Stargirl

Stargirl – S.T.R.I.P.E.

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Stargirl - S.T.R.I.P.E. television review

Working as a second-half to the show’s pilot, “S.T.R.I.P.E.” offers a proper introduction to Pat‘s (Luke Wilson) robot teased at the end of the first episode as well as Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) in costume for the first time as Stargirl. Once again, the show downplays high school life, other than a scene to remind us that Courtney is largely ignored by the student population, while focusing on the willful teen embracing her super-hero destiny over Pat’s objections (including a humorous montage where she makes good use of the school’s sewing room to remake Starman’s costume into her own).

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Stargirl – Pilot

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Stargirl - Pilot television review

For as many super-hero shows that have been produced over the past decade it’s odd that Stargirl is the first to center around a single teen protagonist rather than your usual twenty or thirty-somethings. Despite opening with the deaths of multiple heroes, the pilot episode offers a bit of a lighter touch than we’ve seen in recent years focusing on the upheaval of Courtney Whitmore‘s (Brec Bassinger) life as her family leaves Los Angeles for a new life in Nebraska. There’s plenty of cliche here, both in the depiction of Midwestern hospitality and in high school life, but when the show focuses on super-heroes it finds its groove. The first character we’re introduced to isn’t Courtney, but her new stepfather (Luke Wilson) who a decade ago was the sidekick for the dying Starman (Joel McHale) who entrusts his cosmic staff to Pat, suggesting someone other than Pat (really, anyone but Pat) might one day be chosen.

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