'Stranger Things' Is Better When You Don't Understand It

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For all the nostalgia of "Stranger Things" -- the New Coke, the mall, the music -- the most uncanny memory it conjures is the feeling of first seeing a scary movie you were too young to see.

With the very good Season 3 behind us, we still don't have resolution to some of the key mysteries unveiled in Season 1 and Season 2.

Is the show doing too much? Or does the continuing mystery add to the feeling of being 10 years old, sitting in a cold theater or watching a worn VHS tape, trying to understand the mysteries of "Gremlins" or "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" or countless other mid-80s movies that drew millions of young fans, but also flirted with very confusing horror.

We've never seen another show that reminds us of that childhood sense that we were learning about strange new things that frightened us, and that we might never understand. (And that maybe adults didn't understand, either. That was the most frightening part.) The Duffer Brothers do a very good job of capturing that uniquely unsettling feeling, and how it pierces our uncomplicated nostalgia for Slurpees, video games, and the other fun parts of being a kid.

Here are some of our other discussion points this episode, and where they come up:

1:15: Does "Stranger Things" Season 3 make any sense if you haven't seen Seasons 1 and 2?

9:02: What do the antagonists actually... want?

10:20: What happened to Billy being racist?

11: 30: "This is the only show where I think not understanding it actually helps it."

11:48: One of us calls "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" by the wrong name

15:01: Is the show introducing too many characters without fully exploring the existing ones?

20:10: Does "Stranger Things" actually care about the death of America's small towns?

30:45: What's going on with Will (or not going on with Will), and why we relate to him

38:30: Does it seem like people are more angry at Hopper than Billy?

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