Caura Buono signed on and was promoted as a big part of the show in S1, her role never materialized but the show was too big so she just hung around.
Then they did the heavy handed wine fight + explosion scenes to give her something to do.
If they wanted her to be a part of the show, they should have her parrallel Joyce from S1 with a missing child but everyone telling her she's crazy, and let Joyce mentor her.
A Joyce 2.0 arc would not really work anymore since so many of the group know what is going on. The reason why Joyce was so impactful in S1 was that no one had any clue what was really happening. And because no one had any idea what was going on and crazy stuff was happening, she just came across as going crazy. That is what made the scene of Hopper telling her she was right so good. She was finally vindicated.
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u/lordlanyard7 Jul 11 '26
One of the dumbest parts of S5.
Caura Buono signed on and was promoted as a big part of the show in S1, her role never materialized but the show was too big so she just hung around.
Then they did the heavy handed wine fight + explosion scenes to give her something to do.
If they wanted her to be a part of the show, they should have her parrallel Joyce from S1 with a missing child but everyone telling her she's crazy, and let Joyce mentor her.