Chapter Five: The Flayed

The end is coming. This episode did a good job. Humor is great and story is more interesting.

Despite being riddled with inconsistencies and incoherence, this is a fabulous second consecutive episode. The pace is good, danger lurks behind every corner and the acting is excellent.

Winona Ryder is brilliant again as Joyce, changing gear at will, producing a fine performance, though the bickering between her and Jim could be dialled back a little. Indeed the comedy element is overplayed in this otherwise gritty, action-packed story.

I'm mostly enjoying this season. I do see where some people are coming from. You do kind of have to suspend your disbelief way more than the first two seasons. This season has become kind of goofy, but hey, the acting is good, I like the characters, I'm enjoying it.

When Joyce went off on Murray, I remembered how much I love Winona in this show!

To the idiots wanting the FBI/CIA etc called, what good would that do to the show. Er help we have a problem, FBI show up, take over case, end of series. Take the show for what it is, real life in an unreal world. characters have to evolve, relationships are awkward at that age. Stranger things is about the characters, their adventures, the strange goings on in Hawkins, the 80's nostalgia, the list is endless. Switch of your brain and enjoy a sci fi masterpiece. It's about the entertainment, it doesn't always have to make perfect sense. If you want real life watch a documentary. This episode is just as good as the ones before. Funny, scary, shocking, clever, daft, brilliant, all rolled into a single episode. I can't wait to watch the last 2