The reason I know I’m from a different generation than Matt Schimkowitz is that where his mind went immediately to a Borat reference, my mind went immediately to a Talking Heads song.

I’m sorry but I think Sally was exactly who she was before Barry entered the picture — i.e. a garbage human being. She was pretty horrible to Barry before he even started showing his dark side. Back in season 1 he was just a meek pushover and she still took advantage and mistreated him (and others). I’m sure his dark…

They did that last week with the integration of the beignet shop, too. Hank eats a beignet within the first few minutes of the episode.

Barry notably didn’t kill Ryan, the Chechens did. definitely feels noteworthy that the one relative of the person Barry didn’t kill, Ryan’s dad, saves Barry instead of killing him

Anyone else notice how Natalie’s show shamelessly panders to BanShe’s algorithm? The BanShe rep said that people were more likely to watch the whole show if the season starts with someone eating a dessert and if it incorporates Central Park.

I remember being fascinated (at age 9) the first time I saw Babooshka. Life changing experience for sure. Every six months or so I get stuck in a Kate Bush loop on You Tube and am always amazed (again) how good her catalogue is.

It’s gotta partially be because his dick has been burned off right? Vader is just a nearly 7 foot tall psychic Incel with a laser sword raging across the universe 

Goes from young Sex Pistols-type punk dude to older Fugazi-type punk dude, you're sayin?

Liked Joe Quinn as Eddie.

Best. Season. Yet. Loved every episode. Found the length was necessary to fit all the story lines and I thought they got the balance between them about right. No complaints from me. Also I don’t think this was slow paced at all. Each episode had a lot of things happening to move the story along. Possibly Hoppers was…

I just wish Christopher Lee (who would have just turned 100 a few days ago) were around to voice him.

Season 4 is as good as 1. It’s almost some sort of miracle they took a break that long and came back with such excellent content. The only issue with the series is the INSANELY huge cast, other than that Stranger Things is as good as its ever been.

I just finished and personally, I think this has been the best season by quite a wide margin. The writing has never been better.

I just remember a cinema full of English people bursting into laughter at that point.

I would be remiss to not mention Rays performance as Tommy Vercetti, the first great Grand Theft Auto protagonist.  There would be CJ or Niko without him and Ray did a really solid job in an era where video game voice acting wasn't respect.

I’ll talk overlong cause I usually want more Stranger Things. Love me some well funded and written cosmic horror.

(It’s not the last season, and a month-ish wait between parts is hardly worth complaining about).

AVClub: Stranger things is “bogged down by its runtime”

I preferred Season 3 over Season 2 because at least it was different. Season 2 was just a rehash of “Oh, no, Will is in danger!” from Season 1.

This is a common opinion, but I’ll stand by my belief that the main difference between season 1 and the subsequent seasons is not that it was better but just that it was more conducive to bingeing. The story and themes of season 1 were clean and straightforward (both amounting to, basically, “Find the ones you love”),…