Why Sadie Sink Should Be Running Up That Hill to an Emmy Nomination for ‘Stranger Things’

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Clayton Davis All it took was a Kate Bush track and the reading of a letter to clue the world into the greatness of Sadie Sink, who plays tomboy Max Mayfield in the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Her outstanding work in this season of the hit fantasy show has captured the cultural zeitgeist.

With phase one voting merely two weeks away, she may have put herself in firm contention to nab her first Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.The 20-year-old sensation had the most significant arc of any character in the seven-episode season.

The story finds Maxine in a very dark place following the death of her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery), where the trauma of the events has taken its toll on Max.

Sink’s anguish and technical skill are displayed beautifully throughout each episode. Still, it’s the stellar monologue delivered at Billy’s grave in the episode titled “Chapter Four: Dear Billy,” where Sink furnishes the best acting of the entire series thus far. Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions HubShawn Levy, who directed the crucial episode from writer Paul Dichter, utilizes the red hues against the backdrop of Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” to create a tension-filled sequence that quickly goes down as one of the best episodes yet.