Viewers are curious to know whether Max wakes up in Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2. Sadie Sink’s Max nearly faced death and has been in a coma since the end of Season 4. The latest season finally reveals her status, including whether she has truly remained comatose or has died.
Does Max wake up or die in Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 2?
Max wakes up from the coma in Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2.
Max has been in a coma for 18 months; however, she made her way back alive after figuring out a way out of Vecna’s mindscape. When she awakens, Lucas is right by her side at the hospital. It’s further clarified that Max’s physical body remained in the trance at the hospital and that she was never in a coma. Now, though she wakes up in a possibly weak condition, she is still a target of Vecna, who sent Demodogs after her. Thankfully, she and the group become safe because of Karen, who destroys the creatures in the hospital basement.
In a conversation with Netflix Tudum, Caleb McLaughlin detailed the emotional scene between Max and Lucas when the former finally wakes up from a long-term coma. He said, “I remember Shawn [Levy, the director] calling action, and then the energy switched, and then I looked into Sadie’s eyes,” he said. “Everyone was quiet. Then Maya [Hawke] and Amy [beth McNulty] started crying. Then Sadie [Sink] started crying. Then I started crying. Everyone just felt the presence of what we brought to the table,” he further referred to the moments after completing the scene.
While Max remained safe throughout the season, there were moments when she was placed in a dangerous situation, leaving viewers anxious about her fate.
Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 is currently streaming on Netflix.
