Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum

After two exciting episodes back-to-back, season three of Stranger Things 3 Chapter 6 eases off the pedal a little to provide a bit of a breather before the inevitable all-out, slam-bang finale.

In E Pluribus Unum, El throws the Mindflayer out of a window and tries to locate the source of the monster by tapping into Billy's memories, the mayor organises the 4th July celebrations, Steve is tortured by the Russians, Alexei spills the beans, and Dustin and Erica carry out a rescue mission.

A lot of stuff happens, and it all trundles along at a reasonable pace, but the big set-pieces aren't there, making this one marginally less satisfying compared to what preceded it.

Yeah yeah yeah. All the criticism it gets I totally understand. I was a huge fan of season 1, season 2 a bit less but i still liked it tho. I'm also scared that the show has more become « fan serving », Mileven, Lumac, Dustin and Steve,... I kinda missed the more threatening, mystery-show like in season 1 !

Stranger things IS FAR from PERFECT, I could make a list of « stupid » events/plots and that list could go on and on, but I love the characters, their développement was cool interesting this season, how some of the kids mature faster than others,... as a teen :) it's sooo relatable!

And that's exactly my point! Even though this show is far from perfect, and sometimes a bit cheesy, or too slow for others it's sooo ENJOYABLE! And at the end that's what count no?

There are enough points where the Duffers het my respect for, for example the way how they create a mission for every group of characters, and how they bring those together in the final plot.

And yeah , sometimes it's slow , but what did y'all expect? That from star on the monsters would be chasing your favorite characters? If you don't spend enough time on the character développement, why would you care if they get chased, or die?

At the end, that's what's count for me! It's totally not perfect but it's very nice, relatable, fun enjoyable to watch, and apart of that, you sometimes get thrilled and surprised !

Im sick off people writing theres too much smoking theres too much smoking Get a grip its a television programme thats meant for 15 year olds and above U watch murders and stuff on tv so why not say anything about that?!?!?! Rating an episode low based on how much smoking is stupid ! Going on like there wasnt lots of smoking in previous seasons Fools!!!!!!!

A very brilliantly written and directed show is sliding into stupidity and cliche right before our eyes. I really don't get this unsubstantiated appreciation of season 3 because of a general ST fandom. I love this show too, at least I did until season 3 began but, let's be honest, it just became impossible to ignore all this illogical stuff happening. Most people here mentioned them, so there is no need to repeat. After watching episode 4, I felt like the show is coming back again but, no, these last two episodes took away that charm again. I don't know how the season ends yet but, I hope I will have some better things to say.

And seriously, what is that Russian terminator nonsense? Or in general, - and I keep saying this since the very first episode of the season - what is all that nonsense about Russians?

I thought this is the best of all the episodes for this show in any of the three seasons. I especially loved the memory sequence, the way it showed the origins of Billy's hate, the source. The music, imagery was wonderful and impressive.