He was the central character of first two seasons. On his birth, his mother cried tears of joy, while his brother Jonathan Byers carried him and said hello to him. His father Lonnie resented him as he grew up as he believed his second born son was weak, often calling him gay and a fag. Despite that, Will was close with his mother and brother who became a large role model to him.

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It was released exclusively on Netflix worldwide on July 15, , along with the rest of the first season. It was written and directed by series creators the Duffer Brothers. The episode takes place in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana in November , and introduces the first season's major storylines: the mysterious disappearance of year-old Will Byers and the resulting search for him, the arrival of a mysterious psychokinetic girl named Eleven , and the nefarious attempts of a local U. Department of Energy laboratory to conceal their role in the strange events that have befallen the town. On November 6, , in a US Department of Energy laboratory in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature. Meanwhile the four guys, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will were playing Dungeons and Dragons were in the game, the demogorgan defeated the players. Next morning Joyce and Will's brother Jonathan saw that Will didn't return home and report it to the Hawkin's police where we were introduced to police chief, Jim Hopper.
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