I just knew Hopper/Joyce would happen eventually because they killed Bob, who was the perfect man for her. So predictable. With all the mess Joyce went through you'd think Hopper would relate to her but he kept going on and on about his dead daughter like Batman and his dead parents. Joyce lost Bob and Hopper was just happy she was available again to be his wife replacement.
Yeah... Where they were wanting to go with Hopper felt all over the place. I felt like he would pair up with Joyce from season 1, and I still wasn't shocked when Bob was written out so that could happen. But certain scenes going back to season 1 also made me feel like Hopper had death flags on him. When it didn't happen, I was thinking that they were going to keep him as a recurring character throughout the series.
Poor Joyce. It just becomes frustrating at a certain point that she just can't have happiness. It was really nice in the first season when she got Will back, but it feels like that's the limit of the happiness she is allowed.
Also yeah, Hopper and Joyce's fights just didn't feel right. He seemed like a better man than that in earlier seasons (from what I can remember - the only thing I really remember souring my opinion of him earlier was when he sold out the location of El to the people in the lab).
It's nice to see a wide variety of flawed characters, but when those flaws feel forced it's different.
My husband binge watched it. He loves this show. I stuck around for a little bit because I love the 80s throwbacks but I started not being able to be in the room while it was on because it was way too gruesome for me. Horror isn't really my thing <<
Agreed. I got myself watching this for some reason, but I absolutely hate horror. I don't know why I watched it. Oddly enough while Season 3 was very gross, it felt like a different kind of horror than the first two seasons. That made it a little easier to watch, but no, still too gruesome.
TBH, the horror actually feels tacked onto this series. They mention numerous times that the Mind Flayer has a more nuanced goal with what it wants to do in the world, yet they still have to have the horror human-eating monsters. As I said, that just feels tacked on to me.