Stranger Things 3 Trailer Breakdown: 13 Things You Need To See
9. Poor Will Byers
Look, of all of the characters on this show who deserve to be cut some slack, Will Byers is (by far) the most deserving.
The poor kid was essentially reduced to a MacGuffin in season one, being sucked into the Upside Down almost immediately and remaining there until the final episode of the season. Season 2 gave him a much more prominent role with a lot more screentime, but that was because we found out he was actually infected and possessed by the Mind Flayer.
In this new trailer, we get a few glimpses of Will getting to relax and finally just be a kid again but then they go and hit us with the emotional wallop. The shot of Will looking remorsefully at old pictures of the gang as Mike says, "We're not kids anymore. I mean what did you think? We were just going to sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?", seemingly from inside an eroding Castle Byers as rain pours down on him, is just too much to put this kid through again.
Dear Duffer Bros., please, leave Will alone. He's been through enough.