I agree with Bram. I saw all of season 1, liked it, and I'm going to watch season 2, but I kept hearing it was the best show ever and it's far from it. It was interesting, and I definitely have to give the show props for making a show interesting with 4 12 year olds as the main characters. It actually took me 3 or 4 episodes (I forget which one) to actually hook me into finishing the season. I almost gave up after the first 2-3 episodes and told a friend that it was slow & boring but he said it gets better so I trudged on and finally found the plot hook. It's an averagely good show that I hope can improve with season 2.
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I always watch the first few episodes before deciding whether I keep watching or start watching something else so I never had a problem with finding the 'hook'. I know what you mean about it being overrated, it definitely blew up to be a big show, bigger than what I think they originally expected it to be. In my opinion, I think it's 'up there' in terms of quality. It progressed fast enough for you to feel like the story was developing but not so fast that there were parts where nothing was happening and they had to put 'filler' content in. What I'm worried about is whether the popularity of Stranger Things could affect the quality of the story for season 2 and whether they simplify it to make it easier for a 'broader audience'. Wouldn't want that happening =/