02x02 - Chapter Two: The Mine

[bunniefuu]

[ominous music playing]

Oh my god! Oh my god!
What are you guys doing?

Just give us a second, Charlie.
We're trying to make sense of all of this.

You guys think whatever did this
could be from the Upside Down?

No way, Will.

That truck could've just tipped
down the hill on its own.

Tipped on its own? As if.

I'm just not sure this is that logical.

[Dustin] Yeah, I mean,
what about the driver?

Truckers don't just abandon their rigs.

This place is haunted, I told you.

We gotta get out of here
before that thing comes back. [whimpering]

Wait, Charlie!

[tense music playing]

[Will] Charlie! Hold on.

[Lucas] Wait!

[Dustin] Charlie, come back here!

[Charlie panting]

Stop, man! Where are you going?

That thing out there wants us dead.

What thing? What wants us dead?

It was just a truck.

Look, last night, my uncle and I were
in these woods and got separated.

-[screeching]
-[screaming]

[gasps] Uncle Ernie?

[Ernie screaming]

[creatures buzzing]

Come on! Get away!

[screaming continues]

[Charlie] Then…

[Wraith wailing]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[flower clicking]

-[Wraith screeching]
-[screaming]

[Wraith growling deeply]

[deep growling continues]

[rustling]

[distant wailing]

[Charlie crying out]

I'm telling you! It was a ghost.

A ghost? That's dumb. Ghosts aren't real.

You think I'm making this up, Wheeler?

I'm telling you…
something's coming for us.

We're probably already dead! Dead!

[synth theme music playing]

[music fades out]

[intriguing music playing]

Gold mine! We're gonna make bank today.

Nothing says happy Valentine's Day
like a piece of dying vegetation.

You're speaking my language, Baxter.

Yeah. I thought I might be.

They are beautiful.

I guess they're kind of pretty.

Mike did good when he grabbed you one.

You know, I've never seen flowers
bloom in winter like this.

[Nikki] As my mom would tell you,

the world of botany is filled
with all kinds of weird--

-[crunching]
-[yelping] Ow!

Ah, these things have thorns?
Should've brought my gloves.

You will not need them.

[power humming]

[mysterious music playing]

-What?
-Whoo! Yeah!

[Nikki laughing]

[school bell ringing]

[Lucas] I don't know, Mike.

Maybe we were a little too hard on Charlie
last night.

I've never seen anyone that spooked.

Wrong, Lucas, it's all wrong.

Fine. I had never seen anyone that spooked
who wasn't being chased by a Demogorgon.

That's not what I meant.

Your eyeline is wrong,
and that light is too bright,

blowing it all out.

You gotta turn down the gain, Mike.

This is just a video test for our project,
not Citizen Kane.

Okay, guys, listen up. I got a plan.

Your plan better be
the script for our project

you were supposed to write last night.

Oh, right. I'm almost done with that.

Man, I'm not going to summer school
because of you, Dustin.

Why you gotta be such a buzzkill?
I'll start the script tonight.

I mean finish it tonight.

But I think today
we should location scout.

Does "location scout" mean secretly doing
our H.I.C. investigation at the same time?

What? That's a great idea, Will.
Very efficient. Glad you thought of it.

We'll head out into the woods
after school today

to where Samuel Hawkins laid
the first foundations of our great town.

What? Don't you three care
about our history project?

[scoffs]

[chuckles] Man, that was so rad.

If I could do what she does,
I'd get in so much trouble.

-Seriously, her self-restraint is intense.
-[lock clicks]

Yes!

Whoa! It's freezing.

It's perfect.

This'll definitely keep the flowers fresh
until we sell them.

Dude, I gotta say,
this was one k*ller idea. Phew.

I didn't know what I was gonna do…
without my amp.

You're saving my butt here.

Hey, it's my pleasure. Amps aren't cheap.

Let's just move some of this mystery meat
so Lunch Lady Phyllis doesn't--

Hey, what the heck
do you girls think you're doing?

Oh! Uh…

Hi, Miss Lunch Lady Phyllis.

We were totally gonna ask permission
to put these flowers--

Not gonna happen, cactus head.
Not on school grounds.

[hissing softly]

Oh, come on.

It's for Valentine's Day.

Yeah, who doesn't love Valentine's Day?

Vermin.

Vermin don't love Valentine's Day.

Oh, but they love sneaking into
school grounds on unauthorized plants.

Miss Phyllis, I swear,
these flowers are squeaky clean.

You wanna be the one
to explain a c*ck outbreak

to the state health inspector?

-But…
-Get them out of here!

Valentine's. Pfft.

[soft screeching]

[Nikki] The kitchen was the only cool,
dry place in this whole dump,

and now these Valentine's flowers
are just gonna die.

-[groans]
-This is the absolute worst.

Selling those flowers
was really gonna help out.

If I can't figure out a way
to bring in some cash…

Listen, this isn't the end of the road
for your amp or whatever, okay?

We'll come up with something else.

Hey you, new girl.

Hey you, sorta new girl.

You guys wanna sign my petition
for the DARE program?

Not in the mood.

Listen, I overheard you guys need a place
to store some flowers, right?

Right.

Student body president gets access
to a lot of off-limits stuff.

Storage shed's pretty cool and dry
this time of year.

Sweet. Thanks.

Uh-uh, not so fast.

Ten percent of your sales,
these keys are yours. Deal?

Welcome to my good side, Rosario.

You got yourself a deal.

["You're Not Gonna Get It"
by Epicycle playing]

Pre-order forms.

Whoa, how'd you make so many of these?

Teacher's lounge photocopier.

Sneaky. I like it.

Hey, whoa.
You sure you wanna be the one selling?

How many people are gonna wanna buy
from the Valentine's Day Grinch?

You don't have to be Cupid to play Cupid.
Trust me.

Hey, random kid.

You know what tomorrow is?
It's do-or-die day.

February 14th,
the one socially mandated shot

you've got each year to prove to the world

that you're not a discarded, unlovable wad
of chewed up gum.

Nikki, what's all this?

Hey. My amp's busted,

so we're selling flowers
to scrape some cash together.

You want in on this?

And get caught in between
the Lucas-Max w*r? No, thank you.

You are a smart man, Zombie Boy.

[Max] You see this? It's a miracle flower.

Sending one of these bad boys to someone

would immediately turn them
into a special someone.

What do you say?

Mmm. Yeah, I don't know.

Did I mention they glow in the dark?

Huh.

Yeah, cool.

Excellent choice.

Your Valentine's Day
is going to be awesome.

Now, how about you?

-Dude, you got a chance now.
-[laughing]

So if you pre-order three flowers now,
we'll throw in an extra one for free.

And trust me, nothing says love
like a full bouquet.

I'll take one.

Hey, I'll take two.

How's the movie coming?

It's turned into
another H.I.C. investigation.

Dustin won't drop it, will he?

This one might actually be something.

Whoa, okay. We gotta catch up.

-[watch beeping]
-Gotta go meet up with the guys. Later.

Slight hiccup.
We pre-sold more flowers than we picked.

Okay, so we just go grab El
and go back for more?

Uh, can't today. Detention.

What? Why?

I didn't exactly get away
with using the teacher's lounge copier.

Yeah, Mr. Bahari walked in.

You're so punk, Max.

-[upbeat synth music playing]
-[bell ringing]

I'm just saying,
for someone who hates Valentine's Day,

she looked pretty comfortable selling it.

Would you give it a rest?

We've got more important things
to focus on.

Dustin's right. Our history project's due
in just a few days.

We still have to find a location,
finish the script,

and if we don't nail the performances,
we can kiss our passing grades goodbye.

Acting, Lucas! Your craft.

[sarcastically] Ha ha!

Let's see how much you're laughing

when my performance
is raking in the awards.

[laughing] Whatever you'll be raking in,
I don't think it's awards.

[boys laughing]

And here's your 10%, as promised.

Hm.

Pleasure doing business
with you, Mayfield.

[Mike chuckles] Come on, Lucas, let's go.

[Mike] Hey, Will,
how'd you do on that pop quiz?

-[Will] Probably failed.
-[Mike] Yeah, me too.

[Lucas] Did you guys
catch A-Team last week?

[Dustin] It was awesome, right?

Murdock's my favorite.

Huh. No surprise there.

-[Dustin] Har, har.
-[all laughing]

-[shattering]
-[Phyllis screaming]

Miss Phyllis? What is it? What's wrong?

You, you and your friend did this.
You brought those things into my kitchen.

What things?

[Phyllis grunting]

-[screeching]
-[Phyllis] Ah!

[screaming]

[Max] Miss Phyllis!

Look out!

[Max] Ew!

What are these things?

An infestation, that's what they are.

Ah! Ah!

Nasty thing! Get out of here.

[straining]

[gasping]

[clicking softly]

[screeching]

[whirring]

[exploding]

I told you there'd be vermin.
Those dang flowers were riddled with them.

The flowers. Oh no.

I catch you in here again,

you'll be scrubbing dishes
till graduation.

[in bad British accent] Greetings.
It is I, Samuel Hawkins,

founder of your town.

I did many historic things,
including, uh, founding the town,

and building log cabins,
and churning butter, maybe.

Um, I'm pretty sure Samuel Hawkins
didn't have a British accent,

you know, 'cause he was born in Indiana.

A British accent says oldie-timey.
It feels right, like Amadeus.

No one cares about accuracy
if it feels right.

Oh yeah,
no one except our history teacher.

You know, Samuel Hawkins did more
than build cabins.

He revitalized the town

after that Bloodaxe Bill guy
caused the silver mine expl*si*n of 1892.

[Lucas] How fascinating.

I bet I'd know all about that
if I had a script.

You sure this costume's right?

Weren't these wigs
for judges or something?

It was the only wig the drama club had.
Oh, and don't forget…

Samuel Hawkins' famous signet ring.

That's just a Ring Pop.

At least carve SH into it.

Trust the process, Mike.

There, there!

Look at the damage on the bark!

And there!

Only Charlie Dandridge has such bad taste
in hats.

This is exactly where he told us
he got slammed into a tree.

Who puts the "investigator" in the H.I.C.?

If Charlie started here
and ended up at that hunting blind,

we can trace his path

and see where he saw
that paranormal presence.

You mean ghost? Come on, he was lying.

None of these H.I.C. investigations
even pan out anymore.

Hey!

Yeah, and ghosts aren't real.

Ooooh!

I'm the spirit of Samuel Hawkins,
back from the dead!

Ha ha. So funny, I forgot to laugh.

Don't tell me
you've still got that thing about ghosts.

I never had a thing about ghosts.

What thing about ghosts?

His dad once tried
to take him and his sister to see E.T.,

but it was sold out,
so they saw Poltergeist.

Ruined Mike's life.

Oh yeah! And Nancy got really into it.
Ouija boards and stuff.

-She was some kind of expert, right?
-[clinking]

I don't know. I don't remember.

Come on, guys.
I'm pretty sure Mike's over his dumb fears

from a movie he saw in the fifth grade.

Jackpot!

h*, h*, h*! Breadcrumbs!

Stolen arcade breadcrumbs!

Hey, hey, hey!
Don't touch that! It's evidence!

[scoffs] It's free games, Dustin.

[mysterious music playing]

Looks like Charlie came through here.

[Lucas] This is actually a good location
for our video.

The silver mine's around here somewhere.

[Dustin] Hey, guys, I think we found it.

Isn't it supposed to be boarded up?

[Lucas] Looks like some kids broke in
or something.

Why you always gotta blame the kids?
Adults vandalize too, you know.

Hold on.

No one broke in.

Someone broke out.

[ominous music playing]

Yeah, okay. That is weird.

We absolutely have to check that out.

[Mike] Do we, though?

I knew it!
You do still have your thing about ghosts.

No! It's just not safe in there.

Do you really wanna go
through old mine tunnels

-like you're in Temple of Doom?
-[straining]

Of course I do!
Just call me Hawkins Indiana… Jones!

At some point,
you're gonna have to retire that joke.

But not today, my friend. Not today.

Dustin.

Mike, it doesn't get more historic
than this. We're talking A plus, easy.

[ominous music continues]

[Will] Isn't this place dangerous?

You know,
filled with natural gas or something?

[flowers hissing]

That was 100 years ago.

Whoa, check it out.

There's still some olden-day tools
down here.

Get a photo. Might be evidence.

I mean history project research.

We should film this stuff too.
Actual Hawkins historic items.

-[creaking]
-[all gasping]

That's what we heard outside.

[wheels creaking]

[creaking stops abruptly]

Um, you all saw that, right?

[Dustin] Come on.

[hissing]

You know, there are lots
of other historical places in Hawkins.

The old cabin, Coverdale Creek,

even what's left
of that one-room schoolhouse.

Spots that aren't, like,
completely and totally-- [screaming]

Mike!

-Mike!
-Whoa!

Mike!

[Nikki] I'm telling you, I've seen
this kind of a thing a million times.

Give it a few days,

Max and Lucas will be back together
like they never split.

But if they still like each other,
why would they break up?

[Nikki] Man, people are weird.

They don't say what they mean,
and they don't mean what they say.

My advice? Games are garbage.

You want something? You ask for it.
You get it. Bing, bam, boom.

Stop! Get out of there!

Max?

Whoa, what the--
What the heck is going on?

There were these glowing creature things.

-Where?
-At school. They must have come from--

[crunching]

These flowers.

-[soft hissing]
-[Nikki] Ah!

What is that?

[Lucas] Mike! Mike!

-[Dustin] Mike!
-[Will] Mike!

[coughing] I'm… I'm here.

Got the wind knocked out of me,
but I'm okay.

[coughing]

Dammit.

Come on.

-[distant screeching]
-[gasps]

Just sit tight.
We'll get you out of there.

There.

Help me get this rope off the wall.

[all straining]

[Wraith growling]

[Wraith screeching]

Guys! There's something down here with me!

[Dustin] Don't panic!

Remember! Red and black, friend of Jack.

Red and yellow, deadly fellow.

I… I don't think it's a snake.

-[Wraith screeching]
-Ah!

[growling continues]

[camera clicking, whirring]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[Mike continues screaming]

[Will] We're coming!

Grab on the rope!

We got you, man. We got you!

[screaming continues]

Come on.

Mike! What's happening? Are you okay?

Something's down there!

[Wraith growling]

[growling continues]

[hissing softly]

[screeching loudly]

[all screaming]

[synth theme music playing]