But, somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew the backlash was coming. I thought, “This is great, but not all-things-to-all-people great, and people love to hate on TV finales, so the public, who are so excited and happy right now, will inevitably turn on this, too.”
But I was able to suppress those thoughts and just enjoy the hell out of myself while I was there.
SPOILERS: I liked most of the things that people later turned on. I liked that no one died except (probably) El. I liked that there was almost an hour of epilogues, giving each character a satisfactory and well-earned send-off. I liked how none of the teen couples end up together, because high school couples staying together is pretty much never a good idea.
Yes, I agree with some of the criticisms. It’s fairly silly that they killed so many soldiers with no consequences. (I think that the season should have been rewritten so that they didn’t kill anybody. But I do think they kind of gave themselves an out by only having them kill soldiers in the Upside Down, which was all wiped off the map, so all evidence was gone.) And I, too, wonder how on earth they squared things with Delightful Derek’s parents (Between them and the Weavers, it wasn’t a good season to be a Republican! I think hatred of modern Republicans may have seeped into the writer’s room!)
But ultimately, I just loved this wrap-up to this great show. I loved how the series both began and ended with Mike being a great Dungeon Master. I loved how Dustin did exactly what Eddie said he should do at graduation. Is season 5 my favorite season of the show? No, that would be season 3, but I think that this was one of the few shows with no fundamentally-weak seasons. It’s a great show and I’ll miss it.
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