Stranger Things

Is there a number we can call for your parents?

Where's your hair? Do you have cancer?

Did you run away?

-Are you in some kind of trouble? -Is that blood?

-Stop it! You're freaking her out! -She's freaking me out!

I bet she's deaf.

Not deaf.

All right, that's enough, all right? She's just scared and cold.

Here, these are clean. Okay?

-No, no, no! -

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

See over there? That's the bathroom.

Privacy. Get it?

You don't want it closed?

No.

Oh, so you can speak.

Okay, well...

Um, how about we just keep the door...

just like this.

-Is that better? -Yes.

This is mental. At least she can talk.

She said "no" and "yes." Your three-year-old sister says more.

She tried to get naked.

There's something seriously wrong with her.

-Like, wrong in the head. -She just went like...

I bet she escaped from Pennhurst.

-From where? -The nuthouse in Kerley County.

-You got a lot of family there? -Bite me.

Seriously though, think about it.

That would explain her shaved hair and why she's so crazy.

Why she went like...

She's an escapee is the point. She's probably a psycho.

-Like Michael Myers. - Exactly!

We should've never brought her here.

So you just wanted to leave her out in that storm?

Yes! We went out to find Will, not another problem.

-I think we should tell your mom. -I second that.

-Who's crazy now? -How is that crazy?

'Cause, we weren't supposed to be out tonight, remember?

-So? -So if I tell my mom

and she tells your mom and your mom...

-Oh, man. -Our houses become Alcatraz.

Exactly. We'll never find Will.

All right, here's the plan. She sleeps here tonight.

-You're letting a girl-- -Just listen!

In the morning, she sneaks around my house,

goes to the front door and rings my doorbell.

My mom will answer and know exactly what to do.

She'll send her back to Pennhurst or wherever she comes from.

We'll be totally in the clear.

And tomorrow night, we go back out.

And this time, we find Will.

Here you go. This is my sleeping bag.

You really think she's psycho?

Wouldn't want her in my house.

Mental.

Hey, um, I never asked your name.

Is that real?

Sorry, I've just... never seen a kid with a tattoo before.

What's it mean? Eleven?

That's your name?

Eleven. Okay.

Um, well, my name's Mike. Short for Michael.

Maybe we can call you "El." Short for Eleven.

Um, well, okay.

'Night, El.

'Night, Mike.

All right, Mom. Breakfast is ready.

-What? No, be careful of the poster. -Yeah, okay. All right.

-I can't eat. -I just need you to eat, Mom.

Listen. Listen, the Xerox place opens in, like, 30 minutes.

-Yeah. -And I don't want you to go alone...

No, I know. I told you, I got it.

...so I'm gonna have Karen take you, 'cause I should be here.

-Okay. -We need to make, what, 200, 300 copies?

-How much is a copy? -Yeah, okay.

-Okay, Mom. Mom. -Ten cents?

- If we... Ten cents-- -Mom. Mom. Mom!

You can't get like this, okay?

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry. -No, it's okay.

We've been waiting six hours.

I know. I came as soon as I could.

Six hours.

A little bit of trust here, all right?

We've been searching all night. Went all the way to Cartersville.

-And? -Nothing.

God.

Flo says you got a phone call?

Oh, yeah.

Storm barbecued this pretty good.

-The storm? -What else?

You're saying that that's not weird?

No, it's weird.

Can we, like, trace who made the call? Contact the--

No, it doesn't work like that.

Now, uh, you're sure it was Will?

Because Flo said you just heard some breathing.

No. It was him. It was Will.

And he was scared. And then something--

It was probably just a prank call. It was somebody trying to scare you.

-Who would do that? -Well, this thing's been on TV.

It brings out all the crazies, you know. False leads, prank calls, uh...

No, Hopper, it was not a prank. It was him.

-Joyce. -Come on, how about a little trust here?

What, you think I'm... I'm making this up?

I'm not saying that you're making it up.

All I'm saying is it's an emotional time for you.

And you think I don't know my own son's breathing?

Wouldn't you know your own daughter's?

-You hear from, uh, Lonnie yet? -No.

It's been long enough. I'm having him checked out.

Oh, come on!

You're wasting your time.

Hey, Hopper.

Hopper.

Let me go.

-I'm sorry? -To Lonnie's.

You know, if Will's there, it means he ran away.

And if he sees the cops, he'll think he's in trouble.

He'll... He'll hide.

-You know, he's good at hiding. -Yeah?

Well, cops are good at finding. Okay?

Stay here with your mom.

She needs you.

Slow down, Mike. That's disgusting.

Do a lot of studying last night?

Yeah, actually, I did.

What was your test on again? Human anatomy?

Hey, what's going on?

Nothing.

Hey, you found my supercomm.

Pretty cool, huh?

I talk to my friends with it.

Mostly Lucas, 'cause he lives so close.

Signal's pretty weak.

Got you breakfast.

So listen, this is gonna sound a little weird,

but I just need you to go out there.

Then go to the front door and ring the doorbell.

My mom will answer and you'll tell her that you're lost and that you need help.

But whatever you do, you can't tell her about last night or that you know me.

Understand?

Really, it's no big deal.

We'll just pretend to meet each other again.

And my mom, she'll know who to call.

No.

No?

No.

No... you don't want my mom to get help?

You're in trouble, aren't you?

Who...

Who are you in trouble with?

Bad.

Bad?

Bad people?

They want to hurt you?

The bad people?

Understand?

Michael, where are you? We're going to be late.

-Let's go! - All right, I'll be back.

Just stay here, okay? Stay here.

When was this?

Last night. Less than two miles away.

-And the boy? -Still missing.

It was my son. I know it.

And I... I heard something else.

Something else?

It was like, uh, some kind of animal.

I don't know. Just please tell Hop to hurry.

Will! Will Byers!

Will Byers!

Will! Will!

Hey! Anything?

You?

No, nothing but a dead phone.

Joyce?

About one step from falling off the edge.

She's been a few steps for a while now, hasn't she?

Kid's missing, man.

Show a little class.

All right. Come on, let's go!

We got a lot of ground to cover.

The chief and her, they've screwed before, huh?

Will!

That a "yeah" or did they...

-Will! -Will!

"When alpha particles go through gold foil, they become..."

-Unoccupied space. -"A molecule that can--"

-Hey! - I don't know,

I think you've studied enough, Nance.

- Steve-- -I'm telling you, you know, you got this.

Don't worry. Now, on to more important matters.

My dad has left town on a conference and my mom's gone with him,

-'cause, you know, she doesn't trust him. -Good call.

So are you in?

In for what?

No parents? Big house?

A party?