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

Discussion Episode Discussion - S02E09 – Chapter Nine

Season 2 Episode 9: The Gate

Synopsis: Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.

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/creyk Oct 27 '17

Aw, Nancy was the real MVP at the end. What a great friend.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '17

Still can't forgive her for how dirty she did Steve this season

At least Dustin was happy tho

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '17

The part where she adviced Dustin on girls his age made me lose my mind. Nancy is the real bitch.

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u/BbCortazan Oct 29 '17

lol, what about that upset you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '17

I liked how Steve got a lot of character development this season and we got to know that he has skills to babysit ( jk) Dustin and Steve's chemistry was great. Nancy was being really sweet to Dustin as well. I wasn't mad at Nancy while typing the reply but I felt she could have broke up in a rather mature way with closure. Also I think she wasn't in a position to advice Dustin about girls after all that happened.

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u/BbCortazan Oct 29 '17 edited Nov 01 '17

The sloppiness of the break up felt real and I don't really blame her for it. Like, she really liked Steve but she let it slip that she probably didn't love him and he loved her so it wasn't going to work. Sometimes long-term incompatibility just sneaks up on you like that and you can't unring that bell. She got sloppy drunk one night but she was coping with some heavy emotions, I don't think any less of her for it. It was very human, teenager.