“We were holding each other back in a certain way - but in order to move forward, we had to go to these separate places.” “At the end of season 1, we were kind of pretending that nothing happened,” Keery said to Glamour in 2017 about the surprising twist. While season 1 saw Nancy falling for shy guy Jonathan despite dating Steve, season 2 revealed that the budding journalist was still holding back her feelings for the eldest Byers son by digging deeper into her relationship with Hawkins’ most popular jock. One of the biggest focal points of the series, which premiered on the streaming platform in July 2016, has been the love triangle that exists between Nancy, Steve Harrington ( Joe Keery) and Jonathan Byers ( Charlie Heaton). I love how everyone relates to each other, and it’s fun to see how they do it in different ways.” The Duffers take these ’80s tropes and really flesh them out and give the characters complexity. “For me, this show is much more about the characters and the relationships,” Natalia Dyer, who plays Nancy Wheeler, said about the Netflix hit during an interview with Glamour in 2017. Young love! Stranger Things may center around teens fighting supernatural forces and government insights - but it’s also surprisingly well versed in matters of the heart.
