The fact that he kept trying for the date, even though Joyce was clearly not ready because of Bob was another issue.

I’m all for Cara Buono being take-charge single mom Karen Wheeler next season!

Unless I am mistaken in the second season when Eleven finds the box with information about her mother, there’s a box labeled Vietnam in the background.

Everything related to El was ok. I am pretty sure that all of us can remember our parents acting in a similar-ish manner when we were teens. Maybe not the volume, but certaintly the level of exasperation. Plus Mike was being a total jerk.

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.

I can see that. If you’d ask me to map out the plot, I’d pretty much had guessed everything that happened. I think what worked for me though is that the smiling mask stays on long enough for you to wonder if you actually have the right answers. Plus I feel like most of the shocks, particularly the cliff one, are…

Yes, but the fact that even feinted into that direction with an engagement... I mean I know we’re long past the time when those were as legally binding as a marriage, but still it just seems like maybe they should’ve just not gone into that whole vein.

There really is nothing like petting a cute and wriggly puppy.

I’ll provisionally agree about the length, although I always find my first watch of any movie has pacing issues because of my continual anticipation.

For whatever reason I spent the whole movie feeling like the woman in the second credit sequence looked off in the whole movie, so it made me love that one. Plus I still get a kick out of the other person in it doing humor. That person needs to do more of it.

True, but I know that as a kid I had at least 3 or 4 numbers that I had memorized. I could easily see Dustin having Mr Clarke’s number memorized. I mean they do turn to him for help with the trying to recreate the isolation tank experience in season 1.

What did you think about the 2 credit sequences?

Those pugs are cute.

I mean maybe don’t even make a pretense at getting married if you describe the relationship as frivolous?

Yeah, I’m in the camp of people who’s attracted to Sheen because of his super charm.

Given the sheer amount of humor that this season had, I was glad that they didn’t completely abandon it in the final episode.

The combination of the letter’s content with Gabriel’s Heroes cover is one of those perfect marriages.

Yeah I don’t get the whole “it ruined the tension” thing when I kept expecting the Soviets to happen upon Joyce and Hopper the whole time. Totally tense.

It’s funny how much I despise Gelman’s character in Fleabag and absolutely love his character in Stranger Things.

Or they could’ve reached out to Mr Clarke. I mean he’s right there in Hawkins...