Stranger Things 2, however, largely destroys these intimate bonds, while also expanding the Upside Down in bafflingly predictable ways (you thought one Demogorgon was bad? Try a bunch of baby ...

and the overarching antagonist Vecna by the time the end of Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 came around, she’s never interacted with a Demogorgon, the original Upside Down frightfest ...