Stranger Things Season 5 has one job: stick the landing, or risk a Game of Thrones-level meltdown. This is something everyone on the team is aware of.
Among the potential pitfalls the season can encounter is sidelining the characters’ personal arcs to favor the overarching theme of the season: taking down Vecna.
We’re very excited to see how the show handles Will’s sexuality after that momentous coming out moment in Season 4.
The show’s global popularity could’ve led to a watered-down arc, but that doesn’t seem to be the case if Noah Schnapp’s recent GQ comments are any indication.
While the publication did not publish his exact quote, they noted that Schnapp’s comments.
“Schnapp says that Will’s sexuality will come up again in the final season as a major plot point, but stops himself short of revealing anything further,” the sidebar statement reads.
For fans who’ve followed Will’s journey from the Upside Down to that van scene, this matters.
However, no one should celebrate early because shows have been known to mess up queer arcs, especially in the final season.
Stranger Things has managed to keep all the main characters alive for the entire run, but it might not remain like that in the final season. If they kill off Will, we’ll riot.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix‘Stranger Things’ Helped Noah Schnapp with His Sexuality
As viewers noticed Will’s disinterest in girls and increasing interest in his best friend Mike, Schnapp was also coming to terms with his sexuality.
He came out in 2023 in a TikTok video, highlighting the similarities between his journey and Will’s. “I guess I’m more similar to Will than I thought,” Schnapp captioned the TikTok post with his coming out video.
“But it didn’t just help find my own identity sexually. As a person, it taught me that it’s OK to be me, as everything that I am,” he said in the GQ interview. Schnapp added:
“And I think that’s what’s so special about our show, and what’s so special about Will. It doesn’t resonate with queer people, it resonates with all people who feel different.”
What Is ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 About?
Details about the much-anticipated final season have been kept under wraps, save for an official season description. It reads:
“The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown.
“Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread.
“The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”
Photo: Courtesy of NetflixThe plot teases a massive showdown as Vecna’s actual play is revealed and the gang makes one final effort to stop him.
If the Duffer Brothers deliver on both the monster mayhem and the emotional payoff, we might forgive them for that “Screaming Will” season.
Stranger Things Season 5 will release on Netflix across three premiere dates with Volume 1 on November 26 (four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes), and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each volume releases at 5 PM PT.
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