My only beef with Ep 7 was ruining the continuity between 6 and 8. If they had flip flopped 6 with 7, that might have been more tolerable. Like RJ said, it really revealed Eleven's character, power
s, and power. I think all of it was relevant, but breaking the momentum of ep 6 was a bit of a killjoy.
Spoilers...
Mike was a dick to Max... you'd think that character would understand the relevance and impact of boy/girl friendship/camaraderie/relationship. He was a douche to Max.
Mike's mom was smokin hawt in the final episode. <insert Dustin's grlrlrlrlrlrl> Nancy did a total solid for Dustin at the end. While I agree with Accelerando, that was a great thing to do. Billy was great... looking forward to how that character evolves.
I have/had a few minor nits in a few episodes, but nothing that detracted from the overall awesomeness of the season. I'm looking forward to the reveal/discover of One thru Seven, as well as Nine and Ten.
Oh, and poor Bob!!
Too funny... I text RJ when it happened - "Poor Samwise".