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Edited July 4, 20222 yr by Jαsє

Finished this now (spoilers below as it's been out a few weeks now so don't read on if you haven't seen!)

 

 

 

I didn't love the final two episodes as much as the rest of the season, I think 2 and a half hours for the finale was just a bit too much of an overkill, but I appreciate it did allow for all of the characters to have a moment and hand in defeating Vecna (well not really, but still). I've gotta admit, Eddie's death annoyed me a bit just because it was kind of obvious, he hadn't had as much development as the main characters, and it's sad really as he didn't get a chance to get redeemed by the town. I honestly wish they'd have the balls to kill one of the main crew rather than just introduce newer characters just to kill them off a few episodes later, it would leave such a bigger impact, I think it would've had more impact if Max would've died as it would've been a great send-off for her character and compliment to Sadie's amazing performance this season, and given all of the remaining crew more reason to fight. My favourite moment was probably Will's speech to Mike, that was beautifully acted, brought a tear to my eye :cry: I really hope he's used more next season.

 

 

But those minor gripes aside, this season did exceed my expectations a lot, I'd put it only 2nd to S1 and possibly higher than that. I don't see how they can top this with S5, this could've worked as a finale if you take the ending cliffhangers out, but I await to see it!

I agree with most of Chez' comments, Eddie was an amazing character and I wish they'd kept him and killed off the less-skilled actors with a moment in the sun as a goodbye. I loved Eddie and Max most of all of the younger cast and they picked on them! Steve is the other great character/actor, and Dustin, Robin, Eleven are essential. The double act of Joyce and Murray was fun and I liked other new characters like the Russian prison guard, the mad pilot, Paul Reiser is always top notch, David Harbour is a fab actor, the main villain was great in or out of make-up, and Argyle was fun. Will/Mike speech also brought a tear to my eye, certainly the under-used characters of the season, and hopefully that'll be a basis for giving them something to do in season 5 and play off, as neither character is as good as the others when it comes to assertiveness, so they might as well try and play off that instead of sidelining them.

 

I think it's the best season to date, love the 80's music boost it gives, and it's been the scifi show I've enjoyed most out of everything that has been available over 2022, the only other one that comes close is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, but that's not as dark and is episodic, by and large.

I just started watching it but it's pretty entertaining

Okay I watched S1 years ago when it premiered and thought it was alright but didn't check in when the subsequent seasons were released and the only reason I started re-watching was because I was so damn curious as to why Running Up That Hill became so big and figured it must have been an amazing scene to warrant the songs popularity. :lol:

 

I started watching from the start again last month and holy shit. WHAT A SERIES. I didn't fully appreciate how amazing S1 was at the time but rewatching it I was hooked from the start. Winona Ryder absolutely stole the show for me and the kids had such great chemistry and all acted so well that I couldn't believe I gave up on the show last time. Season 2 was a bit of a blur for me (I totally predicted Bob dying though, a bit of a predictable cliche in that he was introduced to keep Joyce and Hopper apart for a little longer and to be an 'easy' death since I knew they wouldn't kill off anyone important) and the Russian stuff in Season 3 was horrible (seriously, so so so so so stupid) but Season 4 was breathtaking. I did not expect it to get so f***ing dark. Those death scenes were GRUESOME.

 

Lucas is my favourite character so I'm so glad he got a chance to shine in the last episode and Max broke my heart. I didn't think the writers would actually go there and be so graphic with her injuries (I found it quite disturbing when she was crying for help after it totally blind) but I'm glad they showed they were willing to sacrifice some characters after all because it was getting annoying seeing all 500 cast members survive each episode.

 

Also the Will being gay storyline is breaking my heart. I relate to every single scene so f***ing much. I think Noah is probably the best actor in the show as much as I adore everyone else.

 

(and Hopper should have died in S3. Him becoming Superman and surviving EVERYTHING and beating up Russian soldiers and escaping on a jet ski was just ridiculous. I'm not here for the slapstick comedy with Murray, Yuri, Argyle and Jonathan either.)