LogFAQs > #966559636

Nah, dude (Argyle) sucked completely (so did Munson and if you liked him shame on you) but yes, all of the California characters suffered in order to simply be window dressing for eleven's backstory. Russia plot sucked also, but blame the writers for even having such a terrible idea for the end of Season 3 stinger in the first place.

Anyway, I disagree with the comments about killing characters because I don't think ST needs to do that in order to raise the stakes. It just needs competent snappy writing. Which it still had for the main story thread at least.

Biggest thing is it needs to stop splitting up the characters, particularly the original five kids- based on the ending, I imagine season 5 will be better in this regard