Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister

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.

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

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.

I get the feeling that the writers felt they needed to fill a whole episode, instead of cutting season 2 down to 8 episodes. Not only was this episode cringeworthy, but absolutely pointless. I could understand if they were going to carry on with the sister story, but they weren't, thus making the sister completely pointless, and using it as a "filler" as someone else has mentioned. It reminded me of an old CD album, where you get a bad song to fill the track list numbers. Totally cringeworthy acting, episode plotline and a waste of Millie's talent. And the outfits!!!! This then leads back to why these cringeworthy punks were at the beginning of episode one season 2. But still absolutely zero point of needing it.

I have no idea why they did this, they could've built Jane's character without introducing four bad actors and making us sit through a thankfully short merry go round. None of those new characters were likable, The short story was very predictable it was very unlike the quality that stranger things tends to offer. It felt like i had accidentally turned on one of those bad marvel shows.