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'Stranger Things 3' - Episode 1: Review

Suzie, Do You Copy?

By Cronan ParryPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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Finally! We’re back in Hawkins. Just so you know as per usual, I’ll make it very clear when Spoilers are coming in so you’re good to read up to that point.

NON SPOILERS

We got a lovely four minute recap at the start which was very helpful. I remembered it all, but the refresher was handy—it felt like I could go straight in having all the info they thought I might need.

I was genuinely happy to spend time with these characters again and see how they’d changed, or what they’d been up to since we last saw them. The music was entirely on point and the acting was brilliant as expected. There was a couple of character choices that seemed a bit off, but that happens every season so maybe my view of these characters isn’t quite the same as the writers', or maybe the writers need characters to be in certain places at certain times and occasionally can’t think of a smoother way to do so. Either way this show is still a blast, and did not disappoint with this season's opener.

It does a great job of getting you back into the relationships between the characters, and who leans into who. There was a whole section that didn't make sense to me which I'll get into in a moment when talk about spoilers. My last definitely non spoiler thought is FASHION.

SPOILER WARNING

There 'bout to be some spoilers, get gone non spoiler people.

SPOILERS

Mike is tall and kiss-y. Hopper is being a dick. Mike is being a dick. Joyce is wonderful. Maxine owns it. What is going on with Dustin? Why does he think people are just immediately available when he wants them. Why did everyone just call him a liar for no reason? Poor Will doesn't seem to quite fit in anymore. They all developed without him, and now there's women involved, and bless him he just wants to have fun with his buddies. Nancy deserves better. Fuck, men (not all men blah blah don't get your dick in a twist) those journalists were arseholes. Lots of these people have emotional issues, and I guess it's understandable. Oh and Mrs Wheeler, that whole situation, what do you think? How would you handle wanting to bang someone who wasn't your partner?

New girl Robin is great, we like her.

Ya boi Billy got ratted! Those exploding rats were a lot; it’s all kicking off already! Let’s strap in for the next seven episodes and see where this goes.

Oh and of course there are some pesky Russians. Which means. As I’ve been hoping. This shit worldwide, the scope has upped, I am HYPE.

As per usual I’ve just rambled some of my thoughts onto a page so if you made this far thanks very much. I’m undecided if I should make a YouTube video on this season or not. If that sounds like something you’d be interested in let me know, and I’ll get on it.

WORD COUNT

Look I don’t know what you want from me, but without just extending every thought into a complex paragraph of unnecessary words and lengthy sentences I just don’t have six hundred words on this episode so here we are again battling the site's word count so I can spew my unasked for thoughts into the world. But I enjoy it so it’s all good.

Thank You!

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Cronan Parry

I like making lists and rating things. Doesn't mean I know what I'm talking about.

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