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28 May 2022
This episode is lacking action. But my God it does not need it. This episode is great. This episode starts with a hilarious duo of Jonathan and Argyle who have great chemistry.

Milly Bobby Brown is a standout in this episode. Her acting is superb she portrays Elevens traumatic past as well as showing her guilt, grief and conveying a sense of underlying anger. However they sidelined Will this episode where I thought he really could of added something. He spend most of the episode following the Main characters. Which I think is a waste.

Lucas got some great development in this episode as he fights a internal conflict and test his loyalty which is very interesting to watch.

This episode puts Nancy and Robin together, which worked really well with Robins chilled out vibe, mixed with Nancys hardhead determination = some pretty interesting dialogue.

The Soviet prison camp does a splendid job of pushing Hopper to his limits. Whilst increasing his strength, determination and bravery.

However this episode reaches new heights with the ending. It uses the information the audience have gathered from previous episodes. Which allows us to realise the devastation answer before the characters work it out for themselves. Which is just brilliant writing and directing.

This episode was my favourite of the series so far as it brilliantly kept me engaged the entire time. Whilst setting up what should be a great Episode 4.
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