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Stranger Things features its fair share of supernatural events, but even weirder than the Upside Down or a little girl with telekinetic powers is the fact that two major characters in the show have not properly interacted until the recently released season 5.
We're talking about fan-favorite Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) and the forever traumatized Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), who have finally directed words at each other in episode 3 of the new season. Some fan accounts have noted this strange fun fact from the Netflix show, with viewers commenting that it's "crazy that it hasn't happened before". Hawkins is really not that big!
Some fans on Reddit did point out last year that both characters have a group interaction early in season 3, when Steve let the gang in the back of Scoops so they could sneak into the theater. However, Steve talked to the whole group, not to Will specifically, so the point still stands – two of the most important characters in Stranger Things have never had an actual one-on-one conversation until now.
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Mireia MullorContributing WriterMireia is a UK-based culture journalist and critic. She previously worked as Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy, and her work as a freelance writer has appeared in WeLoveCinema and Spanish magazines Fotogramas, Esquire, and Elle. She is also a published author, having written a book about Studio Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' in 2023. Talking about anime and musicals is the best way to grab her attention.
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