Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero

Another action packed hour, the extra length has been fully justified so far with dense, quality content. This time El must face the consequences of her assault on Angela, the jocks continue their bloodthirsty hunt for Eddie, Joyce continues her search for Jim and Nancy teams up with Robin.

A fabulous story, pushing the plot along apace alone each of its many and complex strands. Millie Bobby Brown is again excellent portraying her bewilderment at her situation, her loss of powers and her sense of isolation and 'otherness'.

The intriguing ending sets up yet more opportunities to wow us, this is the best episode so far this season.

This episode was honestly great all around and that cliffhanger ending really has me freaked out! This season is going pretty well so far and has so much potential from here!

Slow moving of storyline but there were some interesting parts which were really exciting. Looking for the best episode of the series... Dear Billy. The storyline of season 4 is actually different and good. Vecna is a real threat. The Clock sound is actually making me disturbing and scary.

This episode was much better than the last one. Not a single boring scene which is hard to accomplish in more than an hour long episode. Every scene progressed the story forward. I have watched a lot of TV and I can tell which scenes are completely unnecessary and can be stripped without ruining the story. No filler scenes here. There is tension in this episode which I liked a lot. There is also mystery about who is vecna monster is what are his motives and his powers. Great build up to the story. Acting is always great on this show. 9/10.

Eleven deals with the aftermath of the skating rink incident and the investigations in Hawkins continue.

This is a compelling episode that increases the plot intrigue.

The story mainly switches between three locations and does it seamlessly. My favourite thread involves the events in Hawkins, which for me has the majority of the entertainment and plot intrigue.

El's arc in California sensibly moves on from where it was and (aside from the Carrie tribute) seems like the depiction is nicely developing and getting the character to position where she can contribute to the main narrative. One exchange between Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard (when their characters are alone together) is particularly strong.

There is more screen time devoted to Russia during this episode and there is one superbly visualised gruesome sequence likely to induce squirming.

As ever the visual storytelling is excellent due to the cinematography, practical effects, colour grading and editing.

For me it's an 8.5/10 but I round upwards.