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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rabulias" data-source="post: 8651287" data-attributes="member: 16651">I really enjoyed Season 4 Part 1. I agree with others that Season 3 was fairly weak, and probably could have used another pass on tightening up the characters and pacing.IMO, some of the events in Season 4 push the boundaries in how fast some things unfold, but viewing it with 1980's movie logic, I will give it a pass. I really like the expanded episode count: I think it's giving them more room to do better pacing.I had two concerns going in, but I am satisfied after watching:[SPOILER]1) I thought COVID might have impacted the show badly, but I don't think it did. They split the cast into various groups, which might be an artifact of COVID, but that could also have been in the works all along (e.g., the Byers moving away, which was set up before the pandemic).2) The trailer from April showing "Vecna" gave me (and others) pause that a humanoid villain did not fit well with the established mythology of the show. I am happy with the result. I have to say, while I was savvy enough to peg the orderly as 001 early on, I was oblivious to him being Creel's son and Vecna until just as they started to reveal it.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>