Stranger Things (TV Series)

Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers (2016)

Finn Wolfhard: Mike Wheeler

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• Mike Wheeler : Lucas do you copy? It's Mike? Lucas?

  Lucas Sinclair : Hey. It's Lucas.

  Mike Wheeler : I know it's you. And say 'over' when you're done talking so I know you're done. Over.

  Lucas Sinclair : I'm *done*. Over.

  Mike Wheeler : I'm worried about Will. Over.

  Lucas Sinclair : Yeah. This is crazy. Over.

  Mike Wheeler : I was thinking... Will could have cast protection last night... but he didn't. He cast Fireball. Over.

  Lucas Sinclair : What's your point? Over.

  Mike Wheeler : My point is... he could've played it safe... but he didn't. He put himself in danger to help the party. Over.

  Lucas Sinclair : Meet me in ten. Over and out!

• [first lines] 

  Mike Wheeler : [reading from the playbook]  Something is coming. Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here.

  Will Byers : What is it?

  Dustin Henderson : What if it's the Demogorgon? Oh, Jesus, we're so screwed if it's the Demogorgon.

  Lucas Sinclair : It's not the Demogorgon.

  Mike Wheeler : An army of *troglodytes* charge into the chamber!

  [slams down a playing card] 

  Dustin Henderson : Troglodytes?

  Lucas Sinclair : Told ya.

  Mike Wheeler : Wait a minute. Did you hear that? That, that sound? Boom boom Boom!

  [slaps the table again] 

  Mike Wheeler : That didn't come from the troglodytes. No, that That came from something else. The Demogorgon!

  [slams down a Demogorgon figure] 

• Dustin Henderson : [to Mike]  There's something wrong with your sister.

  Mike Wheeler : What are you talking about?

  Dustin Henderson : She's got a stick up her butt.

  Lucas Sinclair : Yeah, it's because she's been dating that douchebag Steve Harrington.

  Dustin Henderson : Yeah she's turning into a real jerk.

  Mike Wheeler : She's always been a real jerk!

  Dustin Henderson : Nuh-uh, she used to be cool. Like that time she dressed up as an elf for our Elder Tree campaign.

  Mike Wheeler : Four years ago!

  Dustin Henderson : [riding off on his bicycle]  Just saying.

  Lucas Sinclair : [following Dustin]  Later.

  Will Byers : [to Mike]  It was a seven.

  Mike Wheeler : [confused]  Huh?

  Will Byers : The roll- it was a seven. The Demogorgon... it got me.

  [Mike looks at him as he pushes off on his bicycle] 

  Will Byers : See you tomorrow.

• Jim Hopper : [all boys trying to speak at once]  Okay, okay, okay, one at a time, all right?

  [points to Mike] 

  Jim Hopper : You. You said he takes what?

  Mike Wheeler : Mirkwood.

  Jim Hopper : Mirkwood?

  Mike Wheeler : Yeah.

  Jim Hopper : Have you ever heard of Mirkwood?

  Officer Callahan : I have not. It sounds made up to me.

  Lucas Sinclair : It's from Lord of the Rings.

  Dustin Henderson : Actually, The Hobbit.

  Lucas Sinclair : Who cares?

  Dustin Henderson : He asked.

  Lucas Sinclair : [mocking]  He asked!

  Mike Wheeler : Shut up, guys!

  Jim Hopper : Hey, hey! What did I just say? Shut up. One at a damn time.

  [to Mike] 

  Jim Hopper : You.

  Mike Wheeler : Mirkwood. It's a real road, it's just the name that's made up. It's where Cornwallis and Kerley meet.

  Jim Hopper : Yeah I think I know that.

  Mike Wheeler : We can show you if you want.

  Jim Hopper : I said that I know it.

  Mike Wheeler : We can help look.

  Dustin Henderson : Yeah.

  Jim Hopper : No.

  [boys protest] 

  Jim Hopper : No. After school, you all go home. Immediately. That means no biking around looking for your friend, no investigating, no nonsense. This isn't some Lord of the Rings book.

  Dustin Henderson : The Hobbit.

  Lucas Sinclair : Shut up!

  [boys try to punch each other with Mike stuck between them] 

  Mike Wheeler : Stop!

  Jim Hopper : Do I make myself clear?

  [stands over the boys] 

  Jim Hopper : Do I make myself... clear?

  Mike Wheeler : Yes sir.

• Mike Wheeler : [about his knuckle-cracking]  I think it's kinda cool. It's like you have superpowers or something. Like Mr. Fantastic.

  Dustin Henderson : Yeah, except I can't fight evil with it.

• Dustin Henderson : Guys I really think we should turn back.

  Lucas Sinclair : Seriously, Dustin? You want to be a baby, then go home already!

  Dustin Henderson : I'm just being realistic, Lucas!

  Lucas Sinclair : No you're being a big sissy!

  Dustin Henderson : Did you ever think maybe Will went missing because he ran into something bad? And we're going to the exact same spot where he was last seen? And we have no weapons or anything?

  Mike Wheeler : Dustin, shut up.

  Dustin Henderson : I'm just saying: does that seem smart to you?

  Mike Wheeler : Shut up, shut up... did you guys hear that?