bad wolf

There're too many characters now. Joyce and Murray plot made absolutely no sense and was a poor attempt at comedic relief. I feel like Hopper could've ended fighting against the demogorgon and staging a coup without any of that. Jonathan, Will and Mike were mostly useless and only there so their characters and plots can develop towards whatever needs to happen on season finale, and Jonathan friend Argyle wasn't only unnecessary but also pretty annoying (they could've had Jonathan working as a pizza driver, which would have made sense with them needing money, and doing weed by himself, and it would have had the same effect). I honestly feel like they wanted to make the episodes longer and they feel like fillers. Eddie and the other characters that showed up in the first two episodes at least are more defined and you feel more sympathy towards them, and you understand why they're there, plot-wise.

Nancy/Jonathan/Steve. Again, totally unnecessary and a way to ruin the character development of all three of them. I understand Jonathan doubts, and him and Nancy drifting apart, but I really don't see the point of pushing her back into the arms of Steve and I hope beyond hope that's not where the plot is going (but they're making it hard). There's nothing wrong with Nancy ending up single. Or with Steve ending up single! It would make more of an impact on his personality, that's for sure.