Will's first appearance as he plays Dungeons & Dragons with his friends.
Will,
Lucas, and
Dustin leaving
Mike's house after their campaign came to an abrupt conclusion.
Will informing Mike he scored a low number during the campaign before he heads home.
Lucas, Dustin, and Will riding their bikes home.
Will and Dustin briefly racing each other home on their bikes.
Will continuing to ride his bike home.
Will's bike light goes out moments before he suddenly crashes.
After crashing his bike, Will sees a monstrous figure approaching him.
Upon arriving home, Will looks out a window and sees the monster approaching.
Will rushing to the phone to call for help.
Will attempting to call for help, only to find the phone not working.
Will seeing the front door being telekinetically unlocked.
Will taking cover outside in a shed.
Will looking for bullets to load his rifle with.
With his gun loaded, Will aims it at the door, ready to face the monster.
Armed, Will hears the monster lurking behind him.
Will looking at the monster moments before he vanishes into thin air.
Will with his mother in a flashback.
Will being tickled by his mom.
Will listening to music with his older brother,
Jonathan.
Will hearing his parents argue as Jonathan closes his bedroom door.
Will and Jonathan continuing to listen to the Clash.
Will speaking to Joyce through an enclosed portal.
Before the portal disappears, Will is told by his mom to run and hide after she promises to find and save him.
In a flashback, Will draws his Dungeons & Dragons character, Will the Wise.
Will talking to his mom about his D&D character.
Will chuckling when his mom comments his characters looks he's firing cabbages due to coloring his fireballs green.
Will singing "Should I Stay or Should I Go".
Will hearing a roar outside Castle Byers.
Will moments before the Demogorgon finds and abducts him again.
Sometime after being rescued from the Upside Down, Will sleeps in a hospital at Hawkins.
Will waking up, finding his mom and brother sitting by his bedside.
Will reuniting with his mom and older brother in the hospital.
"Are you okay?"-Will noticing Jonathan having his hand bandaged up.
After Jonathan assures him that he's fine, Will watches his brother go to show him some stuff he can do as he recovers.
Will receiving a new mixtape from his brother.
A month later, Will plays Dungeons & Dragons.
Will playing a D&D campaign with his friends.
Will hearing Mike announce the opponent is a thessalhydra.
Will having rolled the dice, scoring a fourteen.
Will hearing he managed to strike a direct hit to the thessalhydra.
Will, Dustin, and Lucas cheering after they won.
Will and his friends resuming their campaign.
(Lucas: "And the proud princess?") "And those weird flowers in the cave?"
Will smiling when he sees Jonathan has arrived.
Will saying goodbye to his friends as he leaves with Jonathan to go home.
Will and Jonathan wishing Mrs. Wheeler a Merry Christmas.
Will and Jonathan seeing Nancy approaching them as she goes to give Jonathan a present.
Will and Jonathan getting in the car.
"Can I open it?"-Will asking if he can open Jonathan's present.
After returning home, Will sits by the Christmas tree, checking his presents.
Sitting at the table with his family, Will tells them he theorizes one of his presents to be an Atari.
Will going to excuse himself from the table.
(Joyce: "Hey! No more snooping.") "No, I forgot to wash my hands. I'll be right back."
Will vomiting out of an alien slug.
Will washing the slug down the sink's drain.
A nauseous Will looking at his reflection.
Will suddenly having a vision of the Upside Down.
Will snapping back to reality.
Will walking back to the dining room.
(Joyce: "Are you okay?") "Yeah, I'm okay."
Will going to eat his dinner.
Will and his family eating dinner and celebrating Christmas together.
Will in deep thought while driving to Hawkins Lab.
Will and his mom meeting with Hopper at the lab's parking lot.
Will, Joyce, and Hopper walking to enter the lab.
Will standing on a weight scale.
Will having red dots drawn on his face.
Will as brain sensors are placed around his head.
Will being asked by Dr. Owens what his favorite candy is.
Under his mom's advice, Will answers he likes Reese's Pieces.
Will beginning his session with Dr. Owens.
Will describing the storm he saw during his episode last night.
When asked by Owens if the evil wanted to kill him, Will says it didn't want to kill him, but everyone else.
After his session, Will waits in a hallway as his and Hopper talk to Dr. Owens.
Will, Joyce, and Hopper leaving the lab.
Will sitting in his room.
Will as Jonathan sits next to him.
Will working on a drawing of himself as "Zombie Boy".
When Jonathan asks if somebody called him "Zombie Boy", Will snaps at his brother.
(Jonathan: "What are you talking about?") "Mom, Dustin, Lucas, everyone!"
Will revealing how frustrated he is over how everyone is constantly worried and overprotective of him.
Will talking to his brother who supports the fact he is different from others.
Will asking Jonathan why he always hangs out with him, which he answers he considers him his best friend.
Will being comforted by Jonathan who tells him that it is okay to be different.
After their mom's boyfriend
Bob Newby comments on he likes Kenny Rogers, Will and Jonathan burst into laughter.
Will eating popcorn as he watches Mr. Mom with his family and Bob.
Will in the bathroom later that night.
After using the bathroom, Will experiences another episode.
Back in the Upside Down, Will sees a violent storm being conjured up as red lightning flashes in the sky.
Will suddenly getting a strange feeling on the back of his neck as his skin gets covered in goosebumps.
Will entering the Upside Down as he exits out of his house.
Will noticing a giant silhouette through the storm.
Will horrified to see a gigantic shadow-like creature.
The next morning, Will awkwardly tells his mom he just finished going to the bathroom.
Will being helped by his mom in putting his Halloween costume on.
When Joyce finds a drawing of the shadow creature he encountered last night, Will lies, claiming it is a sketch for a story.
A photograph of Will dressed as a Ghostbuster.
Another photo of Will aiming his proton blaster.
Will in Jonathan's car as they go to the Wheeler house.
Will defending Bob when Jonathan expresses a disdain towards him.
Will pointing out he can't go trick-or-treating by himself as Mike's sister won't be accompanying him.
Upon arriving at Mike's house, Will becomes happy when Jonathan allows him to go trick-or-treating by himself and with his friends.
Will promising Jonathan to be back at Mike's house by nine o'clock.
Will going to catch with his friends at the next house to trick-or-treat at.
Will startled when a costumed teen menacingly calls him "Zombie Boy".
Will getting picked on and scared by a bunch of older kids.
Will on the ground after getting scared by the older kids.
When he recovers, Will realizes he's in the Upside Down again.
After getting up, Will starts calling out for Mike as he experiences his episode.
Will suddenly hearing chirping sounds echoing through the Upside Down.
Suddenly, Will sees something moving in the distance.
Will horrified to see a gigantic, living shadow creature heading towards him.
Will hiding from the shadow monster.
Will and Mike sitting together in the Wheelers' basement.
Will describing the living shadow monster he saw to Mike.
Will being cheered by Mike who reveals how much he misses Eleven and he believes he's going crazy as well.
Will and Mike in deep thought after their talk.
The next day, Will helps search for his mom's car keys.
Will and Jonathan hearing Bob managing to find their mom's car keys.
Will hearing Bob offer to take him to school, which he accepts.
Will motivated and inspired to face his own fears after a talk with Bob.
Will grossed out as he holds D'Artagnan.
Will and his friends talking about D'Artagnan "Dart".
Mike and Will listening to Dustin describe Dart.
Will and Mike noticing Dart having a strange growth.
Will realizing Dart is from the Upside Down due being similar to the slug he vomitted.
Will and Mike stopping their friends from showing Dart to Mr. Clark.
Will and Mike explaining to Dustin and Lucas how the slug Will vomited last year looked similar to Dart.
Will as Dustin refuses to believe Dart is dangerous despite coming from the Upside Down.
The boys scared when Dart starts screeching inhumanly while inside the ghost trap.
Upon releasing Dart, Will and Mike are shocked to see Dart sprout hind legs.
Will using his supercom, or walkie talkie, as he and his friends look for Dart.
Will finds Dart in a bathroom stall.
Will running out of the bathroom when Dart scares him.
Will noticing the lights flickering all of the sudden.
Will having another episode of the Upside Down.
Will terrified to see the Mind Flayer approaching him.
Will running in the hallway as the Mind Flayer pursues him.
Will runs out of the school as the Mind Flayer keeps pursuing him.
However, upon remember what Bob told about confronting his fears, Will stops running.
Will deciding to confront the Mind Flayer in order to get him to leave him alone.
Will yelling at the Mind Flayer to leave him alone, only for it to ignore him.
When the Mind Flayer traps Will in one of his pockets, it begins to possess him.
Back in the real world, Will stands motionless on the P.E. field.
Will being held by the shoulder by a concerned Mike.
Will trying to be woken up by his mom.
In the Upside Down, Will gets possessed by the shadow monster.
Will motionless as his mom tries to wake him up.
Will as the shadow monster enters his body through his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
Will instantly waking up back to the real world after the shadow monster finishes possessing him.
Will and his mom leaving the school.
After arriving home, Will lies to his mom what he was doing on the school playground.
Will surprised when his mom shows him a sketch of the shadow monster she drew from his video tape.
Will being begged by his mom to be honest with her as she wants to help him.
When asked by Joyce if he saw the shadow monster at school, Will nods his head yes.
Will crying as he explains his attempts to get the monster to leave him alone and how the creature entered his body.
Will being embraced by his mother.
Will being comforted by his mom who promises to not let anything happen to him.
Later that night, Will and Joyce sleep together.
Will approaching his mom the next morning.
Will being asked by his mom how he's feeling.
Will with a thermometer in his mouth.
After his mom checks his temperature, Will listens to her suggest taking a bath.
Will approaching the bathtub, ready to take his bath.
Will growing afraid as he's having a reaction to the bath's hot water and steam.
Will refusing to have a hot bath, claiming "he" likes it cold.
Will sitting in his room, wearing no shirt as his body is not affected by the cold temperatures.
Will and Joyce explaining the shadow monster to Hopper.
Will asked by Hopper if the monster talks to him.
"No, I just...I just know."
Will getting further questioned by Hopper.
Will explaining that due to his connection to the monster, he is experiencing memories every second which he dubs as "now-memories."
Will being asked by his mom to explain his "now-memories."
"Growing. Spreading. Killing."
Will being asked by his mom if he's referring to his "now-memories".
Unsure how to answer his mom's and Hopper's questions, Will breaks down in his mom's arms.
Will hearing his mom suggest a different solution to describe his "now-memories".
Will drawing his now-memories.
Will coloring and drawing his now-memories super fast.
Will continuing to draw his now-memories nonstop.
Will going to drop a drawing to a pile of other drawings on the floor.
Will describing to Mike what he sees and feels through his connection with the shadow monster.
Will saying he can feel the shadow monster's presence not only in the Upside Down, but on Earth too.
Will also saying he feels the Mind Flayer in him too.
Will explaining how he can feel the Mind Flayer spreading his presence throughout Hawkins.
Will explaining to Mike how he now always remembers the Mind Flayer's memories with forgetting them.
Will hearing Mike comment him on being like a spy in order to cheer him up.
Will hearing Mike suggest they can use his connection to the Mind Flayer as an advantage to defeat him.
Will and Mike looking at the drawing of the Mind Flayer as Will worries the monster will also use the connection to spy on them too.
Will being assured by Mike that they won't let the Mind Flayer spy back at them.
Will drawing Hopper's location.
The next morning, Will wakes up from a vision.
Will looking scared and worried.
Will telling his mom that he just saw Hopper in his vision.
"I think he's in trouble. I think he's going to die."
Will having finished his drawing.
Will, Joyce, and Mike showing Bob the drawings so he can help them find Hopper.
Will and Mike watching Bob going to pull Joyce aside so he can talk to her in private.
Will and Mike surprised when Bob reveals the drawings all over the house are a map of Hawkins.
Will in shock after learning all of his drawings form a map of Hawkins.
Will and Mike above the tunnels as they wait for Joyce and Bob to rescue Hopper.
Will and Mike are surprised when vehicles from Hawkins Lab approach them.
Will and Mike surrounded by scientists and agents who have come to investigate the tunnels and rescue Hopper, Joyce, and Bob.
Will suddenly collapsing to the ground.
Will on the ground, in pain.
Will suddenly starts convulsing violently.
Will's convulsion being witnessed by scientists and agents.
Will being brought to Hawkins Lab as he continues to scream in pain.
Will going to be treated by Dr. Owens as Mike and Joyce watch in concern.
(Female doctor: "Where does it hurt, Will?") "Everywhere!"
Will having been sedated by the doctors.
Will, Joyce, and Bob waiting as Owens and his colleagues have a meeting.
Will watching his mom and Bob talk to the armed guards.
Will staring blankly and coldly.
Will being snapped back to reality by Mike.
(Mike: "Are you hurting again?") "I saw something."
"The shadow monster. I think I know how to stop him."
Will's unconscious body lying on the sofa with Jonathan by his side.
Will sleeping on the coach as his family and friends decide to interrogate him to figure out how to kill the Mind Flayer.
Will lying down on his bed.
Will asleep as his family and friends formulate a plan to exorcise the Mind Flayer out of him.
An unconscious Will going to be placed on a sofa when his mom, brother, and Nancy arrive at Hopper's cabin.
Will's unconscious body being picked up by Jonathan again.
Will being placed on a mattress by his brother.
Will having been tied to the mattress.
A month later, Will and his mom dance together.
Will and his mom being filmed by Jonathan.
Will glancing at Jonathan as the latter records him and their mom.
Will, Lucas, and Max on the dance floor.
In the summer of 1985, Will, Max, and Lucas meet up with Mike at Starcourt Mall.
Will, Lucas, and Mike walking through the mall.
Will and his friends sneaking through the mall's back hallways.
Will, Mike, Lucas, and Max going to find seats.
Will and Mike sitting together in the theater.
Will watching Day of the Dead.
Will and Mike disappointed when the movie suddenly stops playing.
When the movie starts playing again, due to the mall having a power outage, Will and his friends are satisfied.
Will suddenly having a familiar sense on the back of his neck.
When Mike asks if he's okay, Will, brushing off his sensing, assures him he's fine.
The next day, after Jonathan spends the night with his girlfriend, Nancy, Will vows to never fall in love.
Will at the breakfast table.
Will and his friends reaching the top of Weathertop.
Will, Max, and Lucas exhausted.
Will, Lucas, Max, and Dustin building Cerebro.
Will, Lucas, Max, and Dustin lifting Cerebro upwards after they finish building it.
Will, Lucas, Max, and Dustin looking over the newly built Cerebro ham radio.
Will, Max, and Lucas waiting for Dustin to get in touch with his girlfriend, Suzie.
Will sleeping as he waits for Dustin to contact Suzie.
"Maybe Cerebro doesn't work."
Will watching Lucas talk to Max.
Will watching Lucas trying to please his girlfriend before she reveals she was just teasing him.
Will watching Max and Lucas leave Weathertop.
Will telling Dustin he's going home too as it's getting late.
Will inviting Dustin to play Dungeons & Dragons with him sometime.
Will, Mike, and Lucas arriving at Starcourt Mall.
Will accompanying his friends to shop for an apology gift for El.
Will and Mike looking at jewelry.
Will, Mike, and Lucas leaving Zales after being told the teddy bear pendant costs $300.
Will, Mike, and Lucas walking through the mall.
Will, Lucas, and Mike coming across a store that sells women's undergarments.
Will shocked to see women's undergarments.
Will, Lucas, and Mike about to run off.
Will, Mike, and Lucas smelling some perfume samples.
Will upset when Mike and Lucas refuse to play D&D after they fail to find and buy a good apology gift for El.
Will, Mike, and Lucas going to remove their bikes from the mall's bike rack.
Will, Mike, and Lucas shocked to see El and Max at the mall.
Will seeing Lucas uncomfortable when Mike lies to El why he's at the mall.
Will watching Mike and Lucas.
Will seeing Lucas play along with Mike's lie.
Will watching Mike and Lucas lie to the girls on why they're at the mall.
Will watching Lucas explain how shopping at Starcourt is expensive.
Will, Lucas, and Mike confused and shocked after the girls break up with them.
Will, Lucas, and Mike watching the girls leaving the mall by boarding a bus.
Later, Will, Lucas, and Mike are being watched by El.
Will as Lucas talks to a disheartened Mike.
Will setting up a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
"They broke up with you! What else is there to talk about?"
Will disgusted when Mike burps.
The next day, Will wakes up Mike and Lucas.
Will after his argument with Mike.
Will looking and going through childhood memories.
Will realizing he can't get his childhood back.
Will angry and sad that he can't catch up to the childhood he lost, suffering a breakdown.
Will destroying Castle Byers during his emotional breakdown.
After destroying Castle Byers, Will breaks down crying.
Will sensing the Mind Flayer.
Will checking his surroundings.
Will searching his surroundings before Mike and Lucas show up.
The next morning, Will, Lucas, and Mike try to contact the girls to inform them of the Mind Flayer's return.
Will hearing Dustin is not answering Lucas's calls.
Will watching Lucas trying to contact Dustin.
Later, when the girls show up, Will and his friends discuss in the basement.
"The first time I felt it was at Day of the Dead."
"And then I felt it again at the field near the Nelson farm the next day."
"Then, again yesterday outside Castle Byers."
(Max: "What does it feel like?") "It's like...You know when drop on a roller coaster?"
"Everything inside your body is just sinking all at once."
"But this is worse. Your body goes cold and you can't breathe."
"I've felt it before whenever he was close."
(Max: "Whenever who was close?") "The Mind Flayer."
(El: "I closed the gate.") "I know, but...What if he never left? What if we locked him out here with us?"
Will doing a quick sketch of the Mind Flayer.
Will demonstrating his possession and exorcism of the Mind Flayer to his friends with the pastel from his drawing.
"My mom got it out of me and Eleven closed the gate. But the part that was in me, what if it's still in our world?"
Will theorizing if the Mind Flayer's back and in Hawkins, it would have possessed somebody else by now.
Later, Will and his friends watch Billy at the community pool after El and Max reveal he has been acting strange lately.
(Max: "But he's lounging at the pool which is like the least Mind Flayer thing ever.") "Not necessarily."
"The Mind Flayer. He likes to hide. He only used me when he needed me."
"It's like...like you're dormant, but then, when he needs you, you're activated."
(Mike: "What if he hurts someone?") "Or kills someone?"
Will hearing Mike propose they need an alternative to find out if Billy's possessed by the Mind Flayer.
Will and Lucas following Mike into the men's room.
Will and Lucas hearing Mike come up with a plan.
Will, Mike, and Lucas entering the pool's gym.
Will, Mike, and Lucas walking towards a sauna.
Will, Lucas, and Mike disgusted when they open the sauna.
Will, Lucas, and Mike checking the sauna's thermometer which reaches 220 degrees.
Will and Lucas about to go into the pool's shed to get some supplies.
Will looking for supplies.
"It's fine, Lucas. You don't have to say anything."
Will brushing off Lucas's apology, telling they need to focus on Billy and the Mind Flayer.
"This should hold him."-Will finding and holding a chain.
Will, Mike, and Lucas come out of hiding when El pushes Billy into the sauna.
Will and his friends having trapped Billy in the sauna so they can see if he's possessed by the Mind Flayer.
Will waiting to see the results of Billy reacting to the sauna's heat.
"We're at 220."-Will having checked the sauna's temperature.
Will, Mike, and El hear Billy starting to cry.
Will, Mike, El, and Lucas look over Billy as he tearfully pleads with Max.
While Max tries to reassure Billy, Will touches his neck and realizes the Mind Flayer has taken control over Billy.
Will having told Mike that the Mind Flayer has activated and taken control over Billy.
After Lucas saves Max from being attacked by Billy, Will and his friends see the pool's gym's lights starting to flicker rapidly.
Will and his friends scared as they see Billy trying to break down the door.
Will and his friends seeing Billy has broken free from the sauna with his newfound strength.
Will and Mike watching El restrain Billy with her powers before he overpowers her.
Will horrified as he witnesses the possessed Billy strangling El before Mike saves her.
Will having seen El use her powers to throw the possessed Billy into a brick wall.
After recovering, Will and his friends watch the possessed Billy escape.
The next day, at the Wheeler house, Will watches El use her powers to locate Hopper and Joyce.
Will surprised to hear that his mom is with Hopper.
Will, Max, and Lucas confused with El's pronunciation of Illinois.
Will, Lucas, Max, and Mike hearing from El that Hopper and Joyce are heading to Illinois.
Will and Lucas listening to Mike point out that Dustin being MIA and Hopper and Joyce going to Illinois can't be a coincidence.
Will and Lucas hearing Mike point out that the Mind Flayer came back after being exorcised from Will.
Will thinking El might know a way to stop the Mind Flayer.
Will, Mike, and Lucas in deep thought.
Will, Mike, and Lucas seeing the girls are in the bathroom.
"That's what you're concerned about?!"-Will hearing Mike believe the girls are conspiring against him.
Will reminding Mike that El broke up with him.
Will, Mike, and Lucas after the girls reveal they can hear their conversation outside the bathroom.
Will and his friends arriving at the Holloway house.
Will watching El use her powers to open the front door after no one answers the doorbell.
Will, Lucas, El, and Max entering the empty Holloway house.
Upon finding destroyed, empty cleaning products, Will is asked by Max if he ever ate chemicals.
"No, this is something new."
Will, Mike, and Lucas recount a science lesson from Mr. Clarke how chemicals are mixed to create new substances.
Will hearing Lucas believe that the chemicals are not killing the Flayed because they are no longer human.]]
Will, El, Jonathan, and Nancy following a trail of blood to the Holloways' garage as they continue investigating.
When Nancy realizes there has to be source for the Flaying, Will hears El recount it has to be a place where the Mind Flayer did not want her to find.
Will and his friends listening to Nancy's plan to find the source of the Flaying, in order to stop the Mind Flayer.
Will suggests using Mrs. Driscoll to locate the source of the Flaying.
Will noticing the lights flicker rapidly.
Will looking at the flickering lights just as his friends begin to notice them.
Will and his friends witness the lights flickering.
"He's here."-Will sensing the Mind Flayer's presence.
Will and his friends deciding to use the stairs after finding the elevators don't work.
Will and his friends finding and saving Nancy from being killed by a monster made out of flesh and bones.
Will, Mike, and Max horrified at the sight of the monster.
Will watching the monster fall to the ground after El overpowers it.
Will and his friends running out of the hospital.
Will and his friends watching the monster's remains escape into a sewer.
Will at Hopper's cabin the next day.
Will, Jonathan, and Nancy trying to check in on the Flayed.
Will and Jonathan listening to Nancy attempting to call multiple farming companies to check in on the Flayed's activities.
Will, Jonathan, and Nancy confused over why the Flayed have not been doing any suspicious activity lately.
"Maybe they have all the chemicals they need."
"Maybe they've all turned into those...things?"
Will, Jonathan, and Nancy unable to figure out why the Flayed halted their activities.
Will seeing Mike and Max going to present their argument over El's independence.
Will watching Mike accuse Max of conspiring against him and sabotaging his relationship with El.
Will and Lucas listening to Mike and Max argue.
Will hearing Lucas remind Mike the dangers the Flayed possess.
"Transforming Into monsters."
Will watching Mike reveal to Lucas that their girlfriends spied on them.
Will hearing Max ask how her and El's spying is important right now.
Will seeing how angry Lucas and Mike are for their privacy intruded.
Will and Lucas watching Mike lose his temper with Max.
Will and Lucas watching Mike have an emotional breakdown.
Will and Lucas upon hearing Mike confess his worries for El's safety while revealing his love for her.
Will noticing El entering the room.
Will awkwardly looking away as El asks about the argument.
Will and Lucas in the cereal aisle of Bradley's Big Buy.
Will and Lucas in awe when they come across a fireworks display.
Will and Lucas finding lots of fireworks.
When Max finds them, Will hears Lucas reveal himself to be an expert with explosives.
Will hearing Lucas proclaim all of those fireworks blown up together will be like dynamite.
Will hearing Max reject Lucas's idea to use fireworks against the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Will hearing Lucas point out that El will need some backup against the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Will and Lucas starting to take some fireworks.
Later, Will and his friends catch up on what they've been doing and what encountered in the past few days.
"But if we close the gate again..."
Will, Lucas, Erica, Dustin, Jonathan, Max, and Steve seeing Murray show up with some papers.
Will and his friends coming up with a plan to sneak into the Russians' underground base in order to close the gate.
Will, Mike, and Lucas talking to Dustin
Will hearing Lucas admit to Dustin that they missed having him around.
Will, Mike, and Lucas telling Dustin that they truly missed him.
Will, Mike, Lucas, and Dustin reconciling with each other.
Will watching Dustin talk to Hopper, telling him that he needs to use his Cerebro in order to contact and guide him through the Russians' underground base.
Will and his mom talking before they split up.
When Joyce promises him he'll be safe, Will says he's more concerned about her than himself.
Will being embraced by his mom.
"Mom, that's enough. I can't breathe."
Will, Lucas, and Mike in Nancy's car as they try to leave Starcourt Mall.
Will watching Eleven volunteer to use her powers to lift the damaged car.
Will realizing the Mind Flayer has found them.
Will, Jonathan, Nancy, and Lucas hiding behind the car.
Will, Jonathan, and Nancy hiding from the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Will trembling in fear as he hides.
Will fearfully hiding from the Mind Flayer.
Will and Lucas running out of the mall.
Will and Lucas inside Nancy's car before they are saved by Steve and Robin.
Will, Lucas, Steve, and Robin listening to Dustin and his girlfriend,
Suzie Bingham sing
NeverEnding Story in awkward silence.
After returning to the mall, Will and Lucas save El by throwing fireworks at the Mind Flayer's avatar.
Will saying good-bye to his friends before leaving Hawkins.
Will and Jonathan sad as they leave Hawkins.
Will living in Lenora Hills, California on March 21, 1986.
Will working on a painting.
Will and Eleven walking in the hallways of the their new school.
In his history class, Will claps in an impartial manner after his classmate, Angela's presentation, knowing she doesn't care about people like Helen Keller.
When El is called up next to do her presentation, Will looks at her reassuringly.
Will watching El get up from her seat to do her presentation.
Will watching El do a presentation on Hopper.
Will feeling his ankle being touched by someone.
Will uncomfortable when a girl flirts with him.
Will seeing El getting upset as some of their classmates laugh at her presentation.
Will noticing Angela raising her hand during El's presentation.
Will hearing El reveal Hopper's sacrifice to the class, making their classmates feel remorse and guilt for their actions, except for Angela and her friends.
Will sadly looking at El, knowing she misses Hopper as he misses him too.
Will and El leaving class after the bell rings.
Will being brushed off by an upset El.
Will trying to reassure El as she walks away.
The next day, an excited Will sits with Jonathan at the airport to meet with Mike, who will be visiting them for spring break.
When Mike arrives at the airport, Will shares a quick hug with him.
Will, Jonathan, and El greeting and reuniting with Mike.
When Mike notices his painting in his hand, Will says it's just a project he's been working on.
Will, Jonathan, and El watching
Argyle seemingly giving Mike a hug.
Will, Eleven, Mike, Jonathan, and Argyle walking through the airport.
When Mike and El plan to spend the entire day together, Will begins feeling left out.
Will receiving glances from Mike and El when he expresses confusion over El having friends.
Will surprised to discover El has been lying to Mike about being friends with Angela.
Will watching and listening to Mike and El plan to spend the whole day together.
Will, Eleven, Mike and Argyle leaving the airport.
After skating for a little bit, Will, Mike, and El sit at a table.
Upon seeing Angela and her friends skate up to him and his friends, Will grows alarmed and worried for El.
Will staring at Angela when she requests El to come with her.
Will and Mike watching El being forcibly dragged away by Angela.
Will watching Angela and her posse take El to the skating rink.
Noticing one of Angela's friends readying a video camera, Will realizes she's up to no good.
Will trying to explain to Mike that El has been lying to him.
"No. Listen. She's been having problems here."
Before he can explain the bullying El gets, Will and Mike suddenly notice the roller rink's DJ play a song which he "dedicates" to El.
Will looking at Mike as the latter is shocked to realize that he has been telling the truth.
Will watching El getting bullied by Angela as Mike angrily goes to confront the DJ.
Will sad to see El get humiliated by Angela and her cronies.
Will, El, and Mike eating risotto for dinner with Murray, Joyce, Jonathan, and Argyle.
Will, El, and Mike surprised when Joyce announces she has to go to Alaska tomorrow for a "conference" for her job.
Will annoyed when his high brother gets confused as he wasn't paying attention to their mother.
Will and El glaring at Mike after he offhandedly remarked how Angela didn't look fine, due still being mad over being lied to by El.
Will and Mike tensed and upset after a remorseful El leaves the dinner table.
Will, Jonathan, and Mike being told by the government agents that an entity from the Upside Down is murdering people in Hawkins.
Will as Mike questions where El is now due to the agents having rescued El from going to jail and getting rid of the charges against her.
"Our friends in Hawkins!"-Will objecting to be in the care of the government agents in the meantime.
Though Agent Stinson is unsure when El will get her powers back and promises to take care of the situation in Hawkins, Will and Jonathan are told not to tell anyone about it.
Will, Jonathan, and Mike hearing from Agent Stinson that other government factions led by Lt. Colonel Sullivan are hunting for El and they cannot risk contacting their friends for their own safety.
A reluctant Will being told by the agents to trust them.
Will and Jonathan watching Agent Stinson give Mike a letter from El before she leaves the boys in the care of her colleagues.
After escaping from Lt. Colonel Sullivan's men, Will helps tend to Agent Harmon's injuries.
Will and Jonathan hearing Agent Harmon say he doesn't want to go to a hospital.
After Harmon gives the boys a pen to contact and warn Dr. Owens, Will tries to get him to write the phone number down.
Will after seeing Agent Harmon die from his injuries.
Will seeing a car tailgating him and his friends.
"Argyle, Ar… Argyle, get off the road, now!"
(all three) "GET OFF THE ROAD!"
The next morning, Will, Mike, and Jonathan bury Harmon's corpse after telling Argyle the whole situation.
Will and Jonathan confused as Argyle rambles on everything they told him.
Will and Mike objecting to Argyle's idea to going to the police for help as they won't believe their story.
Will continuing to bury Harmon's corpse as his brother tries to talk to Argyle.
Will burying Harmon's corpse.
Will as Jonathan keeps trying to get Argyle's attention.
Will exhausted as Jonathan tries to calm Argyle.
Will and Mike looking at each other as Argyle continues to freak out.
Will watching Jonathan tell Argyle to go smoke some weed.
Will watching Argyle walk away.
"Jonathan! More weed? Is that really a good idea right now?"
Will looking at Mike, noticing how worried he looks.
Will knowing that Mike is worrying about El.
Mike and Will discussing if Agent Harmon had enough time to live, they would know where El is.
Will listening to Mike wish if he had express his feelings for El to her, then she would've taken him with her.
"Sometimes I think it's just scary to open up like that. To say how you really feel. Especially to people you care about the most. Because what if...what if they don't like the truth?"
Will staring at Mike as he consoles him.
Will and Mike's conversation being interrupted when Argyle asks for Agent Harmon's name as he wants to make a headstone for him.
Will and Mike sitting on a car.
Will hearing Mike question why Agent Harmon gave him a pen that didn't have any ink.
Will and Mike walking towards Argyle.
Will and Jonathan watching Mike open up the pen Agent Harmon had given them.
Will, Mike, and Jonathan discovering a small piece of paper that was inside the pen.
Will, Mike, and Jonathan discovering the paper contains the phone number to Nina, meaning they have a way at finding El.
The next day, after driving for hours, Will and his friends at Suzie's house.
Will, Argyle, Mike, and Jonathan being greeted by Suzie's younger brother, Cornelius.
Will, Argyle, and Jonathan witnessing Cornelius shoot a toy arrow at Mike's forehead.
Will and his friends entering the Bingham house.
Will and Mike seeing Argyle being infatuated with Suzie's older sister, Eden before she tells them where Suzie is.
Will, Argyle Mike, and Jonathan entering Suzie's bedroom.
Upon finding Suzie on the roof, Will and the others tell her they're friends of Dustin and that they need her help.
The next day, Will and Mike look over a map as they arrive in Nevada.
Will assuring Mike that they'll make it to Nina.
Will hearing Mike reveal his worries of El no longer needing him to take care of her.
"Of course, she'll still need you."
Will listening to Mike describe how he stumbled upon El in the forest many years ago.
Will hearing Mike voice his insecurities about himself and his relationship with El.
Will knowing Mike is scared of losing El.
Will giving Mike his painting to show it to him.
When asked by Mike if he did the painting, Will claims he did on El's commission.
Will talking about the portrayal of his painting to Mike.
Will comparing one of his paintings to Mike, reassuring his friend that he is the heart of their friend group.
Will indirectly talking himself and his feelings by using El to describe them to Mike.
Will motivating Mike to keep being the heart of the Party and stay by El's side no matter what.
After his talk with Mike, Will silently starts crying, knowing he can never reveal his feelings for his friend.
After learning Hawkins Lab's first test subject, One aka "Vecna" is behind the murder spree and their friends' plan to kill him, Will waits as Jonathan attempts to book a flight to Hawkins.
After finishing the call, Will, Mike, and Jonathan are disappointed that they can't book an immediate flight back to Hawkins.
Will, Mike, and Jonathan hearing El announce she has an idea to protect Max who is using herself as bait to draw Vecna.
Will listening and watching El describe how One/Vecna attacks his victims within their minds.
Will and Mike hearing that El can use her powers to enter Max's mind in order to fight Vecna.
After El says she needs a sensory deprivation tank in order to fight Vecna, Will listens to Mike describe what a sensory deprivation tank is to Argyle.
Will trying to think of a place to build a sensory deprivation tank.
Will and his friends discussing the requirements for a sensory deprivation tank.
Will, Mike, and Jonathan surprised when Argyle reveals he knows a place with 600 pounds of salt.
Mike and Will looking at each other as Argyle measures El's height.
Will and Mike about to leave the gas station so they can build a sensory deprivation tank at a destination Argyle has in mind.