Will – Should I Stay or Should I Go, The Clash
Lucas – Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
Dustin & Suzie – The NeverEnding Story, Limahl
Mike – Purple Rain, Prince
Eleven – Runaway, Bon Jovi
Max – Running Up That Hill, Kate Bush
Erica – Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
Steve – Sunglasses at Night, Corey Hart
Robin – Tainted Love, Soft Cell
Nancy – Material Girl, Madonna
Jonathan – Atmosphere, Joy Division
Eddie – Master of Puppets, Metallica
Billy – Rock You Like a Hurricane, Scorpions
Barb – Africa, Toto
Chrissy – Talking in Your Sleep, The Romantics
Argyle – Pass the Dutchie, Musical Youth
Joyce – Heroes, Peter Gabriel
Hopper – Don’t Mess Around with Jim, Jim Croce
Murray – Cold as Ice, Foreigner
Mr. Clarke – Whip It, Devo
Bob – Islands in the Stream, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Karen – Fernando, ABBA
Vecna / Henry / One / Mr. Whatsit / The Mind Flayer – Every Breath You Take, The Police
Victor Creel – Dream a Little Dream of Me, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
the parallel of this el and s1 el in the tank SOBBING
BYLER MOMENT
MIKE: friends? no way
WILL (and me): lovers?!?!
MIKE: best friends
WILL (and me): oh :/
LET MAX GO! PLS LEAVE HER ALONE
thank god it was just el and kali
not the theatre cult lmao
STEVE NO OMFG
they knew what they were doing by slowing steves fall
kali is cool prove me wrong
STONATHAN!! (robin ships them)
HOPPER’S GETTING VECNA’D NO
vecna’s playing dirty games with hop that was insane
lmao why did henry run like that
DEREK: SUCK MY FAT ONE!
be a big boy henry and go in the cave. i know its scary but you got this bud
he did it! hes a big boy now! anyways holly and those kids are screwed oh fuck
dang hopper really said ‘screw kali’
GO MURRAY
EL THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME MAKING THAT GUY SHOOT HIMSELF
KALI NO (im actually quite sad for el’s sake)
also how to the people who thought kali was a traitor now feel???
the emotional piano version of eleven’s theme, el giving hop sara’s bracelet back
henry backstory!!! (mindflayer origin?)
henry redemption arc?!
MINDFLAYER SPIDER TRUE FORM HOLY FUCKING SHIT
ELEVEN!!!!!!!!! WHAT AN ABSOLUTE BADASS OMFG
NANCY WALK EM’ DOWN WHEELER
yeahhh lucas with his slingshot!!
FOR EDDIE!!
WILL THE FUCKING WISE SORCERER BADASS KING
lmao mike with the flare gun
well that was fucking awesome
aww derek hugging steve 🥺
GET EM JOYCE GET EM FUCK HIM UP
imagine literally destroying vecna then getting arrested by the military
NO ELEVEN
awwww mileven was endgame 😭😭
DUSTIN WAS SHOUTING “ELEVEN”
STEVE IS COACHING LITTLE LEAGUE I LOVE IT
COACH STEVE
yay max is skateboarding again!!
dustin got braces and HES VALEDICTORIAN!
how did they break to the town that hopper is alive?? and hes chief again huh?
poor mike :(
also as far as we know ted is still in that coma lmao
pokp and circumstance gave me war flashbacks
TED IS ALIVE!! (my sister, my mom and i all cheered for him btw)
fun fact (and i love this) in the graduation scene nancy and karen rock a stylish pixie cut which originally became popular in ‘89 from none other than winona ryder
eddie would be so fucking proud of dustin’s valedictorian speech
fuck off stacey
steve is teaching sex ed 😭😭
nancy dropping out of college is so real
JOPPER FINALLY WENT TO ENZOS!!!
not hopper and joyce talking about moving to montauk
KALI USED HER POWERS TO ILLUSION EL SO SHE SURVIVES BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT SHE DIED
ELEVEN FOUND HER THREE WATERFALLS MY QUEEN
i love how ambiguous that is. no one knows if el is alive or not i love it
love that holly and her friends DEREK are playing DnD now
OVERALL THOUGHTS
i appreciate how much quicker the pace in in this final episode
overall disappointed by the lack of deaths tbh. still think nancy and jonathan should have died when they were in the lab during that "un" proposal scene
eleven dying makes perfect sense. its devastating, but it makes perfect sense in that everything is resolved. the mindflayer killed, the upside down destroyed. its all gone but its also with everyone forever i love it. dont get me wrong im sobbing but still
songs that both remind me of him and ones i think he'd listen to. it's on a youtube playlist so anyone can listen cause not everyone has spotify.
sunny - boney m
upside down - diana ross
sunglasses at night - corey hart
sweet dreams (are made of this) - eurythmics
girls on film - duran duran
part of me, part of you - glenn frey
no looking back - kenny loggins
footloose - kenny loggins
don’t dream it’s over - crowded house
take my breath away - berlin
if you were here - thompson twins
in a big country - big country
heart of glass - blondie
barracuda - heart
need you tonight - INXS
better not look down - bb king
good times - INXS & jimmy barnes
the power of love - huey lewis & the news
dancing with myself - billy idol
hungry like the wolf - duran duran
end of beginning - djo
You know despite the attention he's had most of his life, I truly do think that that conversation with Dustin was the probably first time in his life Steve Harrington ever felt truly and utterly irreplaceable and precious to someone else. Imagine thinking that you're mostly just the guy who's there to take the hits (and yes your friends do love you but you think they'd learn to be ok without you eventually) to then be HIT with the reality that someone's world would simply crumble without you in it. Dustin and Steve you shine brighter than all the stars in the sky I am so serious
HOLLY: if this is going to work, we need dipshit derek
DEREK: ( ͡ ° ͜ʖ ͡ °)
THREETOBEEXACT
mr clarke comeback!!
DEMOGORGON FRANKENSTEIN
not nancy and jonathan having relationship tension
noooo my sister thinks Kali is the traitor
i can't with henry being a child stalker and kidnapper
the visuals of max and holly traveller through the memories is so cool
i love that its usually steve with the one with the beat up face, but this time its dustin. also i can't, their fight was too much i'm so scared for them.
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THOSE GUYS IN THE LAB OMFG
the pregnant women??? HORRIFYING
papa using henry's blood to create the superpowered children is so insane but it also makes PERFECT sense
the way my mom and sister SCREAMED when mr. whatsit jumpscared dipshit derek in the woods
the shifting of HENRY to ONE to MR. WHATSIT to VECNA is so terrifying
the way lucas isn't in the hospital when max almost dies
WILL MY BADASS SORCERER KING POSSESSING VECNA TO SAVE MAX
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME YOU NEED TO RUN!!
wooooaaaaaaaaahhhh it's a force field
DUSTIN: don't touch it!!
NANCY: *immediately whips out her gun to shoot it*
NANCY NO
holy shit what a great episode
506 ESCAPE FROM CAMAZOTZ
El my BADASS superpowered queen
THE UPSIDE DOWN IS A FUCKING WORMHOLE?! HOLY SHIT
rip steve's car i guess
sleeping beauty: byler's version
bob the builder: will's version
hopper is getting s2 war flashbacks when he saw will lmao
shoutout the people who knew holly's telescope hole matches max's cave exit
DUSTIN CAN'T DEAL WITH STEVE DYING I'M SOBBING
i think the scene with nancy and jonathan in the escape room of terror is what really made me like nancy (yes, after 5 seasons)
JONATHAN PROPOSED (with a better ring than what fucking jeremiah gave to belly)
eleven feet shot was not on my 2025 bingo card wtf
everything about vecna finding max's body via using will's memories and sending the demodogs to the hospital is terrifying. kinda underwhelming compared to the s2 lab scene but still fun
lmao not karen blowing up the demos but SHES IN THE GAME NOW
but fr how tf did karen get that heavy ass oxygen tank to the BASEMENT WITHOUT ANY NOISE while in her “i can hardly breathe or walk” situation
holly and max's scene with the epic orchestral running up that hill while they were running and escaping was SO GOOD
this may be my favorite episode this season omfg
507 THE BRIDGE
MAX IS AWAKE IM SOBBING
I LOVE LUMAX SO MUCH ITS A GREAT DAY FOR LUMAX STANS
what the fuck is this evil vecna lair
i knew we knew the person falling was holly!
its kinda insane how important of a character holly is becoming
erica and mr clarke are such an iconic duo (plus murray for funsies)
YES GET MR CLARKE IN THE GAME
also EL's fit with the wetsuit and the sweatpants is a MUCH better look than the fucking cropped sweashirt with the running shorts over leggings (that was literally my look in middle school lmao)
NOT HOLLY GETTING SUCKED BACK FUCK THIS
love that the group has now expanded. aka i'm SO happy mr clarke is in the know now cause he will single-handedly take down vecna i know it
henry is an expert of child manipulation
VECNA vs DEREK FINAL BATTLE (it needs to happen)
IN A TIME OF CHAOS, STEVE IS THE MASTERMIND HERO WE NEED (and the way dustin is proud of steve's plan)
stupid kids broke her FUCKING NECKLACE
STEVE: YOU DIE, I DIE
DUSTIN: YOU DIE, I DIE
not el and kali planning a double suicide with the bomb no i won't be able to handle that
THE WAY WILL COMES OUT TO EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME THE SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT I FELT
THE WAY THE GROUP HUG WAS FOR WILL COMING OUT OMFG
NANCY "WALK EM DOWN" WHEELER
what in the child sacrifice ritual?
GENERAL THOUGHTS
i'm kinda getting to the point where i'll be disappointed if no main characters die
i'm so interested in what kali's place is in all of this. is what she is saying true or is she lying? a traitor? will she and eleven go through with their death plan?
gonna be so honest, i never really liked nancy but ep 6 & 7 really made me like her character (specifically her and jonathan's confession scene and her fucking shit up in the military base)
fyi my mom calls the demogorgons 'domadragons' which is so fucking funny to me
i like this vol. more than vol. 1. its got more of that shock and horror that i think stranger things really is
The opening scene with the byers and wheelers having breakfast together, is so heartwarming and definitely means one of them is dying
steve and robin running the radio station is perfection
wtf was that steve vs jonathan shit?
Robin and Vickie planning on going on a date to Enzo's is EVERYTHING to me
WILL WATCHING ROBIN AND VICKIE
the poor snake :(
WILL ENTERING THE MIND OF THE DEMOGORGON?!?!
Omg El holding Will's head as he's having his demogorgon seizure
my poor girl, holly
502 THE VANISHING OF...
HOLLY WHEELER?!
Oh, Karen, you badass
Karen was giving molly weasley's "not my daughter, you bitch"
the way that the military still thinks that everything is eleven's doing, hurts my soul. meanwhile, el is risking her life to find and save holly
SHE'S IN THERE ALL ALONE, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE I WON'T JUST LEAVE HER THERE
jesus christ this steve vs jonathan shit is actually bullshit
can't they give nancy some non-blood stained clothes??
nooo not dustin and steve fighting
ROBIN AND WILL!
nancy is getting really good at sneaking into hospitals/institutions
OH MY GOD HENRY?
503 THE TURNBOW TRAP
why is targeting children a part of vecna's plan?
love that everyone is in peril and holly is just baking cakes and having a dance party
erica's favorite class being mr clark's is so wonderful
ROBIN AND WILL!
dustin drilling a hole in steve's car healed my anxiety for them
jonathan is wanting to propose to nancy?! god now i'm extra scared one of them is not gonna make it out
the eleven and hopper interrogation scene?? really shows how insane eleven's powers are
so glad we got to meet tina just for erica to drug and kidnap her entire family
STEVE WITH A CHAINSAW
OH MY GOD MADMAX
504 SORCERER
STEVE DRIVING INTO THE UPSIDE-DOWN
will the artist is back!
wilderness max
i love how hawkins just turns into the american desert. it feels like one of those weird dreams you'd have
robin saying 'i like dick' was not on my st5 bingo card
eleven is just a fucking badass
why is steve so moody
the fact that max wasn't able to get back because the tape simply ended and needed to be rewinded is actually insane
robin being the person will can talk to about his sexuality is everything
not will and mike becoming plumbers
hoppers love for el is causing me physical pain
the demogorgon slaughter scene is insane because we've never seen multiple full grown demogorgons at the same time and it was just ahhh
KALI IS BACKKKKK
VECNA IS HERE AND SO FUCKING TERRIFYING
VECNA SHOOTING HIS HAND THROUGH THAT ONE GUYS EYES AND MOUTH TO KILL HIM WAS HORRIFYING
will watching an 8mm film reel about his childhood was devastating but so beautiful
WILL HAS POWERS NOW?!?!
and will killing the demogorgons the same way vecna kills people is woah
GENERAL THOUGHTS
love him or hate him, noah schnapp is an insane actor
the world/lore-building for this season feels so strange and idk how i feel about it yet. perhaps something will be revealed in the next volume that will have everything in this show just SNAP into place
the way child kidnapping is a relevant theme in this is so funny
BYLER IS STILL POSSIBLE DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE BYLER SHIPPERS I'M EXCITED FOR YOU ALL
Kali being back and will having powers changes EVERYTHING
the fact that we've pretty much already seen every shot from the trailers is insane with how we are really diving into an unknown now
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