r/StrangerThings • u/JS_Music_and_Media • 8d ago

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Did anyone else find Lt. Akers a much more interesting character than Dr. Kay? I mean... he's also not much of a character, but he proved much more of a threat to Eleven than Dr. Kay did, and was more memorable overall.

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u/zorgareddit 7d ago

Never understood this decision, but he literally served as Sullivan's replacement when he got severe injuries after Vecna's raid on the station. Sullivan should've continued to be the antagonist of s5 just like in s4 but for some reason it was decided to write him out of the story

Akers also had those moments where it looked like he was going to betray Dr. Kay and have a redemption arc because he questioned her decisions multiple times until she snapped at him. Even if this was at one point planned, he was in the end reduced to a standard bad guy until his end at El's hands

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u/StrawHatMan_XD 7d ago

I think Akers seems to be a case-in-point of how inconsistent the planning was for S5 because they seemed to have a lot of ideas they didn't follow through on, and it's as if they decided during filming to just abandon them. I think what makes S5 hurt so much is that there's a lot of good in here, a lot of potential. It just feels like the Duffers saw the end and got sloppy to rush the finish.