Hey!
Is that real?
Sorry, I’ve just never seen a kid with a tattoo before.
What’s it mean?
Eleven?
That’s your name?
Eleven.
Okay, well, my name is Mike, short for Michael.
Maybe we can call you “El,” short for Eleven.
Um, well, okay.
Good night El.
Good night Mike.
Mike...
I’m sorry.
Sorry? What are you sorry for?
The gate...
I opened it.
I’m the monster.
No. No, El, you’re not the monster.
You saved me. Do you understand?
You saved me.
I was thinking...
I don’t know...
maybe we can go to the Snow Ball together.
“Snow Ball”?
It’s this cheesy school dance, where you go in the gym and dance to music and stuff.
I’ve never been, but I know you’re not supposed to go with your sister.
No?
I mean...
you can, but it’d be really weird.
You go to school dances with someone that, you know...
someone that you like.
A friend?
Not a friend.
Uh... uh...
Uh, someone like a...
Just hold on a little longer, okay?
He’s gone.
The bad man’s gone.
We’ll be home soon,
and my mom...
she’ll get you your own bed.
You can eat as many Eggos as you want.
And we can go to the Snow Ball.
Promise?
Promise.
Eleven, stop!
Goodbye, Mike.
It’s Mike.
It’s day 352, 7:40 p.m.
I’m still here.
If you’re out there, say something.
Or give me a sign.
I won’t even say anything.
Just...
I wanna know if you’re okay.
If you’re out there, just please, give me a sign.
Mike.
Eleven.
You look beautiful.
Do you wanna dance?
I don’t know how.
I don’t either.
Do you want to figure it out?
Hey!
Three-inch minimum!
Leave the door open three inches!
El, open this door.
Open the–
What’s wrong?
My God, that was priceless!
Did you see his face?
It was like a tomato!
Yeah, a fat tomato.
I wish I was still with you.
I know.
Me too.
But I’ll see you tomorrow, all right?
First thing.
Tomorrow.
I’m just trying to demonstrate how careless Max is with Eleven’s powers.
In fact, how careless all of you are.
You’re treating her like some kind of machine when she’s not a machine,
and I don’t want her to die looking for the flayed
when they’ve obviously vanished off the face of the Earth.
So can we please just come up with a new plan because I love her and I can’t lose her again.
What’s going on?
Nothing. Nothing.
Just a family discussion.
Oh.
I just, like, I’ve never felt like this, you know, with anyone before...
and...
You know, they do say it makes you crazy.
What makes you crazy?
You never– You never heard that term...
You know, like the phrase, like...
“blank makes you crazy,” like the word…
“Girlfriends”?
No, no, no, no, not– not girlfriends.
“Boyfriends.”
No! No, no, not boyfriends either.
It’s like– It’s like a feeling or...
A feeling...
Yeah, like something...
Like, old people say it to each other sometimes.
Old people?
Yeah. What I wanna say is...
that I just... I know that I–
Remember that day...
at the cabin, you were talking to Max?
Um...
I don’t think I follow.
You talked about your– your feelings,
your heart.
Oh. Oh, yeah, that.
Man, that was so long ago. Um...
and that was just heat of the moment stuff and we were arguing and...
I don’t really remember...
What did I say, exactly?
Mike...
I love you, too.