'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Part 3 Episode 7: The fall of House Morningstar and the rise of The Green Man
This article contains spoilers for 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Part 3
In the previous episode titled, 'All Of Them Witches' we saw the ending bring the possible death of Zelda Spellman(Miranda Otto). In this episode titled 'The Judas Kiss', we see the Spellmans in inevitable danger, the fall of House Morning star and the rise of the Pagans with the flowering of The Green Man, the oldest of Gods.
Lucifer, now separated and free from the flesh body of Father Faustus Blackwood has returned to restore his claim on the throne of Hell. Armed to hurt Lilith (Michelle Gomez) for betraying him, he finds out that Lilith is pregnant with his son, courtesy of Blackwood and so Lilith's execution is halted. While in Hell, Lucifer is reminded by Beelzebub, one of the three Kings of Hell that the infernal law must be followed and a quest was already in session. Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), the daughter of The Dark Lord, Lucifer Morningstar and Caliban the Prince of Hell (Sam Corlett) are to complete the last phase of the quest to procure the trinity of the Unholy Regalia. The last item being Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver, Sabrina is told by her father Lucifer that the location of the silver given to Judas to betray the Nazarene can only be revealed by the betrayer himself.
Finding out that Judas is in a volcanic cave in the 9th circle of Hell, Sabrina makes her way there using a portal in Dorian Gray's (Jedidiah Goodacre) bar. She's given the option of choosing the easy way to retrieve the silver by betraying someone with a kiss, which in this case would be to kiss Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch), her ex-boyfriend who is now with her friend Roz Walker (Jazz Sinclair). Refusing to betray her friends, she chooses the hard way and is sent to the Fields of Blood to the grave of Vlad the Impaler, the first Vampire where the silver lies. Escaping death as her celestial blood burns the vampire, she makes it back to the 9th circle only for Caliban to steal the silver and reveal the graves and the fall of the House Morningstar. Claiming, 'All Hail King Caliban' he leaves Sabrina buried in the crypt with the remnants of her Unholy family.
In the earthly world, after being shot by the real Mary Wardwell, Zelda is now trapped in the Nether Realm of the Gede Lwa which is essentially Limbo. There she meets up with Hilda Spellman who has been buried in the Cain Pit after being killed by Zelda after turning into a spider following the curse from the Pagans. With Marie Mambo protecting her earthly body, Zelda and Hilda go on a quest in limbo with the help of Zelda's met-tet, a spirit guide that happens to be her brother, Edward Spellman, Sabrina's father.
With the wailing woman Banshee foreshadowing the death of a Spellman, the trio must act fast to figure out how to restore the coven's powers and defeat the Pagans. When in Limbo, Edward shows his sisters three visions, Zelda as a maiden, as a Mother and as a Crone chronicling the phases of the moon and that of a witch's life. She seems to have received an epiphany and a solution and wakes up but is killed by Father Faustus Blackwood (Richard Coyle), the former high priest of the Church of Night and her ex-husband.
Blackwood has now formed an alliance with the Pagans to seek revenge on the coven for betraying him. He also tasks Agatha, one of the weird sisters, who is still under a maddening spell after looking into the eyes of the great Pagan Monster God Pan, to kill all the Spellmans. She had already killed her sister Dorcas (Adeline Rudolph) and tries to kill Prudence(Tati Gabrielle), Blackwood's biological daughter. Prudence kills Agatha to save her own life but is killed by Blackwood. Blackwood is in search of his twin babes, Judas and Judith claiming they can help him get to what he needs, although what that might be has not been revealed yet.
Meanwhile, the Pagans are in need of virgin blood to begin the flowering of The Green Man, the oldest of Gods. Robin, one of the pagans, and now Theo Putnam's (Lachlan Watson) boyfriend tried to save Theo, Roz, and Harvey but to no avail. Unable to reach Sabrina, Roz ends up asking Nick for help using a Magik Marker but they are then bombarded with the Pagans, as Nagina, follows the scent of virgin blood. Killing Robin, and tying up Theo and Roz, Carcosa, the lead Pagan sacrifices Harvey to The Green Man. The loud cries of Theo and Roz calling for their friendly Witch falls on deaf dead ears as The Green Man blooms bringing in the 'new beginning' and the end of all flesh.
All episodes of Part 3 of 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' are now streaming on Netflix.