Stranger Things Season 5 isn’t set to release for some time, but set photos have fans thinking back to the hospital massacre in Season 3 and its plot hole in the storyline.
A lot has gone on in Hawkins, from death and chaos to monsters and so much more. In Season 3 of the popular Netflix series, the main characters found themselves in Hawkins Hospital. They were looking for Doris Driscoll, an elderly woman who is under the control of the Mindflayer.
They soon realize that the Mindflayer is working within the hospital. When a thrall of the Mindflayer attacks them, it creates utter chaos and destruction. Not to mention the deaths of every patient and staff personnel in the hospital.
With Stranger Things Season 5 releasing set photos of a newly renovated Hawkin Hospital, it has a fan bothered by a big plot hole the series barely addresses.
The Hawkins Hospital Massacre was brushed away in Stranger Things
Fans on Reddit discuss how Stranger Things Season 3 didn’t talk about the multiple deaths and massacre at Hawkins Hospital in the news, creating a rather weird plot hole.
A fan on Reddit explained, “We’re seeing set pics of Hawkins Hospital, which I’m assuming got some major upgrades since all of the staff and patients were killed in season 3. It annoyed me that the news reel mentioned all the cursed things in Hawkins, but didn’t mention the hospital at all!”
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The set photos mentioned were recently released from Season 5. According to ScreenRant, the series’ official Instagram posted on their stories that the characters will return to the hospital. But it left fans thinking back to Season 3.
The massacre of possibly hundreds of people within the hospital in Stranger Things wasn’t made into a big deal, even after the hall fire. “A lot of people just disappeared/flayed in that season and it was never mentioned. I’d think a hundred people disappearing would be a much bigger deal, especially with so many being kids and teens,” said one fan.
Another mentioned that the season finale did include a news report of all the “weird” activity that happens in Hawkins. They even blamed it on Satanic cult activity. But “the hospital on the other hand, was never mentioned after the kids left that night.”
Others explain that the government likely used the mall fire as a cover-up for all the deaths. “The government probably covered it up and marked them all as aids deaths or something similar. There’s plenty of that stuff already in the show, not covering every inch of it is a creative choice that seems okay to me,” said one fan.
Others agree the massacre that took place at Hawkins Hospital is a big oversight that creates a rather large plothole in Season 3