The fourth season of Netflix's megahit, Stranger Things, was a roller coaster of emotions for the cast and for the fans of the series. Perhaps the most emotional moments came from Mike Wheeler and Will Byers, and now the writers of the series have offered a behind-the-scenes look at one of their key scenes together.
Just as important as the action and horror in Stranger Things are the friendships—and sometimes more than friendships—that spring up between the characters involved in the series. One such relationship is that between Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) and Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), friends when the series began and now even more than that since the writers of the series are indicating an unrequited affection for Mike from Will Byers as they mature.
Stranger Things season 4 featured a scene where Will finally tells Mike how important he is by using Eleven as an emotional proxy. He tells Mike how much he means to Eleven by using her as a stand-in for his own thoughts and feelings about his friend, and it’s just as devastating to read as it was to watch. From Will's heartfelt words to Jonathan seeing the truth beneath his brother’s thin lies to Mike remaining oblivious to Will's double meaning, it’s all there in black and white in script pages shared by the Stranger Things writers.
Will Byers was the catalyst for the entire series to kick off when he ran afoul of the first monster to emerge from the Upside Down, which audiences came to know as the Demogorgon. Now audiences know there’s a whole demo-menagerie with Demobats, Demodogs, and a couple of the other nasties from the netherworld. Will was snatched and planted in the other side, where he ran and hid and got very sick while his friends tried to figure out a way to rescue him and he feebly communicated with them by blinking Christmas lights strung around his house.
Now Will, with his permanent Dorothy Hamill haircut, has turned to Mike Wheeler along with the rest of his friends. Unlike the rest of the gang, however, he’s long had another feeling for Mike, who, through his blind devotion to his first and only love, Eleven, hasn’t noticed and it’s made Will feel almost as bad as when he’d been belching up slugs from the Upside Down.
Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are now streaming on Netflix.
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