The end of Season 1 sets up what kind of adult Steve wants to be. Risking his life to protect Nancy and Jonathan, he takes his iconic spiked bat and fights off the Demogorgon. The defining moment at the start of his reluctant hero journey happens when he turns around. He finds Nancy and Jonathan in a room full of Christmas lights where supernatural chaos ensues, he dips out because early Season 1 Steve is gonna “Steve.” As he approaches his car to drive away from the nightmare, he looks at the house and his decision to run from people in need in guilt. He separates himself from his toxic friends and goes to the Byers' to apologize. As the illusion of their relationship and facade of the Prom King fades, helped by Jonathan Byers’ ( Charlie Heaton) fists, Steve begins self-reflecting on his decisions. Nancy begins to distance herself from Steve, as she solves one of her first mysteries in Hawkins - Steve Harrington is a superficial, selfish child. Nancy begins to notice his immaturity when Barb ( Shannon Purser) goes missing after his house party and Steve’s first concern is to keep her quiet and away from the cops. Steve implies that his father cheats on his mom, which explains why he’s afraid of being lonely and creates these unhealthy relationship dynamics. RELATED: ‘Stranger Things’: Horror Master Stephen King Praises Season 4 Nod to ‘Carrie’ Her academic skills coupled with her kindness delude Steve into thinking he can become a better student and person by just being attached to her. As these existential fears compound, Nancy becomes an asset to Steve because he conflates having a romantic relationship with self-actualization. He’s a white, heterosexual, wealthy, suburban athlete who fears his life will fall apart after he graduates from high school and realizes Prom King doesn’t mean much in college. Through the lens of Steve and Nancy Wheeler’s ( Natalia Dyer) new relationship, we discover that Steve struggles with his identity. Steve is first portrayed as a narrow-minded, popular jock, who has shallow aspirations and unreasonably good hair (four puffs of the Farrah Fawcett spray). But Joe Keery’s lovable performance forced the Duffer Brothers to rewrite his arc, beginning his journey from childish "cool guy" to a matured friend. First introduced as a traditional 80s jock trope, he was originally destined for an early Season 1 death. This conundrum is represented through Steve’s character as he transitions between adolescence and adulthood. The juxtaposition of being independent and creative with the alluring complacency of a suburban lifestyle is an Upside Down in itself. Pressures of conforming to, as Dustin ( Gaten Matarazzo) calls them, “primitive constructs”, are everywhere in the Duffer Brothers' creation. Here are Steve Harrington’s best moments in the series so far, ranked.Hawkins’ supernatural barriers present a physical threat, but the real world arguably affects kids as much as the Upside Down. Keery is currently signed on as a cast member for Season 5 of Fargo, which begins production this year, as well as the sci-fi action movie Cold Storage (also in production). While Keery’s bad guy turned good guy arc in Stranger Things is enough to make audiences root for Steve Harrington, we also love his quick wit, badass hair, adorable bond with Dustin, and of course his mad babysitting skills. They would later hire Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove who would fill the shoes of the evil unrelenting bad guy. The writing duo extraordinaire, however, was impressed by Keery’s interpretation of Steve and saw greater potential for the initially unlikable character. According to Matt and Ross Duffer, Steve wasn’t originally meant to be a staple character, nor was he supposed to have any depth, but rather he was meant to be a pseudo-villain. It is this redemptive arc that earned his place as a fan favorite. Despite starting as a stereotypical arrogant jock, Steve eventually matures and redeems himself. He is played by Joe Keery of Spree and Free Guy. Steve Harrington has been a main cast member in all four seasons of the popular sci-fi series Stranger Things.
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