Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak

Not much going on. The Halloween event is here. this episode is about party and halloween. with more and more mystery.

The first episode of the 2nd season was great. It expands a bit more on what happened in the first season while still providing some relatable characters and some good drama and suspense. Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak isn't quite as strong as Chapter One: MADMAX, but it's still pretty good.

My only quibbles is that it does drag a bit slow in the pacing and while there is still some character development, there could've been more plot building since nothing else happens.

Everything else is great, however. The new characters, notably Max and Billy, her step brother, are well introduced and the others are still relatable. The music score still compliments the setting very well, the directing is great, and the visual effects continue to amuse particularly the trick or treating scene where Will hallucinates.

The acting is still great. Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour did a good job with each other, Sadie Sink and Dacre Montgomery (who played Jason the red ranger in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot) did admirable jobs as Max and Billy, Winona Ryder still does a good job as Joyce, and the others including Finn Wolfhard also did a good job.

Overall, not quite as strong as the first episode, but still good.

If a show is to work, we need to care about the characters. The four guys genuinely care about each other. They have been through a lot, including a kidnapping and the death of a young girl. The sad thing is that they are constantly attacked for their nerdiness by their peers. The death of the young girl in the first season has made things so painful. It is also about the ruin a family that has hired an unscrupulous shyster private detective. Let's face it. He won't know anything about anything. Max becomes more of a factor. I assume the psychotic who drives her around is her brother. He is genuinely nuts and she is in danger from him. Obviously, he did something that got them to this hick town (his words). We see the kindness of Jonathan, who is probably the most mature, but also most maligned, character in this thing. But what will develop as the relationship between El and the protective police chief progresses. Will continues to see images of great threat. Tune in for Episode Three.

Episode still of construction of the plot for the season with the vision of the one who will be the enemy and the presentation of the new characters of which one it is obvious that he will remain for a long time becoming a member of the group of friends, as the first episode is also enjoyable being still under construction.

I enjoyed this episode quite a bit! The character development is still there. I love the further developments, as well as the world building. The only thing that I was a little off put by was that it went as slow as episode one (which was an episode I loved, by the way). It could have brought forth more plot building, but I did feel like everything that was shown will probably be necessary for the rest of the season. I've noticed that there's a lot more swearing, too. That didn't bother me too much, though.