Stranger Things Season 2: Ranking Every Character From Worst To Best

17. Terry Ives

Stranger Things Terry Ives
Netflix

A parental figure who is quite important to the plot, or at least one of its characters, we learn much more about Terry Ives this time around.

Eleven builds a real connection to her mother this season, and we discover that she underwent experiments after a futile attempt to rescue her child from Hawkins Lab. It adds a new layer to the character, and while the direction it took El in wasn't enjoyable it did make for extra poignancy in the character's arc.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.