‘Stranger Things 4’: what to remember before seeing volume 2

‘Stranger Things 4’: what to remember before seeing volume 2


The last two episodes of the season arrive on Netflix this Friday 1st; check out a recap of what has already happened in the series

After more than a month of waiting, the finale of the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’ has arrived on Netflix. The episodes had been split into two volumes, with the first released on May 27 and the second on Friday July 1.

The second part of the season features the last two episodes, which are added to the seven previously made available. With even more excitement, the chapters will conclude the story in about four hours.

The conclusion promises to shake the hearts of fans, but in case you forgot main events of volume 1, we have prepared a summary which will help you watch the new episodes with all the information in mind. Watch:

Mike, Will, Jonathan and Argyle





‘Stranger Things 4’: what to remember before seeing volume 2

Unlike previous seasons, “Stranger Things 4” was divided into many cores. In the very first episode, we find out how the life of Want, JonathanJoyce and Eleven, who have moved to California and are receiving a visit from Mike.

Eleven she has not adapted well to the place and is bullied by her peers, which she hides from her boyfriend. When the two of them and Will go for a ride in the roller skating arena, the girl experiences a spectacle from the people at the school and the secret is revealed.

Eleven, who is deprived of her powers, gets angry and uses her skates to hit one of the girls who torment her in the face. As a result, she and Mike end up arguing and, later on, she is taken away by the police for the accident.

But in reality, Eleven went to Dr. Owens and Dr. Brenner, who wants me to regain his powers to save Hawkins. The boys don’t know where he is, but with the help of Jonathan and his friend, claygo find her.

They stop at Dustin’s girl’s house, Suzie, who with his hacking skills, manages to discover Eleven’s location. Until the end of the seventh episode, it is unknown if the group managed to reach the location.

Dead in Hawkins

At Hawkins, the class is even more divided. Luca he is part of the basketball team and earns the team’s respect by scoring the winning basket at the end of the first episode. Maximuminstead, he isolated himself from friends due to the death of his brother.

Dustin and Mike are part of it Hellfire Club, a Dungeons & Dragons club where they meet Eddie, who becomes a big part of the season. It is he who witnesses the death of Crissyone of the school’s cheerleaders.

The person responsible for the murder is vecnaa humanoid monster that lives in the Upside Down and manages to possess people, causing them to hallucinate and die with broken bones and gouged eyes.

Eddie is quickly targeted by the police and Chrissy’s boyfriend, masonbut gets help from Dustin, Steve, nancy, robin, Max and Luca. The group begins investigating the attacks of Vecna, who also kills a boy who works with Nancy at the school newspaper, and discovers that her victims have one thing in common: they are all patients of the school psychologist.

Attack on Max and Victor Creel

The fourth episode was one of the most beloved of the season so far and brought important moments to the plot. First, the revelation that Vecna ​​has been in Hawkins since the 1950s, recalling that the story takes place in 1986.

Nancy and Robin visit Pennhurst Hospital, where Victor Creel, a man the city believes killed his own family, is hospitalized. He tells the girls that, in fact, Vecna ​​was responsible for the crime.

Furthermore, vecna have a new goal Maximumand friends are looking for a way to save her. From their conversation with Creel, Nancy and Robin discover that listening to their favorite music is a way to escape the monster’s curse.

With that, Max manages to escape from Vecna ​​in an epic moment to the sound of Run up that hillin Kate Bush. Until the seventh episode, the girl still has her headphones on hand in case of a new attack.

Joyce, Murray, Hooper and Dimitri in Russia

Another important arc, but separate from the rest of the season, is that of Joyce And basketball player. After receiving a package stating that he is alive and being held in a prison in Russia, he decides to go after him.

With the help of Murray, Joyce confronts a smuggler who tries to deliver them and manages to reach the prison. Meanwhile, Hopper was trying to escape from the place with the help of Dimitria corrupt guard.

In the last episode, he discovers that the Russians have a Demogorgon – Upside-down monster introduced in season one – and they deliver prisoners to be devoured by it. Joyce and Murray show up just in time to save him.

Memories of Eleven in the laboratory

After being filmed in the first few episodes, Eleven meet with Dr. Owens, one of the leaders of the experiments who gave him powers. He explains that Hawkins’ friends are in grave danger and that is why he must regain his abilities to fight evil in the city – which, as we know, is the result of Vecna’s actions.

The girl accepts the challenge and, in the laboratory, also finds Dr. Brenner – the “Dad”, of the first seasons. There, she is connected to cables and immersed in a tub of water, where she relives the memories of her younger self.

When she was little in the lab, Eleven was also bullied by the other boys in the experiment and ends up befriending her. Peter, a nurse who, at first glance, seems kind and friendly. At the end of the seventh episode, however, the revelation that connects the arches is made.

final revelation

Hawkins’ gang discovers that all of Vecna’s fatal attacks end up opening a portal to the world upside down. That said, Nancy, Steve, Eddie and Robin end up going through the entrance they dub. “water gate“.

It is at this moment, when they are about to be saved by Dustin, Erika, Max and Lucas, that vecna choose to attack nancy. The girl begins to hallucinate and the villain decides to give her the revelation about who she really is: Victor Creel’s son Henry, who was, in fact, Dr. Brenner’s first experiment, the 001.

At the same time, Eleven access your last memories. In 1979, he is about to escape from the lab with Peter when he reveals that he is 001 himself. He regains his powers after the girl removes a chip from his neck.

The two enter into a fight that turns out to be responsible for the massacre in the laboratory, a scene that we see at the very beginning of the first episode of the season. Eleven ends up winning the fight and opening the first portal to the Upside Down, trapping Peter.

With that, episode seven ends with the revelation that Peter, son of Victor Creel, 001 and Vecna ​​are the same persontrapped for years and growing stronger in the Upside Down.

* Trainee under the supervision of Charlise Morais

Source: Terra

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