[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Just watched the first episode, it was really good but obviously not as novel as season 1

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I screamed at the Barb mention! I really want a 'Never Forgotten' t-shirt with Barb's face on it from Topshop.

Just watched the one, too - boy I'm glad Beastie is back to just wantonly write spoilers at the top of a new page ****ing bellend - and the Barb dinner got me

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Just watched the one, too - boy I'm glad Beastie is back to just wantonly write spoilers at the top of a new page ****ing bellend - and the Barb dinner got me

Oh I thought she was talking about season this bitch! I don’t have time to binge watch a season

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

smfh

[JerseyWins]

Honestly I think this show is a bit overrated by people I know (and I guess just general review/opinion on it). It gets cheesy at times and the "twists" and stuff are actually very predictable to me almost all the time.

Still, it's a solid show that I liked enough to finish the first season and I plan on starting to watch season 2 within the next week. Actually kinda excited to watch it.

[JerseyWins]

That was a REALLY good season 2 premiere. Not a whole lot happened but it was a really well done buildup episode for catching up with the characters. I think I enjoyed it more than I did the last few episodes of season 1. IMO the show hit its peak on like episodes 3-4 if I remember correctly

Someone refresh my memory on this from season 1?

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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.

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)

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Just watched the one, too - boy I'm glad Beastie is back to just wantonly write spoilers at the top of a new page ****ing bellend - and the Barb dinner got me

Apologies Shaun! There is a death though but the person who dies should not have died. But I feel the person who dies is just an easy scape goat and that is why they died. Man that was hard when I can't really mention he or she!

[BBUKAUSFAN]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

Someone refresh my memory on this from season 1?

Spoiler:

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.

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)

Spoiler:

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.

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by BBUKAUSFAN

Spoiler:

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.

Ah, thanks.

Spoiler:

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.

[user104658]

First episode and maybe half of the second had me a bit worried that it was going to fall short - but having watched the whole season, it is excellent again. A couple of random pointless characters in the mix (honestly not sure why??) and episode 7... err... well, there's a reason it gets 6.8 on IMDB when no other ep in the entire show is below 8.5... and episodes 6, 8 and 9 are all 9.5+ .

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I saw a review describe the episode as "X-Men Third Class" . 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 . And "8" is a terrible actress which doesn't help.

[Locke.]

Finished it last night. Thoughts:

Spoiler:

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.

[BBUK-Fan]

Thought the death was an easy way out because they didn't want to affect anything but killing off somebody major would have made the show more exciting for season 3.

[JerseyWins]

5 episodes in. I think 5th episode was good but took a step down from the previous two (but it had a nice ending). The show might be at it's best in episodes 3-4 on both seasons for me.

[King Gizzard]

Spoiler:

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

[Scarlett.]

I think I liked S2 more than S1, it was a lot more creative and there was some good character development

Spoiler:

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

[user104658]

Originally Posted by King Gizzard

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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...

I think that's sort of the point though, you're put in a position where you're basically just a spectator on the side of events that the characters themselves are experiencing, for the mostpart. THEY are confused and don't really have an clue what's actually going on, and are trying to make sense of it by various means (e.g. the boys with the D&D analogies, and Dustin near the end this season pointed out the limitations of that, when the analogy doesn't fit and he's like "I don't know, it's just a game!")... and so we're sort of put in the same position as them. We know that bat**** crazy stuff is going on and everyone is trying to make sense of it.

Originally Posted by King Gizzard

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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

From what I've read, they have a 4 season arc planned and are pretty committed to sticking to it... which is very good news for a show like this. So as long as they don't back out of that, I don't think there's a risk of them bleeding it dry. Thankfully it's a Netflix show, so it can just be a complete thing on the service, it's not on a broadcast Network TV channel where they push for more and more with popular shows because of the ad revenue, and do end up bleeding things dry. Game of Thrones for example, although they're committed to a finite run with the show itself, I already get the distinct feeling that they're going to flog the franchise to death with all of these spin-off plans.

[Jessica.]

I finished S2 last night, I loved it, I don't think ep7 was as bad as people are making it out to be.

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by Chewy

I think I liked S2 more than S1, it was a lot more creative and there was some good character development

Spoiler:

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

I think it sets up season 3's storyline. We know now that

Spoiler:

Brenner is alive

Eleven will most likely end up tracking down multiple 'siblings' to stop whatever it is he's planning.

[King Gizzard]

Spoiler:

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

[Wizard.]

Just finished Season 2

Spoiler:

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.

[Smithy]

Binged both series this week, really enjoyed S1, I feel like S2’s peaks were better, (although The Lost Sister was COMPLETE filler (DONT @ me) but the first 3 or so eps were pretty slow but I was glad when it picked up after that

Did the penultimate episode remind anyone else of Jurassic Park? Like it seemed like it was totally paying homage to it

[Smithy]

Also I want billy to beat me up

[Smithy]

ALSO I don’t like how they made 11 completely irrelevant until the last minute

[King Gizzard]

Get gay vibes from Billy, probably try it on with Steve next season

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Just finished Season 2

Spoiler:

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.

Spoiler:

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.

[y.winter]

Started watching yesterday and the first two episode were quite slow and eventless imo. I hope it gets better soon.