Nancy escapes Vecna's grasp not by music like Max, but because Vecna chooses to release her after trapping her in his mindscape, showing her visions of his plan and the future destruction of Hawkins; he lets her go to spread his message, but she's freed from his immediate control and helps the group fight him later by attacking him in the Upside Down with fire and a shotgun, although he ultimately escapes.
Thankfully, they were able to make it out alive thanks to the help of Dustin and Steve who manage to kick down a hole in the wall big enough to save them.
While Nancy Wheeler loses her virginity to Steve Harrington, Barb Holland awakens in a waterless, dark version of Steve's pool, every surface covered in fleshy black vines.
In quick summary: As the main storyline of Stranger Things wraps up (and after Vecna had already been defeated and beheaded by Winona Ryder's Joyce Byers), Eleven makes the decision to remain in the Upside Down as it's destroyed, ending her own life and killing the government-run program that would have otherwise ...
Trapped in the Upside Down with the Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler barely escapes by following Jonathan Byers' voice to a nearby gate and being pulled through it by him, the two watching in horror as the gate seals itself up.
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In late 1983, Barb mysteriously vanishes, which leads Nancy and Jonathan Byers to investigate her disappearance. Eventually, it was revealed that she had been killed by the Demogorgon.
She leaves one last message: "I will always be with you. I love you." After one last kiss in the psychic-verse, the gang looks on as Eleven sacrifices herself to the bomb that closes the Upside Down.
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Henry starts having physical pain as he enters the cave, as memories of his first killing come flooding back. He gets through and starts following the kids as Holly leads them to his next memory.
Nancy's guilt about her best friend's death has been the driving force of every decision she has made since early in Stranger Things' first season. Before Barb went missing, Nancy was a typical teenager. She was a good kid trying to find who she was and how she fit into the world.
Yes, in Stranger Things, Will Byers is in love with Mike Wheeler, not Eleven (El); his feelings for Mike have been a key part of his character arc, revealed more fully in Season 4 and continued in Season 5, creating tension with Mike's relationship with El.
Nancy is terrified to stop and face her guilt. She's always moving forward to outrun her past. It's why Vecna's attack on her parents broke her for just a moment.
He and Nancy end up getting back together because she realizes she loves him back. Right people, wrong time type of thing. Steve sacrifices himself for either the group, Nancy, Robin, or Dustin because he loves them and has nothing else. Steve lives and Nancy chooses Jonathan.
They cut their hands to lure the Demogorgon to the home with their blood. While preparing for the monster to approach, Steve arrives at the home in hopes of reconciling with Jonathan, but inadvertently witnesses the Demogorgon.
Yes, Max Mayfield does come out of her coma in Stranger Things Season 5, with her waking up to see Lucas by her side in a very emotional reunion during the second-to-last episode (Episode 7), after being in a comatose state for nearly two years in-universe following Vecna's attack in Season 4.
Before they embark into the Upside Down, Will comes out as gay to his family and close friends, explaining that Vecna showed him visions of his failed and distant relationships with his loved ones after they learnt the truth.
Millie Bobby Brown collapsed in Season 3's "Sauna Test" scene due to genuine exhaustion and being deeply immersed in her character, Eleven, as she fought a possessed Billy, with the moment being unscripted and captured in the final take when she fell into Finn Wolfhard's (Mike's) arms. Her emotional investment and the intense filming conditions led to a real physical and mental breakdown, which the directors decided to keep in the show for its raw authenticity.
Katz retrieves a gun and then confesses murdering Heidi to Johanna. Adam finds a photo of Killane with The Stranger, who returns to the hospital and enters Killane's room, calling him dad. Katz's ex-wife, Leila, goes to his home, demanding to know where to find Olivia.
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Eleven is examined as a child hero of the series who has a potential diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), has significant psychosocial developmental delays that she continues to overcome as the series develops, and is an emblem for the cultural mythology of the 1980s.
But Will will be so much more powerful because this happened in The Upside Down where he has the powers of Vecna, not from Henry in The Right Side Up (Earth). So, Will is essentially 019 and has greater powers than Eight and Eleven.
In the Upside Down, a vine/tendril from the hive mind (later revealed to be connected to Vecna and the Mind Flayer) was inserted into Will Byers' mouth, extending down his throat and into his lungs, essentially "impregnating" him to grow larval creatures (slugs) and use him as a living conduit to the human world, which gave him the special connection to the Upside Down that he later developed.
Following the blood trail, Nancy entered a hole in a tree and found herself in a different dimension. She saw the Demogorgon feeding on the deer and ran away as it gave chase. Following Jonathan's voice, Nancy made her way out of the dimension unscathed, just before the portal closed.
It's even more creepy when you realise that Nancy faintly heard barb screaming in the pool for help but shrugged it off as hearing things. Her death had a lasting impact on Nancy because it's just filled with guilt.