The rapid decomposition of the aunts over the course of the episode is one of the show’s best visual gags so far. That means Hilda and Zelda start losing their teeth and sprouting white hairs. In witch-law, it’s guilty until proven innocent, and so until a verdict is reached, the Spellman’s are without their powers. The Dark Lord seemingly subscribes to the ideology of “where there’s blame, there’s a claim” and demands Sabrina and her aunts Hilda (Lucy Davis) and Zelda (Miranda Otto) be judged and tried in front of the entire coven. Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is summoned to the Court of Witches to stand trial for breach of promise. The third episode, written by Riverdale writer Ross Maxwell, deals with the consequences of that decision. Instead, by the end of the second episode, the honey-haired hellcat had made her decision. For example, in a lesser show, Sabrina’s choice of whether or not to join the Church of Night would have taken up at least half a season. It isn’t afraid to move the plot along, and so, you never feel like it’s trying to squeeze five episodes of material out over an entire season.
I think what also makes Sabrina such an easy watch is that it doesn’t suffer from the pacing issues common in many other Netflix series. On the night of her 'Dark Baptism,' Sabrina rejects tradition and chooses to forge her own path, but not before raising a little hell.
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