Stranger Things Season 2: 13 Big Questions We Need Answering

7. What's Going On With Will?

Stranger Things Season 2
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Will's disappearance was the catalyst for the entirety of Stranger Things Season 1, and was the through-line running across all eight episodes, right up until he was found and successfully brought back from the Upside Down, giving Joyce the happy ending she deserved.

Or so it appeared. Then Will went into the bathroom, coughed up a red worm-like creature, and had a quick vision of the Upside Down. So close!

So what does that mean, then? Does it just show that Will is going to be haunted by his experiences there, in a PTSD kind of way? Or does it hint at a stronger connection to the Upside Down, and mean that while he may have left, it isn't done with him yet? If that is the case, just what might happen with Will and the Upside Down in Season 2 - could he even be forced to return there?

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