What Happened To Max In The Stranger Things 4 Finale?
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4, episode 9, «The Piggyback.»
Does Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) die in the Stranger Things season 4 finale? What happens to Max is very much left up in the air by a final episode that packs in a number of big reveals, a gutpunching death, and some major setup forStranger Things season 5. Although not one of the original Stranger Things characters, Max has continued to grow in importance since her introduction in season 2, becoming a core part of the group — in particular thanks to her relationships with Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) — and part of the show's emotional center as well.
That's the case more than ever in Stranger Things 4, which takes Max's role (and Sink's performance) to new heights. The character was key to Stranger Things season 4, volume 1, especially thanks to her being targeted by Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and surviving courtesy of Kate Bush's «Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).» That continues in Stranger Things season 4, volume 2, which once again puts Max in Vecna's sights, this time as she attempts to lure him into the open where he can be killed. Unfortunately, things go in the opposite direction.
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While Vecna manages to survive, Max does die in the Stranger Things season 4 finale… for just over a minute. Having been consumed by Vecna, lifted into the air and her limbs snapped, her heart stopped beating, but she was brought back thanks to Eleven, who manages to use her powers to revive her from within Max's mind. It seems like the worst is over, but it's not so easy — Max is left blinded, with broken limbs, and ultimately in a coma after the attack
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