I hated and still despise the treatment they gave my boy Argyle both in the show and irl.
Eduardo Franco was not called back despite his excellent performance, this makes me mad, and Argyle? The Duffers don't gaf about him, his arch was completely butchered, he was thrown aside, discarded like an old toy.
Argyle was the definition of ICONIC:
Jonathan's first real friend, who listened to him
cared for Jonathan's outcast siblings
comforted El after she rightfully shmacked Angela despite being high af
worked but still gave the Byers rides to school and everywhere everyday
tried to make conversation with Murray
never threw El under the bus, said Angela would be fine. It was Mike who ruined the dinner with his comment
literally disappeared for days after a delivery TO CROSS THE ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY JUST BECAUSE HE WAS SO NICE
If it wasn't for him wanting to pay his respects to the dead agent, Mike would have never figured the number was inside the pen
saw Eden was overstimulated and knew she needed to relax. Cut to them with a bong in the van
SAW THE FATTIES. HE WAS SO OBSERVANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING NEVADA DESERT AND RECOGNISED THE WHEELS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND A LEAD TO THE HIDDEN LAB BECAUSE OF ARGYLE
Despite being tired after sitting and driving and seeing so many corpses and blood and violence over the last few days he still rolled with the gang and never backed out
he was so nice to El, never questioned her
HE SUGGESTED THE FREEZER. HE KNEW WHAT TO DO. HE WAS THE FUCKING KEY TO THE SOLUTION
he asked the fellow Surfer Boy to use the kitchen
HE PREPARED THE PIZZA FREEZER SENSORY TANK
HE MADE EL PIZZA. HER FIRST MEAL SINCE DAYS IN THE DESERT!!!!
he saw her do her thing and piggyback
HE WENT TO FUCKING HAWKINS IN INDIANA
SO IT JUST SUCKS FOR ME TO SEE THE WRITERS DISCARDING HIM THE MOMENT THEY GET TO HAWKINGS
my boy was just shown standing there, being weird in the forest and the second Hopper and Joyce arrive HE'S CUT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PICTURE.
we don't see the pizza van anymore, we don't see Argyle anymore. he doesn't even get to say goodbye to the Byers, El and Mike, not even to stand there doing nothing
I just know and swear on my life that Mama Joyce would have exclaimed "Argyle!" upon seeing him, and after a surprised but not ill intentioned "What are you doing here- How...?" she would have HUGGED TF OUTTA HIM cuz that's a boy who's friends with her kids and was always at her house and was so nice to drive her kids around and bring fresh pizza
They didn't even give my Latino King a Surname.
and i also fucking hate how other characters, like Mike at most times disregarded him. There, I said it.
Argyle fucking deserved waaaay better.
Also, he wouldn't just take his van and drive back to California out of the blue without saying goodbye after sitting in said van for like a week without showering, eating, sleeping, talking about what happened while they were on the run, sharing a joint with Jon at least one more time and leaving him some purple palm tree delight and saying proper goodbyes. No fucking way. He wouldn't disappear without teasing Jon about Nancy