The Duffers Rely Heavily On Formulas - Tumblr Posts

Okay so I might be going insane but I noticed this thing in stranger things that I haven’t seen anyone else talk about.

In season 3 we see Joyce ask Hopper on a date right before the climax. (Enzo’s on Friday) He says yes. Then, in that same episode we see Hopper ‘killed’ and then revived.

In season 4, we see Lucas ask Max on a date right before the climax. (The movies on Friday) Max says yes. In that episode we see Max ‘die’ and the revived.

Each time someone asks another character in a date (on Friday) before the climax, the character that agrees to go on it always ‘died’.

This is what I mean by the Duffers are formulaic.