The penultimate chapter of Stranger Things 3 is another blinder, with plenty of action and excitement leading up to the season finale.
It's the 4th of July and the people of Hawkins are enjoying the county fair - except for Dustin, Robin, Erica and Steve, who are trying to escape from the Russian base, El and pals, who are fighting the Mindflayer monster, and Joyce and Hopper, who are planning to turn off the machine that the Russkies are using to open an inter-dimensional gate.
Robin and Steve spend most of the episode tripping, having been drugged by the Russian doctor, which leads to the pair sharing personal secrets. Hopper has a punch-up/shoot-out with Russians in a funhouse (my favourite scene of this chapter). And El saves her friends by throwing a car at the baddies. It all adds up to a hugely enjoyable episode, one that also sees the death of character and El suffering from a nasty injury, her leg infected by the monster.
Season finale, here we come...
