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I don't care about the plot holes; I care about the feelings. Hopper and Joyce finally getting their date at Enzo's broke me. The callback to the Season 1 bike ride was perfect. It wasn't about the monsters; it was about growing up and letting go of childhood. The final shot of the D&D board being packed away was the perfect metaphor for us, the audience, moving on. It was safe, sure, but after 10 years, I didn't want to see my comfort characters die. I wanted them to be okay.

Visually stunning, script-wise a disaster. They completely glossed over the military occupation of Hawkins. Are we just ignoring that the government knows everything? And the time jump didn't fix the age issue; the 'kids' look 25 playing 15. The Vecna reveal was cool, but the mechanics of the Upside Down still make no sense. Why was it frozen in 1983 if Vecna has been there for decades? They answered the easy questions and ignored the hard ones. It feels like Game of Thrones S8 all over again.

So you're telling me we fought an interdimensional demon god for 5 seasons and the only major character who died was... the one introduced this season? Give me a break. The plot armor in this show is thicker than the Berlin Wall. Steve should have died protecting the kids. It would have been a perfect arc. Instead, we got a 'Harry Potter' epilogue where everyone is happy and smiling. It felt cheap. Horror needs consequences, and Stranger Things 5 was too afraid to hurt our feelings.