Does Stranger Things’ Mike know about Will’s crush? Coming out explained

latest episodes of stranger things Season five tackles Will’s sexuality – but does Mike now know about his best friend’s crush on him?

period final season part 2airing Thursday, December 25, Will (Noah Schnapp) cannot help against Vecna ​​(Jamie Campbell Bower) until he reveals a secret to his loved ones.

“I’m not telling any of you this because I don’t want you to think of me differently, but the truth is I’m different. I just pretend I’m different because I don’t want to be,” Will told the group. “I want to be like everyone else. I want to be like my friends, and I’m just like you. I’m just like you in almost every way.”

He continued: “We like milk sugar with butter in our popcorn, we like drinking Cokes and Pop Rocks, we like bike racing, trading comics, NASA, Steve Martin, Lucky Charms, pretty much all the same. I just – I don’t like girls.”

Will hints that he has a “crush on someone” even though he knows “they’re not like” him, which the audience knows Mentioning his feelings for Mike (Finn Wolfhard). The camera pans to Mike’s face, but it’s unclear whether he understands what Will is implying in his speech.

Creator Ross Duffer Confirm Mike Knowing Will’s crush on him.

“That was the intention. Once Will talked about Tammy and all of that and his experience,” Ross told people Thursday. “For the first time, Mike and his friends now realize and understand what his friends were saying, even though Mike has been somewhat forgetful over the years.”

Ross gave a glimpse into Mike’s mental state, adding, “He documented what Will was feeling over the years. It was about Will learning who he was, reducing his fears and expressing himself to all his friends and family.”

when stranger things When the show premiered in 2016, viewers learned that Will was a child who suddenly disappeared in Hawkins, Indiana. The character was mostly off-screen until he escaped from the Upside Down At the end of Season 1.

As things around him change and the Upside Down returns, Will struggles to return to his normal life. Discussions about Will’s sexuality came to light in season three, when he got into a fight with Mike.

When fans keep questioning Is the fourth season confirmed? Regarding Will’s sexuality, Schnapp noted that he liked the ambiguity of the character’s love life.

“I feel like (creators Ross and Matt Duffer) never really addressed the issue and openly spoke out about Will’s situation,” he told Variety in a 2022 interview. “I think that’s the beauty of it, it depends on the viewer’s interpretation of whether Will just refuses to grow up and grows up slower than his friends, or whether he’s actually gay.”

Actors praised the way stranger things allow His feelings about romance will be explored. “I find that people do label him and just wonder, really wonder, ‘Oh, that’s it.'” He’s just lost and growing. That’s what it means to be a kid,” Schnapp added.

his partner Millie Bobby Brown It also praised the show’s handling of Will’s story over the years. “All I can say is, it’s 2022 and we don’t have to put labels on things. I think what’s really great about Will’s character is that he’s just a human being going through his own personal demons and issues,” she shared in a joint interview. “A lot of kids don’t know, and that’s okay. It’s okay not to know. It’s okay not to label things.”

She continued: “Noah is such a great character to play. He’s such a role model for kids who don’t know what they went through growing up.”

stranger things Currently streaming on Netflix.