REVIEW: Part 3 Of Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Lacks The Magic From The Previous Seasons

Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) is back for a brand-new season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Part 3 may just be the most mind-boggling one of them all. The season picks up with our favorite characters in many different places. Lilith (Michelle Gomez) sits on the Dark Lord’s throne and the Dark Lord (Luke Cook) has taken over Nicholas’ (Gavin Leatherwood) body in Hell. Sabrina recruits her mortal friends to rescue Nick from Hell, but, as you’ll see, this is easier said than done. Sabrina’s aunties, Zelda (Miranda Otto) and Hilda (Lucy Davis) are working hard to keep their coven afloat while Prudence (Tati Gabrielle) and Ambrose (Chance Pedromo) are tracking Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle) around the world.

This season features one main storyline with many small storylines that become confusing at times if you’re not paying close attention. The secondary storyline revolving around the coven was the most intriguing. Whereas the main storyline focuses on Sabrina, her father (the Dark Lord), and some new characters, the coven arc features all of our favorite characters working together. Unlike previous seasons, this season divides the characters; with a smaller season (only eight episodes) I would have liked more scenes with everyone together.

Part 3 introduces a handful of interesting characters, but Gomez’s Lilith continues to be the standout on this show. Each season her character gets better and better. At so many points in this season, it seemed as if she was the only character with their head screwed on straight. She had one job and she was sticking to it, no matter what.

Pedromo’s Ambrose and Davis’ Hilda were also stand outs this season. This season we see them come more to the forefront rather than characters propelling another’s story on. Pedromo tackles Ambrose’s growth as a warlock and growth within the coven well and Davis continues to endear herself as a witch who has a softer side.

Shipka’s Sabrina was my least favorite character this season; it felt like Sabrina took a step back in her development in these new episodes. Many times throughout the season I was left wondering how the tough, resilient, family/friend-centric teenage witch from seasons’ past changed so suddenly.

The last two episodes are the best and reminded me why I fell in love with this show. All 8 episodes are worth a view but the middle ones are the ones where the season seemed to drift from the core of the show. The last two also set up the next season and felt the most true to the previous seasons of the show.

Grade: C+