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Hey Duffer 1! Yeah Duffer 2?

It's been three years and two Bonsignore babies since the end of season 4, and now the fifth and final season of Stranger Things is here to either blow our minds or make us wonder why we did this for a whole decade.

The gang's all here: Millie Jonny Bon Jovi, Sarah Connor, and of course... wait sorry, did Schnapp hit the gym??

Here's hoping for the best season yet, otherwise it's all Upside Downhill from here...

Guest: Miles

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Xandra Jacobs

“One last craaaawwwl” 🎶 goes kinda nasty on it

Sally Parker

The whole “stop the action so Will can come out” thing didn’t work because the show don’t know what tone it is going for anymore. The scenes have zero cohesion. I’m worried for the finale. BTW have you seen the theory online that it is really all vecna’s curse and the writing of this season is “bad on purpose” it’s pretty funny

Calum Bradley

In comparison to s4 penultimate ep. with 'seperate ways' playing and the walk up the creel house, this one just didn't feel right as the episode to set up the last EVER episode of the show, would you agree?

MW

“you’re in the shot noah” is slowly becoming a widespread term online 😭

catie

they made milly bobby so useless this season! she got cool in season three and was the main connection to vecna in season four, now schnapp gets that AND powers AND he’s gay? what happened to feminism

Thomas Degroat

As a gay man myslef, that coming out scene is so bad. What were they thinking when they wrote that? Let's just halt all the momentum for an extended speech from everyone's least favorite character! How did they think the audience would react to this? With cheers and applause?

lexi

As the certified number 1 will byers fan and a queer person I found the coming out scene to be badly written and pretty distasteful. like the absurdity of having everyone there to witness it, like they took your joke made it even more absurd then played it seriously LOL. and it fully contradicts an episode ago when Robin was explaining to will how she slowly came out one by one to only like three people, which sets it up for him to slowly come out to a few people, not like a dozen at once, some of which he just met or barely knows??? They had the perfect set up for countless better ways to do it, i cannot wrap my head around this choice. The entire context of him coming out is so upsetting because he does it completely out of fear and force. He has this beautiful moment of self-acceptance which is basically the only moment of autonomy his character has throughout the whole show, only to then be forced to come out unless he wants vecna, who has tortured him since season one to use his sexuality against him. and he’s the one having to reassure everyone else in the room that he’s normal and no longer has a crush on one of them through sobs throughout the scene. And then only like two people in the room say something specifically comforting to him, everyone else just says “or me” if they say anything at all, which again begs the question of why have all these people in the scene, it is perplexing. it felt like they were trying to wrap up this storyline before the volume ended without putting any care or thought into it and found the quickest way to do that was by force from something that happens off screen (vecna torturing/threatening him with it) and to have as many characters present as possible. It's just very clear it was written by straight people and as a way to “get it out of the way” or “over with” which is extra baffling considering they chose to write a queer character whose sexuality is tied to the plot of the show. sorry for ranting that scene just made me upset especially after i went into s5 worried how they would handle that aspect only to be pleasantly surprised and impressed with the arc in volume one to then be completely let down with that scene. At least we got to watch ya'll see your joke coming true LMAO it was gold

emma w

robin as your aunt and her very close roommate

KellBell

Will being gay has always been an undertone in the show (I think he gets called a slur in like the first ep? And even all the way back to the initial pitch book) and also, the scene is also about will saying “vecna told me y’all were gonna leave me but if I face that fear myself” sorta thing. But yeah it’s like… so long, and at SUCH a pivotal point that it’s kinda wild 😂

gorgeous emoji

i assume this is kali’s one and only interaction with the group: Group: cool! you have powers! can you help El move things? Kali: nooo but i can make you see a butterfly group: oh.

aliselv

The bionicle side plot of this commentary was so unexpected but so necessary

Soup

"Oh that's great, I'm bi btw" -- Gaten, 5 seconds after Will finishes his 15 minute long coming out monologue

BewareTheGrayGhost

Regarding Max's attempt to escape Vecna's Mind Palace and whether or not she needed the song: her exit portal didn't close because the song ended, it closed because Lucas let go of her hand to rewind the boombox. It's actually a pretty fun misdirect in Episode 4, but they do clearly show Lucas letting go of her hand to rewind it right before the portal closes.

aliselv

vol 2 was definitely not as punchy as vol 1, but the performances by joe, gaten, sadie, caleb, charlie, and natalia really sell it for me. i also feel like the brothers duff definitely knew what they wanted to do with those characters and plots so the dialogue and tone of the scenes feel really polished, especially since those scenes really center characters we've had since basically the beginning of the series and reward us for watching those dynamics play out.

Kelly Kay

the amount of times we had to listen to characters explain things to each other that the audience has already learned or have another character go "wow will i heard you were the sorcerer that's so cool" 3 episodes after will's big moment is annoying. the size of the cast is a complete burden to the show. half of these characters should have been written out or killed off but the duffers were too scared smh

Arianna Gallagher

Oh my god that’s right you did. I’m so sorry I was being a total bitch for no reason 😭😭 I missed the point in my rant about missing the point I have egg (or upside down goop) on my face. I stand corrected and I apologise for my ranty approach!! Seriously though these tracks have been such a treat! PMI is intrinsic to my love for stranger things!

staticstruck

i guess i’m just confused why dustin got the shit kicked out of him in the first episode

BewareTheGrayGhost

Do you think we'll get to walk through the Schnapp Coming Out scene at Halloween Horror Nights

Macauly Leiher

If Hawkins is a direct link to the upside dussy. How the hell did Russia get hopper in season 3/4

dinabelxo

Watching the coming out scene with yours and Miles commentary made it so much better because I was not a fan of how they handled it.

abbi

"and it's a scene that went on for 15 minutes" is exactly the issue 😭😭😭😭

Matt Silver

“What’s his actual name? Oh, Dipshit” lol

Matt Silver

You guys seeing the series finale at a drive in??

mai frisch

Oh “you’re in the shot” is like a common phrase on stan twitter

cass

these tracks have helped me so much in being able to laugh about vol2, cause i was so upset about these episodes at first. as a queer person, that coming out scene was so disappointing. thank you guys!

Koii Lauritsen

All I wanted was to see you two react to the coming out scene. Freaking hysterical.

Sim

"now hes super powered AND gay" IM CACKLING LMAO

Dippity_Dip

Do I think will coming out was a good thing for the show to do, yes, do I think it was written so horribly I felt disrespected as a gay person, well yes

FlexLuthor22

The coming out scene was such a mess. It should have been just Joyce and Mike that he told. Like Miles said it wasn't earned. They used it as a plot device rather than as character development. It was really cathartic laughing at it with you guys.

Juli

The worst thing about the coming out scene is that it’s so horribly written and the timing is so fucked that i find myself sharing complaining spaces with homophobes 😔

Cam Silas

I like how it always takes Eric like 30-40 minutes to finally get in to the cringe/whimsy of the show but first you gotta let him complain about the whimsy for half the episode

Cam Silas

I see “you’re in the shot Noah” used almost daily on Twitter and for multiple different fandoms 😭 it’s incredible

moose tracks

I have such a hard time believing the Byers stayed with the Wheelers and they never explained the upside down to Mike's mom???!??! it never came up as conversation in the past 18 months? LOL

moose tracks

the 8 and 11 mind meld scene sucked, this is just a normal conversation they could have without being psychic lol and I also reallllllllllly think that actor is AWFUL. and I hate that it's spawned all these memes about the brown actor's character being a suicide bomber. wooooof all around!

moose tracks

making everyone do a group hug after a coming out is so hilariously shitty... ??? like what insane writing? now Will has nothing he could possibly fear esides coming out? they wanted so badly to write something beautifully powerful and they said "group hug"

Susana del Mar

Miles better lock in today with that last rap cause last few haven't been great 😅

Livvy

Can’t help but feel like the coming out scene was the culmination of the franchification of stranger things. Like this show in s1 and s2 used to be grounded and have complex characters. Will’s sexuality has been literally foreshadowed since the first episode and this is what it comes to? A big speech out of nowhere and a group hug? And this is just one instance, I mean, I really miss when the show’s main characters weren’t one-dimensional avatars with marvel-esque quippy one liners. Can’t help but feel that the Duffers were misguided in what they thought fan service was, as if the darker more multi-dimensional version of the show wasn’t what became so popular in the first place.

Lucy Turner

The “I'm coming out but I'm not coming with you” bit was top tier

Lucy Turner

“I can't believe Will came out whilst I'm wearing YOUR shirt” LMFAOOOO

Lucy Turner

I don't like that 11 made a suicide pact with her childhood friend, that doesn't feel safe 😭😭

T bone

When will came out he said he like pop corn with extra butter and my mind went instantly to Hannah Baker at the movie theatre !!! HAPPY NEW YEARS AND GOOOOO TIGERS

Joey Vyvanse

I know the writing was bad, the scene kills the pacing, and everyone being there made me laugh when I realized what they were doing. BUT… I bawled my fucking eyes out. My best friend growing up shared a lot of visual similarities to Will, specifically his dumb gay little pants in season 4. When he came out to me in early high school, I was too young to understand the weight of something like that. I supported him but, in retrospect, I wish I’d done more because I was his only friend at the time. I’m embarrassed to say that in growing up with this character, however flanderized he became, Schnapp’s performance made me cry harder than I have in a WHILE. sorry for the essay. idk how open people are on patreon, but I needed to defend myself cause the scene is fucking hilarious.

dpenlow

It did feel like maybe not EVERYONE needed to be there for Will’s speech. 008/Kali: “Very brave, Bill.” “It’s Will.” “Right. I just met you like an hour ago. Why am I here for this?”

renjunnct

you guys were SPOT ON with your joke ab how will was gonna come out 😭 I was so excited to see your reactions to it ever since you guys called it in episode 2 and it didn't disappoint Also apparently it took them like 12 hours to film the coming out scene

witch's brew

I think it's hilarious when Miles mentions the 'Dussy so casually. 😭😭😭

witch's brew

Yeah the part of the upside down vecna arm in mouth is soo crazy to me. Duffer Bros explain please.

lau

Will should have just come out to Joyce and maybe his close friends, like why do Vicky, Robyn and MURRAY etc. need to be there

Abby Mason

I remember watching when it came out and my jaw dropped that you two had predicted the coming out scene. I'm queer and even I had to look away because holy fuck was that so awkward and embarrassing. I don't think anyone could've delivered this scene well because it was way too long and had too many people's reactions to focus on. And OH YEAH Holly is trapepd in the Upside Down and Vecna is trying to combine realities. Insane