Stranger Things: Steve's Demogorgon Defeat Created The Show's Worst Plot Hole

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Although it was thrilling to see Steve Harrington beat up the Demogorgon with a baseball bat at the close of Stranger Things season 1, this ill-judged moment opened up a plot hole that the series would not close for another two seasons. Often, the most satisfying moments in TV shows are the ones that the writers have the hardest time setting up or explaining away after the fact. For example, Rick & Morty’s season 5 finale was a huge hit with fans and critics but required multiple seasons of careful foreshadowing, deliberate worldbuilding, and temporarily unsolved mysteries to pull off.

Few shows have the ambition and scope of the sci-fi horror hit Stranger Things. Unfortunately, on occasion, this can mean that the Netflix hit’s screw-ups take entire seasons to correct. With a sprawling, multi-generational cast, an elaborate multi-season conspiracy at its center, and an ever-shifting tone that combines scares, laughs, romance, pathos, and wonder, it is inevitable that Stranger Things sometimes opens up a plot hole in service of a cool moment.

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Take, for example, Steve’s heroic scene when he defeated the Demogorgon at the close of Stranger Things season 1. A triumphant action set-piece, the scene was also early proof of Steve’s Stranger Things character development as he stopped trying to battle Jonathan over his ex-girlfriend Nancy and instead joined the fight against the show’s most dangerous villains, even saving the pair in the process. It was deservedly one of Stranger Things season 1’s beloved moments. However, the scene also never really made sense for the series, and it took until Stranger Things season 3 for the show to explain how it