Dustin! Anyone! Come in!
Mrs. Baxter is not behind it all! Dustin!
Does someone wanna tell me what in the world is going on here?
How in Newton's name did you stumble into my lab?
Your lab?
Of course. How could I be so stupid?
You're Horde Prime, not Mrs. Baxter.
Horde what?
What are you kids even doing down here?
We found your stash of tapes.
We know all about your horrible experiments.
My tapes? But those were…
You broke into my house?
What made you think you had any right to dig through my work?
Your work?
Come on, Dan.
There's no way you did all this without stealing from Mrs. Baxter.
Perhaps. But I'm the one who brought my experiment back to life.
I will not let anyone else dilute that credit.
Your experiment that's killing people?
What? That's preposterous.
I have a viable specimen, yes, but it's far from dangerous.
It's remarkable.
I have regenerated life.
And this serum is the proof.
The potential for what I have created here…
Daniel, put that stuff away.
…is nothing less than earth-shattering.
Ah! Ah!
What's going on?
Gotcha!
I'm not dead.
Hopefully, your friends can say the same.
…same, same, same.
Plants from another dimension? How is any of this credible?
"How"?
You just saw a vine drag El into the sewer.
What more proof do you need?
I sympathize. I do.
But I don't comprehend how you believe we can save her.
I got something at the garage that might help.
Step on it, Mom!
The pedal is touching the floor, Nikki!
Max! Lucas! Will!
How? How did this happen?
Your plant Queen. It's gotten a lot bigger than we realized.
But I had her contained. It's impossible.
Unless…
She must've been growing this whole time, burrowing right beneath my feet.
I told you not to wave around that vial. The Queen's addicted to that stuff.
Okay.
Let's see what we can recover.
Whoa! Whoa-oa!
Hello? Lucas? Max? Anyone?
I had no idea any of this was down here.
How are we supposed to find anything?
We should split up to search. More efficient.
Hello?
You guys!
I swear, you better be alive, or I'm gonna kill you.
Mm! Mm! Mm!
Be quiet.
Listen.
Hmm.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Daniel?
Oh, hey, kid. Uh, I didn't see you there.
You okay?
Oh no.
Daniel.
Daniel!
Don't leave me!
No, no, no!
We got you!
Hold still!
Go, go, go, go!
Look out!
Hey, H.I.C., duck!
Nikki, you really saved our butts.
-That was awesome! -Yeah!
You got your light blaster to work.
Yeah, but it wasn't easy, dude.
Each shot uses up, like, a whole motorcycle battery.
And since I didn't have a ton of those lying around…
Every shot counts.
And you brought your mom?
Yeah. She's my assistant.
That thing has El.
We have to find her. Come on.
Okay, wait. Nikki is the only one with a weapon here.
Not anymore.
I don't--
No, I can't believe all this.
Which part?
All of the above. The creature, Daniel.
Daniel.
El, where are you?
We're going to find her, Mike. We can't play D&D without our mage, right?
Was that Daniel?
I didn't miss that sound.
Oh man! No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Guys, we got some nasties coming our way.
What are they doing?
It has Dustin!
Dustin!
Get to that outcropping!
Go, go, go!
Guys, I think I can get a shot at Her Royal Nastiness.
Eat science.
Nikki!
No, no, no!
Daniel?
Anna!
Hey! You want this? Huh?
Yeah. Yeah, you want to feed, right?
Yeah? Yeah?
So, well, well… Here! Go get it!
How could you, Daniel? You monster!
Nikki, watch out!
No, no, no, no! Nikki, no!
Whoa! Uh!
Friends help friends.
-Oh, yeah! -Yeah!
-Go, Eleven! -I really like that girl.
El!
I was scared I'd never see you again.
I… I…
I know.
Please. Please no.
No. No, no! No!
No, no! No! No!
It's opening a gate to the Upside Down.
I have to stop it.
We have to stop it.
Together.
Regroup first! We're not stopping anything without a plan!
Why does it wanna get to the Upside Down?
Many creatures, I guess even from other dimensions,
return to the place of their birth
once they've matured and believe they can flourish.
"Flourish"? You're telling me she'll get even bigger than that?
If she can open one gate, then she can open many gates.
We'd never be able to close them all.
It'd be a free-for-all for any creature from the Upside Down.
Like the Mind Flayer.
El, what do you think? What do you wanna do?
This has to end now.
But what about Nikki's light weapon?
Busted.
But you make all your best gear bashing broken pieces together.
-Can you buy me some time? -Yeah.
Mike, you and El should try to stop the Queen.
Get her away from that gate. It could shut it down.
She's still got creatures all around her.
Me, Max, and Dustin can keep them busy. Dustin's a great distraction.
Wait. Was that a burn?
I'll stand guard.
I didn't know Swamp Thing's ugly cousins were in town.
Ah!
That's our cue.
Why am I always the bait?
Because I've got better aim.
Guys, here they come.
Okay.
The output's still too low.
Get her away from the gate.
No matter what.
Ah!
I can't do this. We need to just run and get out of here.
Baby girl,
I have been running my whole life.
Not you. Never you.
You don't run.
You do this.
Now take a breath and create.
Okay.
It didn't work. The gate's still opening.
No.
Stop hurting my friends.
You take me to the nicest places.
What do you think? Better or worse than the sewers?
Breathe Wizard!
Uh, Nikki?
-Max! -Lucas, get out of here.
No way.
I told you I can take care of myself.
And I told you I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you.
-Lucas. -Max.
No!
Will!
It's too strong!
El!
Take that.
Nice one.
Next time, you're the bait, Lucas. Come on.
Watch out!
Whoa!
Come on!
Lucas!
That's my girl.
Mom, reload!
The batteries!
I'm all right.
Dustin! Harpoon!
Are you kidding me?
Just go!
Whoa!
Go help them. We got this.
No way we're strong enough to hold this thing back.
We have to try.
Nikki!
They're not here!
Batteries. Batteries.
Nikki!
This isn't working.
So pull harder!
Ah!
It's not mounting.
Flip the leads!
Whoa!
Loaded.
El!
-Yeah. Go, El! -Eleven!
Yes! I love her!
El.
If you're lost, you can look And you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you…
-Almost done? -Pretty much.
Just need a few more nails to lock these down.
Mind if I come up?
Grab a seat.
Listen, I'm sorry I've been pulling so many late nights.
It's not right leaving you here with nothing to do.
I like the games you show me. I am getting good at solitaire.
No, see, that's what I mean. Solitaire stinks.
You shouldn't be cooped up here all the time.
So maybe from now on we try extending your curfew.
Really?
Just so you can go play that wizard game with your friends.
Thank you, Hopper.
Hey, El!
Mike!
Hopper says I can stay out late tonight.
That's great.
Hello.
Nikki and the gang are, of course, in the garage.
Thanks, Mrs. Baxter. See you later.
Uh, Mrs. Baxter, I like your new home.
Me too.
-Only one? -There you go.
-That's what they had. -Hey, Max, are you playing?
No chance.
But Nikki's got cable, which means WWF for me.
Okay, gather round, adventurers. It's time for the real surprise.
Nikki, meet the new you.
Part bard, part berserker…
and some leftover LEGOs.
You guys made me a character?
Of course. Everyone in our group has a character.
So let's play already!
Okay.
Let's do it.
Been waiting all day to do this.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Okay, let's play.
Wait, how do you play this again?
We'll meet again
Don't know where Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies Drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day