Will stands his ground against the shadow
Alone on the field with Bob's words in his head, Will stops running and shouts at the towering shadow to go away, and it turns on him.
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Mike asks Joyce about the shadow monster
Mike turns up at the Byers house to see Will, Joyce fobs him off, and he asks point blank whether this is about the shadow monster.
Will tells Mike the shadow monster is inside him
Will explains his link to the shadow monster and his now-memories; Mike reframes it as a chance to spy on the thing and stop it.
Will remembers Mike but not Hopper
The doctor tests Will's memory: he knows his friend in the photo but not the man who carried him out, and says the soldiers upset something.
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.