This post contains major plot details from Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 5 – Episodes 505-507. Three more episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 have arrived, leaving just the two-hour-plus finale to draw the epic sci-fi series to its close.

In the unfolding drama of Season 5, Max has remained in a coma since the events of Season 4. However, her return in Volume 1 brings renewed hope and speculation regarding her fate. Within the confines of Henry's Mindscape, Max encounters Holly, who is portrayed with significant visual cues that link her to Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 gives an update on Sadie Sink’s character, Max. Find out if Max finally wakes up from her coma

In an attempt to draw Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) out of hiding, Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) sends demodogs to attack her friend Max Mayfield's ( Sadie Sink) unconscious body in the waking world. The villain's plan has one major hitch: Lucas is watching over her.

Sadie Sink has opened up about the advice she shared with her younger Stranger Things co-star Nell Fisher as the Netflix hit heads toward its finale.Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter,

The play reveals that the cave system was where Henry first ventured to Dimension X — now dubbed "The Abyss" in Stranger Things. That's the alternate dimension where the Mind Flayer and Demogorgons are from, as opposed to the Upside Down, which Volume 2 reveals is a bridge connecting the Abyss to our world.

The second part of Stranger Things Season 5 has finally arrived on Netflix, building anticipation for the series finale, scheduled to release on New Year's Eve.