Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 - Live Thoughts + Reactions
I wrote all of my thoughts and feelings in a notebook down and copied them here in case anyone is interested in my thoughts and feelings on S4 so far.Ā Itās taken me a while because 1) the season is LONG AS FUCK, 2) Iāve been ill and 3) Iāve been at work, soā¦ anyway, here it is!
SPOILERS BELOW FOR SEASON 4 VOLUME 1 (MEANING EPISODES 1-7)!
Episode 1 - The Hellfire Club
Oh damn, that opening 8-10 minutes though :O They made it look like Eleven straight up slaughtered all the otherĀ ānumbersā (the kids at the lab) as well as all the orderliesĀ
My theory at this point: Eleven was possessed by Vecna and he killed the kids/orderlies through her
It showed Will painting and I was likeĀ āoh thatās so for Mikeā even though it didnāt show what it was exactly
I love Eleven, Will and Jonathan being siblings
āWeāre all time travelers if you think about itā
Her visual aid for her school project was Hopper and the cabin :ā)
Eleven saying Joyce enjoys her new job (seems that sheās a telemarketer???) and it showing Joyce just shoutingĀ āPRICKā down the phone
JONATHAN IS A FUCKING STONER
Letās be honest,Ā āCalifornia Dreamināā may be the obvious music choice for this but itās the perfect song so I aināt mad
NO BUT I CANāT BELIEVE THE BABIES ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL I FEEL OLD
Eleven saying sheās good at maths butĀ āgrammar is getting good alsoā kind of just proves that no, itās not XD
NO BUT WHY ARE THEY BULLYING ELEVEN WHAT THE FUCK >:(
Not Dustin getting Suzie to change his Latin grade :ā)
*looking at Jesus statue*Ā ā... I will repent laterā LMFAO
STEVE AND ROBIN BESTIES CAN I GET A FUCK YEAH
As soon as they mentioned Vickie, I was likeĀ āthatās Amybeth McNultyās characterā andĀ āSO SHE IS ROBINāS LOVE INTERESTā
āYou ask out a girl, she says no - big deal. Nothing happens. Maybe your egoās a little bruised.But I ask out the wrong girl, and BAM! Iām a town pariahā - OOF TRUE
BOOBIES! B O O B I E S! BOOOOOBIES!
āI like boobies, you like boobies... Vickie likes boobiesā - I WAS WEEPING WITH LAUGHTER
Nah but I ship Robin and Vickie already ngl
Max seems so depressed, which I wasnāt actually expecting. It makes sense given that she saw Billy (her stepbrother) die in front of her, but at the very end of ST3 (which was 3 months after his death), she and Lucas were laughing and joking around and teasing Dustin over the Never Ending Story thing, so I guess Iām still kind of surprised
I was trying to figure out why Jason Carver, the basketball captain, seemed familiar... turns out itās because he was Chris Dollanganger in Flowers in the Attic in 2014... aka the guy who slept with his sisterĀ
My first impression of Jason is that he seems cute but like heās probably gonna be a douche
Max wasnāt happy at all watching Lucas play :(
Is... Is Jason seriously using the mall disaster AND Barb AND Hopper to pep up the team/game???
āYouāve been on the bench all yearā OOP
Me: *sees a box* // also me: WHATāS IN THE BOX?!?!
A Russian Doll??? Thatās all that was in that big ass box??? A creepy Russian doll?!?
The presentations El/Will are doing at school are on heroes... :( HOPPER IS ELEVENāS HERO IāM CRYING-
NOT THAT GIRL TRYING TO PLAY FOOTSIE WITH WILL š HEāS GAY HON HE AINāT INTO IT
No but STOP BEING FUCKING MEAN TO ELEVEN WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS LITTLE BLONDE BITCHāS PROBLEM
Also, Willās presentation board was on Alan Turing... š
Oh Max went straight up full on depressed emo :(
Chrissy came out of the counselorās office looking super upset... interesting
Max says that her mom is drinking and working 2 jobs, also Billyās dad has fucked off and left them... On the one hand, thatās actually good because Billyās dad kind of came off as an abusive dick bag. On the other, this poor family is broken :(
The counselor really saidĀ āitās okay to not be okayā, she really used that line
āMaybe you should find something you care about tooā - LUCAS SHUT UP BRO
āItās like youāre not even hereāĀ āa ghost or somethingā - sheās literally depressed dude
Max and Lucas broke up?!?! Bad time for LuMax fans...
Oh no, sheās taking pills as well
AĀ theory I had was Chrissy the cheerleader was pregnant because Max sees her being sick in the bathroom, she was upset coming out of the office, sheās in a relationship with Jason... IDK
WAAAAIIIIT WHO THE FUCK IS THAT WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT WITH THE GNARLY ASS FEET
Not people trying to say D&D is the devilās game and a cult
I wonāt lie though, the Hellfire Club kinda scares me
So Eddie keeps flunking his senior year, am I right?
I love that Joyce and Murray are still in touch, thatās nice
WAIT NOT MURRAY STRIPPING
Joyce: *looking at the doll* Jesus... she has nipples // Murray: *sliding into the bath* *cheering and whooping* ā IāM-
So... Jonathan thinks Nancy isnāt coming for spring break, but she was hoping to go but hadnāt told him?
Okay so it seems that Jancy still really love each other but theyāre not communicating and itās driving them further apart :/Ā
Nahhhh, newspaper dude (Fred) is fucking WEIRD. He gives me a weird creepy rich preppy boy incel vibe
WHY DOES NO ONE WANT TO PLAY FUCKIN DND >:( I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY DND BUT NO ONE WANTS TO FUCKIN PLAY IT WITH ME
Now why is Chrissy wandering into the woods???
... why is there a clock in a tree???
NOT THE SPIDERS FUCK THIS SHOW I HATE FUCKING SPIDERSĀ
Oooooohhhh okay, itās a vision, that makes sense
Eddie and Chrissy in the woods together... he was straight up selling her weed I think
No but they seem cute, they apparently knew each other when they were younger and they had a nice little scene together
ā...Do you have anything stronger?ā - at this point, because I was convinced she was up the duff, I was like,Ā āis she trying to get super high or terminate a pregnancy???ā
Not El getting an F :( I couldnāt see what subject the paper was on but I think it was Math?? Meaning she was lying to Mike about being good at math as well as having friends and her grammar getting better
NO, STOP BULLYING EL IāM BEING FUCKIN SERIOUS NOT THE DIARAMAĀ
THESE FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL ASSHOLES MAN
El is still missing her powers but she seemed to forget because she tried to use them on Angela and just ended up looking weirdĀ
Ooooh Angelaās in trouble :D Good on El for not sayingĀ ānothing happenedā
āWeāll fix it togetherā - Will is such a good brother to El, oh my god
Okay but did Joyce REALLY need to drop a fucking bucket on the doll from a tree?!?
We already knew this but HOP IS ALIVE
Not Steve dating high schoolers after heās graduated
TAMMY THOMPSON??? THE MUPPET SINGER??? THE GIRL WHO WANTS TO BE ALL NASHVILLE AND SHIT???
Steve:Ā āTold you... muppetā // Robin:Ā āOkay, she does sound like a muppetā - THEIR FRIENDSHIP URGH I LOVE THEM
VICKIE AGREEING WITH ROBIN IāM-
Vickie:Ā āTotally sounds like Kermitā // Robin:Ā āI was thinking more like Miss Piggyā - I FUCKING CANāT
āI used to think she sounded goodĀ ācause I had this massive crush--ā OOP ROBIN CAREFUL YOU NEARLY OUTED YOURSELF THERE
Brenda (girl Steve is with):Ā āWow, she sounds AMAZING, doesnāt she??ā // Steve: O_o
Robin, sweetie, you have always been able to do better than Tammy Thompson, gurl
No but the Tammy Thompson thing is ten times funnier after reading the Rebel Robin book thatās set before S3 XD
ERICA YESSSS QUEEN JOIN THE NERD CLUB
Erica wearing the America flag is an iconic moment...Ā āYou canāt spell America without Ericaā in-fucking-deed
Damn, Erica did NOT come to play around
Oh no, Lucas is playing in the final game but Mike and Dustin arenāt there to see it because theyāre playing D&D, and Max didnāt show :(Ā
MAX WAS LISTENING ON THE RADIO THOUGH ASDFGHJKL;
I just know Will would have been in the Hellfire Club and living his best life
Dustin and Erica team up for the win!
Jason missed bUT LUCAS SCORED THE WINNING BASKET JUST AS ERICA ROLLED A 20, SINCLAIR SIBLING EXCELLENCE
Max seeing Eddie and Chrissy... O_O
Is Special K cocaine or...?
Is Vecna making her see things again???
NOT THE MOUTH STITCHED TOGETHER WHAT IS WITH TV/MOVIES THIS YEAR AND STITCHING MOUTHS TOGETHER????
Is Vecna trying to possess Chrissy or...? Like, playing mind games with her to weaken her? Because in reality sheās standing in Eddieās trailer just staring/blinking but in her head sheās seeing everything else???
NOT THE NIGHT KING LOOKING MOTHERFUCKER
SHE LEVITATING NOWĀ
WHAT THE FUCK HER LIMBS JUST TWISTED AND HER EYES LEAKED BLOOD WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKING FUCK
NAH MAN THIS IS FUCKING HORROR IāM NOT OKAY
Episode 2 - Vecnaās Curse
I knew Hopper was still alive because he was in trailers etc, but itās interesting to see how he somehow survived
Ah hell, they all gonna think Eddie fucking killed Chrissy now
So... IS Chrissy dead? Sheās not gonna rise as a zombie or some shit?
I feel like Will is excited to give Mike the painting but Mike is only gonna have eyes for El.... :/
No but why does Mike look like a fuck boi in that outfit?
I have no idea why I donāt like Mike anymore, I like Finn but Mike kind of irritates me and I donāt know why
āJust this painting Iāve been working onā - GIVE IT TO HIM WILL.
Why is it so awkward :(
Also Nancy didnāt show up to California for Jonathan :(
Argyle hugging Mike though lmao
āI heard a lot about your sisterā - LMAO
Iām just convinced Will is in love with Mike :O
MURRAY IS IN CALIFORNIA TOO
āBut Iām having this problem where itās like, I should stop talking. I have said everything I need to say. But then I guess I get nervous, and the words keep spilling out, and itās like my brain is moving faster than my mouth, or... or rather my... my mouth is moving faster than my brain. And itās like Iām digging this hole for myself, and I want to stop digging, Iām trying to stop, but I canāt. And Iām doing it right now, arenāt I?ā - Robin is a fucking MOOD I LOVE HER
Not Lucas drinking and being hungover, youāre like 15 dude
This town truly IS fuckin cursed, jesus christ
Dustin: Mike and me, no one was nice to us - no one except Eddie // Max: Okay, I mean, they said the same shit about Ted Bundy. Yeah, heās like a super nice guy but then heās murdering women on the weekends. // Dustin: So youāre saying Eddie is like Ted Bundy???
Oh no, not the Russians! š
āthe elephantā - NO, I wish it was a real elephant THAT MASK IS FUCKED
Poor Will third-wheeling :(
Not El lying about having friends and partying
Ewwww Mike put some damn socks on ffs
Oh no not Angela turning up
Not the basketball team using Bennyās to drink and party tho >:(
Jason has got some anger issues like holy shit
Not Dustin and Max using the video store computer as their base of operations though
Fred was really sitting there dunking on Jonathan and Iām not here for it
FRED KILLED SOMEONE?!? IN A CAR CRASH????
Ooop, Fredās about to get posessed, I can tell
JONATHAN GOT INTO THE SAME COLLEGE AS ARGYLEĀ
.. but he hasnāt told Nancy :/ TELL HER DUDE!
I feel like Jancy are about to break up tbh
āGot me stressed and it aināt even my girlfriendā - lmao I like Argyle
Oh no not Angela interrupting the date :(
WHY DIDNāT MIKE AND WILL HELP HER IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS THE BULLYING PRANK STARTED-
NOT THE DUDE FUCKING FILMING IT
At least Mike tried to get them to turn the music off I guess?
NOT THEM THROWING THE MILKSHAKE ON ELEVEN IāM SO FUCKING ANGRY
How do these Russians know Hopper has a trust fund for Eleven? But also it has $40,000 in it??? Damn, Hop
Who the hell is thisĀ āEnzoā dude???
What the fuck is Kamchatka? They saidĀ āhellā??
NOT CHRISSYāS BODY LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING PUT A DAMN HORROR FILM
Lucas pretending he only knows about D&D because of Erica >:(
āLETāS GO HUNT SOME FREAKS! FOR CHRISSY!ā - I can promise you that she wouldnāt want that, my dude
Steve: Someone has to attend to the customers // Robin: Especially if theyāre babes, right? *winks* - LMFAO
Robin is a certified GENIUS, of course she found Rick through the video store computer
No but if anything happens to that trailer park dog, I will be suing Netflix
Yes for Nancy telling the uncleās side of the story!
Oh I just know Fred about to die
Victor Creel, hey?... sounds like lore time!
So apparently Victor Creel lost his mind, killed whole family, took their eyes/cut them out... and heās in an asylum. Interesting
Kamchatka is basically a Russian concentration camp?
Itās the prison guard who sent the package to Joyce?!?
āIāve been a total third wheel all day, itās been miserable, so sorry if I wasnāt smilingā - poor Will :( Iām sick of seeing him third-wheeled by Mike and Eleven tbh, like if they want to date then fine, but stop third-wheeling literally anyone around you
Basically since S3, Mike has been kind of a shit friend to Will and heās still a shit friend
Poor Eleven :( I wanna punch the kids who did this to her
I need Eleven to actually beat them up, especially Angela
OH SHIT, ELEVEN SMACKED THAT BITCH IN THE FACE WITH A ROLLER SKATING SHOE
Angela fucking deserved that lmfao, fuck that ratched raggedy ass bitch
No but Eleven has been SUPER violent this season, even without powers??
I SCREAMED WHEN EDDIE POPPED OUT BEHIND STEVE HOLY FUCK I LITERALLY DID SCREAM
Robin and Eddie were in band together???
Dustin: I swear on my mother // literally the entirety of the rest of the gang: yeah, we swear on Dustinās mother -- LMAO
So... did Fred get in a car accident that killed someone, and he ran away instead of getting help, and then someone died? Is that what happened?
I DID NOT NEED TO RESEE CHRISSYāS BONES SNAPPING OR HER EYES POPPING AWAY
.... yeaaaaah, Hawkins is definitely fucking cursed, my god
This season is just one big fucking horror film, holy shit
So... is Vecna Victor Creel or is Victor another victim?
Oop Fred levitating, not again-
NOT THE LIMBS AGAIN NO NO NO
Sooo... Vecna is in the upside down world, right? Not ours?
Episode 3 - The Monster and the Superhero
... Now weāre in Nevada??? Weāve got Hawkins, California, Russia, and now Nevada??? We sure are travelling this season
OH ITāS DR OWENS, THAT DUDE FROM S2
āEverything thatās happened in Hawkins has been due to Brennerās little petā - NOOOO NOT THEM BLAMING ELEVEN
No but that makes ZERO fucking sense, the thing with Victor Creel was in the 50s??? And Eleven was born in the 70s I think???
LMFAO I GOT NO FUCKING SYMPATHY FOR ANGELA FUCK THAT BITCH
JONATHAN IS FUCKING HIGH MAN
Yeah, I donāt think Jonathan and Argyle were helping with the situation tbh
Jonathan waving,Ā āHi Murray!ā :D
ā...Why? Whatās going on?ā Oh, heās fucking baked like a cake
Mike: She didnāt look fine -- oh fuck you, Michael
DEMOBATS NOW??? DEMODOGS AND DEMOGORGONS AND MIND FLAYERS AND RATS WERENāT E-FUCKING-NOUGH
Not the fuck boi basketball team -__-
NOT LUCAS HELPING THEM
NOT FREDāS BODY FUCKING HELL IāM HAVING NIGHTMARES FOR WEEKS NOW I CAN TELL
Oop Nancy about to team up with the Dustin-Max-Steve-Robin gang
Mike put eggos out for Eleven at breakfast :(
El thinking she doesnāt belong anywhere kind of broke my heart, I wonāt lie
On the one hand, I get where El is coming from, Mike seems super aversed to saying he loves her... on the other hand, these kids are like 15??? Theyāre fucking kids???
Not the police arresting El :( All she did was slap a bitch smh
Jonathan and Will being protective brothers of El is GOD tier content and I wish we had more of it
The guard is actuallyĀ helping Hopper... but for a price of course
āSerial killers stalk their prey before they strikeā - God, Robin is so smart
Robin: I donāt have a license // Steve: Why donāt you have a license? // Robin: Iām poor. -- LMFAO MOOD
Max: I can drive! // Steve, clearly thinking about waking up in S2 in the car whilst Max was driving: NO. NEVER AGAIN. ANYBODY BUT YOU
RO-NANCY RIGHTS IāM HOLLERING
I ship Robin with both Nancy and Vickie, she has two hands after all <3
Steve: ALWAYS THE GODDAMN BABYSITTER - and youāre always amazing at it, bby <3
Ohhhh there was some DARK shit going on in Hawkins when Vecna was choosing his next target;Ā āIāll tell them I slipped againā as a woman puts make up on over a bruise,Ā āI canāt say no, heāll leave meā as two teens get it on... jesusĀ
NOT VECNA TARGETING PATRICK, ONE OF THE BASKETBALL BROS
Not Lucas lying again and being all anti-DND, smh youāre better than this Lucas
JASON IS AWFUL FUCK
They canāt seriously arrest Eleven just for smacking a bullying bitch?!
You know, I think El is a little too honest with some of her answers, and yet sheās not admitting that Angela was torturing her
NOT EL BEING SENT TO JUVIE?!?!
Murray being the worst airplane seat neighbour tho
Nahhhh Airplane food looks fucking NASTY, Iām glad I havenāt used a plane in like 20 years š
Howās Hop supposed to get away if heās got a broken leg though???
NOT THE LEG BREAKING SCENE
āI donāt really have a filter or a strong grasp of social cuesā - Robin is giving off that autistic vibe this season and Iām here for it
Do NOT tell me Steve has still got a thing for Nancy for fuck sake
Also, said it before, Iāll say it again: STEVE HASNāT TOLD ANYONE ROBIN IS GAY. He knows if he told people, it would upset her and lead to people harming her because itās the 80s and Hawkins is homophobic. He could have because Dustin thinks heās a coward/refusing to ask Robin out, and Nancy thinks heās dating Robin, but he hasnāt. Itās a super low bar but given how Steve USED to be... we love to see the character development.
Lucas coming through and radioing Dustin to warn him
Max: Lucas youāre so behind itās ridiculous - LMFAO
NO LUCAS DO NOT TELL THEM FUCKING SHIT I SWEAR
OH NOW WHAT THE FUCK-
Dr Owens again??? And theyāve taken El?
Murray and Joyce arriving in Alaska: āOH GOD, THIS IS SPRING???ā LMFAO
Oh god, was Hopper trying to force his broken leg out of the cuff???
Is Nancy seriously jealous of Robin, thinking sheās dating Steve???
āELVIS CLONED BY ALIENSā - LMFAO I NEED TO SHOW THAT HEADLINE TO MY MUM
Robin is a fucking genius for pointing out that ofc conspiracy theorists would have been the ones to document Victor Creel / Vecna
ROBIN CALLING NANCY A GENIUS??? <3
Robin:Ā āWe leave them alone for TWO HOURS šā
So both Chrissy and Fred were seeing Ms Kelly... is he targeting kids in counselling? Is she working for him??? Or is he just using her and sheās totally unaware of any of this???
Of course they could make the rollerskate incident go away...
Wait, did Lucas misdirect the team to Hopperās cabin?!?
YES, Lucas, leave the frat boys!
A way to bring Elevenās powers back??? How??? But if it fails, sheāll never see her friends again???
So symptoms pre-Vecna-trance are headaches, nightmares, past trauma... MAX HAS HAD THOSE SYMPTOMS TOO :O
Noooo she heard Vecnaās voice????
AND THE TICKING CLOCK IN THE WALL???
If ANYTHING happens to Max, Iām sueing Netflix for emotional damage
Episode 4 - Dear Billy
So Eleven wrote a note to Mike but NOT her adoptive family???
Stop showing the twisted eyeless bodies, IāM-
Theyāve got less than 24 hours to save Max??? No, Ma-am-
It took me a while to realise but is Jasonās name a Friday the 13th homage?
Not Jason stopping Erica from shutting her own front door and Erica calling Jason and Lucas boyfriends
Robin teasing Nancy over her Tom Cruise poster lol
Also Robin geeking out over Nancyās stuff is so cute
Robin: *sees blouse* Please tell me youāre joking -- no but sAME
āIt was you guys who saved meā - AND BOB! DONāT FORGET BOB, WILL
Max wrote a letter to Billy
SHE WROTE ALL OF THEM GOODBYE LETTERS, EVEN STEVE
āthe armpit that is Mikeās basementā - LMAOĀ
Max threatening to prosecute Steve if he stops her XD
Robin struggling to walk in high heels and hating her blouse/skirt is a fat ass mood lmfao
āThis bra is pinching my boobsā - SHEāS WEARING NANCYāS BRA???
Ladies, is it gay to share bras with other women? XD
Robin spitting straight up facts and bullshit to get the asylum to let them see Victor Creel
āMy boobs hurtāĀ āmay I call you Anthony?ā -- LITERAL TEARS
āBecause nobody takes girls seriously in this field, they just donāt. We donāt look the part or whateverā - DAMN SHE ON FIRE
NO BUT THAT ACTUALLY WORKED
Robin and Nancyās little secret Low-Five was ADORABLE
As soon as Yuri said bears got into cockpit, I knew he was joking XD
Is he seriously going to handcount $40,000
Russians in this show are either plain evil or pretty chill lol
Hopper blowing up the tool shed and stealing a snow plough is icon behaviour
āThings got batteries in it?āĀ ā... Iām not even answering that questionā LMFAO
The scene between Max and her mom :(
NO NOT THE VISION
WAIT SO HER MOM WASNāT EVEN THERE SMH
Oh, Robin slipped up with the name of the professor :O
No but why am I so nervous about this omg
Why are theseĀ prisoners in fucking jail cells though
OH NO NO NO HIS EYES ARE GONE, HIS EYES ARE STITCHED, HOLY FUCKING FUCK
No, Will, you havenāt been a total jerk???
āHawkins is not the same without youā - damn straight, Mike, maybe fuckin act like it
WILL BRINGING THE PAINTING
OH SHIT THATāS NOT ARGYLE
āOh my god, whyās that guy holding a gun?āĀ āDRIVE!ā
Hopperās going round with no shoes on, howās he not got freaking frostbite
OH YURI YOU DOUBLECROSSING LITTLE DICK HOLE
HEāS TURNING JOYCE AND MURRAY AND THE GUARD IN?!?
HE DRUGGED THE COFFEE FUCK
I KNEW IT COULDNāT BE THAT SMOOTH, FUCK THIS SHOW MAN
The cemetery... to see Billy, I assume
How is Max so chill about being close to death, omg
Creel:Ā āSurvived? Is that what you call this?ā = ... Ooof.
FLASHBACK LORE TIME
So to sum up the bullet points I wrote in my book: Victor, his wife Virginia and their two kids - son Henry, daughter Alice. NOT THE SPIDERS AGAIN. Demon using a wheelchair??? What was up with the baby crib on fire??? Cursed home, town AND family. Killed wife first, so he tried to save kids; not the baby burning to death in his vision; both kids died?
So with his whole family dead, he tried to join them by gouging his eyes out and OH MY GOD NOPE NOPE NOPE NIGHTMARE FUEL
This season is so fucking dark omg
Interesting to note: all he said about Henry was he was a sensitive child and that Henry was in a coma for a week before dying, but the flashbacks show more Victor/Wife/Alice than Henry... hmmmm
Ooop Ronance have been caught
Max reading her letter to Billy had me crying
Iām still not sure how I feel about Billy because he kind of redeemed himself at the end of the last season, but also he was definitely abusive to Max... I feel sorry more for Maxās sake I think
āWe couldāve become good friends like a real brother and sisterāĀ āmaybe we could try againā
āfor a while I tried to be happy... normalā
ālove your shitty little sister, Maxā - oh I was crying BAD
TELL ME MAX WONāT DIE PLEASE
NO NOT HER GOING INTO A TRANCE
ITāS NOT REALLY BILLY, RUN MAX
So music is the key/lifeline...
Also it makes sense that Robin, someone whoās in band and whoās said her ears areĀ ālittle geniusesā was the one to figure that out
āIt took me six months longer to walk than all the other babiesā OMG ROBIN SAME I THINK???
All the people Vecna killed are in the upside-down-mindscape-place just rotting
Noooo heās levitating Max
Max hearing the music and thinking about Lucas/Eleven/her friends :ā( and it snapping her back/helping her
āRunning Up That Hillā about to top the charts again, I can tell š
Max is okay thank fUCK
Me, seeing the credits: ROBERT ENGLUND??? FREDDY KRUEGER DUDE??? (he played Creel)
Nahhh not me crying over this episode
Again, Maxās storyline feels like a metaphor for depression/suicice/recovery and it made me emotional
Episode 5 - The Nina Project
āWeāve gotta get him to St MaryāsāĀ āI donāt think a prayer is gonna helpāĀ āI MEANT THE HOSPITALā
Who the fuck is Nina
Argyle: *panicking over dead dude in his van* // everyone else: GET OFF THE ROAD
Oh no they found Elevenās note to Mikeā¦ whyād that idiot throw it away anyway, boyfriend of the year huh š
Iām not sure if I trust Dr Owens or not tbh
Massive door in the middle of the desert is hardly conspicuous tho
Ohhhh Nina is a machine
DR BRENNER?!? That dudeās still alive???
Eleven rightfully running away from him, š¤¦ also, not the āpapaā ādaughterā comment
Yeah no I donāt trust this plan of theirs to get her powers back, it might work but theyāll make her their puppet again
Wait were they using a mace on Hopper?!?
The gang all asleep :ā)
Dustin fell asleep on āMax Watchā
Ted: Could try sticking together at a different house for a change ā LMFAO HEāS RIGHT THO
Max and Holly having a crayon morning is so adorable though
Not Dustin scaring Holly by telling her about Freddy Krueger š
Max using drawings to show what she saw, just like Will has in the past
Itās the Creel house?!?
DID THEY RESHAVE ELEVENāS HAIR? After sheās spent like 3 years growing it out?!?
(Iām aware MBB didnāt shave her head again, itās probably something like a bald wig cap or whatever)
Sheās clearly having a vision about being back in the rainbow room so maybeā¦ ?
JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER??? VOLTURI CAUIS I THINK??? YOUNG GRINDELWALD??? (I knew he was in it but I still got excited seeing him)
Yeah no this is a vision
Argyle panicking/flipping out is a mood
Will talking about how scary it is to open up to it if they donāt like the truthā¦ heās totally gay for Mike, Iām sorry-
The number was in the pen???
Everyone calling Joyce, Hopperās āwomanā
Hopper fought in a warā¦ Vietnam? And heās talking about how a bunch of guys he fought with went sterile or something because of the chemical agents???Ā ācrooked spines, eyes popped outā - like Vecna victims, holy fuck
Hopper talking about Sarah :( And then also talking about El and Joyce :ā(
āEveryone I love I hurtā - HOPPER STOP
Hopper saying he wasnāt cursed, he isĀ the curse T_T
Iām not being funny but at this point I donāt trust any of the cops, agents, special forces, doctors etc.
Chrissyās funeral :/
Ohh Patrickās having visions now
NOT THE DND = CULT SHIT AGAIN
Steve: (at the Creel house) ...yeah, thatās not creepy
Robin just chucking a brick through the window of the door though
Dustin to Steve: Do you need to be told everything? Youāre not a child.
Nahhh but why they all dunking on Steve :(
Murray fighting only kids in karate though lmfao
Tiny Eleven T_T
Oh the switching between current and baby El though
So the Nina project is named after an opera I think?
Sooo theyāve basically put Eleven in a giant sensory tank?
The only hacker they know... is Suzie
Come on, someone help Eddie :/
Dustinās British Sherlock accent XD
NO NOT SPIDERS IN JARS AND ON STEVE IāM FUCKIN DONE
āPlatonic with a capital Pā :D
Bless Steve, heās trying so hard
The chess set in the Creel house kind of looks like the chess set in the Rainbow Room
So thereās aĀ ā002ā³... What aboutĀ ā001ā³?
Itās honestly just depressing seeing all these kids aged like 3-18 with shaved heads and goingĀ āme me meā wanting to impress Brenner
WTF WHY ARE HER HANDS SO BLOODY
āSheās going into arrestā - SO FUCKING PULL HER OUT THEN JESUS H CHRIST
Not Murray doing a whole Kung Fu monologue T-T
Oof the plane fight scene though, Murray actually beat the shit out of Yuri omg
Oh no, the planeās gonna crash?!?
Vecnaās in the Creel house butĀ āon the other sideā...
Steve is just so fucking done and I donāt blame himĀ āwe wonāt be able to see if we turn out our flashlights???ā
Robin: Itās an attic... of course itās an attic
Eddie paddling on the boat to try and escape the basketball guys
Not Jason swimming to the boat???
Ooh the upside down transition from House to Vecna
Oooh heās got Patrick!
And yep, NOT THE TWISTING/EYES THING AGAIN HOLY FU-
Eleven smacked Brenner, like he deserves
Wait, so they DID shave her head???
RIP Elevenās hair
HER POWERS ARE BACK???
... Nevermind.
Noo not her going with him, not theĀ āpapaāĀ ādaughterā crap again >:(
Episode 6 - The Dive
Will Jason believe Eddie is innocent now or...?
āEddieās a vessel for Satanā - ... nevermind
DID VECNA JUST KILL A FISH
Now who the fuck they torturing- oh wait itās the agent from the California house
Why is Brenner comparing El to a stroke victim? I mean I get his analogy but also the hell??
I feel so bad for El, guys, I wanna hug her - just let her live a normal life ffs
The gang donāt even know Eddie had to run :(
Noooo not them all blaming Eddie T__T Poor Eddie
Argyle: I canāt feel my butt
THAT KID FIRING AN ARROW AT MIKE LMFAO YOU GO TINY LUNATIC CHILD
What IS this place? Suzie lives HERE???
Argyle has a thing for Eden???
You know, when they said that Suzie comes from a super religious Mormon family... this wasnāt exactly how I imagined them
Welp, at least Joyce and Murray are still alive
LMAO they tied Yuri up
Murray mocking him XD
LMAO at them threatening to leave him to freeze to death/get eaten by animals-
āThis is it, American, I hope youāre readyā- FOR WHAT?!
For...a meal? Is it poisoned??? Fattening them up???
Ohhh fattening them up for a fight (with a demogorgon?)
OH SHIT THEY ARE DESCRIBING A DEMOGORGON
Hop: So enjoy, boys. This is your last meal -- DAMN
Not Jamie Campbell Bower jumpscaring me AGAIN
āYou remind me of someone I used to knowā...001? Brenner said he didnāt exist but the orderly JCB is playing was with him...
THEORY: THE ORDERLY IS 001
Another Theory: 001 IS HENRY CREEL
Okay but why exactly is he telling Eleven all of this? What is he hoping to gain from this? Iām getting bad vibes from it
No but Steve saying he made Skull Rock a popular make out spot is so funny
Lucas said that Patrick was abused - Vecna is definitely targeting those with something in their lives haunting/traumatising them
Robin calling birds beautifulĀ
Is Robin really trying to get Steve and Nancy back together? -_-
I still ship Robin and Nancy tho lmao
TheyāreĀ āofficiallyā friends :)
Hawkins getting mad at the police, fuck the police
Jason gatecrashing the town meeting with his cronies
Ohhhh heās telling them itās satan/cults/sacrifices and that Eddie is leading them, blaming all bad things on a cult
Erica: THATāS BULLSHIT! THE HELLFIRE ISNāT A CULT, ITāS A CLUB FOR NERDS - YESSS ERICA
Mike, Dustin and Lucasā parents seeing their kids in the clubĀ ācultā photo: O__o
That one dude leaving the town hall truly didnāt waste time, he went straight away
So theyāve told Suzie itās a video game console...?
She knows Dustinās birthday to the exact day/exactly how long it is until then š
Oh her dad took her computer away because sheās dating an agnostic
Erica: Yeah, no, they lied to you - lmao
Now why is Karen calling the cops on their kids???
Surge of energy = Vecna attacks
Steve: Cursed? No, heās fine. Just mental.
Dustin: I was right, Skull Rock IS North! // Steve: ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW???
Oh, itās the compass/magnet/field thing!
āSo either thereās some super big magnet here, or--āĀ āThereās a gate!ā
āI say youāre asking me to follow you into Mordor... which, if Iām totally straight with you, I think is a really bad idea. But, ah, the Shire... The Shire is burningā - HEāS SO NERDY, THE LOTR REFERENCE ASDFGHJKL; I LOVE IT
Dustinās excited bouncing XD
Steve: What is Mordor?!? - LMFAO
Damn, these number-kids straight up beating each other to win this game
So 002 is the big bad bully of the group - Iām assuming heās the oldest (since 001 isĀ āa mythā) and most developed powers-wise
Oh, Eleven kicked 002ā²s ASS
Murray: Oh Jesus // Yuri: Hey, not in a church
Joyce: Youāre gonna be Murray... // Murray: And Iām gonna be Yuri -- OMG
Oh, a prison brawl! All so Hop could pick the guardās pockets and get a fuel and lighter
āMy ribs are broken, donāt make me laughā LOL
Oh they snuck into Suzieās Dadās office
āHoly sh- HECK!ā LOL
Jonathan: Whatās the internet? // Suzie: Donāt worry, itās just gonna change the world
Damn, Suzyās parents got a lot of kids
Mike: Can you print this? // Suzy: No, my skills end at IP Geolocation -- LMFAO
ARE ARGYLE AND EDEN GETTING FUCKING STONED TOGETHER
Is the gate in the lake???
Dustin: Who put her (Nancy) in charge? // Robin: I did -- ICONIC
Steve done with being a babysitter lmfao
WTF WHOāS SCREAMING IN THE LAB- THE ORDERLY??? WHY THEY DOING THAT TO JCB ORDERLY
Why are theyĀ bullying her in the Rainbow Room??? 002 super nasty
Ohhh itās the thing from the opening
I NEED to know what happenedĀ
āI killed them, Papa, I killed them allā - Jesus Christ
āWonky with a Waaaahā - LOL
NO STEVE DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE BRO
Not Robin smirking at Nancy looking at Steve stripping lmfao (same tho nancy)
Lucas: Urgh, since when did Steve get so hairy??? / Dustin: Right? I keep telling him he needs to tame that jungle but he claims the ladies dig it -- AND STEVE IS RIGHT, LET MEN BE HAIRY
Max goingĀ ālet me see itā and taking the binoculars followed by the silence... SAME
Steveās not even THAT hairy????
Dustin: You guys realise thereās a gate down there....itās technically a watergateā - NOT THE PUNS
You know, Iām not sure Steve needed to be shirtless but... not complaining. Also, it would have made more sense to strip ALL his clothes, no?
Damn, how long can Steve hold his breath for
HE FOUND THE GATE GOOD FOR STEVE
NO NOT THE TENTACLE FOLLOWING HIM UP
Steve jumpscared me coming out of the water lol
JESUS IT DRAGGED HIM UNDER
NOT STEVE AND NOT IN THE UPSIDE DOWN
IF HE DIES THEN I AM ACTUALLY FUCKING SUING NETFLIX
Nancy jumped in after him :O
AND ROBIN TOO YES
AND EDDIE OMFG YES YES YES
DEMOBATS HOLY FUUUUCK
HE BEING STRANGLED AND ATTACKED
NOOOO YOU CANNOT END THE EPISODE THERE FUCK OFF FUCK RIGHT OFF
Episode 7 - The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
IF STEVE DIES I FUCKING SWEAR-
Yesss RoNancEddie to the rescue!
STEVE STRAIGHT UP PULLED THAT BAT APART JESUS IM FUCKING WET
āOnly took like a pound of fleshā Iām-
Omg Steve ACTUALLY winning a fight???
Robin: Great... More running -- SAME
The episode titleā¦ š also itās 1hr40???
Whoās really the worst here - Americans or Russians? Theyāre both torturing people so š¤·š»āāļø
āCause you missed your daddy-daughter timeā - OOF YEP HE REALLY CAME FOR BRENNER LIKE THAT
At least Dr Owens feels bad and says sheās traumatised/frightenedā¦ ?
āYou talk of monsters and superheroesā¦ thatās the stuff of myth and fairytalesā - I mean, she literally had superpowers and fights monsters, my dude
I want to know what happened during the massacre but also Iām sad, leave Eleven alone :(
I have to appreciate how bad the whole gang are at lying lmao they canāt get their stories straight even sitting next to each other
Erica calling them out for lying XD
Questioning them one at a time and they go for Max first when she isnāt even in the Hellfire Club :/
Is Steve going to stay shirtless becauseā¦ I meanā¦ Iām not complaining
Robin rambling when Steve collapsed and was losing blood š
Steveās āRobinā¦ I kinda wanna punch youā as she was rambling and saying shit about how he can tell her āshut up I wanna punch youā if she starts rambling š Besties
I think Steve and Nancy were both enjoying her treating him a little bit too muchā¦ š
Steve: I highly doubt the Hawkins PD has grenades ā š
Nancy: And a revolver // Steve: you almost shot me with one // Nancy: you almost deserved it ā is this show really trying to push them back together Iām-
Not Eddie throwing Steve a shirt āfor your modesty, dudeā šš
NO BUT HIS CHEST IS STILL SHOWING
āIt must be hardwired into us to reject our fathersā - OOF
āThat monster is part of something that wants to kill Elā š
āMaybe I can still help El - even if itās the last thing I doā ā BRB IM CRYING
Murray pretending to be Yuri is comedy gold lmfao š¤£ he got the annoying āIām jokingā mannerisms down tho
āAnymore headaches? Nausea?ā - VECNA SYMPTOMS ALL OVER AGAIN, and this is BEFORE, this is in the rainbow room???
Not a lesson about rules for the kidsā¦
Eleven got a concussion from 002 and the others???
002: She must have fallen. Youāve seen her, Papa, sheās clumsy, stupidā - NAHHH KILL HIM
āCollar himā - the fUCK?!
Does the collar subdue their powe- IT ELECTROCUTES THEM?!?!
Oh shit Brenner keeps turning it up š
Eddie comparing Steve to Ozzy Osbourne ššš
DUSTIN WORSHIPS STEVE OMG OMG OMG
āThese ladies came straight in after youā - of course, heās worth it :3
Not Eddie also trying to set Steve and Nancy back up??? Saying itās true love??? No thank you?!
Robin: āokay, second on my list of least favourite things: earthquakes! Iām unsteady on my feet as it isā - LOL
āHereās the deal, either you tell me whatās happening - or I tell Dustin what I found under your bedā - WAIT WHAT DID ERICA FIND UNDER LUCASā BED-
Erica raised an essential question: who opened the gate? El opened one, the Russians opened anotherā¦ who opened the water gate?
Also why does Vecna kill people? For what purpose?
Heās making a powerful psychic connection with each killā¦ enough to make more gatesā¦
So Demogorgon = foot soldier, Vecna is 5 star general to mind flayer??? Who can open gates and shit???
āMight be time to get a maid, Wheelerā ā OMFG
No but did Nancy REALLY think her guns from the normal world are in the upside down-
āThereās a six year old in the house, I know where I keep my gunsā - I guess at least sheās careful but stillā¦???? Maybe donāt keep guns in the house with a 6 year old running about
Her study cards from S1, the wallpaper, stuff she threw outā¦
November 6 1983ā¦ when Will went missing in Season 1! š¤
So theyāre not in the present, theyāre in the past??? The upside down past???
Just like Will found a way to speak through the lights, the teens do too!
Ohhh Eddie knows SOS / Morse Code - itās just pure luck that one of the gang in Mikeās house also knows morse code š
āHey, remember when I said they wouldnāt be stupid enough to go through Watergate? I overestimated themā ā LMFAO
āā¦and you have many screws looseā - I laughed more than I probably should have
JOYCE SEEING HOPPER
Not the other numbers glaring at El š¤Ø
Wait so 002 is in the infirmary but when heās out, the numbers are going to kill El and āpapaā will let it happen?!! āHe wants it to happenā ā yIKES
Not being funny but the Jamie Campbell Bower orderly giving me the bad vibes. āYou must do exactly as I sayā - ummmm???
No but did the lab security/CCTV not see him give her the damn keycard?!?
Not the kids stealing Hollyās toy to communicate with Steve/Robin/Nancy/Eddie š
Robin calling Dustin a āgenius childā
Thereās a gate at every murder siteā¦ so 1) Eddieās trailer, 2) the road where Fred was killed, 3) the lake?
Steve (about Dustin): Jesus Christ, this kidās got to get his ego in check ā LMFAO
No but I kinda hate the current Hawkins police, especially Officer Callahan š
The upside down transitions are super cool omg
Nooo the demobat saw them š¶
Okay so now weāre on the day of the massacreā¦ oof letās go
Okay so 011 was colouring in that opening in E1, and I went back after this episode to see if you can see her colouring in the opening of E1 and thereās not focus on it obviously but yes, sheās in the background/briefly seen colouring!
The orderly said āstill hurting herā ā they hurt her before? Is this to do with Vecna choosing traumatised victims?
Nahhh Jamie Campbell Bower STILL jump scaring me š
He mentions lab vents that lead to the woodsā¦ is this how she escaped in season 1?
Wait, why would Brenner put a tracker inside the orderly???
āWhat if I made it go away? You help me, I help youā - OOF
Aaaand back to Hop and the Russians
DEMOGORGON TIME
Not Hop getting the fire and fuel readyā¦ only for it to not work š
Dmitri(Enzo guy?): tElL mE tHaTāS nOt oUt oF fLuId
WHY DOES THE DEMOGORGON STILL MANAGE TO JUMPSCARE ME ARE YOU SERIOUS-
YESSS HE GOT THE FLAME LIT
Oh shIT THAT DEMOGORGON TOOK THE GUYāS FUKIN HEAD CLEAN OFF
THAT FIRE WONT LAST FOREVER THO WILL IT LETS BE HONEST
Joyce got the doors open!!!
Oh shIT ITS STRONG AND MANAGED TO STOP THE DOOR CLOSING WHAT THE FUCK-
HOPPER THROWING A SPEAR DOWN ITS THROAT JESUS CHRIST
The Jopper reunion šā¤ļø they hugged Iām-
Wait, isnāt the Upside Down air toxic??? How are the four of them still fucking alive???
Oh thank got itās just Dustin on the other side, I thought the agents would be there in Eddieās trailer
Eleven really pulled the tracker out of the orderlyās leg like she did that piece of mind flayer that was in her leg in S3
ā¦oh, I donāt like the way the orderly suddenly just looked evil, like he was smirking almost
āWho knew something so small could cause so much troubleā ā UMMMM š©š©š©š©
THE ORDERLY HAS POWERS, HES FUCKING 001, I FUCKING KNEW IT
HES THE ONE WHO KILLED THEM ALL, IāM-
Eddie: Those stains areā¦ I donāt know what those stains are ā UMMM?!? O_o
OMG THE PHYSICS OF THE ROPE THROUGH THE GATE THATS SO COOL
The climbing up to sliding down is super cool omg that kinda looks like fun
NO NANCY FELL INTO A VOID/TRANCE ARE YOU SERIOUS
NOT BARBāS DEAD CORPSE
THE POOL FILLING WITH BLOOD
OOP massacre flashback time again
YEP, 001 really killed them all
All of the bodies look like Vecnaās victimsā bodiesā¦ is 001 also Vecna???
SOMEONE PLAY SOME DAMN MUSIC FOR NANCY
āHow was old, dumb, blind Victor? Did he miss me?ā - OH FUCK I HAVE CHILLS
WAIT WAIT WAITā¦ JCBās Orderly = 001 = Henry Creel = Vecna???? DAMN
NOT THE BLACK WIDOW NEST FUCK THIS
NOT HIM WORSHIPPING SPIDERS, HES FUCKED, thatās immediately a sign heās evil beyond help
So all the numbers at the lab - including 011 - are copies of 001/Henry Creel/Vecna???
So Eleven got blood on her outfit from being thrashed about on the floor, NOT from murdering other kids
He tried to kill her/twist her limbs/made her eyes bleedā¦ Vecna victim signs AGAIN
ELEVEN SENT HIM TO THE UPSIDE DOWN JESUS
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
SHOWING HIM TURNING INTO VECNA IM-
So just to make sure Iāve got it right: Henry Creel (Victorās son) didnāt die, he was the original (001) with natural born powers, he killed his family/did some weird spider-and-Satan worship, the doctors at Hawkins lab said he died but in actuality used him to create copies (002, Eleven etc), he ended up massacring the entire lab/including the children, he thought Eleven was going to join him but she was disgusted so he tried to kill her, but sheās so powerful that she sent him to the Upside Down where he became Vecna???
THATS WHERE VOL 1 ENDS ASDFGHJKL NETFLIX WHY IM DESPERATE
Overall, I love this season so far! I have a few continuity issues/gripes but other than that, Iām living for it! I love the horror turn this season has taken, itās definitely a lot darker than the last three series I think. I think I need to see the last two episodes before I pass judgement though!
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