Summer School: Chapter Six

## Episode Guide

"**Summer School: Chapter Six**" is the sixth episode of the second season of *Stargirl*, and the nineteenth episode overall. This episode aired on September 14, 2021 on The CW.

## Synopsis

**THE NEW INJUSTICE SOCIETY MAKES THEIR MOVE -** Cindy and her new team make their move against the JSA leading to an epic showdown.

## Plot

At the café, one of the customers complains about Yolanda bringing him the wrong food again. Maria tells Yolanda that she'll take care of the customer Joe. Isaac comes in and Yolanda puts on a smile and tries to take his order. Isaac tells her that he saw the pictures she took of herself, and everyone did. Yolanda tells him to order, and Isaac tells her that he knows what she and her friends did to his mother and father. With that, Isaac walks out.

Beth sits on the couch in her father's office, and her father James comes in, startling her. She shows him the lunch she brought him, Beth says that she wants to talk about him and Bridget, and James tells her that he promised Bridget that he wouldn't talk to Beth unless they were together. Beth says that she did some research on romantic getaways, and James tells his daughter that he and Bridget can't take their jobs off. He says that he doesn't want to discuss it there, and they'll talk more when he and Bridget get home. He asks if it's okay, and Beth says that it isn't okay. Her father assures her that he loves her and kisses her on the forehead, and leaves.

Beth goes out and calls Rick, leaving a message that she needs to talk to him. Artemis is nearby and throws a tennis ball at Beth, and taunts her about her still being afraid of the ball since seventh-grade gym glass. The girl says that parents are in prison, and one day her family just "blew up". Beth starts to say that she does, and Artemis tells Beth that she has a perfect family and it will be the two of them against each other. Artemis walks off, and Beth picks up the phone that she dropped.

At the school, Courtney and Pat go to the art class and shows him the painting of Diablo Island. Her stepfather says that Eclipso made the JSA see the other painting. Cameron comes in and asks them what happened to Deisinger. Pat tells him that the teacher was sent for psychiatric care, and Cameron says that Deisinger is a friend. Cameron asks what they're doing there, and Courtney says that they volunteered to clean up. The teenager asks why bad things keep happening to good people. Pat finds a painting of Cindy holding the black diamond up to her eye. Cameron wonders what it is, and Courtney claims that she doesn't know what it is.

Cameron tells them that Cindy was there and wanted to talk about her father. Pat suggests that they should go, and Courtney tells Cameron that they'll talk later and goes with her stepfather. Out in the hallway, they agree that they need to find Cindy. Courtney goes to get the Staff and her friends, and Pat goes to get STRIPE.

At Zeek's auto yard, he and Mike discuss if Mike should get a motorbike. Mike says that Pat won't let him get anything with wheels because he might hurt himself, and Zeek says that robots don't have wheels. The mechanic says that he's building STRIPE a chainsaw, and Mike cheers up at the possibility of equipping the robot.

Mike goes into Zeek's garage and looks through the parts. He finds a drill bit, unaware that Cindy is watching him. She sneaks up on him and Mike tells her to stay away from him. Cindy isn't impressed and says that she wants Mike's help. She explains that she's putting together a team and Mike is a vital part of it. When he says that he would never join, Cindy says that she doesn't want Mike and he doesn't do anything, just like Pat. She tells Mike that he's going to be the bait.

At the Pit Stop, Pat activates STRIPE and then clutches at his head in pain. Isaac steps out of the shadows, playing his father's violin, and blasts Pat back with a wave of sound. Pat crawls up the stairs to the upper level, and a costumed Artemis-Sportsmaster-- jumps over the balcony and kicks him. She attacks him and then beats him when he refuses to hit a child. She kicks him over the balcony, and Isaac blasts him unconscious. Sportsmaster stops Isaac, saying that Pat is a friend of her father's and they're there for STRIPE.

The concussed Pat gets taken to the hospital, and Barbara and Courtney sit at his bedside as he lies unconscious. Courtney tries to call Mike but gets no answers. Bridget has examined Pat and said he should be okay. Courtney blames herself for not going to the Pit Stop with Pat, and Barbara hugs her and says that it isn't her fault.

At the Pit Stop, Beth and Yolanda are examining STRIPE when Rick comes in. They compare notes and Rick figures that Cindy is behind it.

At the hospital, Courtney tells Barbara that Cindy has the black diamond. Cindy calls Courtney on Mike's phone, and says that she wants to hurt Courtney, but first she's going to hurt Courtney's friends and family. After Courtney sees them suffer, she'll rip Courtney apart herself. Cindy tells Courtney to come to her at the cafeteria in one hour or Mike dies.

After Cindy hangs up, Eclipso tells her that it's her time now. However, she should remember to leave Courtney for last so he can feed on her soul.

Pat tells Barbara if she doesn't know if she can take on Cindy without Pat. Barbara tells her stepdaughter that she can do it, and Courtney should be Stargirl for them... and kick Cindy's ass.

Barbara looks at Richard's card, then calls him. There's no answer, but Richard appears behind her and says that there's apparently been trouble. Barbara tells him what's happened. He doesn't see that it's his concern until Barbara tells him that Cindy has the black diamond.

The JSA go into the cafeteria and hear Isaac playing. Sportsmaster and Shiv are with him, Shiv says that she got bored waiting and Mike is dead, and a furious Stargirl attacks her. Sportsmaster attacks Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite, and Dr. Mid-Nite uses her goggles to project a hologram of the adult ISA, captured or dead. Wildcat attacks Isaac-Fiddler--and he deafens her with her music. She manages to get close enough to kick him, and Wildcat pursues him as he runs off.

Dr. Mid-Nite spots Mike tied up in a nearby storage room, while Hourman and Sportsmaster fight. She goes to rescue him, and unties him.

Wildcat hides while Fiddler comes after her. He starts playing again, and Wildcat charges at him.

The three pairs continue fighting, and Sportsmaster attaches a bomb to Hourman's chest. It detonates, and Stargirl knocks Shiv down attacks Sportsmaster and Fiddler, and the heroes rally and take the two villains down.

Shiv recovers and pins Stargirl, and Mike arrive and hits Shiv in the back of the head with a toaster from a cafeteria. Hourman and Wildcat join forces, knocking Shiv back, and Courtney hugs Mike in relief as Dr. Mid-Nite joins them. The villains recover, and Shiv says that she'll do it herself. She takes out the diamond and project a wave of darkness. Shade arrives and dissipates the darkness, and tells Shiv that she doesn't understand what she's wielding.

Shiv says that she know exactly what the diamond is, Shade tells her to give her the diamond, and Eclipso tells Shiv that it' time for her. Eclipso possesses her and uses the diamond on Shade, forcing him back. Stargirl flies forward and touches the diamond with the Staff. The diamond shatters in a burst of energy.

James is leaving his office, and looks up at the sky. So does Zeek at his auto yard.

In the hospital, Pat wakes up. Barbara looks out the windows and sees an eclipse above.

In the cafeteria the two teams recover after having been knocked down by the blast. Eclipso is there, having fully manifested, steps forward, and Shiv says that he betrayed her. He easily catches her hand when she tries to stab him, and rips the shiv out of her wrist. Eclipso grabs her and lifts her into the air, throws her knife into Isaac, and then tosses Shiv away.

As Isaac lies clutching at the blade in his chest, Eclipso absorbs his soul and Isaac disintegrates. Sportsmaster runs, and Shiv yells at Eclipso that he owes her. Eclipso picks up the shards of the black diamond and says that he owes her nothing, and tosses one of the shards. It liquefies and pulls her in, and Stargirl runs to Shiv and tries to pull her out. She fails and the puddle disappears with Shiv.

Hourman attacks Eclipso, who easily knocks him back. Shade tells Eclipso that he's pathetic, feeding on the souls of children. When Shade casts a wave of darkness, Eclipso walks through them, says that Shade's powers come from his home, and grabs Shade and throws him away.

Stargirl swings the Staff at Eclipso, and he catches it and withstands its light, then runs out. She goes after the demon but discovers that he's gone... and the Staff is burned out. She looks up at the eclipse on the moon, which disappears.

Shade teleports to the American Dream, still moaning in pain from his injuries. After a moment, he teleports away.

Mike and Courtney go to the hospital, and tell Pat and Barbara what happened. Courtney figures that Eclipso was using them and Cindy to get out of the diamond where he was imprisoned. Pat doesn't know what Eclipso will do next, and Courtney tells him about the Staff. Mike figures that he needs to up his training, and wants his own STRIPE. Pat takes his son's hand to comfort him.

At the Pit Stop, Beth uses the goggles to analyze Rick's injuries. Yolanda says that Isaac was troubled but not evil, and he didn't deserve to die. She says that Eclipso deserves to die, if they can find him.

Eclipso moves through the town's alleys, then turns into a young Bruce Gordon and laughs in triumph as he walks down the street.

## Cast

### Starring

* Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl
* Yvette Monreal as Yolanda Montez/Wildcat
* Anjelika Washington as Beth Chapel/Dr. Mid-Nite
* Cameron Gellman as Rick Tyler/Hourman
* Trae Romano as Mike Dugan
* Hunter Sansone as Cameron Mahkent
* Meg DeLacy as Cindy Burman/Shiv
* Nick Tarabay as Eclipso
* Amy Smart as Barbara Whitmore
* Luke Wilson as Pat Dugan/S.T.R.I.P.E.

### Guest Starring

* Jonathan Cake as Richard Swift/The Shade
* Stella Smith as Artemis Crock
* Milo Stein as Eclipso/Young Bruce Gordon

### Co-Starring

* Max Frantz as Isaac Bowin
* King Orba as Zeek
* Gilbert Glenn Brown as James Chapel
* Maria Sager as Maria Carmen Saravia
* Gregory Konow as Grumpy Joe

## Notes and Trivia

* *Stargirl*'s stunt coordinator, Walter Garcia, directed this episode and is credited by his full name, "Walter Carlos Garcia".
* Because the season is filmed in blocks, each director that signed onto the season filmed two episodes in a row. Chapter Six is the only episode of Season 2 that is directed by one person, Walter Garcia, since it's an odd episode.
	+ Paul O'Conner was pushed to stunt coordinator which allowed for Walter Garcia, who is typically the stunt coordinator and second unit director, the episode to direct as a whole.
	+ Additionally, Chapter Five and Chapter Seven were filmed back-to-back. The actors and crew film Chapter Six after Chapter Seven was completed.
* One of the faculty parking spaces seen after the initial encounter with Eclipso is for Lea Thompson, a reference to the director of the same name. Lea has directed three episodes of the series in total. Another spot is for Vanessa Smith, who is the art department cooridnator for the show.
* While looking through the junkyard, Mike discovers the toaster that Wildcat damaged in the Season 1 episode "*Wildcat*"
* This episode marks the first team up between the JSA and The Shade, proving that he is an ally against Eclipso.
* Courtney and her team discover that Cindy is alive and that she is returned with her own team. They fight them for the first time.
* Injustice Unlimited is destroyed with the death of Isaac Bowin and uncertain status of their leader Cindy Burman.
* This episode showcases Barbara at her finest, when she gives Courtney a pep talk regarding Cindy and the Injustice Unlimited's attack of Pat and Mike's kidnapping. She also shines as a mother when she refers to Mike as her son for the first time.
* This episode is the first time Mike is referred to as Courtney's brother rather than her stepbrother.
* This episode shows how strong Courtney's relationships with Pat and Mike have become since the pilot. She and Pat are in sync when they converse over gathering the JSA for their impending fight with the Injustice Unlimited. Meanwhile, when Mike is kidnapped by the Injustice Unlimited, Courtney snaps at Cindy and demands to know what she did with her brother.
* This is the second episode where a member of the JSA interacts with Mike. The first was Yolanda in "*Summer School: Chapter Two*". This time, it's Beth who frees Mike after he is tired up.
* Eclipso makes his first physical appearance in this episode. He also takes the form of a young Bruce Gordon.
* With the combined power of the Cosmic Staff and the absorption of Isaac Bowin's soul, Eclipso is set free from the black diamond.
* Eclipso mentions that The Shade’s powers come from Eclipso’s home.
* When The Shade disappeared at the end of the episode, it’s unknown where he went but there is a chance he went into the Shadow Lands.
* Shawn McBee revealed on the *Stargirl Aftershow* Podcast that Stella Smith, who plays Artemis, was not involved with the massive fight scene as she was underage at the time of filming. Consequently, the fight scenes with Artemis were entirely her stunt double. Stella only came in for the ADR dialogue.
	+ Moreover, the costume was designed to help hide Stella's identity.
* Brec's graphic t-shirts have to be approved by the shirts rights, including the *Queen* band shirt that she wears.
* Brec and Luke filmed the unison scene in two takes for a total of five minutes.
* Brec filmed the original fight scene inside the cafeteria two months after she filmed the scene where Courtney sees the eclipse outside.
* The movie theater marquee shows "The Adventures of Mark Merlin". Mark Merlin is a DC comics character who, in recent iterations, is a detective and stage magician who debunks the supernatural. He first appeared in the 1959 comic *House of Secrets*.
	+ In *Stargirl*, House of Secrets it the name of a used bookstore and a nod to the comic of the same name.
* During an interview with *Yahoo! Entertainment* Yvette Monreal discussed Nick Tarabay's Eclipso saying, "Oh my gosh, when I saw him getting into character, his preparation right before the scene, it was very inspiring. I mean, we’re obviously “in it” when we’re filming, but he pushed me to take it to another level, to almost think of it more theatrically. He is very theatrical, coming from a theater school, so [his performance] was frightening, it was great, it was moving…. It was all of the things. And he’s also a really nice person off-screen! He’s a fantastic actor — and he’s an acting coach, which I didn’t know."
* Yvette spoke on Yolanda's proclamation that Eclipso deserved to die saying, "She’s not, “I want to kill Eclipso because I’ve turned a new leaf and I’m now badass!” No, she’s like, “By killing certain people, you will save more people” — like, I will be helping God by doing this, so there needs to be some kind of exception. She’d be sacrificing Eclipso to save the rest of the world. If he doesn’t go, many others will."
* Yvette gave her personal thoughts on Yolanda's religion and religious journey this season, "I think it’s beautiful. I’m Catholic myself, and I think that exploring religion is something you don’t really see on shows. Unless it’s a novella or something, I don’t remember seeing many shows explore that, so I actually really appreciate it. It gives people a new perspective on my culture, because religion is a huge part of the Mexican culture." She elaborated further saying, "I think that’s why she leans so much on the priest, because if she can confess to him and he says, “Yolanda, it’s OK, you are going to be saved,” that’s all she is looking for. She doesn’t know if she is going crazy, by hearing all of this humming, or if she is being punished by God, so the truth needs to come out — and eventually it will."

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