My plan was to watch it at 1am New Years Day when it landed on Netflix just to avoid anyone telling me what happened but when i saw it was 2 hours long I changed to watching it last night instead and avoiding reading or talking about it yesterday.
Something i always notice in American series such as this is the budget which was a reported $50-$60 million per episode and the 8 episodes of Series 5 costing a hefty $400-$480 million which to put into context, the Downton Abbey TV series cost around £1 million per episode but then i guess they didn't have to CGI Demogorgons chasing Lady Sybil around the family's estate which must have been a bit of a cash saver, although it may have made it more watchable if they did.
I am aware that there are some people who may not have watched it yet so I hesitate to give away any spoilers but it seems like not everyone liked it, one reviewer i just read said the CGI was almost as bad as the Flash and AntMan 3 which i wouldn't know because i haven't seen them as i'm an adult and not 13, but i liked it.
It has action and just the right amount of emotion which is unusual for an American show which usually overdoes the sentiment and emotion and left a bit of a question mark over Eleven right at the end for you to take whichever way you wanted.
For a show which seemed to be based on the game Dungeons and Dragons, it was a lot better than that makes it sound but I would say to Netflix that was $400-$480 million well spent and i hope you have some left over for the new Buffy The Vampire Slayer which apparently cost $2 million per episode to make although it will probably cost just that alone to make Spike and Angel appear as they did when we last saw them in 2004, that's a lot of heavy make up.
