{"id":454303,"date":"2022-05-28T20:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eleven-returns-home-to-confront-her-past-recap\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T17:00:52","slug":"eleven-returns-home-to-confront-her-past-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eleven-returns-home-to-confront-her-past-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eleven Returns Home to Confront Her Past (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42c9eace8dd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42c9eace8dd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eleven-returns-home-to-confront-her-past-recap\/#%E2%80%9CEleven_Returns_Home_to_Confront_Her_Past_RECAP%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Eleven Returns Home to Confront Her Past (RECAP)&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEleven_Returns_Home_to_Confront_Her_Past_RECAP%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Eleven Returns Home to Confront Her Past (RECAP)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> <b>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the<\/b> <em><strong>Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em> <b>Season 4 \u201cChapter Five: The Nina Project.\u201d]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Coming after one of the strongest episodes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, this fifth episode of the overstuffed fourth season falls into some of the common <em>Stranger Things<\/em> traps. Just when certain plot lines seem to be advancing, a new obstacle or twist brings things to a halt, or worse, reverts things back to where they were two or three episodes ago. Unfortunately, that\u2019s the case with the storylines in Russia and California, both of which are spinning their wheels.<\/p>\n<p>The Hopper (David Harbour) plot is particularly egregious, as the flawed escape has landed him right back in prison, this time with corrupt guard Enzo (Tom Wlaschiha) for company. You can\u2019t help but feel we\u2019re right back where we started. That\u2019s not to say Harbour isn\u2019t doing his best with the limited material. His realization that he put Joyce (Winona Ryder) in danger becomes a devastating wake-up call. He opens up about the death of his daughter and the guilt he feels for having brought her into the world when he knew the health risks linked to his time cooking up Agent Orange while in the army. He holds himself responsible for his daughter\u2019s death and believes he\u2019s sentenced Joyce to a similar fate. \u201cI wasn\u2019t cursed,\u201d he says. \u201cI am the curse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, as heartfelt as Harbour\u2019s performance is, it doesn\u2019t remove that meandering feeling of the Russian plot. And even worse is that it\u2019s sucked Ryder into its orbit, as her screentime so far this season has been solely dedicated to finding Hopper and bickering with Murray (Brett Gelman). Sure, there are a couple of laughs in Joyce and Murray\u2019s mid-air escape and karate takedown of the double-crossing Yuri (Nikola \u0110juri\u010dko) \u2014 which results in them crash landing the plane into the snow-covered woodlands below \u2014 but it feels like a waste of Ryder\u2019s talents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045802\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045802\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-stranger-things-episode-5.jpg\" alt=\"David Harbour as Hopper in Stranger Things 4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-stranger-things-episode-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-stranger-things-episode-5-450x224.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-stranger-things-episode-5-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-stranger-things-episode-5-570x284.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show might have been better off combining the entire Russia plot into a single 40-45 minute episode \u2014 meaning they could have chopped some of the excess from the other episodes, making for a tighter, faster-paced viewing experience. As it is, the detours to Russia are starting to become an annoying distraction from the more exciting and engaging stories going on elsewhere in Hawkins and with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just Hopper\u2019s storyline that is dragging, though. The action in California has the feeling of forward momentum with its car chases and shoot-outs, but it\u2019s just as meandering. Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and the Byers boys find themselves in the middle of the Californian desert with a dead FBI agent and a spun-out pizza delivery boy. I haven\u2019t talked much about Jonathan\u2019s (Charlie Heaton) wacky pizza bro Argyle (Eduardo Franco) yet across these recaps, and with good reason; the character is just kind of\u2026 annoying. Of course, Jonathan\u2019s annoying too, I guess, so it makes sense why they\u2019d be friends. But these are not characters I particularly want to spend time with.<\/p>\n<p>The only clues they have in finding Eleven are the final words of the FBI agent (\u201cFind Nina\u201d) and his pen. It takes the group the majority of the episode to work out that the pen itself is a clue, containing a phone number within its cap. But the phone number is yet another stumbling block, as it calls through to a coded computer that will require a hacker to decipher. That means the gang will be taking a detour to Salt Lake City to pick up Dustin\u2019s (Gaten Matarazzo) computer whiz girlfriend, Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045798\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045798\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1045798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05-1014x520.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard in Stranger Things 4\" width=\"1014\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05-1014x520.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05-450x231.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05-570x292.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/charlie-heaton-noah-schnapp-finn-wolfhard-stranger-things-4-episode05.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If I sound like I\u2019m totally down on this episode, you should know that my complaining stops here. The rest of this episode is top-quality <em>Stranger Things<\/em> goodness. The Eleven storyline is especially intriguing, as she\u2019s taken back to her \u201chome\u201d in Ruth, Nevada \u2014 that being the underground missile silo cum laboratory where she was experimented on as a young child. Dr. Owens (Paul Reiser) assures her this is where she needs to be to regain her powers, but the re<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance of Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine), aka Papa, fills Eleven with fear.<\/p>\n<p>There is nowhere to run and, without her powers, not much she can do to escape. Eleven is sedated, placed inside a hyperbaric chamber (nicknamed NINA), and hooked up to various wires and machinery. She\u2019s suddenly transported into her memories as a young girl at Dr. Brenner\u2019s lab, surrounded by other children and a patronizing orderly. No matter how often she runs, she always ends up right back where she started (like Hopper\u2019s storyline). She shifts between her current and younger self, with some aged-down CGI magic, as Brenner tells her she must tap into her buried memories and find her own way out.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cool way to explore Eleven\u2019s origins and bring back some of these characters that were so important in Season 1. The shifting memories and complex mind maze make for a dark and disorientating <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> into Eleven\u2019s past. Also, Brenner continues to be an enigmatic character, and it\u2019s hard to tell if he is on the side of good or evil. He promises that all he\u2019s ever wanted to do is help Eleven, but it does take Owens yelling at him to let a convulsing El out of the chamber. Yet, his methods seem to be working, as El regains some of her power when she screams and sends three armed guards hurtling through the air. With a choice to run or stay, Eleven ultimately takes her \u201cpapa\u2019s\u201d hand and returns to the lab.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045800\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-4-episode-5.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 5\" width=\"1000\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-4-episode-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-4-episode-5-450x223.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-4-episode-5-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-4-episode-5-570x283.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Finally, the Hawkins crew takes a haunted house tour after Nancy (Natalia Dyer) realizes the place Max (Sadie Sink) saw in the Upside Down was Victor Creel\u2019s old house. Armed with flashlights, a Kate Bush tape loop, and some ill-advised bravery, the gang breaks into the boarded-up Creel mansion in search of answers. There are jump scares, group banter, and moments of bonding. Max and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) seem back on the same page after the Upside Down drama, with Lucas claiming his love for Kate Bush after she saved Max\u2019s life. And Nancy and Steve (Joe Keery) continue to get reacquainted, with Robin (Maya Hawke) kindly pointing out again that she and Steve are \u201cplatonic with a capital P.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take long for the group to realize that Vecna is present in the house, as the Dark Wizard travels through electricity, flittering between the flashlights and house lamps. But the lights are not a sign that Vecna is approaching the house itself; they are a warning sign that he is about to attack again. And this time, it\u2019s one of the football jocks, Patrick (Myles Truitt), who is in the demon\u2019s sights.<\/p>\n<p>As Jason (Mason Dye) and the football crew finally sniff out Eddie\u2019s (Joseph Quinn) hiding place, Vecna makes its presence known. While swimming after Eddie, who tries to escape in a malfunctioning rowboat, Patrick is suddenly hoisted up into the air and meets the same limb-snapping death as Chrissy and Fred before him. Given that both Jason and Eddie witnessed this, it should clear Eddie\u2019s name and get the jocks off his back.<\/p>\n<p>The action in Hawkins remains the heart of the show, and the quicker the side stories wrap up and merge with the central plot, the better things will be. For now, though, it\u2019s still a waiting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stranger Things<\/em>, Season 4, Streaming Now, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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