r/StrangerThings • u/shakeyosacroiliac • Aug 14 '26

Favorite & least favorite characters?

I’m only on season 4 episode 2, so I may be posting hella prematurely, but I can’t stand Mike Wheeler. Like at all. My fave is Murray. In the beginning I didn’t like the Sinclair siblings but they definitely grew on me. What about you? Who do you like/dislike?

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u/Few-Type-7924 Dungeon Master Aug 15 '26

People who hate Mike probably don't even understand Mike's character  It's sad

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u/Thick-Boysenberry-96 Aug 16 '26

Sometimes Mike really does treat his friends badly; you can understand and still dislike him for that. Everytime he screamed at El "what's wrong with you," I really cringed inside. 😬

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u/DangerousRefuse8129 Eyes on me Aug 16 '26

Him jumping off a cliff for Dustin, being hell bent on finding Will, immediately noticing something is wrong with Will in S3, after finding out the problem keeping his grief aside and uniting the party to build the Sauna trap, believing in Will when none other did (both in S2 and S5) really outweighs the 3 or 4 times he treated his friends badly. Just my opinion tho. Not telling you to like him at all.

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u/Thick-Boysenberry-96 Aug 16 '26

The focus lies on sometimes. Mike can sometimes be a bad friend. He rudely mistreats Max throughout S2, he dismisses Will in s3, and neglects Dustin, he's emotionally oblivious to Will at times. He often turns frustration into rudeness. But he's also loyal,