Stranger Things Season 4 Jonathan Storyline Complaints Addressed By Star
Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton recently addressed Jonathan Byers' season 4 storyline complaints. Heaton returns to Stranger Things as the love-struck Jonathan. After a nearly three-year gap, the science-fiction horror 80's-themed show has returned to Netflix to find the teenage heroes once again battling the dark forces of the Upside-Down parallel dimension. However, the Byers family, including Eleven (Millie Bobby-Brown), have relocated following the Battle of Starcourt. As a result, many have found Jonathan's story pushed down the narrative totem pole, and his character substantially changed from his previous portrayals.
Set six months after the events of season 3, Jonathan finds himself separated by over 2,000 miles from his love interest, Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer). Although there is a significant distance between them, the two struggle to stay close emotionally. Jonathan and Nancy initially planned to go to Emerson College in Massachusetts together, but their time apart has the couple questioning their directions in life. Jonathan's enrollment in Emerson would put him in financial debt and commit himself to a dream that isn't his. And if he chooses to attend the local community college, Jonathan runs the risk of having Nancy follow him to a school that does not suit her talents. Jonathan's dilemma has him delaying the inevitable confrontation by hanging out with his pothead friend and indulging in marijuana.
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In a recent interview with GQ, Heaton addressed complaints regarding his character's storyline in Stranger Things season 4. Jonathan was once the unlikely hero of the first few seasons of the show, an unassuming photographer who rises to the
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