Stranger things suffers from "bigger is better" syndrome. With each new season t'is gets bigger and bigger but not necessarily better and by season 4 there's so much bloat, so much padding that you're left wondering why you bothered watching this in the first place.

The first thing that's wrong is that the episodes are too long. 40-50 mins is about the right length but when you go into 70-80 mins it just starts to drag. The second thing is the number of plotlines going on at the same time. This time there's 3 and they keep jumping back and forth taking you out of each one which again just drags on and on. It just feels like padding making you sit through and extra 20-30 mins for no real gain other than to rob you of another 20-30 mins of your life.

Too much schmaltz. This is probably the worst aspect of this show. They just lay on too thick like a huge dollop of mayonnaise. It's just sickening. Makes you want to vomit. Ugh

Sloooooooooooooooooow pacing. Again, another reason why the episodes are so long is that they noodle about going nowhere. People talking and not saying anything interesting.

New annoying characters. The pizza guy was the worst. Such an annoying face you just want to punch. Even the old characters are annoying now. All insecure saps that you just want to slap.

No conclusion. You've just sat through 12 hours of this schlop only to find that there is no ending conclusion and that you'll have to sit through another season of this syrup.

Just stop now. Please. No more.