Just finished stranger things so spoilers ahead!⚠️
So I really tried to give it a shot. Not be so critical. The ending was ok (not really)?? A lot of thoughts so I’ll try to organize them to the best of my ability.
Volume 1 or part 1 started out so strong so I’m confused how the plot got lost by the end. Again, I’m trying really hard not to be critical but killing vecna and the mind flayer was so anti-climatic!! Joyce barely had any screen time in the last episode which I thought was kind of crazy considering her name is first on the title thing.
Half the time when they were in that other world, it looked like a bad green screen. I’m being critical I know😞 anyways, I loathed the fact that El either killed herself or is living a life alone. I hate hate hate hate it. It just seems out of character that if she were still alive, she would have just lived a life away from them all. This is the same character who would search for Mike in season 2 when she was hidden in the cabin??? Yeah I know a lot of time had passed in between season 2 to season 5 but dang! It just doesn’t sit with me.
Where was the sisterhood between Max and El? When Max came out of Vecna’s control and woke up on the hospital, El didn’t even go and hug her. That was her best friend right? The person that El somehow managed to bring back to life right??? Anyways….
To end this on a positive note, I’m not unhappy with the epilogue in general. It felt hopeful and it was very sweet to see Holly and her friends taking over D&D and to see the consistency of Nancy and her mom getting the same haircuts has always been my favorite so that was nice. In my mind, El finds the sanctuary and tells her friends and Hopper down the line like how Hopper revealed he was alive with the Russian Doll message. Idk the ending was half-way happy and I’m just totally indifferent about it.
Would love to hear others thoughts about this both positive and negative! Oh and Happy New Years!!🎉
