Stranger Things Season 4: Max’s Fate Was Originally Much Darker
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Stranger Things season 4, volume 2.
The Duffer Brothers reveal that Sadie Sink's Max almost had a much darker fate at the end of Stranger Things season 4. After an almost three-year wait, Stranger Things returned to Netflix this past May with the first part of its penultimate season. The new episodes revealed a new villain in the form of Jamie Campbell Bower's Vecna and teased a huge confrontation to come. With volume 2 of the show's fourth season hitting the streamer at the beginning of July, fans were treated to a few epic fight scenes, but also some tragic character moments.
After first being introduced in season 2, Max Mayfield plays a crucial role in Stranger Things season 4. As part of his plan to open a series of portals to the Upside Down to unleash the Mind Flayer, Vecna brutally murders Chrissy (Grace Van Dien) before then setting his sights on Max. In one of Stranger Things season 4's standout sequences, Max escapes Vecna and his lair, but the finale sees the two square off once more with much more gruesome results. Unable to break free this time, Max is blinded and has three of her limbs broken, ending the season effectively brain dead and in a coma.
Related: Max Is Alive Inside Vecna: Dark Stranger Things Theory Sets Up Season 5
In a new interview as part of the Stranger Things aftershow on YouTube, Matt and Ross Duffer reveal that Max's fate was almost even darker. Instead of leaving it open-ended in terms of whether Max will live or die, the Duffers explain that they had originally planned to permanently kill the character. They ultimately, decided, however, to leave her fate as more of a question mark going into season 5. Check out Ross Duffer's full comment below:
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