i genuinely cannot believe stranger things is done. the last decade of my life was spent talking about this show at every waking moment i could get.
mike wheeler was always my favourite character. i saw so much of him in myself it hurt so bad, so seeing his extremely bittersweet ending in the epilogue made my heart ache but i just know it was for the better. the show is about love, heartbreak, grief, growing up, trying to fit in, or rather being an outcast, and they portrayed all of that so well.
for my own mental health, mike goes to iceland years later during the summers off from college to see if he can find el and he does.