Stranger Things
written by Ellie'corner
This is the best tv show for me, credit to the Duffer brothers, watch it! Muggle story SPOILERS .
Last Updated
05/31/21
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DUSTIN: There's something wrong with your sister.
MIKE: What are you talking about?
DUSTIN: She's got a stick up her butt.
LUCAS: Yeah. It's because she's been dating that douchebag, Steve Harrington.
DUSTIN: Yeah, she's turning into a real jerk.
MIKE: She's always been a real jerk.
DUSTIN: Nuh-uh, she used to be cool.
Lucas, Dustin, and Will begin riding away on their bikes.
DUSTIN: Like that time she dressed up as an elf for our Elder tree campaign.
MIKE: Four years ago!
DUSTIN: Just saying.
LUCAS: Later.
Will stays behind for a moment.
WILL: It was a seven.
MIKE: Huh?
WILL: The roll, it was a seven. The Demogorgon, it got me. See you tomorrow.
As Will catches up with Lucas and Dustin, the garage lights flicker. Mike turns off the lights and heads back inside. Cut to the other boys riding home. Lucas turns into his driveway.
LUCAS: Good night, ladies.
DUSTIN: Kiss your mom 'night for me. (To Will) Race you back to my place? Winner gets a comic.
WILL: Any comic?
DUSTIN: Yeah.
Will speeds ahead of Dustin.
DUSTIN: Hey! Hey! I didn't say "go"! Get back here! I'm gonna kill you!
WILL: (As he passes Dustin’s house) I'll take your X-Men 134!
Will continues to speed away. Dustin stops in front of his house, panting.
DUSTIN: Son of a bitch.
Cut to Will continuing to ride. The camera pans to some signs on a fence he passes. One reads, “hnL/HAWKINS NATIONAL LABORATORY/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY”. A second reads, “RESTRICTED/AREA/NO TRESPASSING/U.S. GOVERNMENT/PROPERTY”. The light on Will’s bike flickers off. It flickers back on just in time for Will to spot a figure in the road. Will gasps and veers off the road, crashing.
He looks up at the road to see the figure turning towards him, with unnaturally long arms. He abandons his bike and runs into the forest. Cut to him reaching his house. He quickly runs inside and locks the door behind him. His dog barks. He looks for his family.
WILL: Mom? Jonathan? Mom?
He looks out a window and sees the figure approaching the house. He tries dialing 911, but all he receives on the other end is static.
WILL: Hello? Hello?
He sees the figure approach the front door. His dog continues barking, but backs away. The lock unlocks. Will runs to the shed behind the house, leaving the phone off the hook. He retrieves a shotgun from the wall of the shed and frantically begins to load it. He points it at the door, but after a few moments, hears growling from the back of the shed. He turns around and his eyes widen. The growling turns into screeching. The light in the shed gets brighter and brighter, until it suddenly stops, as does the shrieking. The camera cuts to a shot of the entire shed, now empty. The screen fades to black.
OPENING CREDITS
CUT TO: INT. HOPPER’S HOUSE
We see a child’s drawing of a kid and two adults next to a house. The camera slowly pans over various empty cans and trash to a TV, which is on.
DONNA: And that's it for News Center this morning. Thanks for joining us. Let's hand off now to Liz at the news desk.
LIZ: All right, thank you, Donna. Turning now to local news, we're getting reports of surges and power outages all across the county. Last night, hundreds of homes in East Hawkins were affected, leaving many residents in the dark. The cause of the outage is still unknown. We reached out to Roane County Water and Electric, and a spokesperson says that they are confident power will be restored to all remaining homes within the next several hours.
The camera continues panning to Hopper, who is asleep on his couch. Somewhere, a dog barks, waking Hopper. He sighs and looks at his watch. Cut to a shot of the lake, which then pans over to Hopper smoking on his porch. Back inside, he takes a shower, brushes his teeth, smokes some more, takes some pills, drinks some beer, and smokes even more. Cut to him putting on his police uniform, including his holster, his badge, and his hat. As he leaves, the camera pans back to the TV.
LIZ: In other news, you might wanna stay home tonight or at least pack an umbrella. We turn to everybody's favorite morning weather guy, Charles.
CUT TO: EXT. BYER’S HOUSEHOLD
JOYCE: Where the hell are they?
Cut to inside the house. Jonathan is making breakfast.
JOYCE: Jonathan?
JONATHAN: Check the couch!
Cut to Joyce searching the couch.
JOYCE: Ugh, I did. (She finds them) Oh, got them.
She enters the kitchen.
JOYCE: Okay, sweetie, I will see you tonight.
JONATHAN: Yeah, see you later.
JOYCE: Where's Will?
JONATHAN: Oh, I didn't get him up yet. He's probably still sleeping.
JOYCE: Jonathan, you have to make sure he's up!
JONATHAN: Mom, I'm making breakfast.
Joyce goes to wake up Will.
JOYCE: I told you this a thousand times. Will! Come on, honey. It's time to get up. (She finds that Will isn't in his room) He came home last night, right?
JONATHAN: He's not in his room?
JOYCE: Did he come home or not?
JONATHAN: I don't know.
JOYCE: You don't know?
JONATHAN: No. I got home late. I was working.
JOYCE: You were working?
JONATHAN: Eric asked if I could cover. I said yeah. I just thought we could use the extra cash.
JOYCE: Jonathan, we've talked about this.
JONATHAN: I know...
JOYCE: You can't take shifts when I'm working.
JONATHAN: Mom, it's not a big deal. Look, he was at the Wheelers' all day. I'm sure he just stayed over.
JOYCE: I can't believe you. I can't believe you sometimes.
Joyce picks up the phone and calls the Wheelers. Cut to the Wheelers eating breakfast, with the phone ringing in the background. Nancy watches Mike pour syrup on his food.
NANCY: That's disgusting.
MIKE: You're disgusting.
Karen picks up the phone.
KAREN: Hello?
JOYCE: Hi, Karen. It's Joyce.
KAREN: Oh, Joyce, hi.
Mike squirts syrup on Nancy's plate.
NANCY: What the hell, Mike?
TED: Hey!
KAREN: Quiet!
TED: Language.
NANCY: Are you kidding?
JOYCE: Was that Will I heard back there?
KAREN: Will? No, no, no, it's just Mike.
JOYCE: Will didn't spend the night?
KAREN: No, he left here a little bit after 8:00. Why? He's not home?
JOYCE: Um, you know what? I think he just left early for... for school. Thank you so much.
KAREN: Okay.
JOYCE: Bye.
KAREN: Bye.
MIKE: What are you talking about?
DUSTIN: She's got a stick up her butt.
LUCAS: Yeah. It's because she's been dating that douchebag, Steve Harrington.
DUSTIN: Yeah, she's turning into a real jerk.
MIKE: She's always been a real jerk.
DUSTIN: Nuh-uh, she used to be cool.
Lucas, Dustin, and Will begin riding away on their bikes.
DUSTIN: Like that time she dressed up as an elf for our Elder tree campaign.
MIKE: Four years ago!
DUSTIN: Just saying.
LUCAS: Later.
Will stays behind for a moment.
WILL: It was a seven.
MIKE: Huh?
WILL: The roll, it was a seven. The Demogorgon, it got me. See you tomorrow.
As Will catches up with Lucas and Dustin, the garage lights flicker. Mike turns off the lights and heads back inside. Cut to the other boys riding home. Lucas turns into his driveway.
LUCAS: Good night, ladies.
DUSTIN: Kiss your mom 'night for me. (To Will) Race you back to my place? Winner gets a comic.
WILL: Any comic?
DUSTIN: Yeah.
Will speeds ahead of Dustin.
DUSTIN: Hey! Hey! I didn't say "go"! Get back here! I'm gonna kill you!
WILL: (As he passes Dustin’s house) I'll take your X-Men 134!
Will continues to speed away. Dustin stops in front of his house, panting.
DUSTIN: Son of a bitch.
Cut to Will continuing to ride. The camera pans to some signs on a fence he passes. One reads, “hnL/HAWKINS NATIONAL LABORATORY/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY”. A second reads, “RESTRICTED/AREA/NO TRESPASSING/U.S. GOVERNMENT/PROPERTY”. The light on Will’s bike flickers off. It flickers back on just in time for Will to spot a figure in the road. Will gasps and veers off the road, crashing.
He looks up at the road to see the figure turning towards him, with unnaturally long arms. He abandons his bike and runs into the forest. Cut to him reaching his house. He quickly runs inside and locks the door behind him. His dog barks. He looks for his family.
WILL: Mom? Jonathan? Mom?
He looks out a window and sees the figure approaching the house. He tries dialing 911, but all he receives on the other end is static.
WILL: Hello? Hello?
He sees the figure approach the front door. His dog continues barking, but backs away. The lock unlocks. Will runs to the shed behind the house, leaving the phone off the hook. He retrieves a shotgun from the wall of the shed and frantically begins to load it. He points it at the door, but after a few moments, hears growling from the back of the shed. He turns around and his eyes widen. The growling turns into screeching. The light in the shed gets brighter and brighter, until it suddenly stops, as does the shrieking. The camera cuts to a shot of the entire shed, now empty. The screen fades to black.
OPENING CREDITS
CUT TO: INT. HOPPER’S HOUSE
We see a child’s drawing of a kid and two adults next to a house. The camera slowly pans over various empty cans and trash to a TV, which is on.
DONNA: And that's it for News Center this morning. Thanks for joining us. Let's hand off now to Liz at the news desk.
LIZ: All right, thank you, Donna. Turning now to local news, we're getting reports of surges and power outages all across the county. Last night, hundreds of homes in East Hawkins were affected, leaving many residents in the dark. The cause of the outage is still unknown. We reached out to Roane County Water and Electric, and a spokesperson says that they are confident power will be restored to all remaining homes within the next several hours.
The camera continues panning to Hopper, who is asleep on his couch. Somewhere, a dog barks, waking Hopper. He sighs and looks at his watch. Cut to a shot of the lake, which then pans over to Hopper smoking on his porch. Back inside, he takes a shower, brushes his teeth, smokes some more, takes some pills, drinks some beer, and smokes even more. Cut to him putting on his police uniform, including his holster, his badge, and his hat. As he leaves, the camera pans back to the TV.
LIZ: In other news, you might wanna stay home tonight or at least pack an umbrella. We turn to everybody's favorite morning weather guy, Charles.
CUT TO: EXT. BYER’S HOUSEHOLD
JOYCE: Where the hell are they?
Cut to inside the house. Jonathan is making breakfast.
JOYCE: Jonathan?
JONATHAN: Check the couch!
Cut to Joyce searching the couch.
JOYCE: Ugh, I did. (She finds them) Oh, got them.
She enters the kitchen.
JOYCE: Okay, sweetie, I will see you tonight.
JONATHAN: Yeah, see you later.
JOYCE: Where's Will?
JONATHAN: Oh, I didn't get him up yet. He's probably still sleeping.
JOYCE: Jonathan, you have to make sure he's up!
JONATHAN: Mom, I'm making breakfast.
Joyce goes to wake up Will.
JOYCE: I told you this a thousand times. Will! Come on, honey. It's time to get up. (She finds that Will isn't in his room) He came home last night, right?
JONATHAN: He's not in his room?
JOYCE: Did he come home or not?
JONATHAN: I don't know.
JOYCE: You don't know?
JONATHAN: No. I got home late. I was working.
JOYCE: You were working?
JONATHAN: Eric asked if I could cover. I said yeah. I just thought we could use the extra cash.
JOYCE: Jonathan, we've talked about this.
JONATHAN: I know...
JOYCE: You can't take shifts when I'm working.
JONATHAN: Mom, it's not a big deal. Look, he was at the Wheelers' all day. I'm sure he just stayed over.
JOYCE: I can't believe you. I can't believe you sometimes.
Joyce picks up the phone and calls the Wheelers. Cut to the Wheelers eating breakfast, with the phone ringing in the background. Nancy watches Mike pour syrup on his food.
NANCY: That's disgusting.
MIKE: You're disgusting.
Karen picks up the phone.
KAREN: Hello?
JOYCE: Hi, Karen. It's Joyce.
KAREN: Oh, Joyce, hi.
Mike squirts syrup on Nancy's plate.
NANCY: What the hell, Mike?
TED: Hey!
KAREN: Quiet!
TED: Language.
NANCY: Are you kidding?
JOYCE: Was that Will I heard back there?
KAREN: Will? No, no, no, it's just Mike.
JOYCE: Will didn't spend the night?
KAREN: No, he left here a little bit after 8:00. Why? He's not home?
JOYCE: Um, you know what? I think he just left early for... for school. Thank you so much.
KAREN: Okay.
JOYCE: Bye.
KAREN: Bye.
