Kline is the exact sort of person who will make your stomach turn- slick, smooth, and definitely up to no good. Hopper is ordered by Mayor Kline to shut down the protests, and we get the first glimpse of slimy small town politics.
While monsters and Russian spies are all very interesting, there is nothing wrong in exploring the ill effects of big capital on small towns, and this is done through the protests by businesspeople who are running at a loss due to the mall. The three put their heads together to solve what they believe to be a super secret Russian code. There is something adorable about the relationship between the two, except this time, it is a trio, as Steve’s colleague Robin, that is Maya Hawke, daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, joins in. An even better team up that comes in this episode is the reunion between Steve and Dustin, whose bromance stole our hearts in Season 2. We see both parties head to Starcourt Mall, the first group looking for an apology present for El, and Max and El trying to blow off some steam, because there is more to life than stupid boys, as they keep saying. While Mike turns to Lucas for relationship advice, El turns to Max. Obviously, Sheriff Hopper’s strongly worded suggestion in the first episode worked. Mike seems to have run into some relationship problems with El after lying to her about why he cannot meet her. However, his friends are a little tied up. Will, luckily, does not have any goosebump-inducing moments and just wants to play Dungeons & Dragons. No one else seems to be feeling that something evil is lurking, apart from Joyce, who is still concerned with the magnets which are now also falling off in her store. This seems like something to do with the Upside Down and will surely be explored later.
Right after this, they explode into some gooey substance that appears to take a life of its own. Jonathan accompanies her, and we finally understand that something or someone is making the rats appear diseased, to the point of being extremely aggressive. Nancy finally decides to live up to her work moniker of Nancy Drew and conduct some investigation of her own into the mysterious case of the diseased rats. The creature also seems to be controlling Billy’s mind, and has left him with a cryptic message to build what he sees, so although he might have survived, how much of him is truly left is something that remains to be seen. However, his encounter with the creature leaves a mark on Billy, and I do not mean this metaphorically. Now Billy might not be our favorite character, but we do not want him to die at the hands of some creature from Upside Down. The opening episode of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 left us with a sort of cliffhanger when we saw Billy being dragged away by some unseen monster. While it appears as though this monster had finished off Billy in the first episode, the second episode, titled ‘The Mall Rats’, adds a lot more layers to the story in terms of relationships and narrative devices. However, underneath the celebratory surface lurks something dark and dangerous from the monster-infested Upside Down, that has been tied to this town ever since Will Byers disappeared in Season 1. The place seems to be in the throes of summer and making the best of the new Starcourt Mall that has opened. Along with Dustin, we too have missed out on what has happened in Hawkins, Indiana.
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