The second and third seasons make me appreciate how comparatively effortless the first one is. Apart from being fresh, that one nails the tricky balance of committing to and subverting the 80s tropes nicely, while having a consistently engaging adventure with a great cast. The second goes a different way, out of the creators' reach, and become a characters-separated drag.
This third gains back some of the charm, even if it feels slightly strained and repeated somewhat, with now barely any little moment of character/trope subversion that makes the first so fun even in its down time. The middle here drags a little bit as a result, from some characters becoming more one note (David Harbour especially gets the short end by his character having a grating note of boorish belting half the time), as the season focuses more on plot with many moving part and character groups. Going "season 1 but bigger" may make the characters suffer a bit but pay off in the spectacle department though, which is often exciting, and sometimes disgusting in a most fun way. Also has the best ending episodes yet too.
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The second and third seasons make me appreciate how comparatively effortless the first one is. Apart from being fresh, that one nails the tricky balance of committing to and subverting the 80s tropes nicely, while having a consistently engaging adventure with a great cast. The second goes a different way, out of the creators' reach, and become a characters-separated drag.
This third gains back some of the charm, even if it feels slightly strained and repeated somewhat, with now barely any little moment of character/trope subversion that makes the first so fun even in its down time. The middle here drags a little bit as a result, from some characters becoming more one note (David Harbour especially gets the short end by his character having a grating note of boorish belting half the time), as the season focuses more on plot with many moving part and character groups. Going "season 1 but bigger" may make the characters suffer a bit but pay off in the spectacle department though, which is often exciting, and sometimes disgusting in a most fun way. Also has the best ending episodes yet too.