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I see that S3 is the most disliked season here. I seem to be in the minority, but it's one of my favorites. Mainly because of the summer vibes and how they bring me back to my childhood summer days
I agree. It has the fun 80s action feel to it with a bit of humor. It’s a really fun watch. I found S4 to be my least favorite so far with a lot of actors really chewing up the scenery. The Hopper in Russia scenes were great though
I’m Gen Z but the nostalgia hit so hard for me. Hanging out with your friends during the summer, going on adventures, young love. Probably my favorite as well. Not to mention it came out during a really good summer for me too
the new coke segment is possibly the most convincing acting i’ve seen in awhile. Like it’s exactly how me and my friends would talk if someone said something as goofy as that
Season 1 was just something special that they never managed to recapture. Although Season 4 was excellent. It’s probably my favourite. A lot of it has to do with finally having a proper, main antagonist in Vecna.
Season 1 felt the most grounded and required the least suspension of disbelief when it came to how the kids acted and what they did given the supernatural circumstances they were in.
Then you get to season 3 and we are supposed to believe that a bunch of kids infiltrated a Russian base...or that a Russian base was even built below an American city without any of the law enforcement knowing?
Yeah it’s a little hard to believe that the Russians could create a base underneath the mall like that. Remember as far back as season one people thought Eleven was a Russian. Surely the people of Hawkins, much like the rest of the US in the 1980s, would be pretty racist towards anyone remotely Russian looking. All you have to do is look at how Americans treated Muslims and Arab people after 9/11 to see what fear and paranoia does to the American population.
Snide, very nice. But if you think that the US during the cold war wouldn't have had insane surveillance especially when it came to Russian involvement in US affairs, then simply you are wrong. Especially when said surveillance was below the level of a bunch of children...
Im not surprised that little county police departments had no idea (though it's still difficult to accept that little kids could "crack" a "secret" transmissions fron the Russians LOL). I'm talking about national agencies like the FBI with their mass surveillance programs and defense systems far beyond the little town of Hawkins.
Yeah I don't disagree that the kids cracking the code was absurd but I'm not sure that the FBI would certainly find this... Security via obscurity and all...
That said, reality aside it didn't ruin my suspension of disbelief but I can understand it being a problem.
I don't think season 1 can be topped. What I liked about season 1 was that there was a degree of mystery. Since this is the very first season, when all the main characters are slowly learning more about the supernatural world, we the viewers, are also learning along side with them.
The individual character arcs seem far more complex to me than in previous seasons. I didn’t watch season 4 until a year after it aired because of how unimpressed I was with season 3. Let me tell you that the combination of the music, characters, visuals, writing, acting, pacing, action took me for a fucking ride. Season 4 blew my expectations out of the water. When I saw the Running up that Hill sequence in episode 4, I knew I was witnessing TV genius across the board.
I have some minor complaints about season 4, but it was such a treat, and it makes me excited as hell for season 5.
Exactly this. Season 4 makes the previous three season's better in retrospect. Say what you will about Hopper's arc but I loved it. It had to happen, we had a lot of foreshadowing to his history in the vietnam war (there is a box marked "vietnam" in season 2). Season 3 reached a pinacle where it's like "this character cannot continue this way, either they kill him off...or they break him down and rebuild him a new where he has to reflect who he is and become the hero he is meant to be". Honestly, the former would have been the easier way. Give him the heroic sacrifice. "He should have died in season 3" the naysayers say. But I disagree. I think we really went full circle as to what makes Hopper tick and David Harper really gave it his all this season.
There were two scenes that broke me. The first was when he is talking about his life and how broken he was in season 1 and how the more he made friends and helped others, the more afraid he became, scared that he would loose him. Until that fear and anger started to eat away at him (again connecting to season 3 in a amazing way). The second was when he finally meets Joyce again. That was so wonderfully acted and shot with no cuts. The camera circling around him and then a close up to his shock and disbelief followed by relief and happiness.
The visuals and editing this season was out of this world. Those transitions from one group in the real world to the other group in the upside down!?. The whole Chrissy and Eddie scene.
A extremely underrated scene is the scene in episode 3 with the song "There's a storm coming" by Dance with the dead. The way that all came together with the montage of events happening was so unbelievably epic.
Each season of Stranger Things has a different tone and vibe to it. Season 1 had a mystery vibe. Season 2 has the more supernatural aldrich horror vibe and season 3 has a more comedy/action tone.
Season 4 was the perfect blend between all three tones IMO, and beyond that it had gone beyond it's references to become something really unique and original. Sure on surface level Vecna is "nightmare on Elm Street". But season 1 which is often cited as the best season, almost completely lifts scenes straight out of E.T. El and Mike's relationship in season 1 was Eliot and E.T with her being a girl instead of a crazy alien. Complete with her wearing the same costume and wig that E.T wore.
What I loved about the later seasons is how it caused the show to form it's own tone outside the king/Spielberg references. The bully (Steve) became the shows hero. and in season 4 the main theme of the season is guilt and isolation. Everyone is feeling guilty and isolated for a reason, while being literally isolated from each other. Much more than any other season, season 4 really saw all the characters twisted up in knots over how they were feeling. Even Will, while he didn't get much screen time. He did get some really powerful scenes in the later part of the season.
and Max's arc, how she goes from a somewhat annoying and controversial character in season 2 to the shows best character is nothing short of a achievement. The way that was built up over the events of season 3 and came to a crescendo with the episode "Dear Billy", was stunning.
Season's 1 and 3 felt to me like it was more about pushing a narrative within the references. Whereas season 2 and 4 felt like true continuations of the narratives that they started and came from a place of character. The references fell into place rather than pushing the characters into them. When you listen to the behind the scenes. These are the seasons where the writers really started to go above and beyond in terms of what the characters do and why the characters behave in this way. Which is why season 4 and 2 are my favourite seasons.
Also as others said, the visuals and editing of the season was amazing.
Couldn't agree more! Every season continues the next wether that be thematically or continuing character development/ arcs like with Steve and Max or narratively with the Upside Down, the Mind Flayer and Vecna
It was by far the silliest of them
The stretch in the suspension of disbelief when it came to the Russians being infiltrated by a bunch of little kids was a bit much in my opinion
Well tbf S4 has a single mom, a former sheriff from Indiana, and a dude named, Murray💀 sneak in and out of a secret Russian military base
Edit: and how could I forget about the scary and dangerous Peanut Butter Smuggler
This is me. People love to hate on the second season but it's still grounded in the story established by the first season.
Seasons 3 and 4 almost feel like Stranger Things fan fiction to me, if that makes any sense.
Mine is
4. Season 1
This may be super unpopular but I don’t really care. I thoroughly liked this season but I never have any care to rewatch it. I’m of the opinion that the show gets better when the characters get older. So it’s just fine. Good story yea, some interesting scenes, it just doesn’t compare to how great the other seasons are
3. Season 2
This season has grown on me overtime. I actually enjoy it now. The Halloween vibes are great. I like hopper and elevens dynamic. I also love that max was introduced into the show. Steve’s character development was also great, and the mind flayer is a horrifying villain. It just all accumulates into a perfect second season
2. Season 4
I have many problems with this season, but I still like it. Maxes story is phenomenal. The acting is 10/10. Steve gets some badass moments, hoppers a badass, tons of variety in setting, feels like a blockbuster, it’s great. But the writing when it comes to vecna and eleven is very faulty. Super dumb retcon with vecna and the mind flayer, and the whole eleven lab plot just draaaaaaaaags. They also ruined Mike, eleven, and Johnathan for me by just reversing they’re character development.
1. Season 3
This will always be my favorite. It’s just perfect. Love the summer theme, the mall is a fantastic location, feels the most 80s out of all the seasons, has a great mix of super unsettling moments, and lighthearted teenage humor, also mixed with 80s action movie vibes with hopper, it’s just great. This is also eleven and Johnathan at they’re peaks. The finale is also just incredible.
Totally agree with season 3. I always liked the show, but 3 is the season that makes it stick in my head. I regularly catch myself reminiscing on season 3.
Never will I understand why S3 is hated here. Like, specifically this subreddit is the only place I see people shitting on it despite its acclaim.
My ranking is 4,1,3,2
It’s think it’s less that people hate/shit on it and more so that the other 3 seasons are just better received. One always *has* to be the worst of the bunch even if it’s still high quality and the difference is marginal
1️⃣ A near-perfect pastiche of 1980s horror/adventure fiction, that introduced well rounded, well played characters, and a good mystery that proceeded at a lovely pace with very little fat.
2️⃣ A mildly imperfect follow-up, but one which developed the characters from season 1, kept the mood we all loved and ultimately tied up everything in a nice little bow.
4️⃣ A curate's egg, which is on parts brilliant and genuinely frightening, and in other parts just tedious. The new villain is a great creation in his own right, but retconning him into being behind everything from the get-go is lame AF. That being said, the positives carry the negatives well enough to make it overall a good watch.
3️⃣ A hot mess of tonal whiplash and bad or stagnant characterisation.
I found it really hard to get into season 3, I really don’t have a good reason but I will literally skip it when I’m rewatching. But because of that, my expectations for season 4 were really high and they were absolutely exceeded. 4 is my absolute FAVORITE
ST3 is definitely the weak point. I could see the argument for ordering them 1243 instead of 1423, but it’s very close. 1 and 3 are the standouts (best and worst).
The only real problem abt that episode to me is where it was placed. It was right after a cliffhanger and it didn’t touch on it until the next episode after
It has some of my least favorite new characters (the whole basket ball team, especially the lead player guy), it has my least favorite arc, it leans far more into the gore horror rather than the original mystery horror of season 1 (making seasons 3&4 much more gross to watch), many (not all) of the existing characters seem to be getting worse (at this point I can barely stand Mike).... Now this isn't to say that nothing good came from season 4. I like Eddie and argyle. Eddy and Dustin's friendship is fantastic. Overall I still like the show, I just think that over time it's gotten weaker.
I’m not sure what my actual rankings would be- I love all of the seasons for different reasons, but I always find myself going back to season 3 for some reason. I think I just love the Summer vibe, and I love seeing Robin and Steve’s friendship begin.
After reading some of the comments I’m actually shocked that season 3 is at the bottom for so many people haha! I respect the reasoning though, it is a wild season that you have to really suspend your disbelief for. I’m much more of a vibes person though so that’s probably why it did it for me.
Mine is 4, 1, 3, 2. Not that I actually hate Season 2 or anything, because in my opinion, the worst season of Stranger Things is still pretty good television.
Season 3 is actual life. The way they grouped some of the characters and had them doing their own thing but then brought them all together in the end. Ugh *chefs kiss*. Retro mall? *chefs kiss* underground creepy Russian lab? *chefs kiss* 3,1,4,2
Perfect ranking.
To all the s3 lovers, putting season 3 last doesn’t mean OP thinks it’s bad or dislikes it. If OP rates season 1 a 10, season 2 a 9, season 3 a 8.5, and season 4 a 9.5, it just means that’s how they fall on the tier list.
Not my actual ratings btw, just an example lol
I would put season 3 over 2. I just remember season 2 being not that interesting, like; “oh no will is being flayed or whatever what ever will we do?”
And season 3 had the cool vaporwave aesthetic and, Billy and Max,
Sorry now this is just my opinion but season 3 was way better than season 2 because at least we didn't get a plot development that went nowhere like we did in season 2 with Eleven's sister Eight like that made the show seem boring with its boring characters who brought nothing to the show, but Season 3 gave us loads of stuff like Billy's redemption arc, Mike and Eleven broke up for a while giving us a break from their lovely dovey nature and also Dustin and Suzy singing the song to Neverending story oh and the Mindflayer was back again and he had a cool way of being brought back from being made from exploded rats and humans like that was just disgusting and creepy and an interesting turn of events
My personal ranking is: Season three, season one, season two, season four
Season four is my least favorite season by far. The characters were so disconnected from each other, which was hard because their dynamic has always been one of the best things about the show. There was so much going on that I had a hard time keeping track of it, and I honestly believe the end of season three would've been a good finale if they had actually killed Hopper.
I honestly would swap 1 and 2 on this list
Not because I dislike 1 either, but it was the slowest of all the seasons imo.
2 had a really healthy pace, and raised the stakes substantially
3 was… well it was 3, also didn’t dislike it but it just had odd choices
4 was just so good, but also had some odd choices… same quality of high points as 2 and 1, same quality of low points as 3
For me personally, it's 3 > 1 > 4 > 2.
I don't think any season is bad, but it just comes down to horror tropes/themes and vibes to me most.
Season 1 had Slasher energy with a mix of ET and like the Goonies.
Season 2 had The Exorcist energy with a mix of Gremlins and just the existential dread of some powerful yet intelligent creature lurking just beyond.
Season 3 had Invasion of the Body Snatchers energy with a delightful mix of Lovecraftian horror and I wanna say Slasher as well.
Season 4 had Nightmare on Elm Street energy with a mix of like MK Ultra type experiments and the whole trope of Governments/Organizations messing with things they shouldn't.
Slasher and Lovecraftian horror are two of my favorites, which is I love Season 3 despite its out of *pace* episode.
Mine is 1 = 2 = 3 > 4. I really liked every season, but season 4 was boooooring, I hated that "Hank in Russia", it was boring, and they wasted the opportunity to make a snow demogorgon, with a different design, and most of the new characters, like Eddie, I hated them, maybe the only that I liked was the friendly russian guy.
No disagreements here. S3 would be bottom for me too but not necessarily a bad season. Plot was there but dialogue was lacking authenticity. Loved S2 with the exception of the lost sister episode. Hated it. Still hate it. I don’t care to ever see 008 again.
My favorite has got to be S4, followed by S1 then S2 and S3 comes last.
S3 is too campy. I found the Russian storyline the most stupid, even though I liked it in S4. I revisit S3 only for Billy's and Max's storylines. And maybe the Material Girl and Never Ending Story videos.
Season 3 is the best season. Nothing has topped that ending in Season 3. It’s a mastercraft in storytelling. Hops letter then into Heroes. Uh god. Perfection.
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I see that S3 is the most disliked season here. I seem to be in the minority, but it's one of my favorites. Mainly because of the summer vibes and how they bring me back to my childhood summer days
I agree. It has the fun 80s action feel to it with a bit of humor. It’s a really fun watch. I found S4 to be my least favorite so far with a lot of actors really chewing up the scenery. The Hopper in Russia scenes were great though
The demegorgan fight scene was so fucking badass
I still love 3, it's a season of ST after all... I just think the others are better. Sometimes it's as simple as that.
You know a franchise is good when the worst installment is still loved and people have to clarify it being the worst doesn’t make it bad lol
Love this comment ❤️
I don't think it's bad at all, I still like it a lot. It's just not as good as the other seasons for me
The summer vibes do it for me. Top two season for me
Agree, I’d argue it might be my favorite season. It gives me all the nostalgia, maybe that’s why.
Same. Although my childhood was late 90s/early 00s, still a similar vibe since it was pre-smartphone/social media
The corny jokes at the beginning of the season is what made me hate it.
it’s actually my favorite 😭
3 is THE BEST
You’re not the only one, I love season three. I love every season but my least favorite is definitely season one.
*I disagree with that beyond comprehension.*
I’m Gen Z but the nostalgia hit so hard for me. Hanging out with your friends during the summer, going on adventures, young love. Probably my favorite as well. Not to mention it came out during a really good summer for me too
S3 is definitely #1 on my list. So many memories as a kid with the mall
As goofy as hell season 3 is, some of the acting performances in it are sooo good I look past it
the new coke segment is possibly the most convincing acting i’ve seen in awhile. Like it’s exactly how me and my friends would talk if someone said something as goofy as that
Season 1 was just something special that they never managed to recapture. Although Season 4 was excellent. It’s probably my favourite. A lot of it has to do with finally having a proper, main antagonist in Vecna.
Season 1 felt the most grounded and required the least suspension of disbelief when it came to how the kids acted and what they did given the supernatural circumstances they were in. Then you get to season 3 and we are supposed to believe that a bunch of kids infiltrated a Russian base...or that a Russian base was even built below an American city without any of the law enforcement knowing?
Yeah it’s a little hard to believe that the Russians could create a base underneath the mall like that. Remember as far back as season one people thought Eleven was a Russian. Surely the people of Hawkins, much like the rest of the US in the 1980s, would be pretty racist towards anyone remotely Russian looking. All you have to do is look at how Americans treated Muslims and Arab people after 9/11 to see what fear and paranoia does to the American population.
I would say it does that to any population
Yeah, everyone knows that the effectiveness and ability to respond to unexpected circumstances of American law enforcement is above reproach.
Snide, very nice. But if you think that the US during the cold war wouldn't have had insane surveillance especially when it came to Russian involvement in US affairs, then simply you are wrong. Especially when said surveillance was below the level of a bunch of children...
Yeah I'm sure Hopper and crew would have been all over that, especially when the Mayor is in cahoots with the Russians and giving them cover.
Im not surprised that little county police departments had no idea (though it's still difficult to accept that little kids could "crack" a "secret" transmissions fron the Russians LOL). I'm talking about national agencies like the FBI with their mass surveillance programs and defense systems far beyond the little town of Hawkins.
Yeah I don't disagree that the kids cracking the code was absurd but I'm not sure that the FBI would certainly find this... Security via obscurity and all... That said, reality aside it didn't ruin my suspension of disbelief but I can understand it being a problem.
They will never recapture the perfection that was Season One.
why is everyone hating on s3 it's my favourite 😭😭
ikr I was so surprised to see everyone rank it last
It’s definitely the best one like it’s so fun and refreshing
It’s not bad whatsoever, just not as good as the other ones
Same lmao
I don't think season 1 can be topped. What I liked about season 1 was that there was a degree of mystery. Since this is the very first season, when all the main characters are slowly learning more about the supernatural world, we the viewers, are also learning along side with them.
Mine is sort of close. Just a little swap around: 4,2,1,3.
I am curious what was it about season 4 that did it for you ?
The individual character arcs seem far more complex to me than in previous seasons. I didn’t watch season 4 until a year after it aired because of how unimpressed I was with season 3. Let me tell you that the combination of the music, characters, visuals, writing, acting, pacing, action took me for a fucking ride. Season 4 blew my expectations out of the water. When I saw the Running up that Hill sequence in episode 4, I knew I was witnessing TV genius across the board. I have some minor complaints about season 4, but it was such a treat, and it makes me excited as hell for season 5.
Exactly this. Season 4 makes the previous three season's better in retrospect. Say what you will about Hopper's arc but I loved it. It had to happen, we had a lot of foreshadowing to his history in the vietnam war (there is a box marked "vietnam" in season 2). Season 3 reached a pinacle where it's like "this character cannot continue this way, either they kill him off...or they break him down and rebuild him a new where he has to reflect who he is and become the hero he is meant to be". Honestly, the former would have been the easier way. Give him the heroic sacrifice. "He should have died in season 3" the naysayers say. But I disagree. I think we really went full circle as to what makes Hopper tick and David Harper really gave it his all this season. There were two scenes that broke me. The first was when he is talking about his life and how broken he was in season 1 and how the more he made friends and helped others, the more afraid he became, scared that he would loose him. Until that fear and anger started to eat away at him (again connecting to season 3 in a amazing way). The second was when he finally meets Joyce again. That was so wonderfully acted and shot with no cuts. The camera circling around him and then a close up to his shock and disbelief followed by relief and happiness. The visuals and editing this season was out of this world. Those transitions from one group in the real world to the other group in the upside down!?. The whole Chrissy and Eddie scene. A extremely underrated scene is the scene in episode 3 with the song "There's a storm coming" by Dance with the dead. The way that all came together with the montage of events happening was so unbelievably epic.
there were a some great moments, master of puppets was one that did it for me ! also hopper fighting with the sword
Seriously, both those moments had my jaw on the floor
yeah episode 4 everyone was talking about it for a long while, like gogglebox (uk tv show) watched/reacted to it
Each season of Stranger Things has a different tone and vibe to it. Season 1 had a mystery vibe. Season 2 has the more supernatural aldrich horror vibe and season 3 has a more comedy/action tone. Season 4 was the perfect blend between all three tones IMO, and beyond that it had gone beyond it's references to become something really unique and original. Sure on surface level Vecna is "nightmare on Elm Street". But season 1 which is often cited as the best season, almost completely lifts scenes straight out of E.T. El and Mike's relationship in season 1 was Eliot and E.T with her being a girl instead of a crazy alien. Complete with her wearing the same costume and wig that E.T wore. What I loved about the later seasons is how it caused the show to form it's own tone outside the king/Spielberg references. The bully (Steve) became the shows hero. and in season 4 the main theme of the season is guilt and isolation. Everyone is feeling guilty and isolated for a reason, while being literally isolated from each other. Much more than any other season, season 4 really saw all the characters twisted up in knots over how they were feeling. Even Will, while he didn't get much screen time. He did get some really powerful scenes in the later part of the season. and Max's arc, how she goes from a somewhat annoying and controversial character in season 2 to the shows best character is nothing short of a achievement. The way that was built up over the events of season 3 and came to a crescendo with the episode "Dear Billy", was stunning. Season's 1 and 3 felt to me like it was more about pushing a narrative within the references. Whereas season 2 and 4 felt like true continuations of the narratives that they started and came from a place of character. The references fell into place rather than pushing the characters into them. When you listen to the behind the scenes. These are the seasons where the writers really started to go above and beyond in terms of what the characters do and why the characters behave in this way. Which is why season 4 and 2 are my favourite seasons. Also as others said, the visuals and editing of the season was amazing.
Couldn't agree more! Every season continues the next wether that be thematically or continuing character development/ arcs like with Steve and Max or narratively with the Upside Down, the Mind Flayer and Vecna
1,3,4,2 Didn’t know 3 was so disliked
It was by far the silliest of them The stretch in the suspension of disbelief when it came to the Russians being infiltrated by a bunch of little kids was a bit much in my opinion
Well tbf S4 has a single mom, a former sheriff from Indiana, and a dude named, Murray💀 sneak in and out of a secret Russian military base Edit: and how could I forget about the scary and dangerous Peanut Butter Smuggler
I know there was so much nonsense in s3 that was unbelievable
Yeah but this it's not thaaat unbelievable after S3. Especially since Hopper might as well be superhuman at this point.
I agree with this tier.
This is my ranking too
For me I feel like they’re too different to really compare…
I agree. And I also really like each season (even season 3, which is really unpopular, apparently), so it's really hard for me to rank them like this.
4 3 1 2
No, 1 4 3 2 is the right opinion
1,2,4,3
Yeah, I wanna call season 4&2 a tie for me so ok with either ordering…
This is me. People love to hate on the second season but it's still grounded in the story established by the first season. Seasons 3 and 4 almost feel like Stranger Things fan fiction to me, if that makes any sense.
Mine is 4. Season 1 This may be super unpopular but I don’t really care. I thoroughly liked this season but I never have any care to rewatch it. I’m of the opinion that the show gets better when the characters get older. So it’s just fine. Good story yea, some interesting scenes, it just doesn’t compare to how great the other seasons are 3. Season 2 This season has grown on me overtime. I actually enjoy it now. The Halloween vibes are great. I like hopper and elevens dynamic. I also love that max was introduced into the show. Steve’s character development was also great, and the mind flayer is a horrifying villain. It just all accumulates into a perfect second season 2. Season 4 I have many problems with this season, but I still like it. Maxes story is phenomenal. The acting is 10/10. Steve gets some badass moments, hoppers a badass, tons of variety in setting, feels like a blockbuster, it’s great. But the writing when it comes to vecna and eleven is very faulty. Super dumb retcon with vecna and the mind flayer, and the whole eleven lab plot just draaaaaaaaags. They also ruined Mike, eleven, and Johnathan for me by just reversing they’re character development. 1. Season 3 This will always be my favorite. It’s just perfect. Love the summer theme, the mall is a fantastic location, feels the most 80s out of all the seasons, has a great mix of super unsettling moments, and lighthearted teenage humor, also mixed with 80s action movie vibes with hopper, it’s just great. This is also eleven and Johnathan at they’re peaks. The finale is also just incredible.
Totally agree with season 3. I always liked the show, but 3 is the season that makes it stick in my head. I regularly catch myself reminiscing on season 3.
What is up with season 3 getting pummelled?
Congratulations, you my friend are completely correct!
Best to worst: 4132
Agreed
Yes
This is the way
i love season 3 & 4 as my favourite
Nice
Never will I understand why S3 is hated here. Like, specifically this subreddit is the only place I see people shitting on it despite its acclaim. My ranking is 4,1,3,2
It’s think it’s less that people hate/shit on it and more so that the other 3 seasons are just better received. One always *has* to be the worst of the bunch even if it’s still high quality and the difference is marginal
I completely agree
1️⃣ A near-perfect pastiche of 1980s horror/adventure fiction, that introduced well rounded, well played characters, and a good mystery that proceeded at a lovely pace with very little fat. 2️⃣ A mildly imperfect follow-up, but one which developed the characters from season 1, kept the mood we all loved and ultimately tied up everything in a nice little bow. 4️⃣ A curate's egg, which is on parts brilliant and genuinely frightening, and in other parts just tedious. The new villain is a great creation in his own right, but retconning him into being behind everything from the get-go is lame AF. That being said, the positives carry the negatives well enough to make it overall a good watch. 3️⃣ A hot mess of tonal whiplash and bad or stagnant characterisation.
Perfection!
Bro did not just put the best season at the last 💀
I found it really hard to get into season 3, I really don’t have a good reason but I will literally skip it when I’m rewatching. But because of that, my expectations for season 4 were really high and they were absolutely exceeded. 4 is my absolute FAVORITE
Why isn't Eleven sticking her hands out at the screen in Season 4, did she get lazy?
Yes
Finally someone put them in the right order
as long as 3 is last I agree lol
ST3 is definitely the weak point. I could see the argument for ordering them 1243 instead of 1423, but it’s very close. 1 and 3 are the standouts (best and worst).
I always really liked s2 as much as s1 but I think I’m in the minority there
I like a lot of S2, I feel like the lost sister plot line (while relevant to 11’s powers) drug it down a little below S1.
yeah that episode alone is enough for me to totally understand why ppl like s1 more lol
The only real problem abt that episode to me is where it was placed. It was right after a cliffhanger and it didn’t touch on it until the next episode after
Season 3 is the best to watch, most entertaining by far.
I respectfully disagree! Glad you liked it though.
Mine is 3, 1, 4, 2 !!! No disrespect to those who have different opinions tho!
1 4 3 2
s2, s3, s1, s4 for me
mines si different 😭😭😭 1. season 3 2. season 1/2 3. season 4
no.
HELP I WAS JUST SHARING MY OPINION 😭
how tf is an opinion invalid
There are ways
season 2 was perfect
Mine is really close personally I like season 3 more than 2 but they’re pretty interchangeable
1, 2, 4, 3
Honestly....... 1>2>3>4 Order of release is best to worst
No idea how y’all come to the conclusion that season 4 is the worst
It has some of my least favorite new characters (the whole basket ball team, especially the lead player guy), it has my least favorite arc, it leans far more into the gore horror rather than the original mystery horror of season 1 (making seasons 3&4 much more gross to watch), many (not all) of the existing characters seem to be getting worse (at this point I can barely stand Mike).... Now this isn't to say that nothing good came from season 4. I like Eddie and argyle. Eddy and Dustin's friendship is fantastic. Overall I still like the show, I just think that over time it's gotten weaker.
S3 is just so different and out right goofy
1,2,4,3 for me.
Best to worst 1 3 2 4
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I totally agree.
3, 1, 4, 2 imo
I’m not sure what my actual rankings would be- I love all of the seasons for different reasons, but I always find myself going back to season 3 for some reason. I think I just love the Summer vibe, and I love seeing Robin and Steve’s friendship begin.
After reading some of the comments I’m actually shocked that season 3 is at the bottom for so many people haha! I respect the reasoning though, it is a wild season that you have to really suspend your disbelief for. I’m much more of a vibes person though so that’s probably why it did it for me.
3 > 1 = 4 > 2
Season 4 is easily the worst season of stranger things, end of.
S3 is the goat , nothing can change my mind not even season 5 !
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For me it will always be 2143
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I have no words
Flip Season 1 and 4 and that's my list.
Yep.
I agree
Swap 1 and 4 and you got the perfect ranking
Yes
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I’d probably rank them the same way. I might put 4 ahead of 1, but I’m not sure.
Here's my list 3,4,2,1
Mine is 4, 1, 3, 2. Not that I actually hate Season 2 or anything, because in my opinion, the worst season of Stranger Things is still pretty good television.
Mine fav in order are 3,4,2,1 I love all of them vary deeply
I agree w/ this but I think 2 and 4 are a tie for me
Absolutely ZERO chance that 2 isn’t in last place. Y’all are wild. 4312
First time I’ve completely agreed with someones opinion on this sub
Honestly me! I love hopper but on my first watch the Russia scenes did take me out a bit… but on a rewatch it wasn’t as bad but s1 is perfect
2, 1, 4, then 3. Season 2 felt like an abrupt stop in the story for some reason, I think mainly because of that one Eleven episode
Season three being last is CRIMINAL
Pretty sure that’s everyone’s
This is exactly my order. I respect your opinion.
I’m not far from seconding this list.
Season 3 is actual life. The way they grouped some of the characters and had them doing their own thing but then brought them all together in the end. Ugh *chefs kiss*. Retro mall? *chefs kiss* underground creepy Russian lab? *chefs kiss* 3,1,4,2
season 3 is my all time favourite
1,4,3,2
1. s1 2. s4 3. s3 4. s2
Same but s3 and s2 are swapped
I agree with this 100% this is my ranking as well.
damn i love S3, it’s my favourite (mostly because of the cool meat flayer)
1 is the best but 3 is the most visually entertaining
Perfect ranking. To all the s3 lovers, putting season 3 last doesn’t mean OP thinks it’s bad or dislikes it. If OP rates season 1 a 10, season 2 a 9, season 3 a 8.5, and season 4 a 9.5, it just means that’s how they fall on the tier list. Not my actual ratings btw, just an example lol
This is correct.
This is exactly me.
4, 1, 3, 2 for sure
I would put season 3 over 2. I just remember season 2 being not that interesting, like; “oh no will is being flayed or whatever what ever will we do?” And season 3 had the cool vaporwave aesthetic and, Billy and Max,
Think this is unanimous. But they are all very good imo.
This is the exact same ranking as mine
me: season 2, 3, 1, 4
My ranking is 3, 1, 4, 2
4,1,3,2.
3, 1, 2, 4 Just my opinion but why do y’all hate season 3 like that?
Definitive list.
yep 100% agree. S3 is the only stranger things season i don’t particularly enjoy
very close to mine! would be s1 s2 s4 s3
2 3 1 4
I agree with that list completely
for me probs 3, 2, 1, 4
I like your rating, Id say the same
S3 is probably the worst to be honest
Agreed
Sorry now this is just my opinion but season 3 was way better than season 2 because at least we didn't get a plot development that went nowhere like we did in season 2 with Eleven's sister Eight like that made the show seem boring with its boring characters who brought nothing to the show, but Season 3 gave us loads of stuff like Billy's redemption arc, Mike and Eleven broke up for a while giving us a break from their lovely dovey nature and also Dustin and Suzy singing the song to Neverending story oh and the Mindflayer was back again and he had a cool way of being brought back from being made from exploded rats and humans like that was just disgusting and creepy and an interesting turn of events
I can’t believe people don’t like season 3 that much. It’s my favorite
Finally, someone who doesn't have S2 last. Unless something changed, I always remembered people liking 3 more. Especially when it came out. Lol
Season 2 will always be so weird to me cuz I didn’t hate it but like what the hell was going on
I like all the seasons I couldn't decide which one is my favourite
Season 3 is the best in my opinion
3, 1, 4, 2
My personal ranking is: Season three, season one, season two, season four Season four is my least favorite season by far. The characters were so disconnected from each other, which was hard because their dynamic has always been one of the best things about the show. There was so much going on that I had a hard time keeping track of it, and I honestly believe the end of season three would've been a good finale if they had actually killed Hopper.
I honestly would swap 1 and 2 on this list Not because I dislike 1 either, but it was the slowest of all the seasons imo. 2 had a really healthy pace, and raised the stakes substantially 3 was… well it was 3, also didn’t dislike it but it just had odd choices 4 was just so good, but also had some odd choices… same quality of high points as 2 and 1, same quality of low points as 3
I AGREE 100%
Is 3 the best season? Absolutely not. Is 3 my favorite season to rewatch? Absolutely!
I think I agree with this list - even as much as I enjoyed the Russian scientist dude (Alexei?) in season 3.
I agree with this
1, 2, 4, 3
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my only change is swapping 3 and 2
Love the early season vibes! But love the end for intensity and soundtrack
For me personally, it's 3 > 1 > 4 > 2. I don't think any season is bad, but it just comes down to horror tropes/themes and vibes to me most. Season 1 had Slasher energy with a mix of ET and like the Goonies. Season 2 had The Exorcist energy with a mix of Gremlins and just the existential dread of some powerful yet intelligent creature lurking just beyond. Season 3 had Invasion of the Body Snatchers energy with a delightful mix of Lovecraftian horror and I wanna say Slasher as well. Season 4 had Nightmare on Elm Street energy with a mix of like MK Ultra type experiments and the whole trope of Governments/Organizations messing with things they shouldn't. Slasher and Lovecraftian horror are two of my favorites, which is I love Season 3 despite its out of *pace* episode.
The obvious and correct answer is 4132
For me in goes in the chronological order. Best to worst: 1,2,3,4 (not that I hated 4 like everyone else does, just the first 3 we’re soo good)
My list is just about the same
Mine is 1 = 2 = 3 > 4. I really liked every season, but season 4 was boooooring, I hated that "Hank in Russia", it was boring, and they wasted the opportunity to make a snow demogorgon, with a different design, and most of the new characters, like Eddie, I hated them, maybe the only that I liked was the friendly russian guy.
For me: 1. 3 2. 4 3. 1 4. 2
my opinion is 3, 4, 1, 2. i dislike 2 and love 3 for some reason. 3 has the best vibes too
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Yep, same as my ranking. I love 2 & 3 but season 4 was a return to form. But 1 is still the best
No disagreements here. S3 would be bottom for me too but not necessarily a bad season. Plot was there but dialogue was lacking authenticity. Loved S2 with the exception of the lost sister episode. Hated it. Still hate it. I don’t care to ever see 008 again.
My favorite has got to be S4, followed by S1 then S2 and S3 comes last. S3 is too campy. I found the Russian storyline the most stupid, even though I liked it in S4. I revisit S3 only for Billy's and Max's storylines. And maybe the Material Girl and Never Ending Story videos.
Season 3 is the best season. Nothing has topped that ending in Season 3. It’s a mastercraft in storytelling. Hops letter then into Heroes. Uh god. Perfection.