Critics are review-bombing "Stranger Things'" penultimate episode, calling character Will Byers’ coming-out scene "cringey" and accusing the creators of prioritizing politics over storytelling.
In the show's most recent episode, "The Bridge," Will gathers all his friends and family for a tearful confession, telling them that he's just like his friends in almost every way – except, he says, "I don't like girls." Fans noted that the timing of his monologue seemed odd and forced, as the cast was in the middle of trying to defeat Vecna, the series' villain.
"Woke ruins everything," one user wrote on X, blasting the development as "LGBTQ+ nonsense."
"Netflix decided to RUIN their most popular show of all-time, Stranger Things, by focusing their final season on Will coming out as a homosexual, promoting the propaganda that Will’s superpowers are because he’s ‘embraced his sexuality’ & the villain telling Will that his friends won’t like him if they find out he likes dudes…" he added.
