I love 80's films and thought ST1 was awesome, albeit the monster could have been done a tiny bit better. It was dark, had a deep sense of mystery and thriller all merged with 80's retro and Hopper was superb as the sheriff who instead of being obnoxious and disbelieving actually investigates these things and sees through the lies very quickly (mega relief when I watched it that this was the case). Now we are at ST3 and I feel they've lost that sense of mystery and wonder and what's going to happen next feeling. They've also changed the characters from being serious to kinda jokey comedy characters you'd see from Spy Kids. Hopper was having silly bouts of jealousy over his 'daughter whose not his daughter' seeing a boy who'd also saved her life previously. Then the arguments with Ryder seem childish all the way through the series. It's merged itself with cheesy poor 80's rather than stylish thriller 80's made for adults. I hope they sort this out come Season 4. Bring the adults back, the mystery and the seriousness and you'll have a 10/10 finale. Otherwise it will end on a 'meh could have been better 5'.