S4 of Stranger things has matured along with the show. It is actually violent, at times genuinely horrifying and fun all at the same time. While some of the acting is minorly subpar, it is met with fantastic acting, brilliant looking shots, awesome makeup and practical effects, a great sound choice for every scene and a convincing bad guy. It deals with the vast amount of characters really well by sectioning them off into 3 different groups which gives us refreshing moments when maybe we spend too much time with a certain group. This season wasn't absolutely perfect, there was very minor things but there isn't quite enough to derail the show. This season (1st volume) is by far the best they have produced. As a season this is easily a 9/10 and a series of an 8/10. As long as they stick the landing and volume 2 lives up to the first, this will easily be a 9/10 series. It's a long watch but I highly recommend it and it is a show I would even recommend getting Netflix for at this point.

Volume 2- Only two episodes but basically a shorter movie and a long movie worth of content. Volume 2 pick up right where volume 1 left... as you would expect. I feel like the new more mature version of Stranger things that volume 1 brought kind of went away mostly. While there's some stuff there, I feel like they loaded this with plot armor and a wanted to make sure of a season 5. It almost feels originally this would be the last season but then volume 2 was their way of ensuring there would be another season. I'm not sure why they chose to shy so far away from the mature side, especially how well it worked in volume 1 but this was a drag at times and underwhelming to say the least. One more season to go, all I can do is hope they listen to the reception with volume 1 and show a pair with their characters for once. I'm so tired of the gotcha's. Volume 2 is a 7/10

Keeping the series at S1- 8/10 S2- 8/10 S3 7/10 S4V1- 9/10 S4V2- 7/10

Series total- 8/10.