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Personally, I completely understood Hopps reaction to Mike, as Mike was a horrible human being to Hopp, and you know that that wasn’t the first time he’s had to deal with Mike’s disrespect under his roof. I’m actually wondering the age range of those that are getting upset with Hopp on…

I mean. It sounds like some real people I know. Fictional characters don’t have to be perfect people. They can be good folks who turn into assholes. Or vice versa.

This. So this take. And as a dad whose daughter is swiftly moving into the same territory as El (god help me) I fully understood and bought into the way Hopper was acting like a gigantic (mildly psychotic) spoiled brat, no one good enough for ‘his little princess’ because unfortunately that is the sort of rubbish…

I found his portrayal to be completely unrealistic. As opposed to the upside-down, a beast that takes over humans, a teen with special powers, a Russian base under the mall and that Melvald’s never seems to have a pharmacist on duty.

Completely agree, very well put.

The thing that bugs me the most about this critique is that it ignores the fact that *all* of the action of this season occurs in the span of about a week, with second half of the season occurring in the span of a day. OF COURSE Hopper's going to be flipping out for a lot of it; the wounds are still *very* fresh.

What rage? Really? You guys make it sound like he beat the kid. He didn’t and it wasn’t remotely close. He hauled his smart ass home. Could he have handled things better? Sure. But it’s almost like he’s a brand new father of a teenager girl and has been through nearly literal hell and back recently. Some of…

Agreed! While I didn’t always agree with Hopper’s choices and behaviors, as a father of teens I understood them. If there’s one thing that this series has done well it is to avoid making any one character the rags-to-riches hero of the show - something many fantasy serieses are often guilty of. Hopper is still human…

It’s also worth noting that the whole season 3 takes place over like 5 days. So Hopper is not a monster - he’s just having a bad week and has clearly reached his breaking point. As the father of a teenage daughter myself, I’ve had plenty of times where I’ve been angry enough to shoot up an army of random Russian…

I think a lot of people who disliked Hopper this season are forgetting that the entire season takes place over a period of like 3 days. They expect him to move on from being stood up by someone he cares about instantly. They expect him to move on from Mike disrespecting him instantly. They expect him basically turn…

I have absolutely zero issue with the Hopper and El/Mike element this season. Lots of people likely saw themselves in Hopper. Being the parent to a teen is hard. Being thrust into being the parent to a teen has to be terrible. Mike was absolutely being a jerk.

Keep going... you’ve got a lot of character story left.

People seems to just gloss over that they were laughing in his face while he was putting himself out there emotionally with that letter that seemed to make everyone cry later.

Yeah I respectfully disagree with this completely. I found Hopper’s behavior to be a new father who would have struggled with a teenage daughter (as many do IRL) in even the best of circumstances, and their circumstances are hardly ideal.

“Elizabeth Moss making overly dramatic faces directly to the camera” is about half the show overall.

They end every episode with a dramatic close-up of her face underscored by ironic music. It’s freakin’ hilarious.

I only watched the first season (which was pretty good!) but even that was a lot of “Elizabeth Moss making overly dramatic faces directly to the camera”. That’s kind of the show’s bread and butter.

I’ve not watched even a single episode of this show, but I was watching this one over my girlfriend’s shoulder (she had headphones on too, so couldn’t hear). All I saw was a lot of Elizabeth Moss making overly dramatic faces directly to the camera, and at one point, a whole lot of nostril. Then a black lady gets shot…

You mean that he has been “accused” of doing “something” wrong. Last time I checked, there was one accusation, by one anonymous person, and even she never mentioned anything illegal happening. MIGHT Ansari be guilty of crossing a line? Yes. MIGHT his accuser be guilty of thinking that “non-verbal cues” aren’t adequate…

“Bad dates”