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Hopper negotiates for one night so she can go to the Snow Ball with Mike. Owens handing off a freshly minted birth certificate and adoption paperwork to Sheriff Hopper, telling him to allow some time before Eleven can be seen out in public.

So how did we get from rivals to besties? Here are a few ideas. I loved watching them look at magazines, dance around while singing to the radio with a hairbrush, eating soft serve, taking glamour shots, and what appears to be Eleven’s very first trip to the mall. It was so refreshing to see the friendship that seems to have blossomed between Max and Eleven. Surely in a post- Parks and Rec world someone wouldn’t be resurrecting this tired trope?įast forward to the Stranger Things 3 trailer. Their friendship is one of the things I adore the most about Parks and Recreation and its ripple effects have been felt in television ever since.

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Eleven’s not been socialized normally, even now that she’s no longer in a lab, so that also adds a degree of social norms that she just simply doesn’t know.īut it was also frustrating for me to see that perhaps these two young girls were falling victim to the exhausted TV trope that women can’t be friends, they must be rivals.Īmy Poehler in her book, Yes Please, highlights how important it was for her on Parks and Recreation to portray the relationship between Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins as one that was supportive, positive, and of sincere friendship. I also take into consideration that the poor girl grew up in a lab, isolated from nearly everyone except Dr. On one level, I get Eleven’s feelings of jealousy.

On first viewing of season two, I admit to being a bit frustrated with these interactions. And during their first meeting in episode 8, Max offers her hand in friendship and Eleven, well, she snubs her. In episode 7, the first image Eleven conjures up in her anger in order to drive her powers is the aforementioned one of Max talking with Mike. Here, she pulls the board out from under Max in a jealous rage. She goes to the school to find Mike and the guys, but what she finds is Max talking with Mike while she rides circles around him on her skateboard. In episode 3 of that season, we see Eleven break out of the cabin.

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Every single interaction they had together in Stranger Things season 2 was full of jealousy that made us uncomfortable. I was just as surprised as anyone to see Max and Eleven acting as friends when we got our first full trailer for Stranger Things 3 a few weeks ago.

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