(This article contains spoilers for 5×04 of Strange things)
With Volume 1 of Season five to Strange thingsthe Duffer Brothers revealed many secrets from the series, such as Will’s powers, Vecna’s plans to expand the hive mind or use 008 as a military weapon. In the face of this torrent of news, many of them will have gone unnoticed Very important details for the fourth episode, where Max tried to escape his fate at any costAfter we discover that she is trapped in the villain’s mind.
Max (Sadie Sink) I delved into the memories of Henry Creel (also known as Vecna, 001 or Mr. Whatsit) to escape and follow the famous music again Running up this hill (By Kate Bush), mistakenly ended in Year 1959More specifically at the Hawkins Institute. There I saw the youth version of the kit Famous people, like Joyce as a teenagerwhich I delivered A flyer for the play To Steve Harrington’s father, who would throw it in the trash and it would bounce on the floor.
This is where the most relevant moment of this sequence occurs, because when Max opens it, he finds out This work is called Oklahoma They participated too Henry Creel, Jim Hopper, Karen Childress and Ted Wheeler. However, it was the most striking thing The date on which it happened is November 6. Yes, the same place where little Will Byers disappeared in 1983. Is it a coincidence? As Lucas has already said this season, “I no longer believe anything is a coincidence.”
“Stranger Things” 5: Joyce and Viccan theory
These details excited many Theories about Joyce’s importance in the series finale: Some of the craziest ones, which involve Vecna being Will’s father; To some ground people, indicating that she was one of their next victims. What is true is that The villain avoided killing her in the last episodeafter crushing her away and sending the Demorgogons to kill Mike, Lucas, and Robin, but not her.
As we learned from The play First shadow, It takes place in this universe and will premiere in London’s West End in 2023. Joyce was one of the few people who treated Henry well in high school.. They were neighbors and companions together, so it’s not at all unreasonable to think that the relationship between the two could hold some key to the end.
This moment also serves to show how to do this Henry was actually a traumatized child who ended up corrupted By the army and the upside down world. In addition to all of the above, the flyer also included other names such as Patty Newby (sister of Joyce’s deceased ex-boyfriend) and Alan Munson (Eddie’s famous father). A The relationship between the series and the West End play From which we can learn a lot in the result.