Key Highlights
- The episode, titled "The Bridge," features Will Byers coming out as gay to his family and friends just before the group’s final battle with Vecna, the antagonist.
- Matt and Ross Duffer, known as the Duffer Brothers, told Variety the "honest truth" is that they did not see the outrage coming."Because it is, as Ross said, something we’ve been building for a really long time.
- I always say, Ross and I are many things, but subtle is not one of those things!" Matt said.
- 'STRANGER THINGS' STAR, 22, STILL LIVES AT HOME WITH PARENTS DESPITE HOLLYWOOD SUCCESS Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer attend the "Stranger Things 5: The Finale" fan screenings at AMC The Americana at Brand 18 in Glendale, California, on Wednesday.
- (Jerod Harris/ for Netflix) The brothers said they had been planting seeds for the scene throughout the series and spent more time writing it than any other, noting they were "so concerned about getting it right." NETFLIX SET TO AIR TRANSGENDER COAL MINER FILM 'QUEEN OF COAL' IN DECEMBERThe episode is now the series’ lowest-rated installment on IMDb, receiving a 5.6 out of 10.
