Chapter 1: The Hellfire Club

1. This recap is so long, but it makes sense, considering how long ago season 3 actually came out.
2. DON’T READ ME THE DAMN LETTER AGAIN
3. I wonder why they can’t just feed the demogorgon normal meat instead of, you know, humans.
4. This newspaper kid’s aim isn’t too bad.
5. Who is this dude?
6. NOT BRENNER
7. Oh, it’s a flashback. Thank god. I hate this man.
8. This is so eerie, and I’m uncomfortable.
9. Why does that kid remind me of Jonathan?
10. I can’t read the number. What number was it?
11. Why wasn’t El allowed with the other kids?
12. Brenner can’t draw to save his life.
13. Nosebleed count: 1
14. Number ten, got it. Oh god. This got intense.
15. This is all before El escaped. What happened?
16. That’s why so many of the kids are gone and El only found Kali. Did one of the kids kill them all?
17. Did El kill them all?
18. HOLY SHIT
19. EL KILLED THEM ALL
20. Nosebleed count: 2
21. Why did she kill them all? And why didn’t we see any effect on her because of this? She was upset about killing others.
22. El has the same haircut as Joyce now and it’s so cute.
23. I want to go to school in a pizza car.
24. Oh, Jonathan smokes now. Understandable.
25. So, they live in California. How did Joyce afford that move?
26. Jeez, those kids are such pricks.
27. Was Mike really sitting there reading El’s letter in his underwear?
28. Oh, so Mike is going to California.
29. Yes, Suzie is back. I love how she calls him Dustybun.
30. Damn Dustin. A D in Latin.
31. YES ROBIN
32. I agree Steve. Robin is awesome and she needs to be herself.
33. Poor Max is still reeling from Billy’s death.
34. I forgot Robin was in band.
35. Pep rallies. Man, that takes me back.
36. Oh, Max and Lucas are awkward now. Did they break up for real this time?
37. Why does the captain get to make the speech? Where’s the coach?
38. Oh yeah, Hawkins thinks it was a fire in the mall that killed everyone.
39. Yikes, Lucas is kind of on the outskirts of his friend group.
40. So not really outskirts, but he wants to be popular.
41. Oh, Joyce got something with a lot of stamps. From Russia, perhaps?
42. Oh yes. Russia.
43. Oh yeah. I don’t like Angela already.
44. Did El do her project on Hopper? Because that’s going to hurt.
45. Ouch.
46. Shouldn’t the teacher be keeping Angela from being such a bitch?
47. Gaslighting. I hate her.
48. Max is so over highschool drama.
49. Poor Max. This is so much for her to handle.
50. Her mom’s drinking, and her stepdad is gone.
51. Max has PTSD or anxiety, or both. She needs El back.
52. She gets terrible headaches too, and keeps taking medicine for it.
53. Oh, that’s the girl who left the counselor ahead of Max.
54. Crap, her mom was one of the people who died. I think.
55. Jeez.
56. This Eddie guy is slightly terrifying.
57. Oh, so Eddie has been failing for years.
58. Murray does karate and I love this weirdo.
59. Why isn’t Nancy coming to visit Jonathan?
60. College is a money pit. I agree.
61. Mike really went to the wrestling team to try to get some players. Way to go.
62. Tell me things. I love Dustin.
63. Okay, who is this cheerleader? Should we know her?
64. She’s walking into the woods. All good signs.
65. What is up with the clock? And spiders crawling out of it. Lovely.
66. Oh, a drug deal. That’s why it’s in the woods.
67. I feel that Eddie. I lose my mind on a daily basis.
68. Eddie and Chrissy are kind of cute.
69. I hate teachers who say things about kid’s grades during class. Either write a note or speak to them after class.
70. I HATE ANGELA
71. Do these bullies really have nothing better to do with their pathetic lives?
72. I hate that school. Get El out of there.
73. Couldn’t Joyce just have used a hammer to break the doll?
74. Oh, a note that says Hopper is alive.
75. Tammy was the one Robin had a crush on last season. Go Tammy.
76. Good save Robin. Good save.
77. Tammy does give me Miss Piggy singing vibes.
78. YES I KNEW THEY WERE GETTING ERICA
79. WHY DOES SHE HAVE A FLAG?
80. I love Erica so much.
81. Maybe Lucas will get off the bench during the game.
82. Did that captain really ignore the game while the other team scored to wave at his girlfriend? Idiot.
83. Oh, Lucas is in. I wonder if Max is there.
84. I love these montages.
85. Is it the Sinclair siblings to the rescue?
86. And it is!
87. But Dustin and Mike missed Lucas making the big shot. Now he’s going to be insufferable about it.
88. I get that he’s upset about his friends not seeing it. But how did they know he would ever get off the bench.
89. A dog is barking, and this show has taught me that dogs barking means something bad is coming.
90. Will something bad happen in there?
91. Chrissy looks like Rachel McAdams.
92. What is going on with Chrissy? That’s a monstrous face, so I’m guessing not a result of the mind flayer from last season.
93. Not the damn lights again.
94. Oh, it is the mind flayer. Why is it after her? And what did it do to her parents?
95. Um, I don’t like this exorcism crap going on right now.
96. Nope, didn’t like that. No thank you.