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Originally Posted by blankall

If you're going that deep on timelines and realism in season 3, you're going to drive yourself nuts. Season 3 was very entertaining, but they definitely put style and entertainment over realism in most cases.

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I get that the local government was corrupt, but wouldn't the correct step be to notify the feds. Surely, they would react pretty immediately to Soviet communists building a giant military base/research lab on American soil.

The US government was also responsible for the initial research into the upside down, and have chosen not to do further research at this time. I seriously doubt they would allow the Russians to open up their own portal.

Hopper making a phone call, and then the US army rushing in, isn't nearly as dramatically engaging though.

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while i can handle some suspension of disbelief, cause we're talking about a group of early aged teens stopping the Apocalypse, the song was just too much

seems like alot of the internet is also hating on Suzie too

https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/stra...rending-story/

The entire scene is adorable (seriously Gaten Mazarro and Gabriella Pizzolo have amazing voices) but there is a dark side to it. In the time it takes for them to sing, the Russian hitman Grigori catches up with Joyce and Hopper. Then fighting him off, Hopper gets stuck in the same room as the gate to the Upside Down. Joyce has to close the gate and effectively kill Hopper to save the world. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer monster kills Billy above ground.

In other words, if Suzie had just told Dustin the number straight away, Hopper and Billy might still be alive.