While that could in and of itself be considered a plot hole, Stranger Things does provide some wiggle room for Max's recovery. In terms of her broken limbs, she's been healing in a hospital bed for well over a year, and her atrophy offers just enough believability to give the show a pass.

Fans are wondering why Holly couldn't escape with Max from the Upside Down against Vecna in Stranger Things 5 part 2. Here's the reason why.

As viewers will recall, Max was taken under Vecna’s spell, her bones broken, eyes damaged, and put into a coma. Season 5 revealed that Max had actually been in a trance this whole time, stuck in the space she’d end up calling Camazotz when she crossed paths with Holly Wheeler ( Nell Fisher) there.

Stranger Things finale is upon us, and questions and curiosity are doubling every day about key characters' fates.

Honestly, that last bit of Sink’s story feels like a true gut punch of a moment. Of course, at that point, she’d still yet to actually film her final scenes as Max. Later on in the interview, the Fear Street star recalled that “last day,” and she explained why that occasion was “weird” more than anything else:

As Netflix's meghit series comes to an end, Sink is filled with all the emotions as she closes this chapter with her character Max. She's also ecstatic about what's next.

Read on to find out about the viral scene from Volume 2 featuring Max and Holly, which has surfaced online, leaving fans wondering why Max stood and talked to Holly instead of escaping Vecna's mind.

Stranger Things' director Shawn Levy on directing Max's return, that Jonathan-Nancy scene, Will's big moment and his final day on the set.