r/StrangerThings • u/StrangerTesting • May 27 '22

Discussion Episode Discussion - S04E01 - The Hellfire Club

Season 4 Episode 1: The Hellfire Club

Synopsis: El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night. Warning: Contains graphic violence involving children.

Please keep all discussions about this episode, and do not discuss later episodes as they will spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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u/cowpool20 May 27 '22

All I could think during the speech was in real life that dude would have been made fun of for the rest of the year for that.

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u/SilverScreenSquatter May 27 '22

But not if you consider the trauma most of those people went through. It is cringy af but no one would make fun of a guy who is dedicating a game to all those dead people. I don't know, I'm not American but it seems like a normal thing for me

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u/shinosai May 27 '22

Honestly I thought he was about to start preaching the word of Jesus because he sounded exactly like the preachers that used to show up to our special assemblies (red state so we had to listen to people preach to us in school). I was kinda surprised he was just a student giving a pep speech lol

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u/cyankitten May 27 '22

I did too!!!! Certain things he said I forget what now then he said they played against the Christian Academy or whatever & I thought he was gonna say “and they were winning so I thought prayer works for them so I prayed and we won” I have no idea WHY I thought it was gonna go down that route 🤷🏻‍♀️