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♪ Love, love will tear us apart ♪

Morning!

What we got cooking?

Order up!

You forget the strawberries, D-Man?

Who do you think you're talking to?

Wowie zowie, strawberry pancakes? What's the occasion?

-Hollywood Squares! -Hollywood Squares!

Channel 11's running a marathon all day.

Mm.

When did my daughter become a 50-year-old man?

You're welcome.

Oh, get out of here!

How could you, Daniel? You monster!

-Oh my God! -Nikki!

Look out!

Please, no. No, no.

No! No, no!

No!

♪ Love, love will tear us apart ♪

♪ Again ♪

Morning!

Come on!

Come on!

If those same molecule structures can somehow recreate a way back, then I can…

Because you make me feel special.

Oh no, no, no, no, no!

Hollywood Squares!

You monster!

I'm going to die here.

How could you, Daniel? You monster!

No! No!

The Lich is Daniel?

Wait, who's Daniel?

A biologist.

My mom's ex.

He was plant food. We all saw it. El, are you sure it was him?

I am sure. His body is in the Upside Down, but his mind is here.

It sounds like he's using his serum to control plants,

project himself, or his consciousness, through them, into them.

And into all these evil Pinocchios?

If he's been stuck in the Upside Down,

then he's probably looking for a way to escape.

Okay, but how? How does all of this help with any of that?

We don't need to know what his plan is to know that it's hurting people.

We have to stop him before he takes out the whole town.

We're gonna need to hunt him down.

Jeez, right into Rambo mode. It never stops with you nerds.

Do those look like tracks to anyone else?

They just end here.

Has anyone got a clue?

That one heads north, and that one goes east.

Does one of those sound like a better bet?

Well, H.I.C., buckle up,

because it looks like we're splitting the party.

I was in the Upside Down for a week and barely survived.

I can't believe he's been trapped there all this time.

Sounds like a waking nightmare.

Oof.

It is.

You guys almost sound sad for him.

I mean, I'm definitely not happy about it.

I don't know that anyone deserves what's happening to Daniel right now.

Did you forget that he's been terrorizing Hawkins?

Or how about the fact that he tried to kill us?

Yeah, dude. I was there, remember?

But that doesn't mean I wish horrible things on him.

Maybe Daniel wasn't always evil, you know?

Like… Like, Darth Vader.

Darth Vader?

He's the bad guy in Star Wars.

I know.

He was not always evil?

She only saw the first movie.

I'm just saying, somewhere inside this creature

is someone we know used to be human.

Darth Vader may have saved Luke,

but he still killed people. He blew up a whole planet.

That was Grand Moff Tarkin.

Just remember that in the end, the good guy won

because Luke Skywalker believed there might still be good in his father.

His father?

Oh, um…

You seriously think a man like Daniel can still have good in him?

I think the exit's ahead. Come on.

Ugh, if I never see a sewer again, I'll be happy.

Maybe we should get up high. I don't know, climb a tree?

If Daniel's left a trail, then we might be able to spot it.

I don't think finding a trail is gonna be a problem.

Huh?

What in the world?

Ugh!

That place stunk like your breath, Henderson.

Why is everyone always saying I have bad breath?

Ah!

I got a splinter.

I told you to cover your hands.

-Mr. Henderson? Mr. Sinclair? -Ah!

Uh, hey, Mr. Mackie. What brings you out this beautiful night?

Never mind me. What were you all just doing in a sewer?

What were we doing?

Um…

Lucas, would you kindly tell the gentleman

the perfectly good reason we were in the sewer?

Well, since there were actually a few good reasons for us to be in there,

it may be hard to narrow them all down to just one, so…

Seems like you guys have a few things to hash out.

We'll just be waiting over here.

To be fair,

we weren't so much in the sewer as we were under the street.

Hmm.

Dustin!

Dustin, come in!

Come in! Over!

Why aren't they answering?

Oh my god.

Guys!

He is alive!

What could have…

No way.

Gentlemen, you're dancing around the point.

The sewer is no place for unsupervised children,

no matter what precautions you might take.

You're right! I guess we gotta spill the beans.

If there are beans, then by all means, spill them.

You see, Mr. Mackie, uh…

If you can't see your way to an explanation, gentlemen,

then perhaps a call to your parents would provide one for me instead.

Well, it's like this.

We promised accuracy in our history project, right?

Accurate facts, costumes…

And locations.

That's why.

We were scouting the sewer as a double for the old silver mine.

Help me!

D-Man!

It's me! It's… It's Nikki!

I know how scared you are. I've been there, in that place.

I know how terrifying it is.

We know what happened to you. You're trapped, somewhere horrible.

No!

You're trapped.

D-Man, your tongue is green.

No!

I mean, hey, we're family, right?

Daniel!

I think it's working. Keep going.

But Daniel, this… this thing you turned yourself into, it's not you.

You didn't want to hurt anyone before. I know that.

Hurt…

Hurt, yeah. But you're hurting people now.

This isn't the way to save yourself.

No. You don't have to be a monster, okay?

Daniel! You monster!

You can put that dude down.

You just need help.

So you were saying, a double for the old silver mine?

Yeah. See, um, we tried shooting in the real mine.

-Help me! Help me! -But it was too…

-Mm-hm. -Too dark. It was too dark in there.

Do you boys hear something?

Nope. Not a sound.

My ears really must be playing tricks on me,

because I also thought I heard you say

you were messing around in the old silver mine.

-Yeah. Would it be a problem if we were? -Hold still!

What do you mean, hold still?

Would it? Yes! Weren't you listening in class?

Those tunnels are filled with natural gas.

If you kicked up so much as a spark, the whole place would go up in flames.

Okay, are you certain you boys don't hear anything?

It sounds like a… a clicking.

What? Mr. Dandridge! What on earth are you doing?

I'm saving your skin, you old...

He means we have to go. Now.

A little club soda should get that right out, Mr. Mackie. See ya!

So, a bunch of evil pixies attack, and that's fine.

But when your crackerjack compass breaks, that's an emergency.

It's not broken. It's just not facing true north.

What do you think? EM surge?

Oh, man. We haven't seen one this big since…

Yeah.

But there's no way he's strong enough, right?

I'm already sorry I asked,

but does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on here?

Mike, come in.

Code red. We have a code red.

Do you hear me?

Daniel, you just need help!

How could you, Daniel? You monster!

No!

You just need help!

I…

Need…

…fear!

Nikki! Watch out!

What happened? What is this?

Hey, are you…

Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.

What is that thing?

Sam!

Where's El?

She's okay.

Nikki, whatever we say, I don't think Daniel's gonna listen.

Then…

…he really is gone.

If this guy freaks out again, he'll get us all dusted!

We have to get him out of here!

How? Daniel will flatten us as soon as he sees us!

So he better not see us.

Hey, guys, I have a plan.

And we're gonna need that.

Hey, El!

You ever watch Jaws?

Hey! Mouthbreather!

You ruined my Valentine's Day.

Hey, D-Man! Smile.

Now!

Oh no!

Hey! Incoming!

Come on! Come on! Get him to cover!

There!

Ah.

That was a bad move!

I'll buy you some time.

El!

No more!

Mike!

El!

You're…

Afraid…

El!

…for him!

Daniel, don't do this!

-No! -No!

No!

Stop! Stop!

No! No, no, no, no!

Mike!

-El! Run! -Come on!

No!

Mike!

It's gonna be okay.

Mike!

I think this is it, guys.

Wait.

What is this place?

Is something wrong?

Nothing. It's just…

I feel like I've been here before.

The energy source should be right around here.

That's it!

The night my uncle disappeared.

This is where I saw the ghost!

Where you saw Daniel.

As far as we know, that was his first attack.

Maybe this spot means something special to him.

Wait a second. You guys, look!

I don't know how,

but Daniel is definitely trying to open a gate.

Is that…?

Come on! Take cover!

Wait. Where are they going?

Oh no.