Stranger Things

Thanks.

-No. -

- -Hands up. Hands up!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Forgot all the cameras, bub?

Look, Dr. Brenner asked for me specifically. Okay?

How else do you think I got in here?

What's your name again?

It's Jim Hopper.

Chief Jim Hopper.

Yeah, I've got Jim Hopper--

- Come again? -

Hey...

you mind if I borrow this one?

- -

- - Drink.

It'll calm your nerves.

Help you think straight, yeah?

I don't know what to do.

I know. I know.

This whole time...

I... I could... I could feel him.

He was...

He was so close. He was... he was right there.

-I knew he was alive. -

Our hands... our hands were almost touching.

Now it's like I... uh...

God, it's like I can't feel him anymore.

-Don't look at me like that. -Like what?

Like how everybody is looking at me.

-Like I'm out of my damn mind. -Hey.

You're not gonna like this,

but I think you need to seriously consider the possibility that all this...

It's in your head.

-You remember your Aunt Darlene? -No.

No, this is not that.

I mean, when something like this happens,

your mind makes up stuff for you to cope, you know?

I mean, Jesus, there's a funeral tomorrow for our little boy

and you're saying his body is fake.

He's in the wall.

I mean, how do you explain that?

- -It just doesn't make sense. It doesn't.

-At least go talk to a shrink or... -

-What about Pastor Charles or someone-- -I don't-- Well, they can't help.

Joyce, you just told me...

that Will is gone.

-What else is there to do? -

Hey.

Will?

Will?

Will?

Will?

What was Will saying?

Like home... Like home...

but dark?

And empty.

Empty and cold. Wait, did he say cold?

I don't know. The stupid radio kept going in and out.

It's like riddles in the dark.

Like home. Like his house?

Or maybe like Hawkins.

Upside down.

-What'd she say? -Upside down.

- What? -Upside down.

When El showed us where Will was, she flipped the board over, remember?

Upside down.

Dark. Empty.

Do you understand what he's talking about?

-No. - Guys, come on, think about it.

When El took us to find Will, she took us to his house, right?

Yeah. And he wasn't there.

But what if he was there?

What if we just couldn't see him?

What if he was on the other side?

What if this is Hawkins and...

this is where Will is?

The Upside Down.

Like the Vale of Shadows.

Will?

-Will? -

Will?

- -

I see him! Hey! Stop!

"The Vale of Shadows

is a dimension that is a dark reflection or echo of our world.

It is a place of decay and death."

Will?

"A plane out of phase. A place of monsters.

It is right next to you, and you don't even see it."

- - Will?

Will?

An alternate dimension.

But... how... how do we get there?

You cast Shadow Walk.

In real life, dummy.

We can't shadow walk, but...

maybe she can.

Do you know how we get there? To the Upside Down?

Oh, my God!

What the hell?

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey, kid.

What's going on?

Your dad's, uh, gonna stay here tonight. On the couch.

Yeah, I'm here as long as you need me, okay?

How are you holding up?

What happened?

-Don't worry about that. -Mom...

that thing you saw before, did it come back?

Jonathan, that's enough.

Can we talk?

Alone?

-You need to leave. -Look, I know you're upset.

We all are.

But you need to listen to me. Your mother is sick. Really sick.

Yeah. Well, you being here,

you're just making things worse, like always.

-Worse? -Yeah!

She took down that wall with an ax.

She said that Will was inside and that he's talking to her.

Yeah. Maybe he was.

This isn't some kind of joke.

Your mom was half frozen to death when I got here.

Trembling, scared out of her mind.

You come in here and you start feeding into her hallucinations

or whatever the hell you want to call it,

you're gonna push her right over the edge.

You hear me?

Look, I'm on your side.

I'm here to help.

I'm gonna make things better around here for all of us.

Thank God you're here.

Do me a favor. At the funeral tomorrow, just behave.

If not for me, for your mother.

Take that down. It's inappropriate.

-Good. -Ah! Dad, you're... you're choking me.

Ah... there. It's supposed to be a little tight.

Looks good.

- -Here we go.

You look nice, sweetie.

Anything else?

You can borrow my black heels if you want.

The ones you wore to Cathy's birthday.

I'm fine. Thanks.

Ugh.

Come on. Time to go.

-Come on. -

"Fear not, for I am with you.

Be not dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you.

Yes, I will help you.

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

It's times like these that our faith is challenged.

How, if He is truly benevolent...

could God take from us someone so young, so innocent?

It would be easy to turn away from God...

but we must remember that nothing,

not even tragedy, can separate us from His love.

We are here today to find comfort in the truth of scripture,

-and to surround Will and his family... -

Just wait till we tell Will that Jennifer Hayes was crying at his funeral.

- I'm so, so sorry. -Oh, thank you so much for coming.

Yeah, if there's anything we can do...

I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Take care, all right? Thanks.

Thanks for coming out.

I see Will the Wise is back.

What's that shooting out of his cane?

Fireballs.

I couldn't find the red crayon, so that's why it's green.

Oh, well...

if he's so wise, why does he need fireballs?

Why can't he just, you know, outsmart the bad guys?

Most of the time, yeah, totally.

But... sometimes the bad guys are smart, too.

You know?

Yeah.

So he needs the fireballs?

Well, yeah, to burn them to a crisp.

All right. Well, I don't know who's been raising you,

but I'm gonna get you some new crayons

because it looks like he's shooting cabbages.

Will! Will, it's us! Are you there?