I think they made a mistake splitting the season because people's speculations were far better than what we actually got so I was also disappointed. It was unnecessary long and honestly, none of the scenes were as emotional as episodes 4 ending (IMO the best episode of the season).
I don't care about Will and his feelings and Noah is the worst actor of the bunch, I really was hoping he'd die but no such luck. Don't care about El and her one reaction and hand motion. We didn't have enough Eddie for me to care about his death (Dustin's speech at the end was very moving). 5 hours and yet not enough airtime for Steve and with them knowing that he is everyone's favorite, his death wasn't even on the radar. All this build up with him and Nancy led to her going back to Jonathan while we see a "blink and you miss" sad look from Steve? Max's scenes continued to be the most powerful ones and Sadie was the MVP of this episode AND this season.
