With one extra episode this season, Stranger Things experimented with its format, abandoning Hawkins for Chicago as Eleven went to explore her past. While IGN reviewed the episode favorably, reception online has, politely, been mixed.
And given the events of the finale, I have a good news/bad news situation for you — “The Lost Sister” may have felt out of place in Season 2, but it feels absolutely vital in setting up the X-Men vibe the show could be aiming for in a potential Season 3.
Spoilers for the end of Stranger Things: Season 2 follow.
Season 2 concludes with The Shadow Monster/Mind Flayer, just your average world-consuming demon, discovering its current prey, Earth, is home to a superpowered being like Eleven. Whereas presumably the monster only saw humans as its foe before, it now faces a unique individual who could throw a wrench in its plan of utter destruction.
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And given the events of the finale, I have a good news/bad news situation for you — “The Lost Sister” may have felt out of place in Season 2, but it feels absolutely vital in setting up the X-Men vibe the show could be aiming for in a potential Season 3.
Spoilers for the end of Stranger Things: Season 2 follow.
Season 2 concludes with The Shadow Monster/Mind Flayer, just your average world-consuming demon, discovering its current prey, Earth, is home to a superpowered being like Eleven. Whereas presumably the monster only saw humans as its foe before, it now faces a unique individual who could throw a wrench in its plan of utter destruction.
Continue reading…
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