I wish it being boring and having some of the worst pacing I've ever seen in a TV show were the worst qualities this show has. For most of it there are no stakes and plenty of sideplots move at a snail's pace despite there not being intriguing to develop in the first place. It doubles down on the anticommunism from S3 'cause... you know Soviets bad, Americans good!. There is an absurd amount of Red Scare propaganda in these 7 episodes. I think Reagan would love it! Oh, and the scenes at the prison were filmed at what used to be Nazi prison camp in Lithuania. As if that wasn't awful enough, it now has been converted into a cultural center where people can stay in 'Stranger Things-themed cells' for 107 euros a night. Relevant link: https://consequence.net/2022/05/stranger-things-season-4-prison-stay/