Joyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.Joyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.Joyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.
- Officer Callahan
- (as John Paul Reynolds)
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One thing I hadn't expected was to see Hopper emerge as the favorite character. He'd started out as a funny curmudgeon but really deepened in such a short time. And this is saying something coming in an episode that loses a main character.
I have the kind of questions that would drive a person nuts if the show's future were uncertain. Suffice it to say, I'm looking forward to the next season. It's just an eerie and addictive show. And as a finale, this was top-shelf; intense, moving and absolutely engrossing.
10/10
Showing how the trick is not deconstructing a formula that works, but rebuilding it in a way that is both fresh and new.
And they did an awesome job.
The "influences" may be obvious but the twists and turns, the dialog, the direction, the unusual casting, make the whole series fun, engaging, addictive.
The casting in particular. Ryder again does everything but chew up the furniture. So different from her film persona when she was younger! Natalia Dyer sports one of the most interesting faces I've seen in a long time. She is so sympatico and interesting, she steals all her scenes.
David Harbour usually plays bad guys but is terrific as a hero. Millie Bobby Brown is nothing less than unforgettable.
In fact the whole series is unforgettable.
Bring on Season 2. The popcorn is on me.
And the tears that fell from Mike. Oh, what a emotional, heartbreaking & splendid conclusion to the first season it has been. Such sacrifice made by Eleven to protect his friends and especially Mike from the Demogorgon, just minutes after Mike confessed his love to Eleven and kissed her and watching Brenner, his papa meeting a tragic end, just rips the audience heart and shreds the joy of life into pieces. The cast has done an enchanting work to bring the set-pieces much more sentimental but real at the same time. The twists and turns the episode has brought is a true masterpiece. David Harbour has also acted particularly well as Hopper bringing his character to life. The Duffer Brothers have really packed some shocking 50 minutes of horrifying masterwork. And hopefully, Eleven is not vanished forever as we did get to see Hopper placing Eggos in a box, somewhere in a forest. Obviously, waiting for the series to continue on...
Did you know
- TriviaHopper (David Harbour) wears a braided blue bracelet throughout the series. Its origins are touched on in a flashback: the materials for the bracelet are his daughter Sarah's hairbands that she was wearing the day she got sick.
- GoofsIn "The Upside Down" the form of CPR used by Chief Hopper is actually the latest method of CPR (30 compressions:2 breaths) introduced in the 2010's. The way CPR was performed in 1983 was 5 compressions:1 breath.
- Quotes
Mike Wheeler: Are you feeling any better?
[El shrugs]
Eleven: What's pu-tt-ing?
Mike Wheeler: [chuckling] Pudding. It's this chocolate goo you eat with a spoon. Don't worry. When all this is over you won't have to keep eating junk food and leftovers like a dog anymore. My mom, she's a pretty awesome cook. She can make you whatever you like.
Eleven: Eggos?
Mike Wheeler: Well, yeah Eggos but real food too. See, I was thinking that once all this is over and Will's back and you're not a secret anymore, my parents can get you an actual bed for the basement. Or you can take my room if you want, since I'm always down there anyways. My point is, they'll take care of you. They'll be like your new parents. And Nancy, she'll be like your new sister.
Eleven: Will you be like my brother?
Mike Wheeler: What? No! No...
Eleven: Why 'no'?
Mike Wheeler: Because... cause it's different.
Eleven: Why?
Mike Wheeler: I mean, I don't know, I guess it's not... it's stupid.
Eleven: Mike?
Mike Wheeler: Yeah?
Eleven: Friends don't lie.
Mike Wheeler: Well, I was thinking... maybe we could go to the Snowball together.
Eleven: Snowball?
Mike Wheeler: Yeah. It's this cheesy school dance where you go to the gym and dance to music and stuff. I've never been but I know you're not supposed to go with your sister.
Eleven: No?
Mike Wheeler: I mean, you *can* but it'd be really weird. You go to school dances with someone that... someone that, you know... someone that you... like.
Eleven: A friend?
Mike Wheeler: Not a friend.
[stumbles over his words]
Mike Wheeler: uh... someone like a...
[leans in and kisses her]
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best TV Moments of 2016 (2016)
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Written by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmölling
Performed by Tangerine Dream
Courtesy of Jive Records
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