Noah Schnapp tells PEOPLE that he felt there was "a little bit left unsaid" after Will came out as gay, so he asked the series creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, to add a scene to the 'Stranger Things' finale to "close that story properly.

When you see everyone hug Will and embrace him like that, it's just so powerful. While coming out scenes aren’t necessarily groundbreaking in Hollywood anymore, the episode takes place in 1987, when there was a lot more societal stigma, queer people regularly faced discrimination, and the HIV/AIDS outbreak had first occurred earlier in the decade.

The bit, titled “Mike in Manhattan,” featured “SNL” host Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) alongside his former “Stranger Things” co-stars Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair) and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson).

Duffer Brothers Used ChatGPT For Stranger Things 5 Script? Internet Has Proof, And It’s Starting To Get Brutal! Spoofing the iconic Sarah Jessica Parker’s iconic Carrie Bradshaw scene from Sex and the City,

But the actor didn't think the story of his character on all five of the Netflix series' seasons, Will Byers, and Will's longtime friend, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), had been fully wrapped up going into the final episode. So he asked creators Matt and Ross Duffer for a change.

A new documentary about the making of "Stranger Things" Season 5 includes some surprising behind-the-scenes revelations.

Stranger Things ended with Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max playing D&D one last time, and it was borrowed from a Steven Spielberg classic.

The Stranger Things season 5 finale ended the hit Netflix show on a seriously emotional note, with the party gathering to play D&D one final time in a poignant mirror of the show's first scene.