The show is finally back in a new setting. Summer. Netflix has these shows that are associated with summer for me, like Orange is the New Black (which will soon air its last season *sobs*). Stranger Things fit that list great. It's peak comedy at times and it's colourful. The whole show feels warm. And warm is very fitting in Hawkins, Indiana this time of the year with the sweaty summer days, 80's clothes and the days spent by the pool. The first 3-4 episodes I thought were a bit slow. It's so much character building and little action. And while I'm normally all about characters rather than plot it didn't draw me in as much this time around. They are all separated from each other and there are so many side stories that in the end all fits together somehow. It's a shame that Dustin isn't with his gang or Joyce who is always very worried about Will is off to Indianapolis with a russian and Hopper, barely got any scenes together. But the groups they've grouped the characters into, wow they all bounce of each other so well. With the new addition of Maya Hawk as Robin joining the scoop troop squad of Dustin, Erica and Steve is honestly the highlight. Never did we know we needed that squad until we saw it. I want them to get a spin off show! Erica getting into the show more was an amazing choice, she is so funny! El and Max being friends was so lovely to see and Bald Eagle and Aleksi were the duo who should have been allowed to go to carnivals together at least 3 times a year.
The humour is on point this time around, the characters are so chaotic at times that I had to try very hard not to die laughing. But while the humour and the jokes are there the show also feels darker and scarier. Not in the way season 1 was with its jump scares and the unknown. But that the kids are growing into teenagers and losing precious time with your kids as a parent is not always easy. Or how El doesn't get a break this time around. Or questions about identity and life in generally, so much time spent worried and scared about things you thought mattered, so much of it is just bullshit. And of course loss. At the end of the season it hangs heavy in the air.
Here are some highlights for me:
-Steve Harrington continues to be my love. He's something else that's for sure! He upgraded from douchebag trustfund baby to single mother and he's a fan favourite. The Duffer brothers really took that to heart and made his interactions with Dustin this season even more epic. I can't wait for more of him and his dumbass squad!
-Joyce and her magnets, that was something else. This season finally focuses on her and Hopper, after 2 season of painful waiting this time around it get addressed and I'll leave it at that.
-Nancy gets to be a badass in so many ways. My personal favourite is her with a gun, damn that's cool and hot!
-Hopper is problematic this season but it comes from a good place. And it's not an excuse. The first few episodes with focus on the characters you want to slap him and by the end of it so much has happened that it matters a little less. And his bickering with Joyce is honestly so funny at times.
-El has some bitchin' clothes this season, damn I want the clothes so bad!
Here are some of my messages to Ellie when I was watching it last night. I thought it was too funny not to include.
The humour is on point this time around, the characters are so chaotic at times that I had to try very hard not to die laughing. But while the humour and the jokes are there the show also feels darker and scarier. Not in the way season 1 was with its jump scares and the unknown. But that the kids are growing into teenagers and losing precious time with your kids as a parent is not always easy. Or how El doesn't get a break this time around. Or questions about identity and life in generally, so much time spent worried and scared about things you thought mattered, so much of it is just bullshit. And of course loss. At the end of the season it hangs heavy in the air.
Here are some highlights for me:
-Steve Harrington continues to be my love. He's something else that's for sure! He upgraded from douchebag trustfund baby to single mother and he's a fan favourite. The Duffer brothers really took that to heart and made his interactions with Dustin this season even more epic. I can't wait for more of him and his dumbass squad!
-Joyce and her magnets, that was something else. This season finally focuses on her and Hopper, after 2 season of painful waiting this time around it get addressed and I'll leave it at that.
-Nancy gets to be a badass in so many ways. My personal favourite is her with a gun, damn that's cool and hot!
-Hopper is problematic this season but it comes from a good place. And it's not an excuse. The first few episodes with focus on the characters you want to slap him and by the end of it so much has happened that it matters a little less. And his bickering with Joyce is honestly so funny at times.
-El has some bitchin' clothes this season, damn I want the clothes so bad!
Here are some of my messages to Ellie when I was watching it last night. I thought it was too funny not to include.
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