Just finished Part One at long last.
Holy moly what a wild ride. So many shows lose their mojo as they go and it's so gratifying to see Stranger Things slapping as hard as ever 4 seasons in.
For me it's a near perfect blend of serious darkness and entertaining cheese. The characters and actors are likeable as ever, the sense of time and place in impeccable, the final twist that ties the new villain into the origins of not just the program that created eleven but the connection between Earth and the Upside Down is cool as hell, and Max escaping Vecna to Running Up That Hill is some of the most dopamine-inducing television I have seen in a long, long time
Overall, if it can reach a climax worthy of the setup, this might just be my favourite season so far. The long wait has so far been worth it.








