Stranger Things

I swear to God, I didn't touch shit!

So the gate just opened up all on its own, like magic?

It must've been some kind of malfunction.

Let me get this straight.

There was a malfunction at the exact moment that truck showed up?

You expect me to believe that, soldier?

I swear. I don't know what happened.

What if it was a malfunction?

Only one not caused by us.

All right, lab rats, let's scurry up.

An entire dimension's about to come crashing down on our heads.

Hey.

Is everything okay?

Listen,

I know this plan is totally mad, and a million things have to go right,

and a million things could and probably will go wrong.

But we can do this. I know it.

One last fight, and this whole nightmare, it'll be over.

It'll finally be over.

Well, hello there.

MAC, this is Wolfpack. Do you copy--

- What do you think you're doing? - Alerting the Doc.

That bitch has a God complex.

All she'll do is slow us down.

No.

We're bagging this freak ourselves.

- Do you think they're all right? - The truck is faster than a Humvee.

Let's be conservative, say five miles faster.

They had a six minute, 20 second head start,

giving them an additional lead of about half a mile.

So they're fine for now,

but the real shit hasn't started yet.

Erica, language, please.

This isn't Intro to Science. This situation demands cussing.

- So, how's it feel? - What?

Helping to save the world and all that.

It feels pretty swell.

Pretty goddamn swell.

Go! Go! Go!

Breach! Move, move, move!

Hey, Robin, yeah.

Can you please tell me that that was you guys

and not more of those, like, mutant Cujos?

It's us, and it's too early to be stressed, Vic. Save it for later.

Yeah, no, copy that, yeah. No. Bottling... Bottling emotions.

No sign of an evil moving planet.

Well, that's good. 'Cause this is gonna take some time.

All right, we should split up.

Use both ladders.

Don't rush. Pace yourselves.

There are platforms along the way, so use them to rest.

All right.

Let's do this.

You okay?

Don't be frightened.

These are all friends.

They're just here to watch.

Don't focus on them.

Yes, Papa.

And let there be light.

All right, nice work, Bald Eagle.

Now get up to the roof.

Careful with that C-4.

I don't wanna blow the Upside Down with us in it.

Oh, I was planning on carelessness.

But you're right, Jim. Caution here would be wise.

All right.

Now remember,

two slow knocks means...

- The Abyss started to move. - That's right.

And you and your sister get in position, but you wait. You do not attack.

The second I get confirmation that planet's close enough to the tower,

then I'm gonna give you three fast knocks.

Then we strike. We kill Henry.

And we, uh, pray to God Dustin's right, and that planet stops moving.

What could possibly go wrong, right?

If something does go wrong,

I need you to promise me you won't pull me out.

Not until I'm sure he's dead.

Okay, well,

then I'm gonna need a promise from you too.

If by some miracle this plan works, we're getting the hell out of here.

Doc Kay and her plans, that's a problem for another day.

Deal?

Let's end this, kid.

- You want some? - Yeah.

Hey, um...

What you said earlier at the Squawk...

I'm sorry.

I mean, not sorry about what you said. That came out wrong.

Or not came out wrong. Jesus Christ.

It's okay.

No, it's... it's not.

I should have been there for you, and I wasn't.

And I guess I was just so self-absorbed that I couldn't see it.

I just... I feel like an idiot, and I...

I'm sorry.

You don't have to be sorry. And you are not an idiot. You're not.

It's just...

I didn't even understand it myself for the longest time.

I just... I think it needed to happen the way it happened.

I needed to find my own way.

But what matters is that you're still here,

and you still think we can be friends.

Friends? No, thanks.

Best friends.

All right, come on.

We've got a planet to catch.

What the hell is taking them so long?

I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's a 500-foot tower.

If something's wrong, they'll contact us.

Yeah, no, yeah. I mean, unless they're already dead.

Okay, uh, stress gives me the munchies, so I, um...

Do you want anything?

No.

Okay.

Actually, can I get a--

Vickie?

Vickie!

Holy shit.

Mm. I swear to God, nothing cures anxiety quite like a bowl--

Trippy, isn't it?

Hi.

Thanks, man.

Okay.

It's pretty damn spectacular.

It's almost too bad we have to blow it all up.

Mother of God.

Jim, do you, uh, copy?

Yeah, yeah, copy.

Well, I got some good news, bad news.

Uh, good news is our theory was correct.

A giant planet is descending upon our heads.

The bad news is our theory was correct.

A giant planet is descending upon our heads.

- How long do we have? - Not long.

Supergirl better be close in there.

Come on, El.

So this is Vecna, right now in the Abyss?

You don't have to whisper, but yes.

Okay, so why don't we just kill him right here?

I mean, he seems pretty damn vulnerable.

We can't hurt him here.

We have to enter his mind.

- Isn't this his mind? - No.

- It's my mind. - What?

Hold on.

Are you okay?

Oh, great.

- I've really missed this. -

Hop.

The Abyss is moving.

- How close are we to Henry's house? - Not close.

- How not close? - I'm not sure.

You said you know his mind backwards and forwards.

Yeah, I do, but there are a shit ton of memories in here.

We're like Dorothy in Oz, except there's no Yellow Brick Road.

Everything connects, but there are long ways and short ways.

- Well, we need a short way. - Yeah, no shit.

Now can you just stop talking while I try and think?

- Joyce, this that stupid play of yours? - Better see you there, Harrington.

Yeah, on a Friday night? You wish.

Come on, I have an idea.

- Is that Joyce? - Yep.

And through that door, Hop's sneaking a joint.

And that way, Mr. Wheeler is feeling up Mrs. Wheeler.

I wish we had time to sightsee, but we've got a play to catch.

Three, two, one, go!

Yeah, we're gonna sweep around the back.

West room's clear.

South side!

We are at location. Negative on...

No, no, no, guys. It's not lining up.

What do you mean?

Look. The tower needle, it's not lining up with the rift.

Shit.

- If the Abyss hits the needle... - This tower's going down.

That's great. That's just great.

Hey, Chief, we're gonna need El to stop this planet.

- On the sooner side, please. - How soon?

Thirty seconds?