Okay, so let's go with no more 2+ hour episodes in S5. It's so late, but I need to get this out today, so this description will probably be shorter than usual.
So, we've got a very concrete plan to fight Vecna. Max finds Vecna in the house. She torments him into trying to kill her. The group heads into the upside down. Eddie and Dustin are on bat patrol (they are distracting them away from the rest of the group). Once Max his been possessed (for lack of a better term) by Vecna; Nancy, Steve, and Robin hit him with Molotov cocktails and guns.
While this is happening, El is also attacking the Vecna in the Upside Down. AND, Hopper and Murray are attacking from Russia. It really is a joint conquest.
And, while El and the others are able to disable Vecna, he does manage to kill Max. So, this opens the gate and tears through Hawkins. El, manages to bring Max back to life, but she's still in a coma.
I thought I was living for the Hopper and Joyce reunion, but really, it was all about Hopper and El. I cannot tell you how much I needed the two of them to get back together.
However, even though they were able to win the battle, the war is not won. Vecna disappeared after Nancy shot him out the window. And Will claims he can still feel him, so we're definitely not done yet. (You know, hence, S5).
Elsa Reinsch
2024-11-28 05:11:19 +0000 UTC