Stranger Things

[Ashartus]

Despite the long epilogue I thought that ended as well as I could expect, stuck the landing much better than many other shows have.

[scotty2hotty]

Agreed.

Great show. Great ending. All you can really ask for from a tv series.

Glad we got the opportunity to enjoy it.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Final 40mins really dragged in the finale but thought it was a good finish after a shaky second to last episode.

[AC]

That was ok, not bad... but about what you'd expect going into the season.

[Winsor_Pilates]

I'm ok with the dragged out character goodbyes.
We have been watching these kids for 10 years and as a show that played on nostalgia and childhood friendships, it worked for me.

The story for the season was weak but all in all, one of my favorite series of the past decade.

[EldrickOnIce]

Final 40 minutes should have been cut.
Complete waste of time

[Finger Cookin]

I'm pretty satisfied with how things wrapped up. Not an all time, greatest ever finish. But it gets the job done. Solid end for an uneven series that I think will largely be remembered fondly over time.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

I'm pretty satisfied with how things wrapped up. Not an all time, greatest ever finish. But it gets the job done. Solid end for an uneven series that I think will largely be remembered fondly over time.

Yup. Pretty much my sentiments exactly.

I'll still nitpick because thats what I do, its kind of a hobby, but...as much as I was loathe to just overload on new characters 'Dips##t Derek' was a great comic foil for this season. The character and the actor nailed it.

[Jason14h]

Very safe finale (last 2 episodes really)

3:30 hrs for those 2 episodes and probably an hr of good TV and 2.5 hours of failed emotional scenes that just didn’t land and were not needed

I think they needed a few more character deaths . It also would had made the last 40 mins hit harder . It kind of felt like filler

I did love the DnD ending / last 10 mins

It was fine . A bit disappointing just because this show didn’t play it safe historically and then I felt like they kind of wussed out in the final 2 episodes

[PepsiFree]

I loved the last episode, and I really think the last two episodes tied together nicely and made for a really fun, beautiful, and emotional end to the series.

The highs and lows of the series aside, that was one of the best endings to any series ever imo. It fit the tone of the series perfectly, it made both the season and the series feel complete, it gave room to get ample closure on all these characters without going past the point of wishing they’d just wrap it up or leaving some new, open-ended “what if” hanging there.

I feel sorry for anyone who wasn’t able to connect with it. That sucks. But it was a great closing if you did.

[Jiri Hrdina]

I enjoyed it. It’s so hard for series to stick the landing but they did a good job
But didn’t they all just straight up murder a bunch of soldiers
At least Nancy did and it didn’t phase her. Psycho

[Locke]

So we never wrap up the 'Barb' storyline? We're just supposed to forget about Barb? Her name wasn't even on the statue of the lost.

Like Barb just never existed? We're just glossing over that?

1/10. /Sarcasm

[PepsiFree]

Barb’s storyline was wrapped in season 2 and they showed her in the finale along with the other people the main characters lost.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Final 40 minutes should have been cut.
Complete waste of time

I don’t get this. The final 40 minutes of them telling you what happened and how they grew wrapped up the characters nicely. This show was at its best when people were just hanging out. So seems like the roof top or D&D are the show at its best.

[direwolf]

Just watched the finale. That was pretty damn terrific. I thought it wrapped up the story perfectly.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Just watched the finale. That was pretty damn terrific. I thought it wrapped up the story perfectly.

I found it rather satisfying as well. Definitely got some 'Return of the King' vibes where nobody could know or understand what they'd been through.

[Mr.Coffee]

Thought it was pretty good.

The ONLY thing I think could have made it a tiny bit more compelling was to lose / off a character or two in the final fight. Raise the stakes a bit. Like, kill off Max or Holly or Mike something.

I mean in the end, this crazy powerful sorcerer who can move planets and is one with the hive mind was kinda not that tough or powerful. He couldn’t even outrun children.

[Johnny Makarov]

Well in the end scene with Mike and Ell, you can definitely tell who is an actor and who isn't... lol

and no one significant dying.... Sensitive Sallys

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by GGG

I don’t get this. The final 40 minutes of them telling you what happened and how they grew wrapped up the characters nicely. This show was at its best when people were just hanging out. So seems like the roof top or D&D are the show at its best.

Yeah I wish I'd got that then, because I didn't.

[Locke]