 23:01.021 - Jeff! - Gah! 23:01.730 --> 23:02.605 What the…? 23:03.105 --> 23:04.230 Sinclair? 23:05.021 --> 23:06.021 Where am I? 23:06.105 --> 23:08.646 Maybe just have a seat for a second. 23:09.438 --> 23:10.813 Do you remember what happened? 23:11.813 --> 23:14.896 It's a blur. Like a crazy dream. 23:16.563 --> 23:18.688 - Blinking red lights? - Yeah. 23:19.521 --> 23:22.063 But also, there was this urge. 23:22.146 --> 23:25.480 Really strong. Like an… instinct. 23:26.813 --> 23:28.230 What kind of instinct? 23:28.313 --> 23:32.146 To hunt. I had the scent of something. 23:32.230 --> 23:33.188 Prey. 23:33.271 --> 23:37.105 Not close. Maybe a mile and a half that way. 23:38.021 --> 23:42.021 I needed to track it down, bring it back, here. 23:42.105 --> 23:42.938 But why? 23:43.021 --> 23:45.688 I don't remember, okay? Get out of my face! 23:46.896 --> 23:48.563 We only killed one of these things, 23:48.646 --> 23:52.063 which means the other three are still out there, hunting. 23:52.146 --> 23:54.355 Then we better warn everyone. 23:56.021 --> 23:57.271 This ain't over yet. 24:30.146 --> 24:31.105 Huh? 24:39.896 --> 24:43.021 You feeling okay, Coach? 24:45.438 --> 24:46.438 Guys? 24:47.021 --> 24:48.938 I don't think that's Coach.