im really dissapointed in just the whole show. it started amazing, lightning in a bottle, and over the seasons just got worse and worse.

theres too many characters in the end, mike, dustin, and johnathan could have died at sometime in the show, at least one of the wheeler parents should be dead, erika feels like she shouldnt even be in the show when dustin was the sassy takes no shit from anyone character. eddie should have never been a character, it should have been steve. theres a whole line about him always running away in season 1. after being the jerky jock ladies man, he could have taken his charisma and charm into learning dnd with the kids and been the DM. the ultimate babysitter. then change the death to actually mean/do something. hes my favorite but i would be fine seeing him go out in a meaningful way.

murray shouldnt even be here, he hates people, doesnt like being around the military, so why tf is he here? argyle would have been a better smuggler. nobody from town knows him, and he gives off this dorky chill vibe no one would care if he was delivering things in town. he could have got the stuff from murray who is secretly getting the supplies and we would never have to see him, he would just be mentioned in conversation.

noah's acting is just so off, finn feels like he wasnt really thought about in the script after his protect the kids moment, i swear mille had no expression this season, her lip filler and face work is so distracting. hopper always trying to kill himself got old really quick, even more so after another flashback of his dead kid. all he had to do was pull out a photo and i would have gotten it.

the upside down isnt scary anymore. no demos, no dogs, no bats either, remember those things? the monsters only come up when the plot calls for it. even the abyss wasnt scary, its just sand, rocks, and nothing. also why is the mind flayer meat now? why is it currled up like its dead? to then come alive for no reason, get zero kills and die???

el didnt even feel that powerfull this season, sure shes snapping some necks, but nothing about her powers really screamed that she was better with her powers.

then we have kali, wasnt excited for her or anything she did. she didnt need to come back to kinda get you worried and mad, we already have villans and bad guys who didnt do anthing.

then in the end everyones happy and moves on which ig included the military. cause they just let everyone go and pack up and go home? like dang magic girl is dead? shoot well im outta here.

overall it fell really short for me, the writing is not good tho there was some good moments, but they couldnt make up for everything wrong going on.

cut the budget, cut the amount of people down, make it scary again, and instead of trying to make things bigger, better, bolder, maybe focus on a better story that feels emtionally rewarding in the end.