Just about done with the new season. While my thoughts on the season are mostly positive...
The season has plenty to like, but I don't think it was as fresh or as well put together as the first.
WARNING: "Stranger Things 2" spoilers below
The story thread featuring 11 was definitely the weakest aspect of the season for me. The choice to keep her out of the group of kids for pretty much the entire season took a lot away from the dynamic of the group. I like Mad Max a whole lot, but they material they had 11 involved with seemed mostly tacked on, sometimes drifting so far out of range of the spirit of the show that i felt like I was watching a marvel show about a new group of emerging mutants. The "Give in to your anger" stuff that was slung around in episode 7 was derivative, and had me pining for more of the Hawkins story almost immediately. The show is at its best when it's focused on the adventurous group dynamics of the main group of kids, or when a googly-eyed Winona is hamming it up in full-on crazy mode.
The season has plenty to like, but I don't think it was as fresh or as well put together as the first.
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