"One thing to keep in mind while watching and discussing "Sorcerer" - this is only the midpoint of the season. This is only the midpoint. So many major revelations are made, each one bigger than the next, and we are only halfway through the final season of Stranger Things. I mean, that battle sequence in the MAC-Z alone is finale-level stuff. If this is what they're giving us now, what are we in for next? I'm exhausted, both emotionally and physically speaking. (Complimentary.)"
"She almost escapes thanks to Lucas. Playing Kate Bush over and over again at the hospital does make a difference, it turns out. Once Max returns to the last memory Henry has of her - the night he killed her - and she hears that music, she sees the way out. She begins to run, but then the tape ends and the music stops."
The episode serves as the midpoint of the final season and delivers multiple major revelations that escalate the stakes. A battle sequence in the MAC-Z reaches near-finale intensity and exhausts characters emotionally. Max remains trapped inside Henry's mind prison and guides Holly through a cave constructed from Henry's memories. She relives the Hawkins Lab Massacre, walks through 1959 Hawkins High, and encounters Henry's recollections of her. Lucas's insistence on playing and rewinding a Kate Bush tape briefly allows Max to see an escape, but the tape ends and Henry recaptures her. The cave represents a memory Henry refuses to enter. Sadie Sink conveys heavy exposition with restraint.
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