Chapter Six: The Dive

I'm rather unsure how to rate this.

It may well seem silly now to some reviewers, but the "satan panic" WAS a real thing in those days and I was about the age of the main characters.

Rubik's Cubes, New Coke and phenomenal movies were a lot more fun than this, but generally few remember or want to consider the darker pages of the time.

The Jason character is compelling and has a rather in-universe reason to believe in Satanism. I guess what really creeps me out is just how plausible and charismatic that kid is when I would quite easily be the target of his wrath.

But a panic hardly requires anything really to happen.

I just don't know yet what to think of this episode.

Though, I'm fairly sure they screwed up the whole notion of IP addresses and such. The precursors certainly existed but I'll have to check on the details in the morning.

This whole episode was just a continuous ratcheting up of tensions until the absolutely bombastic finale. Episode 7 is about to be absolutely stellar.

This season may just be the best one yet for me, as the show continuously proves that it knows its strengths and is able to execute its storylines in the best possible way. It also proves that it is capable of combining many different genres of film/tv in its storylines.

In this episode, the plotline in Hawkins shines the most in my opinion, and had me very tense, intrigued, and glued to my tv. I can't wait to watch the next one, but am so bummed that we'll have to wait a couple of weeks for the last two!

This season has been fantastic. You can feel the tension and mystery about Vecna and El's past rising in this episode. Episode 4 has been my favorite so far and I really hope the part 1 finale can top that. This episode was not that far off in terms of overall quality than episode 4. Not my favourite but still pretty close. I have been hooked every episode and this does the job as well. Like all episodes (except the first episode which was slow) this had a great opener, middle part and ending. Thoroughly entertaining. Not one moment I felt bored. The episode was very intriguing. I wanna watch the part 1 finale right away but I have been watching this all night and it's morning now. So saving the finale for tomorrow. The duffer brothers and Netflix went all out this season with an hour and twenty minute long episodes. Only episode 2 felt too long to me, the rest of the episodes I enjoyed this length. I have heard the final two episodes are movie length which is just amazing. How they can keep you hooked for this long is amazing. In many long episodes (for other series) sometimes get bored due to unnecessary scenes which do not progress the story forward or around it. In stranger things 4 I have not found these sort of scenes. Every scene revolves around the story or progresses it forward. Every episode has been consistent with top quality and storytelling. This season has been a masterclass so far. And I'm grateful that I'm watching such incredible television. So far the most entertaining Stranger Things season. I have never given these many 9's and 10's. May be Westworld season 1 and true detective season 1 lol. Another 9/10 from me.

This is the most charismatic and fun episode in the whole season. LOVE the reintroduction of Susie (I was expecting to never see her again). The full revelation of Hopper's storyline with Antonov is so satisfying, and Murray absolutely carries the comic relief.

Another top notch episode again.