I'll post around on the board later but I
love this season. Probably more than S1.
My MVPs are Steve, Dustin & Will. They gave really good material for Will and Steve had even better character development.
I'm kinda lukewarm to Billy & Max. Billy is the Steve from S1 and he's the poster caricature of a jock now. I liked Bob but early on I thought he was going to die so I'm glad I wasn't that invested with his relationship with Joyce.
I absolutely loved the friendship between Will/Mike, Dustin/Steve & Hopper/Eleven this season.
As for the love triangle of Dustin/Max/Lucas, I ship Lucas/Max more but was so sad for Dustin although I wouldn't fret. He'll get a girl next season.
Eleven's time away (from the other kids) didn't bother me. I think we need a backstory on Eleven and I'm glad that we can finally call her Jane.
I loved knowing about her past and that she probably have more 'sisters' around. It was great to see how different their lives were. I just feel like we need the other characters to shine this season as S1 was a predominantly Eleven season but this season it was Will and I'm so glad for his spotlight. Noah is an amazing actor.
I also might have jumped ship.
I love Jancy but I didn't want Jonathan to be the reason for the break-up of Nancy & Steve and while (partially) Jonathan wasn't the reason, I wasn't on-board with Jancy this season. That look Steve gave Nancy in the end KILLED me. I don't know if it's because I like angst but I can't seem to hate Steve this season because Nancy was a bit of a jerk to him, especially at that party.
Mike/Eleven are couple goals! OMG. I admit, S1 I was pretty lukewarm to them. They're cute but this season? Oh god. The time apart was good. Did I mention I love angst?
I still have a lot to say about the show but this is a long post already so I'll just reserve my other thoughts for another post.