Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. It's a hugely cathartic moment for Will, who has been carrying a secret he believes the series' villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) can use against him.

The fourth season of Stranger Things confirmed something that fans of the series had long suspected: that Will Byers ( Noah Schnapp ), the awkward Hawkins, Indiana, kid whose disappearance in Season 1 was the catalyst for this nearly decade-long journey into the Upside Down, is gay.

The global hit Stranger Things is nearing its end. Find out what to expect from the final episode of the final season.

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 released on Netflix amid a lot of expectations. Though the new episodes dug deeper into themes like relationships and identity, Noaf Schnapp as Will Byers' coming out scene holds a major keay for the final fight against Vecna.

Season 5 of Stranger Things came back with its second batch of episodes that featured a major breakup, possible deaths — and Will opening up about his sexuality. The second part of the show's final season premiered on Thursday,

Ever since “Stranger Things” first debuted on Netflix in 2016, it was evident that Noah Schnapp‘s Will Byers was different from his friends. His own father derisively called him queer, as his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) recounts early in Season 1.

Buckle up, because now that Volume 2 of Stranger Things season 5 is out in the world, we're barreling towards the series finale on New Year's Eve. Based on what the showrunners and stars have to say about the 2-hour, 8-minute "The Rightside Up," the story is fully dialed up to 11.