Your favorite teenage witch is back and spookier than ever in the new season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Romance! Miracles! Betrayal! THE APOCALYPSE! These are all things you’ll find in the Netflix originals second season.
Now a full-time student at the Academy of Unseen Arts, odd events set our favourite Spellman on the path to her dark destiny, with the Dark Lord and Lilith (Michelle Gomez) coaxing her along the way. I won’t say much more for fear of spoiling the series, but rest assured that the second season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is largely focused on the witching world, with few journeys into the struggles of everyday teen life, unlike its first season. Unfortunately the series suffers because of this, as Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is at her best when she’s fighting off sexism in school, bullies, and Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle) rather than her scenes going head-to-head with the Dark Lord (Luke Cook).
Shipka is great as the learning, curious, and brave Sabrina, but her performances simply fall flat when she’s forced to be outright intimidating. By leaning too far into the witch’s vengeful side Shipka fails to impress.
On the other hand, you can forget about Sabrina because Michelle Gomez as Lilith is the stand-out star of this series. “Praise Satan” that this season she was given more screen time, as the episodes dig deep into Lilith’s relationship with the Dark Lord and, by doing so, let her finally decide what she wants rather than fawning over the Dark Lord’s every command.
If you love a well-paced character arc, trust me, Lilith's is the one for you. Gomez is able to switch between her appetite for plotting and genuine heartbreak incredibly quickly without it being jarring, making me feel way more attached to Satan’s handmaiden than any other character. She’s in the foreground this time around rather than being confined to the sidelines, Lilith is a crucial part of season two and Gomez makes her appear evil without the character ever coming across flat.
Overall, if I were to compare it to the first season, I’d say it was a flop. But on it’s own, it holds up pretty well. It has its highs and lows like any other show but delivers in the end. You can watch the second season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.
Now a full-time student at the Academy of Unseen Arts, odd events set our favourite Spellman on the path to her dark destiny, with the Dark Lord and Lilith (Michelle Gomez) coaxing her along the way. I won’t say much more for fear of spoiling the series, but rest assured that the second season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is largely focused on the witching world, with few journeys into the struggles of everyday teen life, unlike its first season. Unfortunately the series suffers because of this, as Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is at her best when she’s fighting off sexism in school, bullies, and Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle) rather than her scenes going head-to-head with the Dark Lord (Luke Cook).
Shipka is great as the learning, curious, and brave Sabrina, but her performances simply fall flat when she’s forced to be outright intimidating. By leaning too far into the witch’s vengeful side Shipka fails to impress.
On the other hand, you can forget about Sabrina because Michelle Gomez as Lilith is the stand-out star of this series. “Praise Satan” that this season she was given more screen time, as the episodes dig deep into Lilith’s relationship with the Dark Lord and, by doing so, let her finally decide what she wants rather than fawning over the Dark Lord’s every command.
If you love a well-paced character arc, trust me, Lilith's is the one for you. Gomez is able to switch between her appetite for plotting and genuine heartbreak incredibly quickly without it being jarring, making me feel way more attached to Satan’s handmaiden than any other character. She’s in the foreground this time around rather than being confined to the sidelines, Lilith is a crucial part of season two and Gomez makes her appear evil without the character ever coming across flat.
Overall, if I were to compare it to the first season, I’d say it was a flop. But on it’s own, it holds up pretty well. It has its highs and lows like any other show but delivers in the end. You can watch the second season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.