Last October’s debut of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a delightful, diabolical surprise. After quickly burning through the plotline of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s excellent graphic novel, the Netflix adaptation took on a life of its own—becoming a funny, frightening, and feminist-forward parody of organized religion. And, in the process, Sabrina became the current reigning teen soap opera. Not bad for a show that revolves around Satanism!
In the first season of Chilling Adventures, Sabrina (a fantastic Kiernan Shipka) was introduced as a brassy, sassy teenager who, on her 16th birthday, was initiated into her local witches’ coven after pledging her soul to the Dark Lord… not that Satan had an easy time of it. To get the confident, smart Sabrina to finally sign her name in blood took a full-court press from all the devil’s minions—including her aunts Zelda and Hilda (the amazing Mirando Otto and Lucy Davis); Father Faustus Blackwood (Richard Coyle), the headmaster of the Academy of the Unseen Arts, a witches-only high school; and one of Sabrina’s teachers, Mary Wardwell (Michelle Gomez), who also happens to be a wannabe bride of Satan.