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Ep. 197. Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 review! · Vigilante Vibes Podcast

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  Hello Marvel fans, comic geeks and all the nerds in between.
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  My name is Megan and I am here to not talk about Marvel but to
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  talk about Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2.
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  I finish it all in one night and I don't even know how I slept
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  that night last night because my heart was racing so much.
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  I will say volume to up the ante, up the stakes even higher
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  than volume one. They started off all gas, no
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  brakes, and it continued that for the three episodes.
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  There was a lot that happened like like this.
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  It was very Max centered, which makes sense.
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  Just so you know, there's spoilers in this.
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  So like, be aware. So yeah, it was very Max
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  centered Max and Holly. And we actually see Max come out
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  of the Upside down, come out of Henry's memories and go back
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  into her body, which I am very confused about because I really
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  thought she'd wake up and like, not be able to walk, not be able
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  to do anything. But I guess she was laying there
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  for months just healing. But also, who was paying for her
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  to be in the hospital for that long?
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  And her mom never visited Who was, who did that?
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  It doesn't matter to the story or to anything.
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  I just want to know. So, yeah, Max comes back.
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  Holly. Max doesn't let Holly know until
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  the very last moment that Holly cannot come back with her.
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  And I think at that point, I was like, Max, you bitch.
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  And she was like, you can make it.
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  I promise you can. And now Holly is even in an even
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  worse position than she was before and she's in the hands of
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  Vecna and a bunch of little kids who want to beat the brakes off
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  her for not being cool with Mr. What's said who is Henry who is
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  Vecna? So that sucks.
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  Delightful Derek who had to go back to being dipshit Derek
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  while moonlighting is delightful Derek.
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  He actually stood up to Vecna Henry and dropped an insane your
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  mom joke on him. Which at that point, I'm pretty
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  sure that's when it's sealed the deal that I will fight for that
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  boy. He's amazing.
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  Amazing. But Vecna showed him that he
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  would just kill his whole family.
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  And what do you expect that little boy to do?
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  So he had to conform. But he was very aware of the
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  truth. Mike Lucas, Will, Dustin, Robin,
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  Steve, Nancy, Jonathan Popper, Joyce Murray, and now Mr.
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  Brenner are all together working on how to get Polly, get Vecna,
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  the whole thing. Like, that's the whole thing.
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  It was interesting seeing Jonathan and Nancy's dynamic
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  because Jonathan wants to propose to her.
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  And the Duffers came out yesterday or today and they said
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  that they're actually broken up, which I really dig because I
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  don't like Jonathan. But they also said all the
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  writers wanted to see Nancy stand on her own, which I love.
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  Love it. Along with that, it was nice
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  seeing Joyce and Hopper reunite. I'm always pulling for them.
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  Mike and 11:00 I could care less about.
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  But you know who I am super, super suspicious of?
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  I think Hopper's on to something and I am very suspicious of
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  Cali, who is trying to talk 11 into offing herself so she can
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  stop the whole routine of them stealing her blood and trying to
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  recreate Henry. And I think that's what we're
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  being led to think is that 11's going to make the ultimate
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  sacrifice. But I also, there is one point
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  when Callie said that she will help 11 take down Vecna and she
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  said I will help you take down our brother.
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  That's when I was like, Oh no, something's going to happen with
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  her and I know it. And I do not trust her worth a
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  damn. Not a little bit, not even tiny
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  bit. And 11 would be wise to follow
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  my suspicions, not to brag. Oh, can we talk about the best
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  Karen that's ever walked this Earth or that Earth or the
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  Upside Down? No, she's not in the Upside
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  Down. Karen Wheeler, who came out of
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  nowhere to save Lucas, Robin, Robin's girlfriend and a
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  comatose Max who came out of her.
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  She was limping around and she became, she was the ultimate
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  mom. She did what she had to do, took
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  out the Demi dogs, did not care whatsoever what happened to her
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  and then and then in. She can barely stand, she can
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  barely stay awake and she said that she's going to go out there
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  and fight for her daughter. Look, Missus Wheeler is a dime
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  piece with the balls of 1000 men and we don't deserve her and she
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  is the best Karen of them all. She is amazing and I love it.
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  Still no word on the dad. I I feel like we've all just
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  accepted that the dad does not matter.
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  Ted, I think his name, who cares?
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  11 and Hopper are fighting because of Cali, so that's nice.
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  I'm sorry about my voice by the way.
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  I'm still sick, so I'm I'm trying here.
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  It's not easy, but Will has come to terms with his powers.
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  I was right by the way. He was pulling from Vecna, which
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  I'm really psyched about because I'm never right, especially when
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  in theories, but he pulls from Vecna.
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  He actually controlled Vecna for a hot minute there and told Max
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  and Holly to run. That was amazing.
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  I'm really glad they're putting some respect on Will's name
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  because he has been such a damsel in distress.
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  Also, can we talk about Will? Finally came out of the closet
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  and was met with so much support.
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  It was beautiful. The, oh, I can't remember his
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  name, the actor's name, who plays well.
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  He handled that so beautifully, as did the rest of the cast, who
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  showed him unwavering love. It was unconditional, it was
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  beautiful. And with the support of Robin,
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  who has been his support through all of this, we see such a great
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  friendship forming between those two.
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  And I'm really happy about I want to see more of that.
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  But that was Episodes 5, six and seven.
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  We only have one episode left that comes out New Year's, and I
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  will review that one as soon as I watch it.
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  It is the finale. I will not be OK.
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  I have been obsessed with the show since it came out so long
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  ago and I will not be OK. I am.
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  I'm so excited, I'm so nervous. But also, can I speak on one
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  thing? Some of you follow me on socials
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  and I had to respond to someone who said this show would be
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  amazing if they took out all the woke stuff.
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  The what now? Do you think gay people weren't
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  a thing in the 80s? Do you think Will was the first
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  gay person on the show? Stranger Things has been pretty
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  diverse. I'm not, you know, good enough.
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  But it's like, was Robin since season 3 not Rock and Robin this
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  whole time? I don't understand.
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  I don't understand. Like it's just baffling to me.
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  Here we are in 2025. You cannot handle someone being
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  gay has nothing to do with you. Another person said that they
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  spent 50% of the season talking about Will being gay.
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  Did you even watch the show? I don't understand.
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  Gay people were a thing then. There's still a thing now.
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  And they will always be a thing and they've always been a thing.
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  So it's just kind of weird that you only want straight people in
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  your shows. I think that's maybe something
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  you need to think about internally and come to come
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  think it through, you know, and also while you're on Internet,
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  think it through before you post because a lot of you who are
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  talk who are complaining about gay people being in the show
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  look stupid. I'm sorry, but you do.
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  It's just crazy to me that someone being gay ruined it for
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  you. It was like what, 3 minutes of
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  the episode? 3 minutes of the whole season?
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  Well, I guess 4 minutes if you count vaguely talking about it
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  to Robin. But also, Will's been gay since
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  season 1. Have were you just pretending to
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  not read in between the lines? Were you just white knuckling it
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  through the whole thing? Insanity.
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  Will is gay. Gay people are here to stay.
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  You'll be fine and the show's doing amazing.
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  I will say Volume to kicked volume 1's ass easily so I'm
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  very excited. I'm going to try to watch the
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  whole season again before the finale drops and I am stressed
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  so however I come on here on New Year's to talk about it.
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  Take me as I am, I might be a complete mess, but make sure
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  you're you are liked and subscribed so you don't miss
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  that complete mess. With that being said, thank you
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  for letting me ramble. It is something I like to do.
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  With that being said, have a marvelous day.