THE DUFFERS LOVE BREAKING BAD AND BETTER CALL SAUL.
They’re mentioned how those writers like to write themselves into a corner and find creative ways out of it. They’ve written Mike Wheeler into a corner. There’s only one way out that logical makes sense I’m sorry.
Also, those two shows, which I love by the way, are chalk FULL of Easter eggs and numbers that correlate with characters arcs and deaths. I will rest all my hopes on this lmao