- Jim Hopper: I used to think I was cursed. Ever since I was 18. Got some letter of induction in the mail. Uncle Sam wants me to go fight some war in the jungle. Charlie's moving south like a plague 'cause of commie bastards like you, and... you know, I'm happy enough to go. Prove to my old man I'm not the piece of shit he thinks I am. I get over there, I must test well, and they put me in the Chemical Corps. There I am. I'm just... a kid, you know. I'm 18 years old, 8,000 miles away, and I'm mixing up these... 55-gallon drums of Agent Orange. With just these kitchen gloves, you know? We used to clean out these buffalo turbines after a run and just be inhaling the stuff. No masks, nothing. "It's not chemical warfare. It's just herbicide to kill plants. Harmless." That's what they told us. And then I got back to real life, and these guys I worked with, the ones that made it back, they started trying to get back to normal, you know? Having families. And then things started going wrong. Kids born stillborn. Dead in the womb. Crooked spines, eyes popped out. The horror... dollowed us, clung to us. My wife Diane, she wanted a baby. I did too. We had a baby, and she was, um... She was born healthy. She was perfect, you know. Sara. And then she died. It wasn't an easy death. She... suffered. I knew the risks, but I, um... I hid them. And then Diane left me. She didn't blame me. Not with words. After that, I was just... I just hid myself in drugs and alcohol. And then people started coming into my life. This girl El, and Joyce just happened, and I told myself they needed me. But that wasn't true. That's a lie. They didn't need me. I needed them. I needed them. You were right, what you said last night. I knew the risks, breaking out of here, but I did it anyway. The minute I sent for Joyce, the minute I sent for her, I sentenced her to death. Just like I did with Sara. Everyone I love, I hurt. See, I was wrong this whole time. I wasn't cursed. I am the curse.
- Robin Buckley: I mean, it's just a clock. Right? Like a normal old clock.
- Steve Harrington: Why is this wizard obsessed with clocks? Maybe he's, like, a clockmaker or something?
- Dustin Henderson: I think you cracked the case, Steve.
- Mike Wheeler: I should have explained myself. Cause maybe Eleven would have taken me with her and things would have been different then. But I didn't know what to say.
- Will Byers: Sometimes, I think it's just scary to open up like that. To say how you really feel. Especially to the people you care about the most. Because what if... what if they don't like the truth?
- Steve Harrington: [Steve sighs]
- Dustin Henderson: Was that a sigh?
- Steve Harrington: No, I did not sigh.
- Dustin Henderson: Why'd you sigh?
- Steve Harrington: I didn't sigh. Just come on, dude.
- Dustin Henderson: I heard you.
- Steve Harrington: Well... we're just always partners, okay?
- Dustin Henderson: Wh- you have a problem with that?
- Steve Harrington: It'd just be nice to, you know, I don't know, mix it up a bit.
- Dustin Henderson: So what, I'm boring you? Is that it?
- Dr. Sam Owens: Apologies for the bumpy ride, kiddo. I would've paved the road, but... kinda ruins the whole "top secret location" thing.
- Murray Bauman: My fingers are like arrows. My arms, like iron. My feet, like spears. Resist, and I will end you. But turn this plane around, and I will spare your life.
- Argyle: Does anybody know the dead dude's name?
- Jonathan Byers: What?
- Argyle: The dead dude. I'm making him a headstone.
- Jonathan Byers: You do realize we spent all morning hiding the body.
- Argyle: Well, I'll just write, uh, "Here Lies Unknown Hero Agent Man." Yeah. "Saved Argyle, Jonathan, Will, and Mike from certain death."
- Jonathan Byers: You... you're gonna write our names on the pizza box?
- Argyle: They're pretty common names.
- Karen Wheeler: I think it's so sweet that you guys are sticking together like this.
- Ted Wheeler: Could try sticking together at a different house for a change.
- Yuri: Did you know? Peanut butter is banned in motherland. I buy for dollar-thirty here, sell for $20 there.
- Murray Bauman: Your mother must be very proud.
- Yuri: My mother is dead. Dead... Tired of living like a bum! You see? Yuri has family too. And with money I earn from selling you, I will buy her a new house. I will buy my daughter a pony. Whatever they desire from now on, they will have. And, yes, for that, my mother will be very, very proud.
- Steve Harrington: [as Dustin produces a flashlight] Where'd everyone get those?
- Dustin Henderson: Do you need to be told everything? You're not a child.
- Steve Harrington: Thank you.
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