WARNING: This article contains spoilers about Stranger Things 3. Read at your own risk!

Remember when Joe Keery’s Steve was just the d-bag with great hair onStranger Things?

The hair has remained but the douche bag quotient has gone down significantly on Stranger Things 3. Over the last three seasons, Steve has evolved from high school bully to ice-cream scooping hero and a full-fledged fan favorite. No one is more surprised than Keery. “It just feels like a fever dream,” says Keery of the last three years. “I’m constantly, consistently surprised about the material that they consistently give me in the show and how it challenges me in new ways. Also, what they really have done is help showcase me. I just don’t know what I did to deserve something so amazing.”