The dramatic arrival of Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 has made a few things very clear: Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) is growing stronger, our heroes are in more danger than ever before, and the entire Wheeler family only deserves good things after this absolute nightmare.
The new episodes see Sadie Sink's Max return to her body after being imprisoned in Vecna's mind. Meanwhile, Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) nearly die in the Upside Down, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) casually figures out exactly what the Upside Down is (a question we've been asking for nigh on a decade), and Will (Noah Schnapp) finally has his big moment. Oh, and Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono) saves the day yet again.
Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 ending explained: What actually IS the Upside Down?
Buckle up, nerds. We've got Dustin to thank for this explanation. The Upside Down is an unstable inter-dimensional bridge, or a wormhole, that rips through space and time, held together by exotic matter and connecting Hawkins to another world, the Abyss.
Dustin theorises that everything they've faced in the Upside Down (the Demogorgons and the Mindflayer etc) truly originated in the Abyss.
So the Upside Down is not, as we previously assumed, another dimension in itself. That means the true challenge is not just cutting off the bridge, but destroying the Abyss once and for all.
What's Vecna's plan and why does he need the kids?
He believes he can use the 12 children he's kidnapped, including Holly (Nell Fisher) and Derek (Jake Connelly) as "vessels" to amplify his powers, due to his belief that they are weak and can be easily controlled.
During his time away, Vecna was building rifts and weakening the Abyss like he weakened Hawkins, so that when the two collide, they will become one.
Oh, and Dustin's little addition - set off a bomb in the Abyss to destroy it forever. Easy!
How did Max escape and what happened to Holly?
While Vecna comes after them, Will temporarily inhabits his body, slowing him down and telling Max and Holly to run.
After searching Henry's most traumatic memory, the cave, Max and Holly see a young Henry stumble upon a scientist, clutching a briefcase, who appears to believe that Henry has been sent to hurt him.
The scientist shoots Henry in the hand and, in a bid to save himself, Henry hits the scientist repeatedly with a rock, eventually killing him. While Max tries to pull Holly away, the youngest Wheeler sibling witnesses Henry opening the briefcase (although she doesn't see what's inside - more on that in a moment).
Max believes Holly will wake up in the Upside Down and promises to find her there if she heads to its version of the Wheeler house, and the pair go their separate ways.
But, as Dustin realises, Holly isn't being kept in the Upside Down - she's in the Abyss. She wakes up and finds herself and the other children attached to the vines in the Abyss, just like Will was. After freeing herself, she makes a run for it, with Vecna following closely behind her.
Vecna takes Holly back into his mind, convincing the other children that Max is a monster and has manipulated Holly. While Holly attempts to escape again, she fails, and episode 7 ends with Henry placing the children into a trance and executing the final part of his masterplan.
What was in the briefcase in Henry's memory?
This has only been teased thus far in the series, but the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow reveals that Henry grew up near those caves in Nevada. On the day he entered the caves and found the scientist, he discovered technology that transported him to Dimension X.
No doubt, the cave is going to play more of a role in the finale episode.
What's going on with Eleven and Kali?
But that makes her realise that Kay will never stop hunting Eleven and Kali for their blood. In her view, the pair of them will never be free. While Mike attempts to convince Eleven that they could kill Kay or escape to a faraway place, Kali convinces her that they'll find her, kill Mike and everyone she loves, and, using her blood, they'll create more children who will suffer, and more worlds.
Eleven now has a big choice to make - and whatever she decides will change the course of the world forever.
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