Highlights
- Max’s survival in Stranger Things season 5 may be crucial for defeating Vecna.
- Max’s unique connection to Vecna and her friendship with Eleven could be key factors in the finale.
- Max’s storyline in season 5 may involve overcoming guilt and finding closure, leading to a content ending.
A season finale doesn’t get much wilder or more intense than the end of Stranger Things season 4 on Netflix. While every main character, including Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), is at a crossroads and wondering how to save Hawkins, Indiana, Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) is in the worst situation. After being taken by Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and spending much of the season in the Upside Down, Max is hospitalized and in terrible shape. More than a few disturbing things happen to her, but since her story is far from over, hopefully she will be okay in the end.
Fans wonder about Max’s survival odds in Stranger Things season 5, and if she lives, it seems likely that Max will be the one to beat Vecna once and for all. While fans are unsure exactly how the show is going to move towards its conclusion and there are many questions that deserve answers, it seems clear that Sadie Sink’s character will be an important character in Stranger Things season 5.
Will Max Defeat Vecna In Stranger Things Season 5?
Since it’s possible that Eleven’s resurrected power changed Max somehow at the end of Stranger Things season 4, there are many reasons to think that Max could be a crucial factor in beating Vecna. Since Eleven gets her powers back, it’s possible that she gave Max some of her powers on purpose or by accident. This would make Max physically and mentally stronger and ready to take on this big enemy. It would also be a satisfying storyline since Max and Eleven have been good friends for a while now. Eleven takes Max under her wing when Max moves to Hawkins, which echoes how the other main characters embrace Eleven when they find her and learn about her sad story.
Max also has firsthand knowledge of how Vecna finds victims and it’s possible that since she’s still alive after being taken by him, Max could have a special and unique connection to Vecna that the other characters don’t have. She likely doesn’t even realize that this is the case and will continue to be a humble and kind character like she always is. But if she starts having visions of the horrifying, powerful villain, she might realize that she can lead her friends in the battle that is sure to happen in the series finale.
In an interview with W Magazine in 2022, Sadie Sink said Max’s season 4 ending will be important for Stranger Things season 5, which emphasizes the theory that she could fight Vecna and win. It’s interesting to hear what she has to say, especially since the actors often admit that they haven’t heard details about their characters or plotlines. Sink said:
“They’ve been saying in interviews that Max’s state at the end of season 4 is intentional, crucial, and calculated in terms of how it’s going to come to play in season 5—I guess. I know nothing.”
There are two potential storylines for Max in Stranger Things season 5: Max could spend most of the season in the hospital having dreams about Vecna or she could wake up in the first episode. If the first situation happens, then Vecna might not think that Max is a huge threat, which would make for a surprising and fun finale. If the latter happens, then it will be even more interesting to see Vecna appear again since there might be some hints that Max knows what to do.
How Could Max’s Stranger Things Season 5 Storyline End?
Max Mayfield has a dark storyline in Stranger Things season 4 and Max will hopefully live and get a happy conclusion along with her friends in Stranger Things season 5. If the ending takes place after the apocalypse, then perhaps Max will survive with her friends and other people who have decided to work together to make ends meet. If Hawkins and the rest of the world are okay, then Max could go to college or move to another country to volunteer or discover her passions.
The Stranger Things season 5 finale could feature Max beating Vecna and then shows a “six months later” or “one year later” flashfoward. While Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) will hopefully be happy after all that he’s gone through, Max also needs something good to happen to her.
Since Stranger Things season 4 set up that Max feels guilty over her brother Billy’s death (Dacre Montgomery), maybe Max could do something that brings her closer to his memory. This would allow her to find closure and also give her a reason to leave Hawkins. No matter what role Max plays in fighting Vecna, hopefully she is content by the last moments of the Stranger Things series finale.
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