Good premiere. I love catching back up with these characters and seeing how things have changed. I’m so glad they abandoned their original plan of making it an anthology series, the characters are too good
The Bob flashback :((( . And the superhero drawing on the fridge. BRUTAL
Steve remains my favorite and always will, his development has been so fun. He’s gonna get with the girl he works with for sure. I think that’s Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke’s daughter. I’m v nervous for Steve this season though since this show kills off a fan fav per season so far. That would be the worst
Hopper was funny. The Billy pool scene was amusing
I wonder if Jake Busey’s douche character will go the way of Steve and Bob and the doc last season where you think they’re gonna be douchey (Steve) lame (Bob) evil (doc) but do a 180 by the season’s end. I wonder if Billy has a shot of that too assuming he’s alive
The mystery bits were good. The vaporized bodies at the start, the rats exploding, Billy being dragged off. That smokey monster was cool, I wanna get away from the demagorgan(?) stuff
I always forget just how much I enjoy this show and its characters til it comes back on. What a JOY of a show! I'm a little sad it's back to 8 episodes again (tho if that means no Eleven-goes-to-Chicago type filler episode I guess that's ok)
some minor odd writing choices aside I've been really enjoying it. Starcourt Mall has been a great new setting
3x01-3x04
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"I dump your ass" heavy contender for line of the season
I can't help but laugh at the assholes at the newspaper, that blonde dude has been a p entertaining antagonist. Almost 100% he gets a grisly death by the end of the season
The boyz splitting up and Lucas/Mike kinda growing past the other two has been sad. I feel like the season will end with the four of them getting together for a D&D session just like ol times
Also good. A handful of funny small moments. "It's supposed to literally say "I'm Sorry"?? Steve's "uh...ok" when the two ran away giggling. I forget what else, BUT THEY WERE THERE! They were mostly Steve related
I loved the classic Jaws quote used here. "I can do anything I want. I'm the Chief of Police."
Mr. Clarke is great. Cary Elwes as the seedy mayor is fun casting. The Billy stuff was interesting. That sludge monster was p gross and cool
Fun ep! Just like the rest - characters are all great, mysteries are fun, Steve is the best
Also I'm stoooooked that it's a Thing/Body Snatchers inspired season. I remember after s1 ended I was saying I hope they do a Thing type season so I'm pumped, I love stuff like this. American Pie blaring over the end dinner scene was perfect. Jitterbug was a fun music moment too
Best one so far. The Billy fight was really good, Cary Elwes' mayor continues to be perfectly seedy, Hopper's been better in eps 3 and 4 than he was in the first two
The lab being under the mall was a fun surprise
I like all the different mystery threads starting to come together now
The flashbacks to s1 are so weird to see, it's crazy how small they all were. Puberty is one HELL of a thing!
Op. Jake Busey got that gory death you predicted Boc. I was a bit surprised tbh, I thought they'd subvert expectations like I said and have him redeem himself slightly before he died. NOPE! Just straight to mind flayed. I kinda do wish they had something in between, I didn't love how he just suddenly showed up at the hospital like that. The two turning into goop was cool though and the monster in the hallway was great
Not in love with the Russian terminator chasing them down but I'm sure he'll get a horrid death so that'll be nice
Steve winning his first fight, HELL YAW! Please don't die.
