The fans were already buzzing when Stranger Things dropped the first half of its final season, but nothing sparked more chaos online than Will Byers’ unexpected power revealed in episode four.
After four years away from the Upside Down, viewers flooded Netflix the moment the new episodes arrived – and many took to social media directly to process the final scene of Chapter Four: Sorcerer.
The moment Will came into the spotlight, everything changed.
The climax of the episode sees Will confront Vecna at the military base. When the villain launches Demogorgons at Mike, Lucas, and Robin, something snaps inside Will.
In the scene that set the Internet on fire, he closes his eyes, remembering the day Mike first approached him on the swing and asked, “Do you want to be friends?” These memories fuel a surge of strength that allows him to destroy the Demogorgons and save his friends.
The fans were stunned. One viewer wrote on X: “The scene where Will Byers closes his eyes and remembers the day Mike saw him alone on the swing…finally unlocking Will’s powers was absolutely beautiful.” Another simply added: “WILL HAVING POWERS???? girl, what the fuck.”
The Duffer brothers say the reveal was always part of the plan. “Season five was perfect because the story started with Will and his disappearance,” Matt Duffer told THR.
“We wanted to come full circle… But it was important to us that he wasn’t a second Eleven. He doesn’t exactly have his own powers. Obviously, it’s a little more complicated than that.”
With Book 2 still to come, fans are gearing up to learn what Will’s transformation means – and whether this twist is just the beginning.
