{"id":208379,"date":"2025-12-01T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/stranger-things-fans-notice-continuity-error-related-to-will-in-season-5\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:06:38","slug":"stranger-things-fans-notice-continuity-error-related-to-will-in-season-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/stranger-things-fans-notice-continuity-error-related-to-will-in-season-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things Fans Notice Continuity Error Related to Will in Season 5"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After five seasons filmed across nearly a decade, a show like Stranger Things<\/em><\/a> is likely to face certain continuity errors.<\/p>\n

The hit Netflix series returned with part 1 of its fifth and final season on Wednesday, November 26, with a scene showing flashbacks of Will (Noah Schnapp<\/strong>) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard<\/strong>)<\/a>. One of the key moments featured Will when he was younger building his iconic Castle Byers with brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton<\/strong>), which caught fans\u2019 attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cJonathan once said that when he and Will built Castle Byers, it was pouring rain and they both got so soaked they ended up sick for a whole week,\u201d read a post via X alongside clips from the flashback sequence.<\/p>\n

Social media users pointed out that the footage was during a sunny day \u2014 with both Will and Jonathan<\/a> on good terms despite the circumstances.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWhile TV shows and movies have teams dedicated to making sure nothing goes wrong on the production side, things slip through the cracks from time to time. That\u2019s where fans come in. Over the years, viewers have pointed out the entertainment industry\u2019s mishaps including the famous Starbucks cup of 2019 that popped up in a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt also makes no sense for them to act so normal when it\u2019s literally the day their father left the house,\u201d wrote a viewer about the context of Will and Jonathan creating the background area to distract from their parents getting a divorce.<\/p>\n

While many agreed about the mistake, others tried to rationalize<\/a> the issue.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI explain this by the fact that they most likely started building the castle before Loni left, and on the day he finally left, Jonathan decided to finish it with Will so that he would have a safe place,\u201d replied another fan of the show.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the season, a poster for Will during the period of time he was missing marked him as 12 years old while other dialogue in the show claimed he was 11 at the time. This was added to a larger fan conspiracy about \u201cbirthday gate,\u201d where viewers question the inconsistency surrounding Will\u2019s special day.<\/p>\n

Season 4 inspired the onscreen mix-up<\/a> when viewers were quick to point out potential subtext for Will\u2019s distant behavior.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSeason 5 of Stranger Things got off to a strong start with deaths, surprise character returns \u2014 and a new person developing telepathic powers. The first part of the show\u2019s final season premiered on Wednesday, November 26, with Hawkins in quarantine from the outside world after Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) officially broke the seal between [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThey forgot will\u2019s birthday. I\u2019m f***ing crying,\u201d one social media user wrote in 2022 via X alongside a screenshot of the footage taken of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) at the skating ring in episode 2. The date on the tape read March 22, which Joyce (Winona Ryder) previously confirmed as Will\u2019s birthday during season 2.<\/p>\n

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