I Loved How 'Stranger Things 5' Handled Jonathan And Nancy's Relationship In Episode 6, So I Asked The Duffer Brothers About It

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SPOILERS are ahead for "Stranger Things 5 Vol 2," now streaming with a Netflix subscription.

When Vol. 1 of "Stranger Things 5" teased Jonathan Byers’ plans to propose to Nancy Wheeler, I shared my negative thoughts about an engagement amidst what’s been going on in the hit Netflix series. So, you can imagine my relief when the “un-proposal scene” happened in Season 5’s Episode 6, “Escape from Camazotz”. But what was the Duffer Brothers’ reasoning behind Jonathan and Nancy’s breakup?

When CinemaBlend talked to Matt and Ross Duffer about the Vol. 2 reveals (including how they arrived at the long-awaited explanation of the Upside Down), I had to ask them about this now much-talked-about sequence between Nancy and Jonathan.