Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister

First of all - I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

After the cliff hanger of chapter 6 I would have been sorely disappointed that the story line did not resume until chapter 8 but, thankfully, all the episodes are streamed so the wait was not too long.

What were they thinking? Was this a half-arsed attempt at a spin-off pilot? This whole episode was pointless. If they wanted to develop the Eleven/Jane Ives/Jane Hopper character, there surely must be better ways of doing so rather than taking her on an out-of-town mission of self-discovery whilst encountering 2 dimensional, poorly developed characters unnecessary to the plot.

If for whatever reason your internet went down between chapters 6 & 8 - let me reassure you - you didn't miss a thing.

Aside from the quick snippets in which we see 11 has a sister in 8, the rest of this episode is trash. Mostly, I think it's due to the terrible cast, and honestly casting of this episode. Everyone from 8 herself, as well as her supporting cast simply are not on par with the rest of the cast of this series. As such, this episode both from a story standpoint, and a quality standpoint completely pull you out of the season.

A weak story episode that have nothing to do with the main storyline..

Pretty much the only episode of this show I'd consider filler. In an otherwise great TV show, they for some reason wanted to spend an entire episode following one character. You can honestly skip it and not much is different.

I'll mirror many of the other reviews, the weak link in the series. It does offer a perspective of what could have been for El. However, it's not anywhere near the quality of the previous episodes. So it will fill some space and maybe offer something to think about...but I'm ready to get back to the real story.