Chapter Nine: The Piggyback

You add Metallica with a good riding or bad riding the fact that they got the release on the original song besides movie old-school I can't remember too many Metallica songs being on a TV show and or movie. That alone , should say it all . If you don't like Metallica, then screw you don't watch the show lol just kidding. There's a fine line between dark drama, nerd, drama rockstar drama. Everybody loves this type of film 80s references a KET Stranger Things X-Files, whatever. Great show excellent riding, directing and acting. Need I say more ? I'm all for journey and synth but yeah, when you pay homage to Metallica, you got my vote if you don't find this review helpful too goddamn bad lol.

Everything about this episode was awesome. The writing, the cinematography, the soundtrack, the acting, everything. Great and emotional final to a great season. Can't wait for season 5.

This was everything any fan of Stranger Things could ask for for a finale. Epic in scope, stellar in music, beautiful in cinematography, excellently acted; the list goes on. This is the finale for this season that everybody wanted, and it's the one we got. Spectacular. This is the best season of Stranger Things that we've ever gotten, and I'm so proud of everyone involved for making this season come to fruition. Passion and love went into this season, and it shows. Incredible.

That there's anything to critique in this finale is really just a reflection of how high the team behind this show have set the bar. The performances are fantastic - across the board - sometimes mesmerising. Sadie Sink as Max is just phenomenal here, as she has been the entire season. David Harbour (Hopper) and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) bring their characters to a profound place in this episode too. Whatever's going on behind the scenes to support the cast in this show is a beautiful thing.

But I felt there were too many balls in the air this time. It almost works, and the writer's nearly get the emotional crescendo they were looking for - but the editing seems to deflate the tension. There are weird chronological issues, where the audience (and the unfolding drama) is put on pause for extended periods. The dips to black sometimes ruin the beat of highly dramatic moments. In general the editors needed to be much more liberal with the razor in my opinion. This show generally doesn't talk down to it's audience. We didn't need to be cued to care for the fate of the characters in this finale, or to recognise epic moments as such.

Finally. Why oh why didn't you just give Dustin some crutches?

No point in spoiling you just have to watch yourself. Every season just gets bigger and bigger and at the end the duffer brothers are making sure the final season is one for the ages.