‘Stranger Things’ bombed by reviews, Will’s coming out is worst-rated episode

Viewers express dissatisfaction with season 5 stranger things Bombarded with reviews of the show – especially Will’s coming out episode.

The second part of the fifth and final season premieres Thursday, December 25, on The Bridge show will (Noah Schnapp) discusses his sexual orientation Before the group sets off to take down Vecna, the show’s biggest villain, he spends time with his loved ones (Jamie Campbell Bower).

“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 “have a crush on someone” Even though he knows “they’re not like” him, the audience knows this refers to his feelings for Mike (Finn Wolfhard).

In the days after the exciting episode aired, the season’s score on fan-driven Rotten Tomatoes dropped from 70 to 56%. The show’s audience ratings in past seasons have mostly been 90, with the lowest rating being 89%.

A campaign was also launched specifically for the penultimate episode, and based on user feedback, IMDb listed “The Bridge” as the show’s lowest-rated episode, with a score of 5.4 out of 10. More than 96,000 users have reviewed “The Bridge,” compared with less than 50,000 ratings for the other episodes this season.

Review bombing is a tactic previously used by disgruntled fans, targeting shows such as: Star Wars: The Acolyte, The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power, Bridgerton and more below to try to be more inclusive on screen. Cast members of the aforementioned shows have spoken out about being targeted with racist, sexist and homophobic comments on social media as a side effect of comment bombing.

other stranger things However, fans Criticized the second half of season five Find out how it wraps up the show’s biggest storyline yet. Meanwhile, Will’s big moment has been years in the making, with the character playing a key role since the show premiered in 2016.

role aMostly off-screen until He escaped the Upside Down at the end of season one. As things around him change and monsters from the Upside Down return, Will struggles to return to normal life. Discussions about Will’s sexual orientation came to light in season three, when he got into a fight with Mike.

When fans questioned whether Will’s sexual orientation would be confirmed in season 4, Schnapp, 21, noted that he Love the ambiguity of his 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 2022. “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.”

The actor praised this approach stranger things Let Will explore his feelings about romance. “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.”