Back when I first saw Stranger Things, I was impressed by the focus on childhood wonder and the bond between the original kids. Now, the series has lost a lot of its luster. Seasons 1-2 were engaging, fun, dramatic, unique, and focused a lot on character. Seasons 3-4 lost a lot of the fun of the original 2 seasons, are excessively dark, the plot holes are laughable, the acting isn't as good, all the new and old characters are now obnoxious, and they focus too much about teenage romance and less on the nostalgia. Netflix realized somewhere down the road apparently that mostly teenagers watch the series, and they threw a lot of stuff in the series that would appeal to teenagers. This made the show worse, now it's too much like the Outer Banks.