First 7 Episodes:
Season 4 ups the gore and provides some context to Eleven but unfortunately I really wasn’t connecting with it. Maybe I expected too much coz Season 3 was, in fact IS, the superior season and I thought they’d follow that but this one just provided more characters and lengthens the story. I guess I’m kinda bored with it. I didn’t like the groupings this season compared to S3–like, most of them were just thrown to random storylines to fill gaps for where it’s all going down: Season 5. I think this season is just so messy. I hope S5 is better.
For the final 2 episodes:
My problem with Strang3r Th1ngs Season 4 and the 2 seasons before it was that it never really knew where to go with the main villain—especially Season 4 for reaching and it pisses me off! Season 4 just expects us to accept that the writers have actually done their work when really they didn’t lay the foundation to this ridiculous excuse of a villain. It’s always been like that since season 2—a monster just shows up without an explanation nor any clear hints on who’s sending these monsters anyway. It was excusable before because this show is supposed to be cute w its children versus monsters theme but the latest season’s desperate attempt to tie loose ends too fast and be dArKeR is eye-rolling, laughable and frustrating.
The finale suffers the Batman v Superman problem in that it has too many ‘moments’ that are too corny for its own good and aren’t actually earned. Don’t even get me started on the grouping that underutilizes most of the characters while the rest do all the fun stuff. Also, the whole Russia subplot is DULL. Yet again, El’s origins and power is intentionally vague so they can magically fit the flashbacks to what’s currently happening. I’m just happy the audiences are buying it for the writers coz at least they’re employed. 2 hours on a finale that just doesn’t have any impact? Time totally wasted!
This is becoming like the Jurassic World franchise wherein the same characters experience the same bullshit every year but somehow end up unscathed and trauma-less. Hey, at least Jurassic World’s plot makes sense. Strang3r Th1ngs obviously looks like the writers are just making things up along the way. This is just a BAD season and I’m afraid, becoming a bad show.
