I didn’t HATE the episode, but it certainly killed the momentum. When the show opened with El on the bus, I said “oh, this is going to be about El and we’re going to get back to the shit hitting the fan in Hawkins in the next episode,” which turned out to be pretty true.

I was convinced, though, that between Kali…

it’s amazing how often local police go to the local media to remind people to not leave their keys in their unlocked cars around here.

The gif looks like the two smash each other and a ref suddenly appears between them.