S1&2 were the shit. S3 was shit. Can’t wait to love or hate s4. Hopper ain’t dead. If he was dead, we’dve seen him die.

It lost its magic after S1 for me

pretty dumb to shit on the S3 cliffhanger way before S4 is even announced

should have saved the reveal for the final scene of S4E1

It is rather perplexing.. why on earth would they reveal the answer to the question everyone was asking after season 3 in a fucking teaser trailer!

The after credits scene last season already spoiled it though.

that scene allowed fans to speculate on who the American was. This trailer seemed to put an end to the speculation by strongly implying that it was Hopper.

Personally, I really liked the theory that the American was Dr. Brenner and that Hopper had escaped into TUD. That would explain how the Russians got the portal tech. S4E1 could have ended by revealing Hopper to us.

What...

People actually thought the American was a character who got killed 2 seasons ago lol....? It was very obvious it was Hopper.

This post was edited by fuzzy159 on Feb 16 2020 05:41pm

there's no doubt that the show's intention was to have viewers immediately think of Hopper as soon as we hear the guards say "the American". But there is also some intentional ambiguity there.

Why would a show drag out a long "death scene" only to confirm right after the credits that the death was fake? It harms the narrative way greatly.

After reading a little fan discussion, it seemed more likely that Hopper was the "all-too-obvious red herring". I still hope that that is the case and that this teaser was simply more misdirection. Regardless, it is disappointing that it dampened the fan speculation that had been rampant since the end of last season.

This post was edited by Kayeto on Feb 16 2020 09:25pm

We knew it was Hopper but why straight up show him? Poor decision making right there.