Stranger Things 4

Just finished the final episode. Although the series is great, the Russian subplot is really annoying me.

Finished The Boys (superb) and Better Call Saul (excellent). Have to wait till they all start up again.
 
Definitely taken a much darker turn this series & agree the whole Russian plotline seems unnecessary. Quality tv though .
 
Russian plot - it was set in the 1980's height of the cold war - that would have very much been at the forefront of peoples thoughts .. I get the whole Russian thing.
ST, so far excellent.
 
Just finished episode 4 and found out where the whole Kate Bush thing came from. Enjoying it, even with the really long episodes.
 
BobUpnDown said:
Russian plot - it was set in the 1980's height of the cold war - that would have very much been at the forefront of peoples thoughts .. I get the whole Russian thing.
ST, so far excellent.
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Yeah , I get the time period & everything , but it just seems a bit daft against the rest of the storyline . Maybe a bit of light relief, but doesn't quite work for me.
 
Dybuk said:
Surely the russian thing is integral to the whole story. It has been building throughout each series.
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Definitely. Look at the origins of Vecnah (spelling is probably off). I never saw that coming and that was a massive throwback twist.
 
Watched the last episode tonight, still don’t understand the relevance of the Russian plot to the storyline. Also why did Mike, Eleven, etc etc not mention their own stories to the rest of the group on their return to Hawkins …such as saving Max?
 
Humpty said:
Watched the last episode tonight, still don’t understand the relevance of the Russian plot to the storyline. Also why did Mike, Eleven, etc etc not mention their own stories to the rest of the group on their return to Hawkins …such as saving Max?
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Loose ends tied up in the next (and final) season in 2024. The particles in the Russian prison will be connected to Will somehow. I'm almost certain (if my theory is correct).
 
bevoboro said:
That last episode of S4 is one of the best things I've ever seen on TV! Once it started it just never let up!
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That's what I like about the series as a whole. I can't remember one 'filler' episode. Each episode has a critical part to play in the overal story.
Compared to the likes of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, which for the record are my two all time favourite TV series', both of them have plenty of filler episodes throughout their respective seasons.
 
Randy said:
That's what I like about the series as a whole. I can't remember one 'filler' episode. Each episode has a critical part to play in the overal story.
Compared to the likes of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, which for the record are my two all time favourite TV series', both of them have plenty of filler episodes throughout their respective seasons.
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What about the Russian subplot? Might turn out to have a part to play but there’s no way it needed this many screen hours
 
Humpty said:
What about the Russian subplot? Might turn out to have a part to play but there’s no way it needed this many screen hours
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I'd disagree. Purely from a human interest perspective it was nice to see Hopper come to the realisation that despite all the tragedy that he thought he'd inflicted on those who had loved him, he still had lots to live for.
Plus, the particles will be a big part of the next season without a doubt.
 
Humpty said:
What about the Russian subplot? Might turn out to have a part to play but there’s no way it needed this many screen hours
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As mentioned before, I believe the particles, Will and the mind flayer from season 2 are all connected. Plus as Dood mentioned, Hopper is the closest thing 11 has to an actual family, his capture and escape and the way he's battled his own demons will play a massive part in the final season.

We've learnt so far that The Duffer Brothers are superb at long time story telling, the Vecna reveal is ultimately proof of this from the final episode of part one of this series.
 
Watched the final episode of season 4 last night and I’ve got to say it’s one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever seen. The slow burning spiralling up to the confusion is like nothing I’ve ever seen. I’m so glad the Russian plot line finally came to fruition and don’t get me started on Eddie playing Master of Puppets. That will go down as one of the most iconic music scenes in TV history.

I think Stranger Things is comfortably the best thing on TV at the moment, and one of the best shows I’ve seen. It’s just a shame season 5 is the last season.
 
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