{"id":454557,"date":"2022-05-28T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/does-max-survive-her-trip-to-the-upside-down-recap\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:00:11","slug":"does-max-survive-her-trip-to-the-upside-down-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-max-survive-her-trip-to-the-upside-down-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#Does Max Survive Her Trip to the Upside Down? (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-6a35a98db9a4d\" 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-6a35a98db9a4d\" 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\/does-max-survive-her-trip-to-the-upside-down-recap\/#%E2%80%9CDoes_Max_Survive_Her_Trip_to_the_Upside_Down_RECAP%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Does Max Survive Her Trip to the Upside Down? (RECAP)&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDoes_Max_Survive_Her_Trip_to_the_Upside_Down_RECAP%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Does Max Survive Her Trip to the Upside Down? (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 Four: Dear Billy.\u201d]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kate Bush is a cheat code. It doesn\u2019t matter how many times \u201cRunning Up That Hill\u201d is used in film and television; once those opening synths kick in, it\u2019s enough to elevate even the most mundane of scenes. That\u2019s not to say the closing scene of \u201cDear Billy\u201d is mundane \u2014 far from it. Max\u2019s (Sadie Sink) brush with death and eventual escape from the Upside Down is one of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>\u2018 greatest scenes to date and is only enhanced by the theatrical pop perfection of Bush\u2019s magnum opus.<\/p>\n<p>This entire episode is <em>Stranger Things<\/em> operating at the height of its powers, which is somewhat surprising given that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) herself doesn\u2019t <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>ear. Eleven has been ushered away to training camp to regain her superhero abilities, leaving everyone else scrambling to survive. This leads to what the show does best: heartfelt group camaraderie in the face of danger. From Hawkins to California to Alaska to Russia, our heroes are trying to hold firm against increasingly insurmountable odds.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the events in Hawkins, which see Max take center stage as she becomes the latest victim of Vecna\u2019s curse. Seeing Max in such a pivotal role is refreshing, as sometimes it can feel like the character gets the short end of the stick. Sink is so good at portraying that vulnerability masked beneath a tough exterior. Max doesn\u2019t want to show weakness or talk openly about her feelings. That\u2019s just not her style. She can\u2019t even bring herself to tell her friends and family how she really feels, instead choosing to write her thoughts in a <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> of farewell letters to be opened should she not survive the curse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045784\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sadie-sink-joe-keery-caleb-mclaughlin-gaten-matarazzo-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things 4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sadie-sink-joe-keery-caleb-mclaughlin-gaten-matarazzo-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sadie-sink-joe-keery-caleb-mclaughlin-gaten-matarazzo-stranger-things-4-episode-4-450x230.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sadie-sink-joe-keery-caleb-mclaughlin-gaten-matarazzo-stranger-things-4-episode-4-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sadie-sink-joe-keery-caleb-mclaughlin-gaten-matarazzo-stranger-things-4-episode-4-570x291.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The one person she does open up to is her deceased step-brother Billy (Dacre Montgomery); it\u2019s much easier to lay bare your soul to an engraved headstone. Max reveals that she replays Billy\u2019s death over and over, wondering what would have happened had she\u2019d stepped in and saved him. \u201cWe could have become friends, like a real brother and sister,\u201d she says. But she didn\u2019t. She just stood there and watched him die. And as much as she\u2019s tried to be happy and normal, she knows things have changed. \u201cI think maybe part of me died that day too,\u201d she confesses.<\/p>\n<p>This guilt and regret allows Vecna\u2019s curse to burrow its way into Max\u2019s psyche. \u201cPart of you wanted me dead,\u201d says a bloody apparition of Billy as Max falls into a trance. \u201cThat\u2019s why you hide\u2026 that\u2019s why late at night you think about following me into death.\u201d Max is consumed by these evil thoughts as she\u2019s sucked deeper and deeper into the Upside Down, stalked by the Dark Wizard. All the while, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Steve (Joe Keery), and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), who rejoins The Party to warn them about the football jocks\u2019 \u201cfreak hunt,\u201d try to bring her back to reality.<\/p>\n<p>Max\u2019s fate is left in the hands of Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Robin (Maya Hawke), who embark on a mission to figure out a way to lift the curse. Posing as research students from the University of Notre Dame, Nancy and Robin visit Pennhurst Mental Hospital under the aliases of Ruth and Rose. This pairing continues to be a winner, especially with Nancy forcing the grungy Robin into her ill-fitting clothes, looking like a punk rocker in <em>Stepford Wives<\/em> fancy dress.<\/p>\n<p>While Robin struggles in heels and a tight blouse, she gives a passionate speech about how women are overlooked in the field of psychiatry and earns the right to interview Victor Creel (played by Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund \u2014 a brilliant touch given Vecna\u2019s Krueger-like dream invasions).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045786\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045786\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/natalia-dyer-maya-hawke-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg\" alt=\"Natalia Dyer and Maya Hawke in Stranger Things 4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/natalia-dyer-maya-hawke-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/natalia-dyer-maya-hawke-stranger-things-4-episode-4-450x224.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/natalia-dyer-maya-hawke-stranger-things-4-episode-4-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/natalia-dyer-maya-hawke-stranger-things-4-episode-4-570x284.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are also some <em>Silence of the Lambs<\/em> vibes going on as Nancy and Robin walk down a hall past the cells of the criminally insane. The scraggily-haired, eyeless Victor claws at a table as Nancy and Robin try to get him to open up about what happened to his family. He seems reluctant until they tell him that they believe him. Victor begins describing as we flashback to the 1950s for some twisted haunted house horror. The Creel family was tormented by strange happenings for months before the demon took the lives of Victor\u2019s wife and children, seemingly only sparing Victor as he was pulled out of the trance by the voice of an angel.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy and Robin make a run for it after their cover is blown, and it suddenly clicks about what it was that saved Victor. It was the music. Victor was humming Ella Fitzgerald. The melody punctured through the hallucination, and Victor followed it back to reality. The revelation comes just in time for Robin to radio the information to Dustin, who flings a bunch of cassette tapes in front of Lucas and tells him to pick Max\u2019s favorite song. Cue the Bush ex Machina just as Vecna has his tentacles wrapped around Max\u2019s throat. She\u2019s able to tap into her happy memories with Lucas, Eleven, and the gang, allowing her to fight off the Dark Wizard and run up that hill back to reality. It\u2019s an epic scene.<\/p>\n<p>Max isn\u2019t the only one who comes close to death in this episode. Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and the Byers boys have wound up in the middle of warring government factions. Put under watched guard and told to stay put, the trio starts plotting a way to get back to Hawkins. They can\u2019t exactly call and forewarn their friends as the government might be listening in. So Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) comes up with the idea of ordering pizza and then using his friend Argyle\u2019s (Eduardo Franco) delivery van as a getaway vehicle. While they wait, Mike and Will (Noah Schnapp) patch things up, confessing their flaws and Mike admitting that Hawkins hasn\u2019t been the same without his best friend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1045787\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045787\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-tom-wlaschiha-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg\" alt=\"David Harbour and Tom Wlaschiha in Stranger Things 4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-tom-wlaschiha-stranger-things-4-episode-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-tom-wlaschiha-stranger-things-4-episode-4-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-tom-wlaschiha-stranger-things-4-episode-4-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-harbour-tom-wlaschiha-stranger-things-4-episode-4-570x285.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1045787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But before the boys can enact their escape, a group of camo-wearing soldiers ambush the Byers\u2019 home and start firing off live machine gun rounds. They take out one of the FBI guards and injure another. Luckily, Jonathan\u2019s friend arrives just in the nick of time for them to get out and into the van, with the wounded FBI agent in tow.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of escape, Hopper (David Harbour) is so close to freeing himself from his Russian prison nightmare. After smashing his ankles, removing his chains, and fighting off a bevy of armed guards with a hammer and a handy helping of dynamite, he hops aboard a snowmobile and makes it to his rendezvous point. Meanwhile, Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Murray (Brett Gelman) make it to Alaska to hand over the ransom money to Yuri (Nikola \u0110juri\u010dko), a criminal pilot who seems to flit between jovial and psychopathic in the blink of an eye. However, as I previously predicted, this was never going to be as simple as it all seemed.<\/p>\n<p>As Hopper waits for rescue, he\u2019s suddenly ambushed by Russian soldiers. It\u2019s a setup. Yuri reneges on his deal with Enzo (Tom Wlaschiha) after realizing he can make even more money by turning over Hopper and the corrupt prison guard to the Russians. He also has Joyce and Murray at his disposal, poisoning them with hot coffee and offering them up to the Motherland. So, Joyce and Hopper might soon be reunited, just in a prison cell rather than a romantic restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Other than a slightly darker tone, this fourth season isn\u2019t exactly breaking new ground. But <em>Stranger Things<\/em> is a show that knows its strengths, and when those strengths are firing on all cylinders, like in this episode, it can still be one of the most entertaining shows of the streaming era.<\/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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