I find it increasingly tedious to commit time watching prestige, big budget TV shows and this one is no different. The total runtime of the four episodes which have dropped so far amounts to 283 minutes, which is almost 5 hours devoted to the first half of this final season. The average runtime so far is 70 minutes per episode. It’s staggering really.

I haven't watched Stranger Things, but most prestige shows are by far shorter than more regular shows - except the runtime of episodes themselves.