- [a frightened Eddie pins Steve to the wall with a broken bottle to his throat]
- Dustin Henderson: Eddie! Eddie! It's me. It's Dustin. This is Steve. He's not gonna hurt you, right, Steve?
- Steve Harrington: Right. Yeah.
- Dustin Henderson: Steve, why don't you drop the oar?
- [Steve does so, but Eddie holds the broken bottle closer to Steve's throat]
- Dustin Henderson: He's cool. He's cool.
- Steve Harrington: [choked] I'm cool, man. I'm cool.
- Eddie Munson: What are you doing here?
- Dustin Henderson: We're looking for you.
- Robin Buckley: We're here to help.
- Dustin Henderson: Eddie, these are my friends. You know Robin, from band.
- [She imitates playing the trumpet]
- Dustin Henderson: This is my friend Max. The one who never wants to play D&D.
- [Max gives Eddie a half-hearted wave]
- Dustin Henderson: Eddie, we're on your side. I swear on my mother. Right, guys?
- Max Mayfield: Yes. Yes, we swear.
- Robin Buckley: On Dustin's mother.
- Steve Harrington: Yeah, Dustin's... Dustin's mother.
- [after a tense pause, Eddie finally releases Steve]
- Murray Bauman: Then he probably met some new friends. And by friends, I mean the KGB. And believe me when I tell you, these people are the worst of the worst. I am talking torture, Joyce. And no matter how strong you think Jim is, they will break him. They will get his whole life story. And yes, that might very well include a planned date at Enzo's with you, his co-conspirator, making this all an elaborate ruse to capture you as well.
- Joyce Byers: You just made all that up.