Stargirl – The Complete Second Season Blu-Ray review

February 8, 2022 Jeffrey Lyles Alkoya Brunson, Amy Smart, Anjelika Washington, Brec Bassinger, Cameron Gellman, Ethan Embry, Jake Austin Walker, Jim Gaffigan, Joel McHale, Johnny Thunder, Luke Wilson, Meg DeLacy, Stargirl, Trae Romano, Yvette Monreal

Along with Superman and Lois, Stargirl has been one of the more pleasant late additions to the CW Verse. Like S&L, it’s largely self-contained despite the events on the Arrowverse crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths, seemingly putting these various Earths into one singular world.

After defeating the Injustice Society last season, Stargirl and her Justice Society allies have a new threat to contend with in Eclipso. Alternating between a ghoulish, devilish entity and an innocent looking boy, Eclipso concocts some major mind games to send Courtney (Brec Bassinger) and her friends (Angelika Washington, Yvette Monreal, Cameron Gellman) to a dark, depressed state.

A few new additions join the cast with names familiar to DC Comics fans including The Shade, Thunderbolt, Starman and a few more cameos from the older Justice Society members.

Stargirl’s writing remains a gold standard for teen drama. Courtney and her friends have realistic problems like guilt over self-defense kills, parental problems, a sense of isolation that don’t go through the overblown teen melodrama common on most CW shows. It helps that the parents (Luke Wilson, Amy Smart) aren’t treated like killjoys and offer Courtney a welcome amount of freedom to be a hero.

Just like last season, Stargirl’s production values are impressive on all fronts. Character costumes are just as good if not better in some cases than the DC movie counterparts. Special effects don’t have an obvious TV budget look and the show is makes its big action moments feel significant. It’s not a situation where the main battles take place off camera.

The tone of this season fits the overall mood of the world through this pandemic, which has cast a crushing darkness on so many. In that regard, this season provides an outlet and offering encouragement that eventually the light will overcome the darkness.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Episodes

Episode 1 – Summer School Chapter One

Episode 2 – Summer School Chapter Two

Episode 3 – Summer School Chapter Three

Episode 4 – Summer School Chapter Four

Episode 5 – Summer School Chapter Five

Episode 6 – Summer School Chapter Six

Episode 7 – Summer School Chapter Seven

Episode 8 – Summer School Chapter Eight

Episode 9 – Summer School Chapter Nine

Episode 10 – Summer School Chapter Ten

Episode 11 – Summer School Chapter Eleven

Episode 12 – Summer School Chapter Twelve

Episode 13 – Summer School Chapter Thirteen

Thank You Georgia (5:02)

A profile on shooting in Georgia from the various directors and set directors explaining the logistics and character of the state. Interestingly, many of the interview subjects mention the tax incentive benefits as a major selling point compared to shooting in New York and Los Angeles. There wasn’t as much background provided on key locales for the show, however.

Gag Reel (2:41)

It’s always fun to watch the cast botch their lines and break character although this was a very short set of clips. Maybe the Stargirl cast is just full of incredible professionals that don’t mess up that often?

Never Alone: Heroes and Allies (20:49)

This featurette focuses on the wider CW Verse shows (Batwoman, Stargirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Superman & Lois) and a historical look at sidekicks. Geoff Johns is the lead talking head in this segment as a terrific gatekeeper and DC historian beyond his responsibilities as the series creator of Stargirl.

VIDEO/AUDIO

With a full 1080p full HD video and DTS-HD master audio for English 5.1, you get a very impressive video quality. This isn’t the video you’re going to wow guests with, but you won’t have any issue with how it looks or sounds. This is basically the same high quality you could expect when watching the broadcast HD version.

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