I’m not even sure where to begin with this one. I suppose it was blissfully inevitable between the growth of society and the evolution of the supernatural t.v. genre.
Inspired by the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina graphic novels, as well as the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch comics, this version jumps neck deep into LaVeyan and Lovecraftian lore. Like the Lucifer t.v. show it also skillfully tackles traditionally evil subject matter with a level of complexity that those of us in the audience love.
Sabrina is a witch, which in this world means at sixteen she will make a pact with Satan for magic powers. Her parents are dead, under mysterious circumstances related to the facts they they were a powerful high priest who bucked tradition and the mortal woman he fell in love with. Sabrina was raised by her with aunts. She is the subject of a special pact that only her parents and the Dark Lord know the terms of.
Her willful, women-power upraising is taken to heart when she refuses to fall in line and just obey either in her human life or her supernatural one.
The first season is a complicated web of betrayal, pacts, omens, and rebelliousness. The characters all face their own demons, real and emotional, and the latest consequences in a long line of familial sins and choices. Here the struggle of good and evil takes center stage, evil doing good and good really being evil with a nice face on surfaces in hundreds of little ways and little choices that they never fully see the depth of.
The performances (OMG! Lilith!!) are amazing, the writing is razor sharp and clever. This is possibly one of the best shows out there right now. Very highly recommended.
Contains: violence, language, sexism, homophobia, satanic imagery, sexual suggestion