Message:Unshackled from the confines of network TV time slots, the Duffers were given license to excess allowing every "chapter" a movie-length run time. Season four, thus far, is 7 episodic TV-structured movies. Additionally, the California characters are so extraneous that their inclusion seems obligatory rather than necessary and if they were edited out, they would not be missed.
Also, if someone breaks your ankles with a sledge hammer, you are not likely going to be able to walk anytime soon, let alone engage in gladiatorial combat.
Yours,
Tasha23
01-Jun-2022