Did Nancy & Jonathan Really Break Up in Stranger Things? The Creators Confirmed the Answer After That Open-ended Cliffhanger
Stranger Things Season 5 hasn’t dropped any notable deaths so far, but the end of the relationship we’ve all been rooting for…hurts a bit more, no?
The gang is held up in a life-or-death situation, and Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) made some heated confessions towards each other while being consumed by goo. Jonathan says he doesn’t like reading Nancy’s articles, and Nancy admits that she doesn’t like The Clash (one of Jonathan’s favorite bands, in case you forgot). So, it seems like they are incompatible in the long run.
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Jonathan then reveals that he’s been carrying around a ring for her in case he does want to propose, but he brings up an “un-proposal,” saying, “Nancy Wheeler, will you not marry me?” The goo stops them from perishing, and the two embrace in a hug. Was it just mixed signals and in the heat of a moment kind of decision?
Did Nancy & Jonathan break up in Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2?
Yes, the Duffer Brothers confirmed that one of Hawkins’ most beloved couples has broken up. “That’s a breakup,” Matt Duffer told People. “They are broken up.”
The Duffer Brothers knew about their fate for a while, and emphasized that the two characters are just not in the same place as they were in at the start of their romance. “It’s hard to recall when exactly that idea came, but I think us — and the writers — all felt that Nancy needed to end up on her own and be independent and have an opportunity to find herself,” Matt explains.
“I mean, how many people wind up with their girlfriend or boyfriend that they met in high school?” Matt continues, but it’s a little different with Jancy since they “have a little bit more of a complicated relationship than normal high schoolers.” Ross said that their relationship was tied together by a “trauma bond.”
Despite them being broken up on screen, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton are still going strong.
“It’s been a gift to work with my best friend,” he told Wonderland in November. “To be able to have a shared experience with your partner about the anxiety when you don’t get a job – I know what that feels like, she knows what that feels like.”
