Finished rewatching season three last night. It was basically like watching it for the first time; I remembered something about a mall, and Billy being the the bad guy, but just about everything else had it's room cancelled in my memory palace.
On the whole, it was my least favourite of Seasons 1-3. It lacked the shadowy, classic horror feel of seasons past, and some of the characters seem to have outgrown their usefulness - so it's nice they're adding more characters.
I liked the addition of Robin, but the expanded and over the top role of Murray didn't work for me.
Both Lucas and Max and Elle and Mike's relationship dynamics are a refreshing direction for the characters, but Will and Dustin took a backseat. There was a line there when Mike was talking to Will about not like girls then an immediate awkward "sorry" that makes me think Will's gay or something. And I imagine the show will explore Dustin and his long distance girlfriend (forget her name) next season.
Steve got really annoying.
The parts of the show I really care for this season were Nancy and Jonathan's thing. It just didn't work for me, and I can't put my finger on why. Joyce and Hopper started to get on my nerves toward the end, too.
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