( • spoilers … Do Not Read if you haven’t watched it yet)

The Series Finale Recap & Thoughts ….

Things that really bothered me:

• the last 25 min was unnecessary

• El jumped from the upside down into a different planet

• El’s lip fillers has been a topic this season and when she cries they get bigger— now I realize she isn’t a little girl anymore but every scene I ended up staring at her lips. I got caught up in fixating on her fillers too

• No one dies ( they even imply that El “could” still be alive) I mean besides Mrs Wheeler, no one has scars or seriously injured from worm hole jumping unto a different planet and fighting a gigantic fucking space spider from the underworld or something , fighting and killing off Vecna and none of them got seriously hurt or killed?

• The rooftop scene was about 3 min too long. They can’t come back to Hawkins, they are too busy but can meet up once a month in a different state and stay at Robyn’s uncles house?

• Oh.. Hopper can afford caviar now

Things I liked :

• Holly’s friends starting to play D & D

• Mrs. Wheeler after 18 months still has battle scars and looks like she’s been through the hell that everyone’s been through.

• El pulls Mike into the void to say goodbye

• the Fake out of “Steve’s gonna die” – he didn’t but damn I thought they were gonna start out like that… fucking Duffers

• Henry’s memory sequence on how he became Vecna was fantastic.

• Joyce axing the fuck out of Vecna’s head.

• Holly stepping up and being a bad ass

• Steve now teaches sex ed. Haha fucking classic

Final Thoughts

This didn’t need the last 25 min It felt extended for no reason so they could put it in theaters. That whole end could have been in a montage with Robyn narrating. I kept checking the time wondering why there was 25 min left.

All in all.. it was good . The series is still a decent series to watch. The end… was a bit meh after the first hour and a half being really good.

What are your thoughts?