50 Best Stranger Things, Season 1, Episode 2 Quotes

Officer: Missing kid, suicide. You must feel like a big-city cop again, huh, Chief?
Jim: Well, I mostly dealt with strangers back then. Benny was my friend.

[Mimicking Yoda] Ready are you?
- What knows you of ready?
[In normal voice] His name's Yoda.
- He can use the force to move things with his mind, like this.
- Vvhoosh!
- Oh, this is my dinosaur, Rory.
- Look, he has a speaker in his mouth so he can roar.

[repeated line]
Eleven: No.

- 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.

- Do you understand?
- I won't tell her about you.
- I promise.
- Promise?
- It means something that you can't break.
- -Ever -[Karen] Michael?
- Please?

- 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.

- Gnarly.
Nancy: Are you okay?
Barbara: Yeah.
- Barb, you're bleeding.
- I'm fine. Where's your bathroom?
- Oh, it's... it's, uh, down past the kitchen, to the left.
Barbara: Okay. Thanks.
[Chuckling] Oh.

- Oh, my, god!
- What the hell, Tommy?
Steve: Whoo!

- Get off!
- Damn, you've gotten stronger.
- Will someone please explain what the hell is going on?
- Jonathan, Cynthia.
- Cynthia, this is Jonathan.
- My oldest.
- Come here.
- Get off me, man.

Dustin: We never would've upset you if we knew you had superpowers.

- Papa!
- Papa!
- Papa!
[Sobbing] Papa!
[Echoing] Papa!
- Papa.

Jonathan: Do you even like baseball?
Will: No, but... I don't know. It's fun to go with him sometimes.
Jonathan: Come on. Has he ever done anything with you that you actually like? You know, like the arcade or something?
Will: I don't know.
Jonathan: No, all right? He hasn't. He's trying to force you to like normal things. And you shouldn't like things because people tell you you're supposed to. Okay?

- No! Eleven said telling any adult would put us in danger.
- What kind of danger?
- Her name is eleven?
- Ei for short.
- Mike, what kind of danger?
- Danger danger.
- No, no, no!
- We're going back to plan a.
- We're telling your mom.

Nancy: [he's stuffing some Eggos down] Slow down, Mike. That's disgusting.
Mike: Do a lot of studying last night?
Nancy: Yeah, actually, I did.
Mike: What was your test on again? Human anatomy?
Nancy: [Nancy kicks Mike's chair and he kicks back] Hey, what's going on?
Nancy: Nothing.

Mike: Hey, um, I never asked your name.
[El shows her arm]
Mike: Is that real?
[goes to look closer; El pulls away]
Mike: Sorry, I just... never seen a kid with a tattoo before. What's it mean? Eleven?
[El points to herself]
Mike: That's your name?
[El nods]
Mike: Eleven... okay. Um, well my name's Mike, short for Michael. How about we call you El, short for Eleven?
[El nods]
Mike: Um, well, okay. Night, El.
Eleven: [softly] Night, Mike.

- 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?

[Voice breaking] I don't know where my boy is.
- He's gone.
- I don't know if I'm...
- Gonna ever see him again, if he's hurt...
[Sighs] I, uh...
- I need this phone and two weeks advance.
- And a pack of camels.

Dustin: [watching Mike give El a sleeping bag] You really think she's psycho?
Lucas: Wouldn't want her in my house.

- Gross.
- I'm serious!
- All right, well...
- You can be like my guardian. All right?
- Make sure I don't get drunk and do anything stupid.
- Ugh.
- Is that a new bra?

- The summer of '23.
- The last suicide was the fall of '61.
- When'd the last person freeze to death?
- Hey, come back inside.
- Warm me up. Come.
- Just...
- Just give me a minute out here.

- Oh, these are all my science fair trophies.
- We got first every year.
- Except for last year when we got third.
- Mr. Clarke said it was totally political.

- Okay, party girl. Why don't you just, uh, show us how it's done, then?
- Okay.
- You gotta make a little hole right in...
- I got it.
- Yeah, she's smart, you douche!
- Chug, chug, chug.
[All chanting] Chug. Chug. Chug.

- -[Will distorted] Mom? {935951 will!
[Sobbing] Yes, it's me. It's me.
- Where are you? Where are you?
- Just talk to me...
- Oh, no, no!
[Sobbing] Oh, no! No, no...

- You can try it if you want.
- Yeah.
- Itsfun.
- Just trust me, okay?
- See? Fun, right?
- Now you try.

Mike: Is there a number we can call? For your parents?
Dustin: Where's your hair? Do you have cancer?
Lucas: Did you run away?
Mike: Are you in some kind of trouble?
Lucas: Is that blood?
[reaches for her]
Mike: [slapping his hand away] Stop it! You're freaking her out!
Lucas: She's freaking *me* out!
Dustin: I bet she's deaf.
[claps his hands at Eleven; she recoils]
Dustin: Not deaf.
Mike: All right, that's enough, all right? She's just scared and cold.
Mike: [handing her clothes] Here. These are clean, okay?
[El presses her cheek against them, then stands and tries to undress. The boys scatter; he stops her]
Mike: No, no, no!
Dustin: Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
Mike: See, over there? That's the bathroom. Privacy. Get it?
[shows El to the bathroom, tries to close the door and she stops him]
Mike: You don't want it closed?
Eleven: No.
Mike: Oh, so you can speak. Okay, well... how about we just keep the door just like this?
[cracks it]
Mike: Is that better?
Eleven: Yes.

- Hey, what if she slept naked?
- Oh, my god, she didn't.
- Oh, if Mrs. Wheeler tells my parents...
- No way. Mike would never rat us out.
- I don't know.
- All that matters is, after school, the freak will be back in the looney bin, and we can focus on what really matters, finding will.

- Maybe nothing.
- I found this. In there.
[Powell] No way a kid crawls through there.
[Hopper] I don't know...
- A scared enough one might.
- His brother said he was good at hiding.

Dustin: He's never this late.
Lucas: I'm telling you, his stupid plan failed.
Dustin: I thought you liked his plan.
Lucas: Yeah, but obviously it was stupid, or he'd be here.

- Barb, chill.
- I'm chill.
- Hello, ladies.

- Who...
- Who are you in trouble with?
- Bad.
- Bad people?
- They want to hurt you?
- The bad people?

- Suicide?
- Mmm-hmm.
[Callahan] Missing kid, suicide...
- You must feel like a big city cop again, huh, chief?
- Well, I mostly dealt with strangers back then.
- Benny was my friend.

- 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?

Mr. Melvald: Okay, that looks like twenty-two dollars and fifty-six cents.
Joyce: Uh, yeah, you know, uh... I gave Jonathan all my money for... for the copies for the posters. Uh, I need an advance.
Mr. Melvald: Yes, well, of course. Of course.
Joyce: Thank you. Yeah, uh, I was thinking two weeks?
Mr. Melvald: Yes, I understand, but, you know, I have to pay Jeffrey for covering...
Joyce: Donald. I've been here ten years. right? Have I ever called in sick or missed a shift once? I've worked, uh, Christmas Eve and Thanksgiving. I don't know where my boy is. He's gone. I don't know if I'm... gonna ever see him again, if he's hurt... I, uh... I need this phone and two weeks' advance. And a pack of Camels!

- No, no, no!
Dustin: Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
- See over there?
[Stammers] That's the bathroom.
- Privacy. Get it?

Mike: You're in trouble, aren't you?
[Eleven just looks at him]
Mike: Who are you in trouble with?
Eleven: Bad.
Mike: Bad? Bad people?
[Eleven nods]
Mike: They want to hurt you? The bad people?
Eleven: [Makes a gun hand, points to her head, then at Mike] Understand?

Lucas: What's the weirdo doing?
- Ei?
- Will.
- Superpowers.
- Did you see him? On Mirkwood?
- Do you know where he is?

- 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?
[Both] Nothing.

- Thanks.
- Some privacy, maybe?
[Clicks tongue] Oh...
- Yeah, right. Sorry. [Chuckles]
- Steve?

- 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.

[Whispers] Will...
- Will...
[Sobs] Will, is that you?
[Breathlessly] Oh, my god.
[Whimpering] Oh, god...
- Oh, my god...

- Barb...
- Barb, it's not rocket science.
- You just tell your parents you're gonna stay at my place afterwards.
- No, tell them we're... studying.
Karen: Nancy! Dinner!
- Coming!
- Look, I gotta go.
- I'll see you in an hour.

Mike: I don't understand.
- Hiding.
- Willis hiding?
- From the bad men?
- Then from who?

Tommy: One! Two!
- Three!
Carol: Stop it, Tommy! Don't!
Carol: You're such an asshole, Tommy.

- Sorry. Spasm.
- Oh...
- It's okay, Holly.
- It's just a loud noise.
- Nice.
[People shouting] Will!
[Volunteer] Better come out, buddy.
- Will, where are ya?

Dustin: This is mental.
Mike: At least she can talk.
Lucas: She said 'no' and 'yes'. Your three-year-old sister says more.
Dustin: She tried to get naked.
Lucas: There's something seriously wrong with her. Like wrong in the head.
Dustin: She just went like...
[mimics taking off clothes]
Lucas: I bet she escaped from Pennhurst.
Mike: From where?
Lucas: The nuthouse in Kerley County.
Dustin: You got a lot of family there?
Lucas: Bite me! Seriously, though, think about it: that would explain her shaved hair and why she's so crazy.
Dustin: Why she went like...
[mimics taking off clothes]
Lucas: She's an escapee is the point. She's probably a psycho.
Dustin: Like Michael Myers.
Lucas: Exactly! We should've never bought her here!
Mike: So you just wanted to leave her out in that storm?
Lucas: Yes. We went out to find Will, not another problem.

- We have oj, skim milk...
- What else?
- Um, we have...
- Oh, this is my living room.
- It's mostly just for watching TV.
- Nice, right? It's 22-inch.
- That's, like, ten times bigger than Dustin's.

[Screams] No!
- Jonathan?
[Softly] What...
- -[Music blares] {935951

- Hits you like a ton of bricks.
- Break every damn bone in your body.
- Nah.
[Florence on radio] Chief, you copy?
- Yeah, flo, talk to me.
- Hey, chief, we got a call from over at benn y's.
- I think you need to get there right away.

- Eleven?
- Is everything okay?
- El?
[Sobs] Mike.
- Is everything okay?
- Are you sure?
- Promise.

Dustin: I think we should tell your mom.
Lucas: I second that.
Mike: Who's crazy now?
Lucas: How is that crazy?
Mike: 'Cause we weren't supposed to be out tonight, remember?
Lucas: So?
Mike: So if I tell my mom and she tells your mom and *your* mom...
Lucas: Our houses become Alcatraz.
Mike: Exactly. We'll never find Will. All right here's the plan. She sleeps here tonight.
Dustin: You're letting a girl...
Mike: Just listen! In the morning ,she sneaks around my house, goes to the front door and rings the doorbell. My mom will answer and know exactly what to do. They'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.