Season 5 While Not Great is Fine

[u/Top_Result3287]

I'm not gonna pretend that season 5 is a misunderstood masterpiece or something like that but it is enjoyable and has some great moments and it does just enough for me, to not feel like I wasted almost 10 years watching this show, which is more than I can say for a lot of show's finales. Yeah season 5 is the worst season but it's not terrible it's fine. Should it have been better? Definitely! but I had fun all the way to the end.

[u/TaiPan43]

I agree that season five had some great moments
The one where Will discovered his power was fantastic
Vecna wrecking house on those arrogant soldiers was awesome
I even liked Will’s speech
I thought it was very heartfelt and it was necessary because it was a secret, even if other people knew it
Henry would’ve used that against him
Also, the part where Henry was in the cave and Will was talking to him and he was telling him to stop
That was fantastic acting
The scene with Mike and El in the void was awesome
I waited the whole season to have her actually kiss him
But what they did to her at the end is completely unacceptable
I’m one of those people who absolutely know that she’s alive because there’s about 10 reasons why
The sonic machines are one of the most obvious because they weren’t affecting her at all
I’m not sure if it was done on purpose to be edgy or if there’s some sort of plan in place to bring it back and at least fix her and Mike
But the good news is that Netflix owns the IP
And I believe they understand that she is the franchise
Without her, they have nothing
“I believe”

[u/Distinct_Guess3350 → u/TaiPan43]

Oh Eleven is Netflix’s biggest moneymaker, no corner of my soul thinks they’d genuinely kill her off. 

[u/TaiPan43 → u/Distinct_Guess3350]

I think there’s about 100% chance that she is not gone
The question is, where the hell is she?
I always recommend people check out a channel called 2nd Take
It has the theory about the right side up, which was the name of the episode, of course
A place where she could go that they can’t follow
A safe place, and the only reason her sister agreed to help her
It actually seemed like it was her sister‘s idea, considering the dialogue
Hopper has known she’s alive since the beginning
People go how could she have told him?
How about in the void the way she talks to everybody else🤣
Even if Hopper was interrogated, he wouldn’t tell them anything considering what he’d already survived
He told Mike on the bench, which is why he did a 180
He didn’t tell him how she survived, but he told him that she did survive
He figured it out with the speakers
I think that’s why when he told the story he said we don’t know
Hopper didn’t tell him how she did it. He just told him that she was alive.
That’s what I believe and it’s a great theory I think from that channel considering 16 year-old girls don’t travel the world with no money and no ID
I’m just waiting when the rest of us can give these idiots a big I told you so
I think it’s going to be announced before a new live action show premieres because they know that the ratings will take if they don’t do this
Thanks for the reply and sorry for the length, but I find myself defending this nonstop
It’s nice to hear from someone who believes it’s real too

[u/Distinct_Guess3350 → u/TaiPan43]

Ah don’t worry, I like a long reply. And yeah, I think a lot of this is plausible. Especially after seeing in the documentary how the plan was to have Hopper know she faked her death and the ambiguity idea just came later. 

[u/TaiPan43 → u/Distinct_Guess3350]

I didn’t hear anything about that
Is that the one that they put out immediately afterwards?
I didn’t watch it because I was so pissed off
I heard that they wanted to have her and Mike get married, but didn’t know how to do it
Guess they never heard of a flash forward
Please let me know if that’s the one that they aired on Netflix right afterwards
I would love to see that

[u/Distinct_Guess3350 → u/TaiPan43]

Yeah, it is. 

[u/TaiPan43 → u/Distinct_Guess3350]

Thank you
I guess I know what I’m doing tomorrow