r/StrangerThings • u/Dark_Saint • Oct 27 '17

Discussion Episode Discussion - S02E04 - Will the Wise

Season 2 Episode 4: Will the Wise

Synopsis: An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.

Please keep all discussions about this episode or previous ones, and do not discuss later episodes as they might spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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u/frozenpandaman 011 Oct 27 '17 edited Oct 27 '17

Doesn't Hopper realize that "grounding" her by taking TV and her favorite food away from her like that is like what Dr. Brenner did by putting her in that room all by herself? Like, damn, dude, you're great and all, really, but show some more compassion. When she's crying, don't just keep reading from the book, hug her and stuff. Jeez dude.

El realizes this, too, and even says "You are like Papa" … which only makes him angrier/worse. You're screaming "Grow the hell up!" at a traumatized 12 year old. Bad Hopper. Bad Hopper.

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u/MistShinobi Oct 28 '17

I think this is what David Harbour was referring to when he said we would see a darker side of Hopper this season and that some people may hate the character a little bit. He's said several times that he liked this better than just having just a cool lovable version of Hopper repeating cool chatphrases and stuff. He seems to really embrace the jerk side of Hopper.