Stranger Things, Season 1, Chapter 7

Now they are just rolling the dice to decide what certain characters are going to do next. OK. Calm down. Just go with it. this is supposed to be entertaining, remember? Right. So what is there left to say about episode 7…. Stuff happened. And adults rolled a 7 and went and did the same thing they had already done because…. Because they rolled a 7. Why not just have them decide to give themselves up to the department of energy in hopes of convincing them to allow access to the gateway? Everybody wins if they go through and come back alive with Will. Why didn’t the teens try to explain that there were multiple gateways into this other realm and that they didn’t HAVE to try to sneak back into the belly of the DOE fortress? Are there even any consistent rules for how this other realm works that would lead these characters to believe they can get anywhere by making one choice over another? Why would all the age groups come together at the gymnasium only to…. Oh, nevermind. Why should I bother being annoyed by this show? …Because I’ve invested time watching and writing about it, mostly. On to the last episode.