Last week, as the earth finished its rotation round the sun, Netflix was flooded by Stranger Things fans who tuned in for the greatly anticipated final episode. As can be expected for a show with such mass fandom, the final volumes, which were drip-fed to audiences since November, have been the source of intense critique, with viewers lamenting excessive plot armour, shaky scripting, plot holes the size of Hawkins, and the controversial choice to frame much of the narrative around a character’s coming-out story.
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Stranger Things: a villain worthy of better heroes
The final season of Stranger Things delivers a villain of rare moral and symbolic depth, but ultimately denies its heroes the sacrificial weight needed to match him
Daniel Turner

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