Joyce tells Jonathan that Will is talking through the lights
Joyce begs the flickering lamps to answer; Jonathan calls it bad wiring and asks his mother to stop and sleep.
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10 moments.
Joyce remembers Will the Wise and the green fireballs
A memory at the graveside: young Will explains why a wise wizard still needs fireballs, and Joyce promises new crayons because they look like cabbages.
Joyce remembers Will and Poltergeist
Castle Byers password, a surprise movie night and a witch voice: Joyce's memory of Will, cut against her calling for him in an empty house.
Karen tells Mike he can talk to her; Mike checks on El
Mike fakes sick and his mom answers with tenderness instead of anger, then he opens the closet to find El shaken and asking if everything is okay.
Joyce tells Jonathan he is not alone
At the station Joyce lays into Jonathan for hunting the monster himself and reminds him he has a family.
Joyce tells Will to stop apologizing
Driving Will to his appointment, Joyce reminds him there's nothing to be nervous about and that she'll be in the room the whole time.
No more secrets: Joyce shows Will the shape from the tape
Joyce matches the shape on the Halloween video to Will's drawing, says she thinks the episodes are real, and asks him to stop hiding things.
Will admits the thing got him; Joyce's promise
Will describes the shadow as a feeling he still carries everywhere, and Joyce swears nothing bad will ever happen to him again.
Will has to be put to sleep
With the lab overrun, Mike argues Will is a spy for the shadow monster. Joyce asks her screaming son if he knows her before holding him down to sedate him.
Joyce's rainbow ship: the crayon memory
Joyce reminds Will of his eighth birthday, the box of 120 colours and the spaceship drawing she hung at work and showed to everyone.