
In another poignant moment, following Steve's speech about kids in episode 8, he shares another vulnerable heart-to-heart with Nancy in this episode. But in one of the season's heartfelt intimate moments, he reconnects with Will. You might be forgiven for forgetting Jonathan was there this season as he's mostly been in the background of a show with so many characters. The unique personalities of ordinary folk play a crucial role, as Argyle's pizza-making and Eddie's shredding also help save the world. I love how it isn't just Eleven bringing her superpowers to the fight. Luckily they have a flamethrower.Īre you ready for the most metal concert in the history of the world? In the Upside Down, Eddie discovers a demonic copy of his ax and rips into Metallica's Master of Puppets to draw a horde of demon bats across a hellish dark dimension. It just means busting back into the Soviet jail. In their matching parkas, Hopper and Joyce realize they too can join the fight from where they are. Hopper gets through to Owens' assistant, who brings them up to speed on the danger in Hawkins. Luckily they have Purple Palm Tree Delight. It just means busting into a Surfer Boy Pizza. If she can enter the minds of her mother or Billy in previous seasons, she realizes can follow into Max's mind and face Vecna.

On the road, Eleven spots a billboard depicting a happy family and has flashbacks of her mother Terry. It sounds so simple, right? Dustin and Eddie know they're decoys, but as soon as someone says "We are no heroes," you just know they're going to pull some pretty heroic crap before the credits roll.Īs Erica, Lucas and Max explore the creepy Creel house, phase one begins… except a passer-by spots Erica, guiding Jason and his newly acquired handgun to the murder house on Morehead. In Hawkins, Nancy and the crew prepare their Upside Down commando raid. Yet despite being battered, bloodied, gaunt and shaven of head, David Harbour has possibly never been hotter? Having decided he's a curse on anyone who cares about him, Hopper still found hope in dreams of Enzo's bread sticks and lasagna, not to mention smooching Joyce (in a Hulk Hogan T-shirt). Nearby, Joyce and Hopper undress in tandem, revealing the toll taken on Hopper's body by his stay in the brutal gulag. In Russia, Yuri keeps stalling (literally) as he pretends to work on his helicopter Katinka.

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In the series finale, only the Hawkins kids (and Kate Bush) can save the world. Steve, Nancy, Robin, Dustin and Eddie Munson tool up to infiltrate the Upside Down and stake Vecna in his coffin, while Lucas and Erica enter the terrifying Creel mansion to offer Max as bait.

Episode 9 opens with Jim and Joyce facing the same problem as Eleven, Will, Mike, Jonathan and Surfer Boy brochacho Argyle: They have to get back to Hawkins before Vecna kills again and opens a fourth gate to the dark dimension. Meanwhile Sheriff Jim Hopper, Joyce and Murray try to escape a brutal Russian gulag with the help of duplicitous former guard Antonov (aka Enzo) and madcap smuggler Yuri. Eleven joins forces with local nerds Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will to battle demogorgons, the Mind Flayer and other monsters, including the chillingly calculating Dr Brenner.Įpisode 8 ended with Brenner dying in the dust of the desert, but he's left a whole heap of trouble behind: His experiments on psychic kids led to Eleven zapping troubled youngster Henry Creel into the parallel dimension of the Upside Down years ago, where he became season 4's demonic villain Vecna. Stranger Things is set in 1980s Indiana, where a teen with powerful psychic powers escapes a sinister government installation. So let's dive into the two-hour-long Episode 9, The Piggyback, and recap the climactic plot points, Easter eggs and character arcs. We already recapped Episode 8, titled Papa. Two extra-long finale episodes hit Netflix on July 1 (although Netflix crashed for some early viewers). The fourth season of Stranger Things is over! Did Max shake off the curse? Can Eddie rock the Upside Down with the most metal performance in history? Will Eleven defeat the monstrous Vecna?
