Jim Hopper (David Harbour): You. You said he takes what?

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): Mirkwood. 

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): Mirkwood?

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): Yeah.

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): Have you ever heard of Mirkwood? 

Phil Callahan (John Reynolds): I have not. That sounds made-up to me. No. 

Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin): It's from Lord of the Rings. 

Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo): Well, The Hobbit. 

Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin): It doesn't matter!

Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo): He asked!

Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin): [mockingly] "He asked!"

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): Shut up!

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): Hey, hey, hey. What did I just say? One at a damn time. You. 

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): Mirkwood. It's a real road. It's just the name that's made-up. It's where Cornwallis and Kerley meet.

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): All right. I think I know —

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): We can show you if you want.

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): I said that I know it!

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): We can help look.

Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo): Yeah.

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): No.

Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard): Yeah, come on! 

Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin): We know the area well.

Jim Hopper (David Harbour): No! After school, you are all to go home immediately. That means no biking around looking for your friends. No investigating. No nonsense. This isn't some Lord of the Rings book. 

Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo): The Hobbit. 

Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin): Shut up!