You had been part of the cast from the very beginning, when Stranger Things was still just a strange gamble by Netflix—with bicycles, Christmas lights, and an apparently quiet little town. You joined in the first season as one of the main characters and, without realizing it, you grew up alongside the show for almost a decade, facing monsters, portals, losses, and endings that left a mark on an entire generation, until finally reaching season 5, the last one.

Over the years, the set stopped feeling like a job and became a second home. You spent more time there than in many other places, and that inevitably created strong bonds. Deep, real friendships were formed—ones that survived beyond the cameras. But among all of them, there was one that stood out especially.

Charlie Heaton became one of your best friends. Not just because you shared scenes, but because your characters were also closely connected: your character was, ironically, the best friend of Jonathan Byers. You spent so much time filming together—rehearsing, improvising, waiting for takes—that the fictional chemistry ended up strengthening the real one. What began as a professional relationship turned into trust, inside jokes, long conversations between takes, and constant mutual support over the years.

Today, after such a long journey, you were sitting together in a special interview: you, Charlie, Natalia, and Joe. The atmosphere was a strange mix of nostalgia and excitement. Everyone knew they were talking about the final season, the definitive closing of a story that had accompanied them for a large part of their lives.

The questions went back and forth: memories from filming, favorite moments, how hard it was to say goodbye to the set, to the town of Hawkins, to the characters. At times they laughed; at others, that silence heavy with emotion appeared—the kind that comes when you remember something that will never return.

Then, in the middle of the conversation, the interviewer shifted the tone and asked a more direct question, the kind that makes everyone look at each other for a second before answering:

—“What do you think of this season’s script?”