Eleven.
What's it mean?
That's your name?
Something seriously wrong with her.
She's an escapee is the point. She's probably a psycho.
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.
You know Will?
Do you know where he is?
Hiding.
From the bad men?
You're in trouble, aren't you?
Who are you in trouble with?
Bad.
Bad?
Bad people?
They want to hurt you?
I've killed.
These men you killed, did they deserve it?
They hurt me.
Papa!
No!
I want you to find something from your life.
Something that angers you.
Now channel it.
Dig deeper. Your whole life you've been lied to...
- The bad men took away your home, your mother... - Mother!
They took everything from you.
They stole your life, Jane.
What have you done?
No!
We'll always be monsters to them. Do you understand?
What you can do is incredible.
It makes you very special, Jane.
It's just, she's so different from other people, and… when you're different, sometimes...
Loser!
…you feel like a mistake.
I know
what it's like
to be different.
To be alone in this world.
But you make her feel like she's not a mistake at all.
Like she's better for being different.
And that gives her the courage to fight on.
They think you're weak.
Show them, Eleven.
Show them.
I saw what I did.
I am a monster.
I'm a monster.
What if I'm not good?
What if I'm the monster?
I am different.
Everyone looks at me like...
...like I'm a monster.
No, El, you're not the monster.
You saved me.
Do you understand? You saved me.
You're a very brave girl. You know that, don't you?
I don't know you that well, kiddo,
but I'm betting the fate of the planet that you're one of the good ones.
People are not so easily defined.
Only by facing all of ourselves, the good and the bad,
can we become whole.
What if I don't wanna become whole?
Then that is a choice.
Your choice.
No more.
Hawkins is in danger.
You have fought this evil before and you've won.
But this evil, it's like a virus.
Each time it returns, it comes back stronger, smarter.
- I'm afraid your friends in Hawkins are very much... - Mike!
...in the eye of the storm.
They're not the only ones in danger.
It's life as we know it.
This is why I'm here. Because I believe you are our best hope.
Our only hope.
So, I decided to play the part.
To stop hiding.
To use my gifts against those who hurt us.
We're gonna make it, Mike. She's gonna be okay.
Yeah, I know. I… I know she is.
It's just… I…
You're scared of losing her.
Just hold on a little longer, okay?
He's gone. The bad man's gone.
We'll be home soon.
Promise?
Promise.
I'm just sorry.
About everything.
I don't want you to get hurt. And I don't wanna lose you.
What... is... friend?
- Um, a friend... - Is someone that you'd do anything for.
I'm sorry, but I have to go back.
My friends... My friends are in danger.
- We missed you. - I missed you, too.
I'm Max. I've heard a lot about you.
Make.
Eleven?
Just hold on a little longer, Will.
I'm coming, just hold on a little longer.
There's nothing for you back there. They cannot save you, Jane.
No.
But I can save them.
For the first time in a long time, I started to feel things again.
I started to feel happy.
This is your new home.
Home.
I'm going to take you back home, where I can make you well again.
- Where we can make all of this better, - Papa!
so no one else gets hurt.
Goodbye, Papa.
So, where are you headed?
To your parents, I hope?
I'm going to my friends.
You better run! She's our friend and she's crazy!
You come back here and she'll kill you!
I'm going home.
I'm happy you're home.
Me, too.
I'm here.
The Mind Flayer now knows that she's the only thing that can stop him.
- But if she's out of the way... - Game over.
It is over, Eleven.
Your friends have lost.
Just be careful, okay?
I can't lose you again.
You won't lose me.
- I promise. - Promise?
It means something that you can't break.
Do you promise?
Promise.
El?
I don't know if you can hear this, but… but if you can,
I want you to know I'm here, okay? I'm right here.
And... I love you.
I love you on your good days. I love you on your bad days. I love you with your powers, without your powers.
I love you for exactly who you are.
You're my superhero.
There are good people, brave friends, who have helped you fight your battle in the past.
But they alone can't win this war, not without you.
El. Do you hear me?
You need to fight!
You have to fight.
Fight!
Jane. I love you.
FIGHT! FIGHT!
You and your friends believe you have won.
But this
is only the beginning.
The beginning of the end.
He's not going to stop.
Ever.
Not until he's taken everything. And everyone.
We have to kill him.
And we will. We will.