Stranger Things' director Shawn Levy on directing Max's return, that Jonathan-Nancy scene, Will's big moment and his final day on the set.

Netflix has ruined another once-great TV show with an absolutely abysmal batch of new Stranger Things 5 episodes.

Max’s physical body is in the real world in a coma. Meanwhile, her mind is in Matrix-like dimension created by Vecna. It consists of his past memories. This is also where Vecna, as Mr. Whatsit, brought Holly Wheeler. Like Max, her physical body is elsewhere.

As viewers will recall, Max was taken under Vecna’s spell, her bones broken, eyes damaged, and put into a coma. Season 5 revealed that Max had actually been in a trance this whole time, stuck in the space she’d end up calling Camazotz when she crossed paths with Holly Wheeler ( Nell Fisher) there.

The biggest moments from "Stranger Things" Season 5 Vol. 2, from The Upside Down's true nature finally being revealed, to Max's escape

The Stranger Things director teases how that big season 5 return will impact the epic final battle against Vecna

For the past two years, the character of Max Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink, has been in a coma. In Season 5 of Stranger Things, viewers learn that Max is trapped in a prison of Henry Creel, aka Vecna's,

Stranger Things Season 4 finally arrived after fans waited three long years. Netflix split it into two parts. The first batch dropped in May 2022. Then July brought the finale.

Major spoilers below for anyone who hasn’t yet watched the three Stranger Things Vol. 2 episodes via Netflix subscription, so be warned! My brain already hurts thinking about th