Dustin's first appearance as he plays Dungeons & Dragons with his friends.
When their campaign is forced to come to an end, Dustin finds some leftover pizza.
Dustin trying to offer Mike's older sister,
Nancy some pizza before she closes her bedroom door on him.
Dustin,
Lucas, and
Will leaving
Mike's house after their campaign came to an abrupt conclusion.
Dustin, Lucas and Will riding their bikes home.
Dustin and Will briefly racing each other home on their bikes.
Dustin exhausted after Will wins the race.
The next day, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike arrive at school where they're surprised to see Will is not there.
The boys confronted by their school bullies, Troy Walsh and James Dante.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas being bullied by Troy.
"I told you a million times! My teeth are coming in! It's called cleidocranial dysplasia."
Dustin, Mike and Lucas being made fun of by Troy and James.
At the bullies' request, Dustin flexes his arms, which disgusts Troy and James.
Dustin being cheered up by Mike who compares his cleidocranial dysplasia to Mr. Fantastic's powers.
At the end of class, Dustin, Mike, and Lucas meet up with their teacher, Mr. Scott Clarke.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas amazed with the new Heathkit Ham Shack radio for their AV Club.
Dustin chuckling when Lucas gets reprimanded for his foul language.
"Do you eat kangaroos for breakfast?"
The boys surprised to see their principal arrive with Police Chief
Jim Hopper who requests to speak with them.
When Chief Hopper reveals Will has gone missing, the boys start rambling nonstop until Hopper quiets them.
Dustin and Lucas beginning to argue over Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit when referencing Mirkwood from.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas offering to help look for Will.
The boys ordered by Hopper to not go searching for Will.
Dustin and Lucas continuing to argue about Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
(Hopper: "Do I make myself clear?") "Yes, sir."
Dustin and his friends arriving at Mirkwood.
Dustin seeing its beginning to rain.
Dustin with his friends, trying to find Will.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas finding and meeting
Eleven.
After taking Eleven to Mike's house, Dustin, Mike, and Lucas begin questioning her.
"Not deaf."-Dustin after clapping near Eleven.
As Mike gets some clothes for Eleven, Dustin and Lucas see how easily startled she is by the sound of thunder.
Dustin as Mike gives Eleven a pair of clean clothes.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas watching Eleven admire her new clothes.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas seeing Eleven about to take off her shirt right in front of them.
Dustin and Lucas disgusted as Mike stops Eleven from changing right in front of them.
Dustin watching Eleven leaving to change in the basement's bathroom after Mike directs her to it.
"She tried to get naked."-Dustin baffled about Eleven nearly undressing in front of him.
"You got a lot of family there?"-Dustin teasing Lucas.
Dustin and Lucas deciding to tell Mike's mom about Eleven.
Dustin hearing Mike point out if they inform his mom about them finding Eleven, they would all get in trouble with their parents for disobeying orders.
Dustin making a disrobing gesture.
Dustin and Lucas looking at each other after Mike plans to have Eleven show up at his front door tomorrow and ask his mom for help.
Dustin and Lucas watching Mike provide a place to sleep for Eleven.
At school, Dustin notices Mike is not in his seat.
"Hey, what if she slept naked?"
Dustin starting class after Lucas tells him that Mike's plan will go forward.
After school, Dustin and Lucas ride their bikes to Mike's house.
After arriving at the Wheeler house, Dustin and Lucas are surprised to discover that Mike did not tell his mom about Eleven.
Dustin and Lucas going to be shown the photograph of the science fair they participated in as Eleven "El" had recognized Will from it.
Dustin remarking it was weird that they found El on Mirkwood where Will had disappeared.
Dustin and Mike watching Lucas demand to know where Will is.
When Mike says telling anyone about El would put them in danger, Dustin asks what he means by danger.
Dustin shocked when Mike does a gun hand sign as a way to show what kind of danger he means.
Dustin and Mike watching Lucas storm towards the door with the intent to tell Mrs. Wheeler about El.
When the door slams shut and locks itself, Dustin and his friends are shocked to discover El has telekinetic powers.
Later, Dustin eats dinner with Mike's family.
When Mrs. Wheeler suggests to Nancy to take the boys to her school assembly, Dustin and Mike immediately refuse.
Dustin preventing Mrs. Wheeler from noticing Eleven by banging on the table.
Dustin, Lucas, and Mike watching El use their game board.
(El: "Will.") "Superpowers."
Dustin, Lucas, and Mike having watched El flipped their game board upside down before placing the miniature wizard figure on it to reference the figure as Will.
Dustin shocked and confused when El places a Demogorgon figurine next to the wizard figure, referencing Will is hiding from it.
(Mike: "How about this one?") "Too big for the sling."
The boys looking for rocks to use for Lucas's "Wrist Rocket".
"You think El was born with powers like the X-Men? Or she acquired them like Green Lantern?"
Dustin hearing Mike defend El from Lucas, saying the X-Men were considered to be weirdos too.
Dustin as Mike and Lucas talk.
Dustin watching Lucas tease Mike for having romantic feelings for El.
Dustin amused as Lucas teases Mike.
Dustin and Mike being confronted by their bullies.
"That's not funny! It's serious! He's in danger!"
Dustin and Lucas being told by Mike to ignore the bullies after they cruelly state Will is dead.
After Troy purposely trips Mike, Dustin sees how upset his friends are.
"Hey! How about this one?"-Dustin showing his friends a rock.
Dustin giving Mike a comforting smile.
Dustin and his friends biking through the woods.
Dustin and his friends arriving at Sattler's Quarry.
Dustin and his friends hiding behind a fire truck.
Dustin and his friends seeing Will's "body" being pulled out of the quarry.
A sad Dustin watching a heartbroken Mike starting to leave, thinking Will is dead.
Dustin, El, and Lucas having watched a sad Mike leave the quarry.
Dustin and his friends sitting in the audience during the assembly.
Dustin and El sitting together.
Dustin and his friends noticing Troy and James laugh during the assembly.
After the assembly, Dustin watches Mike call the bullies out for their disrespect towards Will.
Dustin hearing Troy mock Will's "death", showing no sympathy at all.
Dustin and his friends hearing Troy and James mock them over Will's "death".
Dustin shocked when Mike angrily pushes Troy.
Dustin surprised and confused when Troy suddenly gets frozen when he attempts to attack Mike.
Dustin laughing when Troy suddenly wets his pants, humiliating himself.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas setting up the Heathkit Ham Shack radio so El can contact Will.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas watching El using the Ham Shack radio.
Dustin and Mike surprised after the lights suddenly go out.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas surprised to hear Will's voice transmitted through the radio, making Dustin and Lucas realize Will is truly alive.
Dustin and Mike hearing Will cry out to his mom, saying he's in a place "like home, but dark, empty, and cold."
Dustin and his friends witness the radio getting destroyed after El transmits Will's signal.
Dustin using a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
Dustin helping Mike and Lucas carry an exhausted Eleven before they escape from their school.
Upon returning to the Wheeler house, Dustin, Mike, and Lucas recall everything Will said where he was "like home, but dark, empty, and cold."
"And cold. Wait, did he say cold?"
Dustin and Lucas hearing Mike recall El flipping the D&D game board upside down when showing where Will was.
Dustin listening to Mike theorize Will was actually at his house, but they couldn't see him.
Dustin watching Mike reference the back of the D&D board as the location of where Will is.
"Like the Vale of Shadows."
Dustin reading an article about the Vale of Shadows, a dimension from Dungeons & Dragons.
Dustin and Mike learning the Vale of Shadows is a dark alternate dimension inhabited by monsters and decay.
Dustin as Mike asks El if she knows how to get into the Upside Down to which she says no.
After the funeral, Dustin and his friends approach Mr. Clarke.
Dustin and his friends talking to Mr. Clarke about alternate dimensions.
"We were thinking more like an evil dimension like the Vale of Shadows. You know the Vale of Shadows?"
Dustin watching and listening to Mr. Clarke do a drawing demonstration of an acrobat walking on a tightrope with a flea next to him.
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas upon hearing Mr. Clarke say a flea would be able to go upside down a tightrope, referencing the alternate dimension.
When Mr. Clarke says the only way to get to an alternate dimension is through a gate, Dustin hears what can reveal a gate's existence.
The boys in deep thought after Mr. Clarke explains about traveling to alternate dimensions and how to find gates to them.
The next day, Dustin rides his bike to Mike's house.
Dustin hearing Mike realize El prevented them from finding the gate as she wanted to protect them from its dangers.
Dustin telling Mike that it's nobody's fault as he, Lucas, and El went out of line with each other yesterday.
"All three of you were being a bunch of little a-holes! I was the only reasonable one."
"But the bottom is you pushed first and you know the rule. You draw first blood."
"This isn't a discussion. This is the rule of law! Obey or be banished from the Party. You want to be banished?"
Dustin putting on his jacket.
Dustin proposing to recruit Lucas and find El.
After running upstairs, Dustin and Mike look out a window where they see a repairman sitting in his van, watching the house.
Dustin and Mike fearing the repairman could be one of the "bad men".
Dustin watching Mike run off to ask his mom about the repairman.
Dustin staying at the window to keep watch.
Dustin seeing more electric repair vans arrive in the neighborhood.
Dustin panicking when he sees the vans parking near the Wheeler house.
Dustin having closed the curtain to avoid being spotted.
"We need to leave right now."
In the school cafeteria, Dustin and Lucas find lots of chocolate pudding in a refrigerator.
Dustin and Lucas happily taking cans of chocolate pudding.
"Mike! I found the chocolate pudding!"
A month later, Dustin plays Dungeons & Dragons.
Dustin playing a D&D campaign with his friends.
Dustin hearing Mike announce the opponent is a thessalhydra, much to his dismay.
(Lucas: "Fireball him!") "Fireball the son of a bitch!"
Dustin hearing a hit is blown after Will rolls a fourteen.
Dustin hearing Will managing to strike a direct hit to the thessalhydra.
Dustin, Will, and Lucas cheering after they won.
Dustin and his friends resuming their campaign.
"Wait. That's not it, is it?"-Dustin after hearing Mike bring the campaign to a conclusion.
Dustin not amused when Lucas makes a joke about him farting.
Dustin saying goodbye to Will as he leaves with Jonathan to go home.
Dustin and Lucas play fighting.
On October 29, 1984, Dustin checks under a cushion for some money.
"Can I please check under your cushions?"-Dustin asking his mom.
After his mom gets up from her chair, Dustin finds some change.
Dustin contacting Lucas with his supercom.
Dustin surprised to hear that Lucas earned so much money for mowing one of their neighbors' lawn.
(Mike: "I don't know.") "What do you mean you don't know?"
Later, Dustin and Lucas keep a lookout, waiting for Max to show up at the arcade.
Dustin checking his watch.
"She will not be able to resist these pearls."
Dustin and Lucas seeing a car arrive at the arcade.
(Lucas: "They're arguing! They're arguing!") "I see that. I don't know why you need those."
Upon seeing Max play Dig Dug, Dustin and Lucas discover she really is "MADMAX", becoming lovestruck with her.
A photo of Dustin as a Ghostbuster.
Dustin posing as his mom takes pictures of him in his Halloween costume.
After school, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike ride their bikes home.
Dustin noticing that a car is suddenly speeding up behind them.
The boys trying to ride their bikes as fast as they to get away from the car.
Dustin and Mike having crashed their bikes on the side of the road when the car suddenly turns away from them.
Dustin and Lucas realizing that Max was in the car that nearly killed them.
Dustin celebrating Halloween with Lucas and Max.
Dustin watching Mike and Will leave after Will has an "episode."
Returning home from trick-or-treating, Dustin hears a strange noise.
Dustin turning around as he hears the noise coming from his trash can.
Dustin holding his proton blaster as he goes to investigate the noise.
Dustin looking in his trash can and finds a strange creature inside.
Dustin entering his home, taking the strange creature with him.
Dustin being met with by his mom who asks him if he enjoyed trick-or-treating.
When the creature screeches inside his ghost trap, Dustin claims to his mom he made the trap give the illusion of a real ghost trapped inside.
Dustin saying good night to his mom.
"Sorry, Yurtle."-Dustin taking his pet turtle out his cage so he can put the strange creature inside.
"What are you?"-Dustin looking at the creature in fascination.
After feeding the creature a Three Musketeers candy bar, Dustin names the creature D'Artagnan.
Dustin at the Hawkins Public Library the next day.
Dustin taking the books to research D'Artagnan "Dart".
Dustin showing Dart to his friends.
Dustin discussing his research of Dart's pollywog species.
"I've just discovered a new species."
Dustin talking to Mr. Clarke.
Dustin about to show Dart to Mr. Clarke.
Dustin shocked when Mike and Will stop him from showing Dart.
Dustin and Lucas listening to how Will saw a creature that looked like Dart last year.
Dustin upon realizing Dart is from the Upside Down.
However, despite this discovery, Dustin refuses to believe that Dart is dangerous.
The boys scared when Dart starts screeching inhumanly while inside the ghost trap.
Upon releasing Dart, Dustin and Lucas are shocked to see Dart sprout hind legs.
After Dart escapes, Dustin begs his friends not to hurt Dart.
Dustin contacting Will thru his headset as he searches for Dart.
Dustin finding Dart in the school bathroom.
Dustin hiding Dart in his hat.
Dustin lying to his friends on Dart's whereabouts.
While searching for Will, Dustin runs into Joyce.
Dustin, Joyce and Max seeing Lucas rush in, saying Will is in trouble.
Dustin, Max, and Joyce finding Will and Mike out on the P.E. field.
After Will wakes up from a trance, Dustin and his friends watch Will leave with his mom.
The next morning, Dustin opens Dart's cage to feed him some chocolate.
Dustin promising Dart he'll be back from school.
Dustin arriving at school.
Dustin looking for his friends.
Dustin returning home from school.
Dart going to uncover Dart's habitat tank in order to speak to him.
When he removes the blanket, Dustin finds the tank is shattered and destroyed.
Dustin finding a piece of molten skin.
Dustin startled when he hears a monstrous screech.
Going to investigate, Dustin finds blood stains all over the carpet and his sofa chair.
Dustin horrified to see Dart eating his pet cat, Mews.
Dustin discovering Dart is an adolescent Demogorgon.
The next day, Dustin talks on the phone while his mom worries about Mews.
Dustin lying to his mom so she won't know of Mews's fate.
Dustin comforting his distressed mom.
After getting his mom to leave, Dustin now realizes he has to deal with Dart.
Dustin opening a cellar so he can use it to trap Dart.
Dustin getting food out of the refrigerator so he can lure Dart into his trap.
Dustin putting on a hockey mask.
Dustin wearing hockey gear to protect himself.
Dustin about to open his bedroom door, freeing Dart.
Once he opens the door, Dustin starts running.
Dustin running out of his house as Dart eats the trail of food.
Peeking through the shed, Dustin watches Dart eat the food trail.
When Dart senses his presence, Dustin braces himself before he confront Dart.
Dustin bursts out of the shed and fights Dart.
After throwing Dart into the cellar, Dustin closes the doors to trap him inside.
"I'm sorry. You ate my cat."-Dustin after trapping Dart.
Later, Dustin buries his dead cat as he tries to get in touch with his friends.
Dustin getting cleaning supplies as he still tries to get in touch with his friends.
Dustin cleaning his bedroom carpet where Mews was devoured by Dart.
Dustin hearing Lucas's little sister,
Erica answer his calls.
When Erica rudely refuses to tell him where Lucas is, Dustin hears her turn off her brother's supercom.
Upon arriving at the Wheeler house, Dustin is disappointed to hear that Mike and Nancy are not home.
Dustin meeting up with
Steve Harrington when he too arrives at the Wheeler house.
Dustin telling Steve that Nancy isn't home and that he needs his help.
"I'll explain it on the way."
While driving back to his house, Dustin had told Steve about Dart.
(Steve: "Wait a sec, how big?") "First it was like that..."
(Steve: "How do you know it's not just a lizard?") "Because his face opened up and he ate my cat!"
Upon arriving back at his house, Dustin watches Steve get his spiked baseball bat.
(Steve: "I don't hear shit.") "He's in there."
Dustin and Steve hearing silence when knocking on the cellar door.
Dustin being told by Steve he will not be happy if he's pranking him.
Dustin and Steve having unlocked and opened the cellar.
"He must be further down. I'll stay here in case...he tries to escape."
"Steve? Steve, what's going on down there?"
Dustin being told by Steve to get down into the cellar.
Dustin being shown a piece of molted skin.
Finding a hole in the wall, Dustin and Steve realize that Dart has escaped.
The next day, Dustin is contacted by Lucas.
Dustin calling Lucas through his headset, telling him about Dart.
Dustin telling Lucas to meet him and Steve at the junkyard.
Dustin and Steve going to walk into the woods.
Dustin and Steve walking on the railroad tracks.
"Well, not everyone can have your perfect hair, all right?"
Dustin and Steve forming a friendship as they talk about girls.
"Oh, like in the electromagnetic field..."
Dustin being given relationship advice from Steve.
"So that's when you kiss her?"
Dustin and Steve discuss different types of girls.
When Steve states Nancy is different from other girls, Dustin remarks she must be special.
Dustin talking about Max, calling her special.
Dustin being asked by Steve if he's falling in love with Max.
Dustin assuring Steve he's not in love with Max.
Dustin and Steve continuing to drop meat chops to lure Dart.
Dustin looking down after Steve advises him to not fall in love as he's too young and will only get his heart broken.
Dustin hearing Steve reveal he uses Faberge Organics on his hair.
Dustin hearing Steve reveal how he does and styles his hair.
Dustin promising to keep Steve's secret of how he does his hair.
Dustin and Steve continuing to walk through the forest.
Dustin and Steve arriving at the junkyard.
Dustin seeing Lucas arrive with Max.
Dustin and Lucas getting into an argument as the latter had told Max of the events from last year.
When Lucas asks if he heard from anyone else, Dustin says no.
Dustin and Lucas agreeing something is wrong if they haven't heard from the rest of their friends.
Dustin and Lucas watching Max with Lucas revealing she didn't believe his story.
Dustin looking at Lucas when he asks if they're good.
Dustin getting startled by Steve.
Dustin and Lucas going to start preparing to confront Dart.
Dustin, Steve, Lucas, and Max rolling steel gallon cans.
Dustin entering the bus after he and his friends finish setting up a trap for Dart.
When Dart arrives at the junkyard, Dustin and Steve see he's not taking the bait.
Dustin seeing Steve leave to go outside of the bus.
(Max: "What's he doing?") "Expanding the menu."
"Steve! Abort!"-Dustin upon seeing more Demodogs surround Steve.
Dustin and Lucas yelling at Steve to retreat.
Dustin, Steve, Lucas, and Max trapped inside the bus.
Dustin trying to call for help on his walkie.
Dustin and his friends surprised when the Demodogs suddenly stop attacking them.
Dustin thinking Steve scared off the Demodogs until Steve says the creatures are going somewhere.
"He's molted three times already."
Dustin, Steve, Max, and Lucas walking through the forest as they search for Dart.
Dustin hearing Steve unintentionally mention Dart eating his pet cat.
(Lucas: "Dart ate a cat?") "No. What? No."
Dustin as Max asks Steve what he's talking about.
"Steve!"-Dustin getting unknowingly exposed by Steve for hiding Dart from his friends.
Dustin confessing to Lucas that he kept Dart and hid him from him and their friends.
Dustin being berated by Lucas for keeping Dart and putting themselves in danger.
Dustin berating Lucas for telling Max about the Upside Down and its monsters.
Dustin and Lucas continuing to argue about Dart and Max.
Dustin, Max, and Lucas looking at Steve when he interrupts them.
Dustin and his friends following the sound of the roar.
Dustin and his friends stopping at a hill where they get a view of Hawkins National Lab, making them realize that's where the Demodogs are heading.
Dustin and Steve emerging out of the forest.
Dustin, Steve, and Lucas surprised to see Nancy and Jonathan at the fence guarding the lab.
Dustin as Steve asks Nancy and Jonathan what they're doing at the lab.
Dustin, Steve, Lucas, and Max meeting up with Nancy and Jonathan.
Dustin asking Nancy and Jonathan if Mike and Will are not in the lab.
Dustin, Lucas, Max, Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan hearing roars from the lab.
"They didn't believe you, did they?"-Dustin after Hopper calls the military for help.
Dustin as Mike points out they can't just do nothing while the demodogs are loose.
Dustin and Lucas reminiscing the deceased
Bob Newby.
Dustin, Max, and Lucas listening to Mike reveal Bob was the founder of their AV club.
"Well, what do you want to do, Mike. The Chief's right on this. We can't stop those Demodogs on our own."
(Max: "Demodogs?") "Demogorgon dogs."
Dustin listening to Mike as he shows Will's drawing of the shadow monster.
Dustin and Steve listening to Mike explain how every living thing in or connected to the Upside Down can feel each other's pain.
(Steve: "Hive mind?") "A collective consciousness. It's a super organism."
When Mike reveals the shadow monster is the one controlling everything within the Upside Down, Dustin realizes it is just like the Mind Flayer from Dungeons & Dragons.
"The Mind Flayer."-Dustin opening a D&D manual.
(Hopper: "The hell is that?") "It's a monster from an unknown dimension. It's so ancient that it doesn't even know its true home."
"Unless there's something you don't know, this is the best metaphor."
Dustin being asked by Nancy what the Mind Flayer wants.
"To conquer us basically. It believes it's the master race."
(Steve: "Oh, like the Germans.") "The Nazis?"
"It uses other races like us as inferior to itself."
Dustin and Steve listening to Mike back up by explaining the Mind Flayer takes over dimensions when spreading its influence over other races.
Dustin as Nancy looks at the D&D manual.
(Mike: "We'd kill everything it controls.") "We'd win."
When Hopper asks how they would kill the Mind Flayer, Dustin is unsure how as the manual is only a guidebook for a fantasy game.
"We know that it's only a matter of time before those tunnels reach this town."
Dustin hearing Joyce agree with him and his friends.
Dustin and Lucas ravaging through trash in order to get ready to interrogate Will.
Dustin apologizing to Lucas for keeping and hiding Dart from him and the others.
Dustin telling Lucas he saw him and Max holding hands in the bus, knowing that they are in love with each other.
Dustin sadly leaving after picking up some pieces of trash.
Dustin, Max, and Lucas surprised to see El alive and well.
Dustin, Jonathan, and Joyce learning Hopper had been hiding and protecting El for almost a year.
(Hopper: "The place is crawling with those dogs.") "Demodogs."
Dustin describing he's calling adolescent Demogorgons "Demodogs" before Hopper asks him how is that important which he apologizes for.
Dustin and his friends going over their plan which is to help El close the gate.
Dustin, Steve, Jonathan, and Nancy hearing Mike point out Will could be killed if the gate is closed due to being possessed by the Mind Flayer.
Dustin hearing Joyce reveal that the Mind Flayer likes cold temperatures.
After realizing the Mind Flayer needs to be burned out of Will, Dustin and Mike propose Will to be exorcised at a different place far away from his house.
(Mike: "That lab is swarming with hundreds of those dogs!") "Demodogs!"
Dustin watching Steve trying to Mike their current predicament.
Dustin remembering how the Demodogs being called away from the junkyard.
Dustin hearing Steve being pessimistic on the idea of distracting the Demodogs to give El and Hopper a clear path to the gate.
"That's one point of view."
Dustin hearing Steve remark he was stating a fact.
Dustin being shown by Mike where Hopper dug his way into the tunnels.
"The Mind Flayer will call of his army."
Dustin, Steve, Lucas, and Max hearing and realizing Mike's plan to burn the tunnels to distract the Demodogs.
Dustin, Mike, Max, and Lucas hearing Steve object to their plan.
Dustin, Mike, Max, and Lucas silent after Steve orders them to not carry out their plan to burn the tunnels.
"Sh*t! Did he see us?"-Dustin after being spotted by Billy.
Dustin looking nervous as he arrives at his school's Snow Ball dance.
Dustin having carpooled by Steve to the Snow Ball.
Dustin going to look into Steve's mirror to check his appearance.
Dustin growing confident due to Steve's encouragement.
Dustin being wished good luck by Steve.
Dustin having entered the school.
Dustin greeting Mr. Clarke.
Dustin arriving at the Snow Ball.
Dustin going to look for his friends.
On June 29, 1985, Dustin returns to Hawkins after spending almost the entire month at summer camp.
Dustin and his mom driving home.
Dustin trying to contact his friends.
Dustin upset that he does not hear from any friends.
Dustin after returning home.
Dustin happy to see his pet turtle.
Dustin reaching the top of Weathertop.
Dustin, Max, and Lucas starting to build Cerebro.
Dustin, Max, Lucas, and Will building Cerebro.
Dustin, Max, Lucas, and Will lifting Cerebro upwards after they finish building it.
"Pretty impressive, right?"
Dustin trying to use the newly built Cerebro to contact his girlfriend,
Suzie Bingham.
Hours later, Dustin still tries to contact Suzie.
Dustin assuring his friends that he will get in touch with Suzie.
Dustin insisting Suzie exists when Lucas believes she is imaginary.
Dustin being accused of lying over having a girlfriend.
Dustin watching Max and Lucas leave Weathertop.
Dustin hearing Will say he's leaving too as it's getting late.
Dustin uninterested when Will invites him to play Dungeons & Dragons sometime.
Dustin watching Will leave.
Dustin upset over his friends' seemingly abandoning him, feeling alone.
Dustin answering his radio, thinking Suzie has finally contacted him.
Dustin surprised to hear instead of contacting Suzie, he intercepted a Russian broadcast on his Cerebro.
Dustin playing a recording of the Russian transmission.
When Robin barges in on them, Dustin says he and Steve are working on something important.
Dustin bewildered when Robin reveals she knows he and Steve are investigating the Russians.
Dustin and Steve dumbfounded when Robin correctly guesses why they are having trouble translating the Russian language.
Dustin amazed when Robin speaks in pig Latin.
Dustin and Steve listening to Robin explain how she's fluent in four languages and skilled in band.
Dustin looking at Steve who decides to trust Robin.
Dustin plays back his recorder where a song from one of Starcourt's carousels is being played.
Dustin shocked to discover the Russians are in Hawkins.
Dustin and Steve returning to Scoops Ahoy.
Dustin and Steve after Robin runs past them.
Dustin and Steve finding Robin at the center of the mall.
Dustin and Steve surprised to hear Robin reveal that she cracked the Russians' secret code.
Later that night, Dustin, Steve, and Robin spy on Lynx Corporation making a delivery to the mall in the rain.
Dustin using binoculars where he spots some delivery men bringing in boxes for Imperial Panda and Kaufman Shoes.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin spying on some Russian delivery men bringing in boxes for Imperial Panda and Kaufman Shoes.
(Robin: "Wait, what's in there?") "It's just more boxes."
Dustin, Steve, and Robin seeing the Russians putting the delivery boxes in a secret room.
Dustin wrestling the binoculars with Steve, causing them to make a noise.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin hiding after they nearly blow their cover.
Dustin, Robin, and Steve escaping before they could be spotted by the Russian guards and delivery men.
The next morning, returning to the roof of the mall, Dustin spies on the Russian deliverymen and guards.
"That keycard opens the door, but unfortunately the Russian with this keycard also has a massive gun. Whatever's in those boxes, whatever's in that room, they really don't want anybody finding it."
"Did you not hear the part about the massive gun?"
(Steve: "Yes, Dustin, I did. And that's why I would be sneaking.") "Well, please, tell me this, and be honest."
"Have you ever actually won a fight?"
(Steve: "Okay, it was that one time...") "Twice. Jonathan. Year prior?"
(Steve: "Listen, that doesn't count.") "Why would it not count? Because it looked like he beat the sh*t out of you."
Dustin and Steve watching Robin suddenly leave, taking Scoops Ahoy employees' tip money with her.
Dustin and Steve watching Robin leave, hearing her say she's going to find a safer way to enter the secret room.
"Not bad."-Dustin when Robin returns with blueprints of the mall.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin looking at the mall's blueprints.
Dustin hearing Robin say there wouldn't be another door to the secret room.
Dustin and Steve being shown another set of blueprints by Robin.
"Air ducts."-Dustin realizing he and his friends can get into the secret room through the mall's air ducts.
Dustin and Steve watching Robin draw a route to the secret room on the mall's air ventilation system blueprints.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin looking at an air vent.
Dustin handing Steve a flashlight after he opens the vent.
"I'll fit. Trust me. No collarbones, remember?"
Dustin peeking into the vent before he tries to crawl in.
"Steve! Shut up and push me!"
Dustin unable to fit through the vent as he's too big.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin asking Erica to crawl into the air vent.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin listening to Erica ask what's in this for.
Dustin, Steve, and Robin bribing Erica with ice cream treats.
Dustin watching Robin show Erica the Starcourt blueprints while explaining to her the plan of her climbing through the vent and opening the door to the secret room.
"Do this for America, Erica."
Dustin and Robin listening to Erica say she believes in American capitalism.
Dustin glancing at Robin who accepts a bribe from Erica to give her a lifetime supply of Scoops Ahoy ice cream.
Dustin screaming as he tries to stop the elevator.
After the elevator stops, Dustin gets blamed by Erica for getting trapped, along with Steve and Robin.
Dustin noticing a hatch on the ceiling of the elevator.
Dustin and Steve on the roof of the elevator, realizing they can't climb to the surface.
Dustin trying to contact his friends for help.
(Steve: "Hey! You gotta take it easy on that thing. You're gonna drain the battery.") "The mall just opened."
Dustin being told by Steve that they still don't have a way to get out of the elevator.
"What are you doing?"-Dustin seeing Steve unzip his shorts.
Dustin turning away as Steve takes a leak.
Dustin hearing Robin asking Steve to go to the bathroom somewhere else as she can see his urine.
Dustin and Steve warned by Robin that someone is approaching the elevator.
Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica hiding as some Russians enter the elevator.
After escaping the elevator, Dustin and his friends see the green substance in the canister is radioactive material after it is crushed by the elevator.
Dustin seeing that he and the others are in an underground base.
Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica seeing they are in an underground base.
Dustin, Robin, and Erica going to follow Steve into the base.
Dustin and Robin walking through the base.
Dustin, Robin, Erica, and Steve discuss as they walk through the Russians' base.
"It's gotta be much more valuable, like promethium or something."
Dustin listening to Robin explain to Steve what promethium is.
Dustin and Robin theorizing what the green radioactive substance is being used for.
Dustin, Robin, Erica, and Steve discussing what the Russians could be using the green radioactive material for.
Dustin hearing Robin wonder why Russians are in Hawkins.
Dustin and Steve coming to a realization.
Dustin and Steve quietly discussing if the Russians know about the Upside Down.
Dustin and Steve wonder if the Russians and the Upside Down are connected.
Dustin and Steve looking at the girls when they ask if there's anything they would like to share with them.
Dustin and Steve suddenly hearing a transmission coming from the latter's walkie.
Dustin, Steve, Erica, and Robin intercepting the Russians' communication.
"Wherever that broadcast is coming from-"
(Robin: "And if there's one thing we know about the signal...") "It can reach the surface."
The next day, while inside an air ventilation tunnel, Dustin tells Erica about the supernatural events in 1983 and 1984.
(Erica: "I don't believe you.") "Wait. So, you believe everything about El and the gate, and the demodogs, and the Mind Flayer, but you question your brother's involvement?"
(Erica: "That's correct.") "Makes total sense."
Dustin looking at Erica who pessimistically points out if they don't turn off the fans, they'll never be able to rescue Steve and Robin.
Dustin hearing Erica calculate the time they have been crawling through the ventilation tunnels.
Dustin dumbfounded when Erica estimates how long it would take for them to get back to the elevator and escape.
"Did you just do all of that in your head?"
Dustin realizing Erica is a secret nerd.
(Erica: "Okay, you better take that back, nerd.") "Can't put the truth back in the box."
Dustin pointing out Erica is a nerd because she is good at math, knows a lot on politics, and likes My Little Pony.
(Erica: "And how do you know so much about My Little Pony?") "Because I'm a nerd."
Dustin and Erica emerging out of the air vent.
Dustin and Erica finding themselves in a room filled with more canisters filled with the toxic substance.
Dustin noticing a small delivery car.
Seeing no keys in the ignition lock, Dustin thinks there might be another pair of car keys somewhere in the room.
As he searches for the key, Dustin spots a metal cabinet in the wall.
"Found 'em."-Dustin finding the car keys.
"Erica?"-Dustin seeing Erica is not around.
"What the hell is that?!"-Dustin seeing Erica holding a taser stick.
When Erica proposes they can use the taser stick to rescue Steve and Robin, Dustin points out they have no clue where the older teens are within the base.
Dustin asking Erica to trust him on rescuing Steve and Robin and escaping the base.
Dustin driving the delivery car through the base.
Dustin bursting into an interrogation room where Steve and Robin are being held.
Dustin killing Russian expert in torture, Dr. Zharkov with the taser stick.
Dustin and Erica watching Dr. Zharkov fall to the floor after being electrocuted to death.
Dustin after killing Dr. Zharkov.
Dustin going to remove Steve and Robin's binds.
"Get ready to run!"-Dustin untying Steve.
Dustin and Erica driving in the loading car after they managed to rescue Robin and Steve.
Dustin and Erica after crashing the loading car near the elevator.
Dustin and Erica noticing Robin and Steve groaning in pain.
Dustin and Erica opening the loading car so Steve and Robin can get out before they can escape.
In the elevator, Dustin and Erica are perplexed at Steve and Robin acting high.
Dustin trying to examine Steve so he can figure out what's wrong with him.
"His pupils are super dilated."-Dustin after checking Steve's eyes, realizing he is drugged.
Dustin trying to talk to the high Steve in an attempt to snap him out of the drugs' effects.
Dustin speechless when a high Robin decently describes how death works to him.
"They're going to be looking for us up there so I need you to tell me where you parked your car?"
Hearing a high Steve and Robin admit they're hungry, Dustin promises they can eat all they want if Steve tells him where he'd parked his car.
Dustin shocked when Steve says the Russians had stolen his car keys while being held captive by them.
Dustin worried as he and his friends don't have a way to get away from the base and the mall.
Dustin, Erica, Robin, and Steve exiting out of the elevator when they've reached the surface.
Dustin and Erica seeing the Russian guards approaching them as they have waited for them.
Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica retreating into the mall when they are spotted and chased by the Russian guards.
Dustin sneaking into the movie theater.
"Whatever you do, don't go anywhere."
Dustin and Erica finding Steve and Robin in a restroom.
Later, Dustin, Erica, Robin, and Steve peek out through the bathroom door seeing people are leaving the mall.
"Now we just have to get on the bus with these peeps and home sweet home here we come."
Dustin hearing Steve reveal the Russians know about him as he told them his name while he was captured and drugged.
Dustin upset with Steve for revealing his identity to the Russians.
"So you resist! You tough it! You need to tough it out like a man!"
Dustin hearing Steve argue that it wasn't easy to resist the drugs' effects.
Dustin and Erica being held back by Robin.
Dustin, Erica, Steve, and Robin seeing the Russian guards blocking their exit.
Dustin, Robin, and Steve running when the guards spot them.
Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica going to slide down an escalator as they flee from the Russians.
Dustin sliding in between the escalators.
Later, Dustin and his friends catch up on what they've been doing and what encountered in the past few days, learning of the Mind Flayer's return.
Dustin, Erica, Lucas, Will, Steve, Max, and Jonathan seeing Murray show up with some papers.
Dustin and his friends coming up with a plan to sneak into the Russians' underground base in order to close the gate.
Dustin watching Erica tell Hopper, Joyce, and Murray the base is bigger than they thought.
Dustin watching Erica get sassy with Murray.
Dustin watching Erica get offended with Murray.
"You're all going to die, but you don't have to. Excuse me, sorry. May I?"
Dustin using a map of the Russians' base.
Dustin informing the adults that they can use the base's ventilation system to get to the machine opening the gate safely.
"It's a bit of a maze down there, but between me and Erica, we can show you the way."
(Hopper: "You can show us the way?") "Don't worry. You can do all the fighting and the dangerous hero shit and we'll just be your...navigators."
(Erica: "Well, that settles it. He's gonna die. They're gonna die.") "Most likely."
(Lucas: "You guys survived.") "Barely. We could've used you guys down there."
Dustin surprised to hear his friends admit they truly missed having him around.
Dustin, Lucas, Mike, and Will reconciling with each other.
The boys annoyed when Erica ruins their tender moment.
Dustin smiling at Erica before Hopper approaches him, telling him he can guide him through the base by radio.
Dustin and Erica telling Hopper that they won't be able to reach him by walkie as they won't get his signal when he's done in the base.
Dustin talking to Hopper, telling him that only his Cerebro radio tower will able to reach him while he's down in the base.
"But we need a head start. And a car."
Dustin and Robin exiting the mall.
Dustin, Erica, and Robin getting into the car Hopper lended to them.
Dustin, Steve, and Erica in the car, leaving to get to Cerebro.
Dustin, Erica, and Robin using Cerebro.
Dustin contacting his girlfriend, Suzie.
Dustin stammering as he asks Suzie to change frequencies so his friends can hear the number to Planck's constant.
Dustin asking Suzie for the equation for Planck's constant.
Dustin promising Suzie he will make for not being in touch with her for over a week.
When Suzie tells him to make with her now, Dustin refuses.
Before Suzie can cut off the transmission, Dustin stops her and submits to her request.
Dustin reluctantly about to start singing while knowing all of his friends will be listening.
Dustin smiling and singing NeverEnding Story.
Dustin and Suzie singing NeverEnding Story.
Dustin finishing the song where Suzie gives the equation for Planck's constant.
After Suzie gives the equation to Planck's constant, Dustin reaffirms his love for his girlfriend.
Dustin's communication with Suzie being turned off by an annoyed Erica.
Dustin and Lucas giving Erica a donation box.
On March 21, 1986, Dustin contacts his girlfriend, Suzie through Cerebro.
"We're running out of time, here."
Dustin twirling his pencil as he waits while Suzie hacks into the Hawkins High School database.
"Do you see it?"-Dustin asking Suzie if she found his report card.
The next day, Dustin and his mom watch the news, learning a high school student has been found dead this morning.
After his doorbell rings, Dustin is surprised to see Max outside his front porch.
Dustin being told by Max that the murder victim was Chrissy Cunningham, a cheerleader from their high school.
Dustin confused on Chrissy being with Eddie on the night she was murdered.
Dustin refusing to believe Eddie is the culprit in Chrissy's murder, finding him innocent.
Dustin explaining to Max how Eddie took him and Mike in when they started high school.
"So you're saying Eddie is like Ted Bundy?"-Dustin when Max brings up Ted Bundy.
Dustin sitting on his bed when Max clarifies they can't presume whether Eddie is guilty or not.
"Why haven't you told the cops this?"
Dustin being confided by Max.
Dustin hearing from Max how scared Eddie was when she saw him flee from his trailer last night.
Dustin listening to Max theorizing and stuttering why Eddie could have been scared when Chrissy was killed.
"Something else killed her."-Dustin finishing Max's sentence.
Unsure if the monsters from the Upside Down could be back, Dustin proposes he and Max should seek out Eddie as he's the one who knows what happened to Chrissy.
Dustin and Max leaving to start their search for Eddie.
Before leaving, Dustin promises his worried mother that he and Max will be extra careful while in town.
At the Forest Hills Trailer Park, Dustin, Steve, Max, and Robin tell Nancy about Vecna.
"Now whether or not he's doing the bidding of the Mind Flayer or just loves killing teens we don't know."
Dustin, Steve, Robin, Nancy, and Max look around their surroundings as they note Vecna's first two victims were at or close to the trailer park.
When Nancy revealed how Fred was acting upset before he died, Dustin recounted Max saying Chrissy was also upset before she died.
Dustin correcting Robin when she mispronounces Vecna's name.
Dustin and his friends being shown by Max where she had a hallucination of a ticking grandfather clock.
A flashback of Dustin and Steve witnessing Max suddenly waking up from a vision while they looked over Fred and Chrissy's files.
"It was like she was in a trance or something. Exactly what Eddie said happened to Chrissy."
Dustin, Nancy, Robin, and Steve look at Max when there is something far worse than her trance.
Inside Ms. Kelley's office, Dustin learns from Max how Fred and Chrissy suffered from headaches, sleep deprivation, nightmares, and hallucinations before they died.
Dustin worried and scared when Max reveals she's suffering from the same symptoms, meaning she's targeted by Vecna.
Suddenly, Dustin and his friends suddenly hear a noise coming from outside Ms. Kelley's office.
Dustin, Robin, Nancy, and Max watching Steve leave the office to go investigate.
Dustin and Nancy exiting out of the office to investigate the noise with Steve.
Dustin hearing footsteps approaching.
Screaming, Dustin shines his flashlight revealing the figure to be Lucas.
After Lucas informs his teammate, Jason Carver is hunting for Eddie, Dustin tells him they have bigger problems to worry about right now.
"Well, what's confusing to you?"
"So far, everyone Vecna has cursed has died, except for this old Victor Creel dude Nancy found.
"He's the only known survivor. If anyone knows how to beat this curse, it's him."
(Steve: "How can Vecna have existed back in the '50s? It doesn't make sense.") "As far as we know Eleven didn't create the Upside Down. She opened a gate to it."
"The Upside Down has probably been around for thousands of years. Millions. I wouldn't be surprised if it predated the dinosaurs."
Dustin hearing Lucas argue if a gate didn't exist in the 1950s where the Creel family murders took place, how did Vecna manage to have access to their world.
Dustin rolling his eyes as Lucas and Steve point out and question how and why Vecna is able to get into their world now.
Dustin and Lucas listening to Steve question why Vecna would kill the Creel family, then disappear for thirty years, and return to start killing teenagers.
Dustin sighing in annoyance as he realizes both Lucas and Steve bring up good points.
Dustin, Lucas, and Steve unable to figure out how the Creel family murders are connected to Vecna and the Upside Down.
A concerned Dustin, Lucas, and Steve watching Max write something on a desk.
The group discussing their next move to find a way to save Max and learn more about Vecna.
"Nice GPA."-Dustin commenting Nancy on her fake academic information.
Dustin giving an academic file to Steve as Nancy and Robin discuss their plan to infiltrate Pennhurst Asylum to question Victor Creel while posing as academic scholars.
Arriving at the abandoned Creel House, Dustin theorizes to his friends how the residence may hold a clue to Vecna's location.
After entering the house, Dustin turns on his flashlight.
Dustin hearing Max ask if everyone if she's seeing what she's seeing.
Dustin and his friends finding a grandfather clock which Max confirms is the same one she saw in her visions.
Dustin, Robin, Max, and Nancy looking at the clock.
Dustin and his friends splitting up in groups of two.
Dustin and Steve partnering up.
Dustin checking his compass as Steve tells him they're going the wrong way.
Dustin hearing Steve explain Skull Rock is a popular hang out that he visited before.
Dustin hearing Steve talk about how he made Skull Rock a popular hang out spot.
Dustin going to follow Steve when he decides to take his own route to Skull Rock.
Dustin pacing around as he keeps checking his compass while the others realize that their time in the Creel House was also the same hour when Vecna killed Patrick McKinney.
Dustin suddenly stops pacing.
"Boom! Bada...bada...boom!"
"I was right! Skull Rock was north!"
Dustin telling his friends how his compass was working perfectly when they left the Wheelers' and now it is acting crazy.
"When I was leading here, I wasn't wrong. The compass was."
(Steve: "You're using faulty equipment. You're still wrong.") "Expect it isn't faulty."
Dustin asking Lucas if he remembers what can affect a compass, which he answers an electromagnetic field.
Dustin explaining to everyone how electromagnetic fields cause a compass needle to point toward their power, recognizing it as the same detection of a gate's presence.
"All I know is that something is causing this disturbance and the last time we've seen anything like this, it was a gate."
Dustin being stopped from finding the possible gate as Eddie is still labeled a criminal.
Dustin satisfied when Eddie decides to go find the gate to the Upside Down.
Dustin, Lucas, and Max having been taken to the Wheeler house where they are questioned by both the police and their parents.
Dustin lying to the police and grownups that they were at Lovers' Lake to go swimming.
Dustin and Max look at each other when they give different answers to Mrs. Wheeler's question on Nancy's whereabouts.
Dustin claiming Nancy was at Lovers' Lake, but left when the police arrived.
When Chief Powell asks if they had contact with Eddie, Dustin, Lucas, and Max lie about their involvement with him.
Dustin looking at Erica when she tries to expose his and his friends' lies to the police and parents.
Dustin, Lucas, and Max silenced when Chief Powell orders everyone in the room to be quiet.
Dustin and Lucas anxious when Max taken to be interrogated by the police first.
Later, Dustin tries to contact the older teens using his walkie.
Dustin telling Lucas he hasn't been able to get in touch with the older teens.
Dustin hearing Lucas wonder if the older teens went through Watergate.
"Through Watergate? Without us? Without a plan? Without weapons? They wouldn't be that stupid."
Dustin and Lucas's conversation being interrupted by Erica who had been eavesdropping on them.
Dustin and Lucas being confronted by Erica.
Dustin hearing Erica demand to know what's going on.
Dustin intrigued when he hears Lucas has something secretive under his bed.
"What did she find under your bed?"
(Lucas: "Nothing!") "Is it gross?"
A surprised Dustin looking at Lucas before the latter confesses everything to Erica.
Dustin reminding Lucas to be quiet as he confesses to his sister.
Dustin as Lucas threatens his sister to keep quiet.
Dustin confused when Erica starts questioning why a gate would be open at Lovers' Lake, thinking the Soviets opened it.
Dustin, Eddie, Robin, Nancy, Lucas, and Max being unknowingly watched by El as they are unable to get in touch with Joyce.
Dustin hearing Steve and Robin point out they cannot beat Vecna/Henry/One due to him having powers like El.
"So then why fight fair? You're right. He's like Eleven, but that gives us an upper hand. We know Eleven's strengths and weaknesses."
"When El remote travels, she goes into this sort of trance-like state. I bet the same is true of Vecna."
(Lucas: "That would explain what he was doing in that attic!") "Exactly! When he attacks his next victim, I'll bet you he's back in that attic. Physical body defenseless!"
When Steve points out the Creel House in the Upside Down is guarded by Demobats, Dustin realizes they'll also have to distract the creatures.
(Eddie: "And uh, how do we do that exactly?") "No idea. But once they're gone, he doesn't stand a chance! It'll be like slaying sleeping Dracula in his coffin."
Dustin listening to Robin point out they don't know when or who Vecna will attack next.
Dustin, Erica, Eddie, Steve, Nancy, and Robin looking at Max when she offers herself as bait to distract Vecna.
Dustin, Erica, and Eddie listening to Max say she can distract Vecna long enough so they can kill him, which they reluctantly agree to.
Later that night, Dustin, Eddie, Steve, and Robin debrief the plan with Nancy.
(Nancy: "Phase three?") "Me and Eddie draw the bats away."
Dustin, Steve, Nancy, and Robin returning to the Munson trailer to enter the Upside Down.
After Steve enters the Upside Down, Dustin and the others go to take turns to enter the alternate dimension.
Dustin landing on a mattress after entering the Upside Down.
Before splitting up, Dustin and Eddie are told by Steve to just keep the bats occupied and to abort if things go wrong.
Dustin and Eddie telling Steve they'll just let him and the girls do the heroics.