(I am going to assume spoilers from the first season are safe, but I'll put second season spoilers behind a tag)
I thought sure we had discussed this show before, but I did a search and couldn't find one. So! I just finished the second season and oh man it's just as good if not better than the first. I actually teared up in the final episode (Dustin).
I'm so glad that Barb's death wasn't meaningless. I was so angry when they killed her off because Will goes missing in the very first episode but we get a few episodes to get to know Barb a bit so when she died I honestly cared way more about her than Will!
As soon as Bob was introduced, I knew he was Demogorgon food. But he was so darn likeable that I was rooting for him to live... and GAH I knew it! Although I hated the stuff about BASIC. It had me flashing back to Jurassic Park's "This is Linux! I know this." and not in a good way
I was hoping Dr. Owens would commit a noble sacrifice, but I guess he had to live so he could fix things for Eleven afterward.
I wanted to slap Mike for being so mean to Max. She did not deserve it. And they really don't explain it other than he thinks she's trying to replace Eleven I guess but that is completely unfair. He never even apologized to her! Ugh, this was the worst part of the whole show for me.