The expression that Eleven made as she on a chair after expressing her angst against Angela looked one hundred percent real. This is exactly the kind of face children make when they are crying but also have a lot of anger inside them. Millie Bobby Brown delivered that scene with absolute perfection.
This was yet another exciting episode with a good mix of mystery, horror and humour. The writing team deserves appreciation for making the proceedings very engaging and intriguing. The special effects, cinematography and art direction were of top quality as usual; the dark place where Vecna resides looked like a genuinely dangerous place; it made me feel as if I am watching a horror movie; great job done by the creative team in creating this scary looking mansion.
This season, the show-runners are leaving no stone unturned into showing us gore. We are seeing death of children in the most excruciating form, and now this episode gave us Hopper painfully taking out handcuffs from his foot, along with some flesh; that wasn't easy to look at. The make-up team did a great job in making the wound on Hopper's leg look real. This man is taking some solid beating and enduring a lot of pain just to get home. Every single prison scene is extremely intense; I am always worried for Hopper's safety, and those Russian guards don't make it any easier. The whole prison scenario has been very well written and directed.
Charlie Heaton, who's playing Jonathan, is doing a good job of looking wasted, unless he is actually taking drugs. I get it, there are too many characters and it's not possible to give everyone a pivotal role; it's just feels sad to see such a nice character wasting away like this. Also, why are the showrunners hinting a reunion between Nancy and Steve? This love story had already been resolved, why go around in circles? This is not fair on Jonathan at all. Why can't the writers find a new girlfriend for Steve?
When that black car stopped in front of the van taking Eleven, I did not expect to see Dr. Owens at all, that scene completely took me by surprise. I thought the other team has arrived, the one that went to Dr. Owens house. This was an interesting development, especially with Dr. Owens revealing his secret plan to restore Eleven's powers. Dr. Owens, played by Paul Reiser, is a great character who is not only standing up against his own people, but also is a very smooth talker who can persuade you into doing anything. Paul Reiser has been doing a fantastic job of portraying this character.
Among all this chaos, I just didn't realize that the pattern of death could actually hit one of our main characters. I went cold the moment Max realized that she is also suffering from the same symptoms as the other victims of Vecna. My mind just refuses to believe that Max won't be there anymore in the show. The ticking of the clock and Vecna's face coming on screen, was a very ominous way to end the episode.
This was yet another exciting episode with a good mix of mystery, horror and humour. The writing team deserves appreciation for making the proceedings very engaging and intriguing. The special effects, cinematography and art direction were of top quality as usual; the dark place where Vecna resides looked like a genuinely dangerous place; it made me feel as if I am watching a horror movie; great job done by the creative team in creating this scary looking mansion.
This season, the show-runners are leaving no stone unturned into showing us gore. We are seeing death of children in the most excruciating form, and now this episode gave us Hopper painfully taking out handcuffs from his foot, along with some flesh; that wasn't easy to look at. The make-up team did a great job in making the wound on Hopper's leg look real. This man is taking some solid beating and enduring a lot of pain just to get home. Every single prison scene is extremely intense; I am always worried for Hopper's safety, and those Russian guards don't make it any easier. The whole prison scenario has been very well written and directed.
Charlie Heaton, who's playing Jonathan, is doing a good job of looking wasted, unless he is actually taking drugs. I get it, there are too many characters and it's not possible to give everyone a pivotal role; it's just feels sad to see such a nice character wasting away like this. Also, why are the showrunners hinting a reunion between Nancy and Steve? This love story had already been resolved, why go around in circles? This is not fair on Jonathan at all. Why can't the writers find a new girlfriend for Steve?
When that black car stopped in front of the van taking Eleven, I did not expect to see Dr. Owens at all, that scene completely took me by surprise. I thought the other team has arrived, the one that went to Dr. Owens house. This was an interesting development, especially with Dr. Owens revealing his secret plan to restore Eleven's powers. Dr. Owens, played by Paul Reiser, is a great character who is not only standing up against his own people, but also is a very smooth talker who can persuade you into doing anything. Paul Reiser has been doing a fantastic job of portraying this character.
Among all this chaos, I just didn't realize that the pattern of death could actually hit one of our main characters. I went cold the moment Max realized that she is also suffering from the same symptoms as the other victims of Vecna. My mind just refuses to believe that Max won't be there anymore in the show. The ticking of the clock and Vecna's face coming on screen, was a very ominous way to end the episode.