Ok so Netflix have just dropped the second volume of Stranger Things Season 4. Our Ending
Explained is now here for the full season and throughout this video we're gonna be going
through the plot, final few scenes and we'll also be giving our thoughts on the finale.
It's time to Vecna-self before you wreck yourself one last time so let's turn it up to Eleven
and get into this mammoth of a finale that turns the entire show upside down.
Full spoilers from here on out and with that out the way, thanks for clicking this, now
let's get into Stranger Things Season 4.
Ok so we last left a lot our characters at pivotal moments in show. Joyce had managed
to make it out to Hopper out in Russia, Eleven's trip through Nina uncovered a big secret about
Number One and elsewhere Nancy got stuck in his domain as she learned the truth about
him.
Now we start off exactly where the last episode left off and huge shoutouts to Katy Leigh
for pointing out that during the face off between Vecna and Eleven that the rainbow
actually flipped upside down when it went to him. This traumatic moment in her life
being recalled also brought back her powers which are now arguably stronger than ever,
matching how Vecna has grown as well.
This fued continues throughout the two episodes with Vecna actually letting Nancy and freeing
her instead of the music box being used like we theorised.
Speaking of being freed we cut to Hopper and Co who discover a lab attached to the prison
that contains the elements of Mindflayer particles called The Shadow.
Rather than fleeing back to the US though, Hopper and the Gang decide to stay behind
in Russia to destroy the Upside Down monsters that exist in the prison. Come the end of
the Season Hopper makes it back to Hawkins and this is the true father and daughter relationship
that Brenner and El's was only a shadow of. Love being empowering is very much a theme
throughout this season and therefore I think that now Hop it'll empower Eleven beyond what
she already has. She says goodbye to one father figure in this entry and therefore I think
Hops more positive influence on her will be crucial to defeat Vecna next time.
Now we discover that Vecna and The Mindflayer connected with one another in the Upside Down
when he was sent there by Eleven.
Vecna ended up manipulating the creature and he then turned the shadow particles into the
creature.
We learn that he molded it and sent the beast into Hawkins, creating somewhat symbiosis
with it.
This symbiosis is something that we've witnessed throughout the seasons and the Flayer of course
took over Will in Season 2.
Come the end of the season, Will says that Vecna is still alive and though he now longer
has a physical form he still exists out there.
It's possible that Vecna could even have become shadow particles himself and this is how he's
still out there though his body could be as well.
Even though he is beaten, the tear he was attempting to build ravages through Hawkins
destroying several parts of the town. The official story is that this devastation was
caused by an Earthquake though there are people that believe it was a satanic cult and that
the Hellfire club were involved.
This doorway into hell idea is thought of as just a conspiracy theory at the moment
but the truth of the matter will likely cme out soon.
Areas of hawkins start to wither away and die, ending up decayed in darkness like the
upside down.
Muahaha sound so evil.
(not evertying has a happy ending maya and steve)
The dimension is slowly starting to bleed into Hawkins beyond what's come before and
it might actually take the death of a certain someone who created the rift to close it once
and for all. When Eleven sent Number 1 into the upside down, this entire thing began and
therefore I think El's death might actually be a necessity in order to shut things off
for good.
Now we also discover Dr Brenners true intention in these episodes and it turns out he had
a secret agenda this entire time. Like Netflix always tells us, trust No One and whether
it's Squid Game, this or Umbrella Academy I think it's hilarious how this kinda keeps
popping up.
I suppose Umbrella Academy One wasn't that bad.
Anyway after Dr. Owens has a change of heart, Brenner turns against the legend and his true
plan is revealed.
Turns out that through Eleven he actually wanted to try and find a way to connect with
Vecna once more. Though he survived the Demogorgon attack in the first Season, this time there's
no mistaking that he's killed once and for all. Brenner is shot by a military sniper
and Eleven goes Force Unleashed on the chopper that shoots him, cementing how much shes's
grown to match Vecna.
She needs this strength too as his connection with the shadow particles will make him more
powerful than ever and he might not even go forth himself for Season 5. Just in the same
way that Brenner helped Eleven to grow her abilities, the darkness in the upside has
helped Vecna and therefore I think a powerful emotion like love iwll be needed to stop it.
Brenner has a Mask-esque death scene.
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And he calls Eleven his family, saying that he only wanted what was best for her. However,
that was a f**king lie and he very much had his ulterior motives that were constantly
driving him. El shows her true feelings towards him in the end and though she could say something
like 'I love you Papa.' She gives a pretty cold.
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Also if you're enjoying the video then please hit the thumbs up whilst Brenners thumb...goes
down.
F**ks sake.
Again as I touched upon earlier, this death will likely leave her feeling empty and therefore
Hoppers return will fill this void and empower her to go to the next level. The battle at
the prison is brilliant and watching the group take on Demodogs and Demogorgons is a great
action subplot, that though a bit distracting when youre watching the main fights, still
works well.
Now Eleven is rescued by Mike and the gang and learning that she created the big threat
in Hawkins makes her realise she needs to save the world.
Across the country the other group of pals mount up and after talking to Nancy they realise
that Vecna likely becomes paralysed when he's astral projecting. They head out to defeat
him and as always we get some awesome 80s movie nods along the way.
They arm up at Warzone and the advert for this contains a character that looks like
Rambo. Max also wears a Michael Myers mask and she dressed up as the character for Halloween
in Season 2. Will also reveals his painting which is a dungeons and dragon-esque picture
with the group fighting a red three beast, of course playing on Vecna.
Mike is labeled as the heart and come on Will, just tell him mate.
David Harbour also gets to tout off his Christian Bale weightloss programme and he and Joyce
almost get it on.
The group split up and Max leads some to the creel house whilst the rest go with my boy
Steve.
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He and the group climb into the upside down through Eddies trailer. The plan is they lure
Vecna out throughout using Max as bait and whilst he's paralysed take him down. and Eleven
and the gang make an impromtu Nina up in the freezer and put in place what they need to
do to help Eleven carry out her Psychic battle.
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Now Max's plan works when she really plays up her feelings of guilt and after he appears
as Lucas it once more puts her into the trance that she experienced in that banger episode
in the Grave yard. Absolute banger.
Now though the plan starts to fall into place Steve and the gang are attacked by the vines
whilst the bats swarm Eddie and Dustin. This leads to another big death in the Season namely
in Eddie who gives the final performance of his life.
Great scene of him sacrificing himself where he decides to be the hero in order to save
Dustin and though I hated seeing him go, was a nice end to his arc in which he learned
to stop running up that road...running that hill. Eddie felt cowardly after fleeing earlier
in the season and even though he's a newbie this was the biggest death for me this entry.
It hit hard when it happened but damn, watching Dustin hand over the plectrum...man that wrecked
me.
Eleven arrives in the upside down to battle it out with Vecna and she saves Max at the
last moment. She gets tied up and in the first moment of compassion in his life, Eleven actually
reaches out to Henry and tries to show to talk about Brenner.
She blames him for turning him into the monster he's become but instead he discusses what
happened when he arrived in the upside down. Vecna of course wanted to wipe humanity out
in order to save us from our dull and meaningless lives and here he found a world untouched
by humanity.
The Mindflayer very much became that way that he could transform into the predator he'd
always been born to be. Vecna ended up creating it and we get it confirmed that it's always
been him. His psychic abilities and the combination of the creatures allowed him to enact his
plan to find Eleven and harness her powers.
Initially he did want her at his side but now he just wants her to watch. Mike professes
her love to her, similar to Lucas and this further pushes her to break free of Vecna's
grasp. He also says she can fly and move mountains, and later they reference Super girl potentially
hinting towards some more powers being developed in Season 5.
Vecna starts to levitate Max in order to kill her but at the last moment El breaks free
and saves Max before she can become the Twister world champion.
Murray burns the monsters out in Russia and due to the hive mind that the upside down
has, Nancys group are freed.
Hopper ends up going Aargorn on the final one and aaragorn get ya if you dont blood
subscribe.
Nancy and the gang destroy Vecnas body and get ready to see Running Up That Hill go to
Number One again and again cos this scene BANGS. After going Sarah Conner on him Vecna
is burned alive further tying back to the Freddie Krueger iconography. This is how Freedie
was killed, he of course attacked people in dreams and Robert Englund made a cameo in
the season.
However, we get somewhat of a Halloween ending to Vecna's arc with his body not being there
when they go to check.
To make matters worse, being this close to death leaves Max blinded and broken. She's
left in a coma come the final closing few scenes and it's difficult to say whether she'll
stay this way or not. Her eyes make it seem like she's blinded and Creel senior of course
suffered from something similar making me believe that she may even end up staying this
way. Technically Max died but she's on the road to recovery and I hope those broken legs
heal and she can keep running up that road, running up that hill.
The Creel house tears itself in two and this wipes out not only Jason but also most of
the town. This gave me a lot of IT vibes and in the book upon the defeat of Pennywise most
of Derry was destroyed. This was downplayed for the movie but there were major incidents
of flooding and several citizens were killed when Pennywise perished which I believe they
took inspiration from.
This tear ends up opening the quote unquote doorway into hell and the community bands
together.
We get a hint of some romance between Vicki and Robyn, a hint towards a future with Nancy
and Steve.
(see ya chump)
Now Will goes off into a chilling speech about how Vecna is still out there, desperately
seeking everything and everyone. He's likely gonna cause more psychic issues with Eleven
who is now trying to reach out to max through other means.
It's even possibly that he might exist in some form through Max as he entered her brain
and could be being kept alive through that. I think it would be a big twist to learn that
he'll stay alive as long as she is and it could take us into some really dark territory.
We also get another coca cola reference with several of these showing up throughout the
season. Hopper returns with Joyce after getting some help from and though it should be a happy
ending. Dark clouds close in with the dust from the upside down falling.
Will grabbing his neck also signifies that Vecna and The Mindflayer are close and this
cloud of darkness blankets the entire area.
Now going forward I think we will watch as the upside down merges with Hawkins and as
I talked about earlier this bleed will cause the entire area to Decay and Die. The clouds
that shoot up into the air end up looking like the Mind Flayer and it very much signals
the villains arrival next time.
It's important to bear in mind flayer is how Vecna very much views himself as being and
thus losing his body could make him become his final form. The upside down also exists
with a hive mind so it makes sense the even in death ones consciouness could shift around.
Now the rifts and doorways can be closed by Eleven, however all that she's managed to
do before are smaller ones and I think that this could likely cost her her life. The whole
series is built up around the idea of sacrifice in orders to save the ones that someone loves
and I think Eleven dying in order to finally close the gateways once and for all will unfortunately
be something that needs to be done.
This casualty of war will take her ability to open doorways along with her and with Vecna
and The Mind Flayer both being pyschic beings i can sadly see that being how things close
out.
Now there is also the possibility that she of course survives which I would much prefer.
I could actually see them doing something where it seems like shes died but we learn
shes actually on the other side of the Upside Down and locked herself in on the way out.
This would be a cliffhanger that would give us some hope, Lots of possibilities going
forward and I'd obviously love to hear what you think.
Now as for my thoughts on the whole season, I have to say I really loved it. For as strong
as the other seasons are this felt like a massive step up and It's arugably up there
as being one of the best seasons of a show ever. What's more impressive is that we're
four deep and whereas a lot of shows would be falling off by now this continued to get
better every episode. I think a lot of it's strength comes from the horror elements and
through having Vecna as a villain. In the past the series has suffered slightly when
it comes to them as they've been monsters such as the demogorgon and the Mindflayer.
Though they're intimidating they don't have that human side to them that allows them to
actually have a character and making Vecna someone who was originally human was an inspired
choice I think.
So yeah, nailed it on the villain for the series.
Now ontop of this, the group have all really come into their own and throughout the entry
there's been some brilliant arcs where they've really had to grow as people. Hopper surviving
the Gulag was enthralling, Eleven having to take a trip down memory lane to confront her
past was inspired and there's so many people that have been expanded upon in really interesting
ways.
There's also the general production of the show. This feels so cinematic throughout it
and you can definitely feel the amount of time and effort that they've put into it.
The budget is really on display here and I think it's one of those shows that transcend
stv. Haven't really got much to criticise about it and normally when episodes are super
long like this I'd bash the length or pace of them but I dont even really have an issue
with that when it's this gripping.
Turning into a f**king shill, gonna be a shillionaire by the end of this and Netflix just back up
the money truck cos Kevin Spoilers is about to spoil himself with a spoiler spending spree.
Nah but really great show, my only complaint is that it's over so fast and hopefully in
the future Netflix set up weekly releases. I know the conversation is split on this but
for as good as it is I'd be happy to spend a couple of months in Hawkins when it's this
high quality.
Stranger Things Season 4 was excellent and it gets a 9.5/10
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