New season means new characters and new hairstyles. Hopper's police buddy went from Egon to Weird Al, Eleven sports an Ellen Ripley, and nobody puts Nancy in a corner.
This new season has started to drift from the horror and the science fiction and towards the teen drama. Nancy seems to have it figured it out with Steve, but when Will's predicament sends her on a mission with Jonathan, she isn't sure anymore. Nancy is also torn with Barb's death, and it becomes a central part of the story where the conspiracy starts to leak into Hawkins. The drama between Mike and the Party also begins to take shape from young kids to awkward teens.
Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Will meet tough girl, Max, also nicknamed Mad Max, and she is everything they could dream of in a girl: she plays video games, she rides a skateboard, and she is bullied by her older stepbrother. Okay, maybe not that last part, which I thought that whole thing was kind of generic. Generic older sibling bullies younger sibling so the younger sibling's friends help find the courage to fight back. And by the way, these boys encountered a girl with psionic powers. It should be no surprise that a girl can kick their ass at Dig Dug.
There is still a lot we don't know about the relationship between Max and Billy, her stepbrother. All we know is that they hate each other. Towards the end of the season, we see that Billy is also bullied by his father, so it makes sense to see why he's hard of Max; he is taking his anger out on her. I had several theories about how Max and Billy's relationship would change once she stood up to him. I thought that Billy would be just inherently evil, and he gets eaten by the Demodogs. Or he does a Steve from Season One and fights the Demodogs. Or she establishes dominance and controls him. Wanna take a guess what was picked? Since Billy lives, there is a possibility that they may reconcile their relationship and depend on each other. There is a tease in Season Three that Billy may be involved with the bad guy, but who knows if that will happen?
I began to think about this. Billy has been antagonizing Steve throughout the series, even before he punched him out for hiding Max. There was a shower scene, after basketball practice, in which Billy got really close to Steve and says that there are plenty of fish in the sea. On the surface, he is referring to the breakup with Nancy. But below, what if Billy is interested? That's right, I think Billy is gay. It's hard to know at this point because of a lot of guys in the eighties, I'm guessing from movies, sported some kind of earrings, ass hugging jeans, and a messy mullet. And even some rubbed their genitals with cologne. But I found that last one extra weird because I've never seen it done. Suppose Billy is jealous because Steve just broke up with the hottest girl in Hawkins High, and he's not interested in Billy. Even more tragic? His dad knows he's gay. I really would like to see this explored.
Max is a great new addition to the group. It was actually hilarious that Lucas and Dustin are fascinated by Max's hobbies and demeanors. I was kind of hoping that Dustin would wind up with Max with his pearls, but they went with Lucas and Max being the couple. It was a nice development for Lucas. He went from being a skeptical kid wanting some excitement to becoming a young man that wants a relationship with Max. Dustin was bummed that Max isn't fascinated by his discovery that will turn against them later, so he develops an unlikely relationship with Steve on how to get girls, of which involves embarrassing beauty products. We all have something we use that we want to keep secret. I use whatever shampoo there is in the shower, so I'm not afraid to say that some of them were Dove, Garnier, and TRESemmé. I've used some of that manly sh*t, Dove for Men and Nivea, and it destroys my hair.
Will may be back, but he still has nightmares about the Upside Down. But then, the nightmares turn real and he becomes a host to a new baddy who threatens the safety of Hawkins. This is a good turn because we get to experience more with Will and how he adjusts to life in Hawkins. But it's short-lived because of the Mind Flayer controlling him.
Mike is lashing out because he wants to be with Eleven. Ever since her disappearance he draws into himself thinking that there is nothing left to look forward to as she remains radio silent. But when Will needs help, Mike lights back up with determination to save him.
Eleven is now seeking refuge in a distant cabin with Hopper, and she is turning into a moody teen haunted by her past and equally tormented for not being able to be with Mike. The relationship with Eleven and Hopper blossoms as Hopper adjusts to being a dad again, and Eleven adjusts to learning how to be with a parent that isn't experimenting on her. He wants to keep her safe so that she isn't taken again, but he also wants to teach her to be a part of a family. He doesn't want to lose her like he lost Sarah. She wants to go out into the world and grow up like a normal child. She discovers she is not alone with her abilities. It turns out there was another girl with the power to create illusions for people. In a stand-alone episode, Eleven meets her and her gang as they battle people who experimented on them at Hawkins Lab. But Eleven, now wanting to be called Jane, soon realizes that she belongs with Mike and the Party. She returns to help close the gate and save Hawkins. And to top the cake, a birth certificate was created, and Hopper adopted Jane.
Joyce has a new boyfriend, and now you can die knowing that a Heather dated a Goonie in a TV series set in the eighties with a plotline from Gremlins and kind of Ghostbusters, and they deal with Carter Burke from Aliens, an eighties mashup you didn't know you wanted. It is very sad that Bob the Goonie had to bite the dust, but it opens up the possibility that Joyce and Hopper may rekindle a fling they once had. If you watched Beyond Stranger Things, you may find that Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp are delighted by the possibility of becoming siblings in the show.
The finale was probably the best episode to date, and it's all because Mike got to take Jane to the Snow Ball. The last scene was just pure joy. Lucas and Max dancing together, Nancy dancing with Dustin after he fails to get a girl, even Zombie Boy Will got to dance. I thought Nancy dancing with Dustin was a nice callback to the very first episode when he offered her some pizza. It shows that likes him back, just maybe not in a dating way. But who knows?
Then the moment we've been waiting FOREVER FOR, Mike and Jane dancing. Season Three better have more Mike and Jane moments. I NEED MORE MIKE AND JANE MAGIC IN MY LIFE! I actually went to the Snow Ball when I was in high school, in Indiana now less, so this scene is very dear to me. My first year, my date refused to dance at all, so I danced with someone else. The second year I went stag and had a lot of fun. My date now has a child with her boyfriend, so I'm sad because of what Mike and Jane have and I didn't. I didn't really have a middle school/high school romance. You can probably guess that from these post.
Well, enough about me. Season Two was awesome, and I can't forget Season Three to drop tomorrow, July 4th. I probably won't get around to right away because my family has plans. I hope you do too. You're outside burning burgers and not inside burning WiFi.
Released On: October 27, 2019
Rating: TV-14
Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Cara Buono, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser
Directors: The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Rebecca Thomas
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.6 (Average)
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Golden Globes
Screen Actors Guild Awards
This new season has started to drift from the horror and the science fiction and towards the teen drama. Nancy seems to have it figured it out with Steve, but when Will's predicament sends her on a mission with Jonathan, she isn't sure anymore. Nancy is also torn with Barb's death, and it becomes a central part of the story where the conspiracy starts to leak into Hawkins. The drama between Mike and the Party also begins to take shape from young kids to awkward teens.
Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Will meet tough girl, Max, also nicknamed Mad Max, and she is everything they could dream of in a girl: she plays video games, she rides a skateboard, and she is bullied by her older stepbrother. Okay, maybe not that last part, which I thought that whole thing was kind of generic. Generic older sibling bullies younger sibling so the younger sibling's friends help find the courage to fight back. And by the way, these boys encountered a girl with psionic powers. It should be no surprise that a girl can kick their ass at Dig Dug.
There is still a lot we don't know about the relationship between Max and Billy, her stepbrother. All we know is that they hate each other. Towards the end of the season, we see that Billy is also bullied by his father, so it makes sense to see why he's hard of Max; he is taking his anger out on her. I had several theories about how Max and Billy's relationship would change once she stood up to him. I thought that Billy would be just inherently evil, and he gets eaten by the Demodogs. Or he does a Steve from Season One and fights the Demodogs. Or she establishes dominance and controls him. Wanna take a guess what was picked? Since Billy lives, there is a possibility that they may reconcile their relationship and depend on each other. There is a tease in Season Three that Billy may be involved with the bad guy, but who knows if that will happen?
I began to think about this. Billy has been antagonizing Steve throughout the series, even before he punched him out for hiding Max. There was a shower scene, after basketball practice, in which Billy got really close to Steve and says that there are plenty of fish in the sea. On the surface, he is referring to the breakup with Nancy. But below, what if Billy is interested? That's right, I think Billy is gay. It's hard to know at this point because of a lot of guys in the eighties, I'm guessing from movies, sported some kind of earrings, ass hugging jeans, and a messy mullet. And even some rubbed their genitals with cologne. But I found that last one extra weird because I've never seen it done. Suppose Billy is jealous because Steve just broke up with the hottest girl in Hawkins High, and he's not interested in Billy. Even more tragic? His dad knows he's gay. I really would like to see this explored.
Max is a great new addition to the group. It was actually hilarious that Lucas and Dustin are fascinated by Max's hobbies and demeanors. I was kind of hoping that Dustin would wind up with Max with his pearls, but they went with Lucas and Max being the couple. It was a nice development for Lucas. He went from being a skeptical kid wanting some excitement to becoming a young man that wants a relationship with Max. Dustin was bummed that Max isn't fascinated by his discovery that will turn against them later, so he develops an unlikely relationship with Steve on how to get girls, of which involves embarrassing beauty products. We all have something we use that we want to keep secret. I use whatever shampoo there is in the shower, so I'm not afraid to say that some of them were Dove, Garnier, and TRESemmé. I've used some of that manly sh*t, Dove for Men and Nivea, and it destroys my hair.
Will may be back, but he still has nightmares about the Upside Down. But then, the nightmares turn real and he becomes a host to a new baddy who threatens the safety of Hawkins. This is a good turn because we get to experience more with Will and how he adjusts to life in Hawkins. But it's short-lived because of the Mind Flayer controlling him.
Mike is lashing out because he wants to be with Eleven. Ever since her disappearance he draws into himself thinking that there is nothing left to look forward to as she remains radio silent. But when Will needs help, Mike lights back up with determination to save him.
Eleven is now seeking refuge in a distant cabin with Hopper, and she is turning into a moody teen haunted by her past and equally tormented for not being able to be with Mike. The relationship with Eleven and Hopper blossoms as Hopper adjusts to being a dad again, and Eleven adjusts to learning how to be with a parent that isn't experimenting on her. He wants to keep her safe so that she isn't taken again, but he also wants to teach her to be a part of a family. He doesn't want to lose her like he lost Sarah. She wants to go out into the world and grow up like a normal child. She discovers she is not alone with her abilities. It turns out there was another girl with the power to create illusions for people. In a stand-alone episode, Eleven meets her and her gang as they battle people who experimented on them at Hawkins Lab. But Eleven, now wanting to be called Jane, soon realizes that she belongs with Mike and the Party. She returns to help close the gate and save Hawkins. And to top the cake, a birth certificate was created, and Hopper adopted Jane.
Joyce has a new boyfriend, and now you can die knowing that a Heather dated a Goonie in a TV series set in the eighties with a plotline from Gremlins and kind of Ghostbusters, and they deal with Carter Burke from Aliens, an eighties mashup you didn't know you wanted. It is very sad that Bob the Goonie had to bite the dust, but it opens up the possibility that Joyce and Hopper may rekindle a fling they once had. If you watched Beyond Stranger Things, you may find that Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp are delighted by the possibility of becoming siblings in the show.
The finale was probably the best episode to date, and it's all because Mike got to take Jane to the Snow Ball. The last scene was just pure joy. Lucas and Max dancing together, Nancy dancing with Dustin after he fails to get a girl, even Zombie Boy Will got to dance. I thought Nancy dancing with Dustin was a nice callback to the very first episode when he offered her some pizza. It shows that likes him back, just maybe not in a dating way. But who knows?
Then the moment we've been waiting FOREVER FOR, Mike and Jane dancing. Season Three better have more Mike and Jane moments. I NEED MORE MIKE AND JANE MAGIC IN MY LIFE! I actually went to the Snow Ball when I was in high school, in Indiana now less, so this scene is very dear to me. My first year, my date refused to dance at all, so I danced with someone else. The second year I went stag and had a lot of fun. My date now has a child with her boyfriend, so I'm sad because of what Mike and Jane have and I didn't. I didn't really have a middle school/high school romance. You can probably guess that from these post.
Well, enough about me. Season Two was awesome, and I can't forget Season Three to drop tomorrow, July 4th. I probably won't get around to right away because my family has plans. I hope you do too. You're outside burning burgers and not inside burning WiFi.
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Released On: October 27, 2019
Rating: TV-14
Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Cara Buono, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser
Directors: The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Rebecca Thomas
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.6 (Average)
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Drama Series - Nominated
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series David Harbour - Nominated
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series The Duffer Brothers - Nominated
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The Duffer Brothers - Nominated
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein, and Chase Paris - Nominated
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) Tim Ives - Nominated
- Outstanding Music Supervision Nora Felder - Nominated
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Kevin D. Ross - Nominated
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Tiffany S. Griffith, Jordan B. Wilby, David Werntz, Antony Zeller, David Klotz, Zane Bruce & Lindsay Pepper - Nominated
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) Joe Barnett, Adam Jenkins, Michael P. Clark & Bill Higley - Nominated
- Outstanding Visual Effects Paul Graff, Christina Graff, Michael Maher, Fred Raimondi, Seth Hill, Joel Sevilla, Alex Young, Steven Michael Dinozzi & Caius Man - Nominated
Golden Globes
- Best Television Series Drama - Nominated
- Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries, or Television Film David Harbour - Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominated
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series David Harbour - Nominated
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Millie Bobby Brown - Nominated
- Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominated
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