What was the last we saw of Eleven in the season 1 finale? I really don't remember anything about how the first season ends aside from Will returning and I can't even remember how exactly that happened. :think:

Also it might've been said in this episode without me realizing but how much time has passed in the show since then? (I couldn't tell from the date they gave in the beginning if that was supposed to be a giveaway)

So at the end of season 1 eleven is pulled into the upside down after she kills the Demogorgon.
Wills mum and hopper goes into the Upside down and finds Will and brings him back.
After all this there is a 1 month jump in the end of season 1.

So season 1 starts in November, the story is over 1 week, so will say still November then we get a 1 month jump making it December. And we return and its Halloween making it October the next year so a year jump.

This can be put back to the days that Eleven is counting when with hopper which is 300 and something days as well.

I forgot she was split from the group. Saw episode 2 now which also cleared up some stuff, I should've figured I'd find out more on the next episode. :joker:

I saw a review describe the episode as "X-Men Third Class" :laugh:. Which is sort of accurate... it's totally out of place and feels like a back-door pilot for a (not very good!) superhero drama :think:. And "8" is a terrible actress which doesn't help.

Brilliant season! I agree with ToySoldier above, I watched the first 2 episodes and enjoyed them but it didn't feel like it had the magic of S1. That all changed though during the third and fourth episodes and from then on it was brilliant and definitely up to the quality of the first.

I know Ep7 is getting a lot of dislike online but I actually thought it was decent enough. The placing of it was a bit annoying because of the huge cliffhanger the episode before, and the new bunch of characters were a bit crap, but I felt it was a hugely important episode for Eleven's development (and played a big part in her being able to close the gate in the finale) as well as setting up storylines for future seasons.

Steve was the best this season though. Amazing character development since early S1, we need a babysitter spin off.

watched both seasons over the last few days, series 1 obviously excellent that goes without saying, although one thing that bothered me is how they didn’t explain how Joyce, Hopper and Will got out of the upside down?

Thought the storyline this series was a bit of a mess though and the shadow monster wasn’t ever fully explained (I guess he’s the boss of the upside down?) apart from the dungeons and dragons analogy..

Saying that, part of the fun for me was not really having a clue what was going on and focusing on th characters. Hopper has already gone to the top of my favourite characters in a show...

Kinda was disappointed Eleven wasn’t with the others all season, and how irrelevant she was throughout a lot of it

Couldn’t give less of a **** about Barb and that arc, they should have left it out.

Started off thinking Steve was one of the worst most boring characters but by episode 9 he’s probably one of the best tbh. As Locke says, his character development is unreal

Loved Bob, was a bit annoyed because that was a spoiler I saw Just before I started season two but thankfully it didn’t seem to be a massive part of the story. It’s a bit weird how pretty much all of the main characters never get killed off but this isn’t GOT where they have to work off a source material. If it wasn’t for GRR Martin I doubt the writers would kill anyone off anymore

The Snow Ball finale was perfect, Dustin is great. I don’t think we can really take much from that last bit with the upside down tbh, think it was just there to show us the upside down will never go away, not that the gate is going to open again. I wonder what happened to the Demodog Dustin and Steve put in the fridge, if somehow it could have kept the gate open or the fridge itself kept it alive despite the gate being closed?

As for episode 7, I was expecting a lot worse from the reaction it got, spent the whole episode thinking El was going to die. It was a pretty rubbish episode though and the actress who played 008 wasn’t a great actress. But again as Locke says it was needed for the finale.

They could quite easily end this show now and although disappointed I’d be fine with it, they’re definitely gonna bleed it dry though sadly

Episode 7 did feel odd, I kinda expected 8 might turn up again, but they didn't, I am glad they just confined that story to the one episode though

Brenner is alive

even after episode 7 I assumed he wasn’t alive and it was a vision from Kali but the creators have said he’s alive...**** knows how. I’d say he had something to do with the shadow monster and the upside down but he didn’t have a clue about any of that before Eleven created it. Maybe he was dragged to the upside down by the monster or somethting

It was a great season but I guess I still prefer season 1 for the novelty of it.
The last episode was by far the best though and the ending was so sweet.

I can't believe they killed Bob! I feel like they wanted the next Barb as she's had her funeral so now it'll be Justice for Bob! (they have similar names lol)

I hope next season doesn't surround Will like the last two have, i don't think it should surround any one character tbh I think they all deserve equal amounts of focus.

P.S. AM I the only one who wouldn't be made if they didn't bring back Jonathan next series due to the cocaine scandal? I really like Steve and want him to be happy with Nancy.

I think a big part of why Steve was so likable this season though was because he wasn't tied down to a love interest and could get involved with the others. Assuming next season takes place 1 year later again like this one did then he might not even be in Hawkins anymore, they had him filling out his college application in Episode 1. Hopefully him becoming such a fan favourite this season will make them keep him in it though.