The vault is open
Vests on, doors ready, hostages three steps back: the gang prepares to trigger the alarm on purpose.
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7 moments.
The shark theory: the monster hunts by blood
Awake at night, Nancy and Jonathan reason that the creature hunts alone and smells blood, and decide to test it; then Karen walks in.
Nancy and Jonathan map the monster and decide to kill it
Over a map of every sighting, Nancy and Jonathan realise the creature stays within a mile, and Jonathan loads a gun rather than take another photo.
Nancy calls Barb's mother from a payphone
After a stiff run-in with Karen at the store, Nancy phones Mrs. Holland and arranges a secret meeting, warning that the line is dangerous.
Murray's plan: water the story down
Diluting his vodka gives Murray the idea to make the truth tolerable, a lab leak scary but familiar enough to take Barb's killers down.
Will sees the shadow monster's weak spot
Mike waits impatiently and Hopper is kept out, then Will comes to with a vision and says he knows how to stop the shadow monster.
Joyce decides: we have to kill it
No one trusts the military to stop this. Joyce says she wants to kill it, Hopper agrees, and Mike points out the one person connected to the thing is Will.