Stranger Things season 5, Volume 1 is now streaming on Netflix, and the fourth episode, \u201cSorcerer,\u201d reveals exactly what’s been going on with Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) since she narrowly survived\u00a0her horrific encounter with Vecna in the season 4 finale.<\/p>\n
Spoilers follow.<\/p>\n
Vecna very nearly succeeded in killing Max when he possessed her in order to open the gate between Hawkins and the Upside Down, but Eleven was able to keep her friend alive. Max’s body survived, but she remained in a coma, which is where we find her when season 5 gets underway.<\/p>\n
Lucas has been staying by his girlfriend’s side, playing “Running Up That Hill” in an attempt to bring her back. Unfortunately, it’s probably going to take a bit more than a Kate Bush classic to fully revive the heroic teen.<\/p>\n
In episode 4, Holly Wheeler becomes trapped in the mind of Henry Creel, aka Vecna, where she runs into Max, who explains that she’s been hiding out in a cave ever since Vecna was made aware of her location when she almost managed to escape. It turns out that Lucas’ determination – and Miss Bush – very nearly did the trick, but the portal to Hawkins closed when the tape stopped playing.<\/p>\n
Max says she does have a plan to return to their reality, but we’re going to have to wait until Volume 2 to find out what it entails.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know exactly what the plot was going to be, but they kind of just had to warn me. Matt and Ross called me. They\u2019re like, \u2018You\u2019re gonna get the final episode of Season 4, and it\u2019s gonna say that you died, but don\u2019t worry. You\u2019re in a coma, and we do have a plot for you in Season 5.\u2019 So that was kind of all the information I had for a while,\u201d Sink tells Deadline.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cObviously, she has been in a dark place for a while, all of Season 4. Just kind of throwing her into this next battle, and then keeping her there for so long, it was fun, which seems like the wrong word, but it was fun to kind of think about how that would affect her,\u201d she adds. \u201cFor a minute, I was like, \u2018Is she just totally nuts? Has she gone absolutely crazy?\u2019 But I think the thing about Max, and what she\u2019s always been, is she\u2019s just super resilient, and even under the toughest circumstances, she just has this very \u2018this is the card I was dealt\u2019 kind of attitude. So if anyone was gonna get stuck in her plot line, it\u2019s her. She\u2019s gonna handle it the best, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Have you watched the first four episodes of Stranger Things season 5 yet? If so, what did you think? Drop us a comment down below.<\/p>\n
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