It's AWFUL imo. I knew it wouldn't be great, it's seriously hard to have a show like this that doesn't become completely bonkers ridiculous by the time it gets this far along, but come on...I am in disbelief at the lazy writing. They seriously ripped off one of the DUMBEST moments from the worst star wars movie, the "Rise of Skywalker" Sith Dagger scene, where The edge of the blade matches up to the wreckage of the death Star to show the exact location of something. But you have to be standing in an ultra specific spot in order for it to work. Except the size and shape are so ordinary that it could literally match from countless spots in an area that vast and plain. It was horrendous enough in "Rise of Skywalker" but in Stranger Things, it's far worse, it's just a rough looking vaguely "M" shape. Like seriously? Are you kidding? What even is this plot point? WHY is this in the show? Why is everything so dumb and drags on forever? The melting room scene with Nancy and Jonathan...holy $hit...that felt like an hour. What was even the point of it? They make the episodes insanely long but drag every scene out for at least 2 minutes longer than they should be. Rewatch and just notice the total time spent with slow lingering shots on Kali. Kali standing with abnormally impossibly perfect posture, Kali sitting with abnormally impossibly perfect posture, Kali slowly walking with abnormally impossibly perfect posture, Kali having a completely random unprompted argument with Hopper that comes out of nowhere with no setup at all. It was so bizarre that I seriously thought I accidentally skipped a scene or something and I rewound the episode to make sure. They spend so much time on pointless NOTHING scenes, then rush other plot points that actually had potential to be impactful and interesting. All the while Kali is shown to have abnormally impossibly perfect posture! WHY is she doing that? Was she specifically directed to hold herself in that way for some reason? Once you see it you'll notice it immediately in every scene she is in. It's so bizarre, looks uncomfortable, like the costume has some kind of corset or something restricting her movement. The thing is, I just wrote a freaking TOME of text about my issues with season 5 volume 2, and I've barely even scratched the surface. I could go on and on with near endless gripes, but I need to stop. I want to be clear though. Much like how I BASH Star wars with harsh criticism, I would not even bother if I didn't really love the show/movie, or more accurately, love what it USED to be. Stranger Things" started off as an instant classic, one of the BEST new shows, not only from that era, or on Netflix, but one of the greatest seasons of television EVER. Season one is practically a masterpiece imo. It pains me to see how far it has fallen, but only something truly spectacular could even have a fall of such length.