"When we finally catch up with the Hawkins gang, they're living under military control while still trying to find Vecna in the Upside Down. But as we see in the first few episodes, that doesn't exactly go according to plan. Where do these four episodes leave our heroes? It's all spelled out in Season 5, Episode 4, "Sorcerer," which sets up the final four episodes of the entire series with some huge moments that completely change the show's dynamic."
"In the former, Eleven and Hopper try to track down Vecna by interrogating a soldier, which leads them into the military base Dr. Kay runs in the Upside Down. Eleven knows there's a big secret hiding behind an even bigger door, and after fighting through her "kryptonite" - a specific tone that disables her powers - she manages to find it. That room doesn't hold Vecna, but Kali, aka Eight, Eleven's "sister," who she ran away to see in Season 2."
"Meanwhile, in the Rightside Up, everyone is trying to keep Vecna away from his next target after he successfully "vanishes" Holly Wheeler and severely injures her parents. Through Will's psychic connection to Vecna, he knows the next target is Derek Turnbow, the mean kid in Holly's class. They stage a trap, leading Vecna's Demogorgon to the house and tagging it with a GPS tracker, allowing Dustin, Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan to follow it into the Upside Down."
Season 5 Volume 1 splits the story between the Upside Down and the Rightside Up, widening the scale and intensifying danger. In the Upside Down, Eleven and Hopper interrogate a soldier and breach Dr. Kay's military base to pursue Vecna, with Eleven overcoming a disabling tonal "kryptonite" to reach a locked room that contains Kali (Eight) rather than Vecna. In the Rightside Up, the group uses Will's psychic link to identify Derek Turnbow as Vecna's next potential victim, stages a trap, and follows a tracked Demogorgon into the Upside Down. The military quarantines the children and begins evacuations through tunnels, but Demogorgons and Vecna assault the base, with Vecna especially targeting Will.
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