# Stargirl Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362 "2021-08-10T04:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/101 "2021-10-13T13:46:57Z")
Things are really picking up now. 1. Beth finally lays down the law with her parents: “Divorce or don’t divorce, you guys figure it out. I’m going to do my own thing.” 2. Rick is in jail, but has friend on the outside tossing apples into his cell. Whoever could it be? 3. Where’s Yolanda? 4. The JSA building in Civic City is surprisingly well-preserved for being abandoned. Who’s keeping the lights on? 5. What is with that weird nurse? 6. Jakeem has discovered the power of the Thunderbolt. 7. Beth finds out the secret origin of the Shade, who is camped out on the Dugans’ couch. 8. Anyone surprised that the Shade turned out to be lying about the consequences of reforming the Black Diamond? Anyone at all? Prediction: Courtney will team up with Cindy Burman in the Shadowlands along with Charles McNider. **Headlines:** - Green Arrow and Speedy Stop the Spider - The Vigilante Retires! - The Star-Spangled Kid has Grown Up—Enter Starman! - ??? - The Shining Knight Defeats Deathbolt - ??? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/102 "2021-10-13T13:58:14Z")
Each member of the original JSA has their own work-area. The daughter of the Green Lantern is living in the JSA building - in Starman/Stripesy’s room. Beth’s parents finally noticed that Beth is wearing the goggles that she wore all the time in the first season ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/103 "2021-10-13T19:45:45Z")
I found it amusing that the jail just had bare bars to the outside, and no glass. Hope it doesn’t get too cold there. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/104 "2021-10-14T16:01:24Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Each member of the original JSA has their own work-area. The daughter of the Green Lantern is living in the JSA building - in Starman/Stripesy’s room. I understand that. I was just wondering who is maintaining the seemingly-abandoned building. The floors are clean, there isn’t any dust on anything, the lifts all work, and the lights are functional. At the very least, who’s paying the electric bill? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/105 "2021-10-14T16:09:01Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > The floors are clean, there isn’t any dust on anything, the lifts all work, and the lights are functional. At the very least, who’s paying the electric bill? Secret lairs are always like this! No one sees the night time cleaning crew that came through the Bat Cave either. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/106 "2021-10-14T18:53:37Z")
Oh, I’m agreeing with you (even the knicknacks are dust-free). I was just pointing out that it was a little odd that the new Green Lantern wasn’t staying in her dad’s room. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/107 "2021-10-14T20:23:19Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I was just pointing out that it was a little odd that the new Green Lantern wasn’t staying in her dad’s room. Real world: that’s the set they had built. Fanwank: the rest of the HQ isn’t as miraculously immaculate and intact, and that room was in the best shape. Or possibly it was the only one with a comfy couch in front of a TV where the cable still worked. Plus, staying in her estranged dad’s room might have just seemed too creepy, but staying in Pat’s workroom was just familiar enough for her to feel emotionally comfortable there. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/108 "2021-10-15T02:48:41Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Or possibly it was the only one with a comfy couch in front of a TV where the cable still worked. I’ll go with this. That one corner seemed quite homey. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/109 "2021-10-19T04:47:32Z")
## S02E11 Summer School: Chapter Eleven [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N9qz6WWGk7o/maxresdefault.jpg "DC's Stargirl 2x11 Promo "Summer School: Chapter Eleven" (HD) Brec Bassinger Superhero series") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qz6WWGk7o) **FACING THE DARKNESS** - _After a frightening encounter leaves Courtney’s life hanging in the balance, the team band together to determine their next steps._ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/110 "2021-10-20T06:51:59Z")
Kid Eclipso is like an evil baby Yoda. “Give in to your hate! Give in to your anger! Come to the dark side, it’s more fun.” Is the Shade finally dead? I think the movie he was watching, _The Picture of Dorian Gray_, has some significance. He’s probably got a picture or totem stashed somewhere, where his true form is hiding. That’s why Green Lantern showed _two_ locations for the Shade. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/111 "2021-10-20T14:46:14Z")
Hope you’re right about the Shade not being dead. I was looking forward to him exchanging snark with Starman. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/112 "2021-10-20T16:03:41Z")
I find this whole Eclypso storyline tiresome. It stopped being interesting several shows ago, since the entire concept keeps repeating and repeating and repeating the same situation. Eclypso knows your deepest fears and inadequacies and will tell them to you in great detail and you won’t say “fuck off and die in a fire.” I’d love to see one of the characters say “All right, I _get_ it. You want me to think I’m a terrible person. Why should I give a fuck what you think about me?” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/113 "2021-10-20T16:45:52Z")
Yeah. I thought Stargirl was about at that point - “What do I think of you, Ecypso? You bore me. Bye.” ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/114 "2021-10-20T23:57:49Z")
Also, what ever happened to the “summer school” part of “Stargirl: Summer School”. As far as I can see, she - and the other JSA-lite - haven’t gone to class, studied, or taken tests. I thought it was VERY cool when they made the point of “You know, if you study and do the homework, this learning stuff is pretty easy and interesting”. Then again, I’m probably thinking too much. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/115 "2021-10-21T09:36:00Z")
That kid’s a good actor for his age. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/116 "2021-10-21T11:52:30Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > Also, what ever happened to the “summer school” part of “Stargirl: Summer School”. As far as I can see, she - and the other JSA-lite - haven’t gone to class, studied, or taken tests. I thought it was VERY cool when they made the point of “You know, if you study and do the homework, this learning stuff is pretty easy and interesting”. > > Then again, I’m probably thinking too much. ::sigh:: Courtney and Yolanda were in class quite a bit in the first few episodes. I think they mentioned in the first episode that Rick just didn’t show up for summer school, but I think that had something to do with the one teacher flunking him for “cheating”, and then giving him another test and realizing he hadn’t actually cheated. No one’s mentioned since then that he was supposed to be in summer school. And Beth, of course, a star pupil, was never in summer school in the first place. IIRC, after Nice Summer School Teacher got driven insane by Eclipso, they had one scene with the principal filling in as the summer school teacher and then…they just kind of didn’t mention summer school again. It’s a significant plot point for the last couple of episodes that Yolanda has cut off all contact with Courtney, and she hasn’t mentioned whether she’s even going to school anymore, so… Fanwank: It was Independence Day a couple of episodes ago. Maybe the local school district has a mid-summer break the week before and after Independence Day for summer school. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/117 "2021-10-26T07:03:36Z")
## S02E12 Summer School: Chapter Twelve [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4v0YeUR65Pk/maxresdefault.jpg "DC's Stargirl 2x12 Promo "Summer School: Chapter Twelve" (HD) Brec Bassinger Superhero series") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v0YeUR65Pk) **THE GREATER GOOD** - _With the looming threat of Eclipso hanging over them, Courtney seeks help from the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, Mike’s search to find Thunderbolt leads him straight to his friend Jakeem (guest star Alkoya Brunson), and Pat goes to extreme lengths to protect Rick._ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/118 "2021-10-27T11:46:19Z")
Did the producers just license “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred to highlight a plot-irrelevant but very, very fun sequence showing what Buddy the bulldog has been up to while everyone has been out rescuing Courtney? Why, yes! Yes, they did. And so Eclipso has made known his nefarious plan – take away Courtney’s light, both literally and metaphorically. I appreciate that it was Kid Eclipso that delivered the traditional villain monologue. I agree with @Darren_Garrison above that the kid is a very good actor. He has a very relaxed, easy delivery, never seeming forced, and always very sincerely evil. Who was Cindy calling at the end? My money is on Artemis Crock. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/119 "2021-10-27T12:01:11Z")
Disappointed that Pat who was so earnest about the JSA not killing people, does not draw the line at torture. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362/120 "2021-10-27T12:03:19Z")
We don’t really know what he did. He could have just had a very sincere, very convincing, very private talk with Rick’s uncle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362.md?page=7)