This reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean. The first movie was brilliant and could have been a stand-alone. But if you're going to make a sequel to a hit, you need to play on what the audience loved about the original, which for both was a clever plot and fun characters. But both decided instead to up the grotesque and the macabre and add more characters so that everyone is shallow. I could only stomach a couple of the first episodes of S4 then I went to the last one and skipped through most of it to see the conclusion. It wasn't that great so I was glad I didn't waste my time trudging through the middle. How is this fun or uplifting in any way? Those things pack more of a punch when used sparingly. Instead it makes my stomach cringe and makes me want to pray for God's forgiveness for watching such filth and never watch another season again. In my opinion, it would've been better had every season been an entirely new city and cast with a new mysterious plot. The original cast could make cameos, and that would be fun. And then in the end they could tie all the stories and casts together. That would've been so epic and unique. A missed opportunity imo. Goodbye, Stranger Things.