And while Vecna appears to die, his plan is still enacted. Eleven then goes into Max’s mind as she tries desperately to bring her back to life. The tide turns as Vecna is injured by Eleven in this weird other dimension, while Steve and Robin fire Molotov cocktails at him in the Upside Down. Eleven is trapped, watching, and it’s only Mike’s words that allow her to come back to her powers as he tells her he loves her, giving her the strength to fight back against Vecna. Max starts to be lifted into the air as Vecna is about to enact his final kill. Meanwhile, jock Jason has turned up to where Erica, Max, and Lucas are as he tries to make Lucas bring Max back to life from her coma. In Russia, Hopper is in mortal danger after he lures a Demogorgon into the fighting pitch. By the time Dustin gets to him, it’s too late as he dies in his arms. The Demobats are getting in and Eddie decides to be a hero and distracts them by luring them to him, but he’s too injured. While this is happening, Dustin and Eddie distract the Demobats in the trailer park in the Upside Down to try and buy the others more time.īut quickly everything starts to go wrong. At first, it seems to be working, as Eleven helps Max fight Vecna in one of her memories. Here it all gets very Inception as everyone takes on their part of the plan in a different dimension. They’re going to use Max as bait to distract Vecna while Nancy, Steve, and Robin head to Henry’s house in the Upside Down to attack his body. Max and Lucas also finally speak through their feelings as they share an adorable plan to go to the movies together when this is all over.īack in Hawkins, the gang have a plan. He later has a heart-to-heart with his brother Jonathan, who reassures him that he’ll love him no matter what. Will tells Mike to trust in himself and his feelings for Eleven as he tearfully speaks about 'feeling different' from other people. Steve tells Nancy how he feels about her as he shares his hopes for their future together. Hopper and Joyce finally admit their feelings for each other as they share their first kiss. While this is all happening, there are some pretty huge moments going on in the background. Argyle has just the place as they head to the nearest Surfer Boy Pizza to convert a dough freezer and a lot of salt into what El needs. When all feels lost, Eleven comes up with a plan to help them from Nevada by using a sensory deprivation tank to 'piggyback' off Max’s mind and fight Vecna. Now that the gang's all back together, they try to work out how they’ll return to Hawkins to save their friends. Mike, Will, Jonathan, and Argyle have finally found Eleven after they’ve been searching for her based on the coordinates given to them by Susie. Papa dies as Eleven refuses to forgive him in his final moments. Before they can take the shot on El, a pizza truck appears and distracts them, and Eleven uses her powers to bring down the soldiers. They collide at the base in Nevada as Papa has a change of heart and tries to escape with Eleven only to be gunned down by a helicopter. All the while, Sullivan and his government agency are on the way to take her down. Owens tries to tell him that it’s up to her if she's ready to face this fight, a power struggle ensues as Owens starts to make the necessary plans to get El home, while Papa dampens her powers as he tries to stop her leaving.

She’s desperate to get back to Hawkins to help them fight Vecna but Papa/Brenner (Matthew Modine) is convinced she is not ready yet. And her first concern is making sure her friends are okay. Reeling from this new knowledge, she regains her powers and she picks up NINA with her mind.

Meanwhile, in Nevada, Eleven has learned the truth about Henry’s origins and how she was responsible for sending him into the Upside Down – and thus creating Vecna. The idea is that this might give the children just enough time to go through with their plan. Joyce explains that if they kill the Demogorgans and the particles, then this should weaken the monster preying on Hawkins as it’s all linked to the hive mind.

Their idea? Getting back into the prison camp that they just escaped. After Hopper gets a call across to Hawkins, he finds out how much danger their children are in and they decide to come up with another plan. Their salvation seems to be a rusty helicopter, but it’s mysteriously not working. Our gang – along with Enzo and Uri – manage to find their way out through the toilet tunnel, hiding out in Uri’s hideaway as they come up with a way to get out of the country. This takes them into the depths of the camp as they find out the guards have been experimenting on these creatures, with one on a dissection table, others in glass tubes, and Upside Down particles floating around. Hopper, Joyce, and Murray are back in Russia as they try to escape from the prison after the Demogorgon has gotten free.

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