What happens to the portal at the Hawkins middle school?
In "Trick or Treat, Freak" (Stranger Things, S02E02), there is a flashback scene in which Eleven returns to the human world from the Upside Down by crawling through a portal:
After she exits, there is no sign of it closing. In fact, more and more of the ash-like spores drift through into the human world.
What happens to this portal? Could this potentially be something that comes up in a future season? Has this been addressed?
Best Answer
From an interview with the Duffer brothers (writers and creators of the show), these portals are explicitly stated to be temporary.
When the monster enters our dimension, it’s like a shark breaching the water. Very much like a shark, it drags its prey back into its home, where it feeds. Each time it enters our world, it leaves a small tear, or wound. That’s what Joyce found in her wall in episode 4, and Nancy found in the tree in episode 5. These tears are almost like portholes into the Upside Down. But they don’t last very long. Like wounds, they eventually heal and seal up.
—Matt and Ross Duffer, "Stranger Things episode 6: How the Duffer Brothers created the monster", Entertainment Weekly
It is only the Gate (the original portal) that has not healed (in fact, it grew wider and spread).
So, the portal sealed up after some time, which explains why it went unnoticed by the school's students/staff.
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How did elle open the gate?
It was unintentionally opened by Eleven during an experiment in which she made contact with the Demogorgon, an inter-dimensional creature.How are Demogorgon portals made?
The Demogorgon appearing before Will Byers on Mirkwood. The Monster had the ability to travel between dimensions on a whim, creating temporary portals in the fabric of reality.What is Hawkins Middle School Stranger Things?
Hawkins Middle School is a middle school in the city of Hawkins in the Roane County School District. It is located next to Hawkins High School. Its football team is the Cubs, corresponding to the high school's team, the Tigers.Is Hawkins a real school?
Hawkins School However, neither of these institutions actually exist in real life. Rather, the producers of the show flipped an institute called the Patrick Henry High School situated in the Stockbridge area of Georgia, into Hawkins School, and made it work!STRANGER THINGS 4 - Hawkins Middle \u0026 High School To Be Demolished
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Answer 2
Later in the season and in the timeline of current events, the same paw logo on the wall can be seen. The portal is gone by then. This is assuming there aren't multiple paw logos and it is in fact the same one.
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