Chapter Three: The Pollywog

Oh my God! I love this, I wish I could see them all my life,everyday. Every episode is just stunning. I am actually waiting for Mike-El reunion, that would a great moment.

This episode is fantastic, using the introduction of a new creature to brilliantly ramp up the sense of impending horror. The innocence with which Dustin adopts the queer, tadpole-like Dart immediately becomes deeply eerie when Will realizes it's an invader from the Upside Down. This sets a fantastic, unsettling biological threat for the rest of the season.

Meanwhile, the character focus is incredibly strong. Eleven's secret search for her past, fueled by the Eggo she uses as a homing device, is fascinating and promises a new emotional journey. Her loneliness and jealousy lead to a chilling, unexpected display of power against Max, proving her isolation is unsustainable.

Crucially, Will's deepening trauma is handled with heartbreaking intensity, confirming his connection to the Shadow Monster is becoming dangerously intimate.

Stranger Things is back to being the plot-driven series we have all been excited about. I love that the stakes are higher, and the monsters feel more horrific. In fact, the end of the episode made me get chills because I didn't expect such detail. However, there is something off about this season so far. It's not bad. It's just different. I love that they took risks by putting last seasons main faces -- Eleven, Mike, Joyce, and even Jonathan and Nancy -- to the background and put other characters in the forefront -- like Will, Lucas and Dustin, and Steve. The only character I believe has stayed in the spotlight is Hopper, which is good because he is the most complex character in the entire series. I miss that last season's faces don't get as much screen time, but I love that the series is growing and maturing, evolving.

Dustin is obviously not the brightest bulb on the tree. What with all the crazy weirdness going around he doesn't give a second thought to bringing some strange creature into his mom's house. Feeding it Three Musketeers. And evicting Yertle. Also we are starting to think that all Hopper and Eleven ever eat is Eggo.

God. This is soo good. It is fun and i don't want it to end. this episode filled with exciting mission, humor and more mystery.