Jul 14 2022 33 mins
It's finally time to talk about the final two episodes of Stranger Things season 4!
In episode 8:: Vecna shows Nancy a vision of the future where Hawkins is torn apart by rifts before releasing her. The group determines Vecna needs four gates to enact his plan; Max offers to lure Vecna into possessing her so the others can attack him while he is distracted. Eleven, using her powers, learns of this plan and gets Owens to arrange transit to Hawkins. However, Brenner secures Owens and traps Eleven, insisting she needs to complete her training. Eleven realizes that Brenner had been using her for years to try to recover Henry from the Upside Down. Sullivan and his forces arrive at the site and kill all the staff; Brenner flees with Eleven but is shot himself. Eleven takes out Sullivan's vehicles just as Mike's group arrives. She refuses to forgive Brenner before he dies. In Russia, Hopper, Joyce, Murray, Yuri, and Antonov escape the base after discovering several more creatures from the Upside Down, as well as a shadowy fragment of the Mind Flayer, under study at the prison.
In episode 9:: The group enacts their plan: Max, Lucas and Erica go to the Creel House while Steve, Nancy and Robin go to its Upside Down counterpart to attack Vecna, with the bats being drawn away by Dustin and Eddie. Eddie sacrifices himself in the process. Eleven's group creates an isolation tank for her to enter Max's mind and fight Vecna. However, Vecna overwhelms her and possesses Max, revealing to Eleven that he has controlled the Upside Down ever since she sent him there. Mike professes his love to Eleven, giving her the strength to break Vecna's control over Max, but Max dies from her injuries. Hopper, Joyce and Murray reenter the prison and kill the remaining Demogorgons, weakening Vecna. Steve, Robin and Nancy set Vecna's physical form ablaze and shoot him, apparently killing him. Eleven uses her powers to resurrect Max, but the latter's brief death allows Vecna's gates to open and tear through Hawkins. Two days later, the town is recovering from an "earthquake". Everyone unites, while Max remains comatose. Will senses Vecna is still alive, and the Upside Down begins invading Hawkins.
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