Stargirl season 3, episode 10 review: The Killer

“Let’s put an end to this feud.” Spoilers for Stargirl season 3, episode 10 follow.

After the destruction that the JSA wrought on the Mahkent household, Stargirl is nowhere to be seen as she tries to figure out what to do next.

Meanwhile, the Crocks try to figure out to strike back at the Mahkents.

Here is everything that happened in DC’s Stargirl season 3, episode 10 “Frenemies – Chapter Ten: The Killer”.

Stargirl season 3, episode 10 recap

The Crocks

This is the Crocks’ episode. It starts with them. And it ends with them. This is the most pivotal that they’ve been to the plot of an episode so far this season, and it’s all thanks to the excellent character build-up that has been happening since the finale of season 2. Their redemption arc is real and earned. And it ends in tragedy for the two when they’re murdered, and literally vaporized, by an alive Jordan Mahkent. This leads to more questions than answers, especially with the Ultra-Humanite on the playing field now, but regardless, it doesn’t lessen the tragedy of Crusher and Paula’s murders, especially as they were on their way home to celebrate with their daughter getting into college.

Before this happens though, and because of everything that has occurred up until this point though, Grandma Mahkent heads over to the Whitmore-Dugan house in order to murder Barbara. Luckily, Paula was there to protect her and to, well, teach Barbara how to shoot a crossbow. And seeing their friendship for one last time makes the ending all the more tragic in the end.

The Real Killer

After the revelations at the end of last episode, Mike and Jakeem begin to freak out about what to do after being the first to confront the real killer, the Ultra-Humanite and, thanks to the unhelpfulness of the the Thunderbolt, they get lost in the woods. As it turns out though, it’s exactly where they need to be as they accidentally meet up with Cindy, who’s hunting the Ultra-Humanite. And then when they get back to Pat, we get a truly heart-warming scene in which Pat hugs his son and worries if Jakeem was alright.

With them missing though, the Whitmore-Dugan household begins to worry about where they are, but while that happens, Starman realizes that the signal that Beth got, which pointed to the Mahkents, was a red-herring. Pat and Sylvester head back to the Mahkent house, just to make sure that they aren’t there. This leads to a great scene between the two and Grandpa Mahkent. It makes the Mahkents much more sympathetic than they previously were, but doesn’t absolve them of the horrible things that they’ve done. They simply seeing everything as nails, and they’re the hammers.

In the end though, once Pat and Sylvester realize who they’re up against, at least partially, this is the first time that this season that almost everyone in the JSA camp feels on the same page about what needs to happen, but there’s also excellent build-up about the threat that the Ultra-Humanite poses (as well as the insane comic-accurate backstory of the character).

Icicles

As for Cameron, he fully begins his descent into villainy after having a heart-to-heart with his grandmother in the hospital. And his first target? Courtney. And in the process, Courtney finally tells Cameron the truth about what happened to his dad. Well, most of the truth. Instead of telling him that it was Mike that killed Jordan, she takes the burden onto herself, despite the consequences. There are so many layers to this decision that are never spelled out within the scene and it just makes the scene even more somber than it already it was, and both Brec Bassinger and Hunter Sansone kill it in this scene. They’ve built up such a solid relationship with each other this season and to see it break down so quickly and with such a gut-punch? It hurts.

While Cameron begins on his path downward, we begin to see Rick hitting rock-bottom. This isn’t really the focus of the episode at all, simply because there’s so much going on, but the scene where Beth finally confronts him is suitably intense and well-done.

Stargirl season 3 heads in a much more character driven direction this week and, suitably, ends in a heart-breaking fashion.

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