This season is more enthralling, more cinematic, has more creatures from the ‘upside down’ dimension, and retains its spectacular visual effects, but the writing does leave some major plot holes and a certain amount of illogical circumstances. Hopefully in Season 3 they'll flesh out some of the newer character additions a bit.
The six-part series, which wrapped up last month, is one of the works of fiction that has best grappled with the Trump era. Its modern-day echoes really hit home.