History Recap / Stargirl2020S2E09SummerSchoolChapterNine

* AbsenteeActor: Yolanda is once again absent, but this time joined by Beth and Rick. The former is presumably in her house and Courtney talks to her over the phone, while Rick is in a holding cell in the local jail awaiting trial for his assault last episode.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Eclipso tells Gordan that if he truly wants to be rid of him, then all he needs to do is put down the Black Diamond. Unfortunately, Eclipso knows he won't do it because he doesn't want to let go of the power.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Creator/JohnWesleyShipp appears as Earth-2 Jay Garrack; there's an implication that as pre-[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] Earth-2 had Hunter Zolomon pretending to be Jay, the CosmicRetcon saw fit to provide the real thing. While he has the same helmet and the same costume, this is not the same Jay we see on ''The Flash''.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Creator/JohnWesleyShipp appears as Earth-2 Jay Garrack; there's an implication that as pre-[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] Earth-2 had Hunter Zolomon pretending to be Jay, the CosmicReboot saw fit to provide the real thing. While he has the same helmet and the same costume, this is not the same Jay we see on ''The Flash''.

* CanonWelding: Jay Garrick appears [[Series/TheFlash2014 once again]] played by Creator/JohnWesleyShipp, and in the exact same costume to boot, further hinting at connecting ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'' to the larger ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}''.

** Played straight in that the original [=JSA=]'s decision to resort to killing Eclipso's host, Bruce Gordon, left them fractured as a team, causing them to ultimately fall to the Injustice Society.

* CallBack: Yolanda was the first one to theorize that killing Eclipso might be the only way to defeat him back in Chapter 7 and here it's confirmed that killing Eclipso's host body is one, if not the sole, method of defeating him. Unfortunately, as Eclipso seemingly no longer needs a human conduit, it might be too late to try this method, let alone that none of the [=JSA=] members are thrilled at the prospect of murdering someone.

** The disagreement Courtney has with Pat over his withholding how the original [=JSA=] broke ThouShallNotKill to stop Eclipso. Pat was clearly trying to protect Courtney and the team, who are a bunch of inexperienced teenagers, from the trauma that goes along with making life-or-death decisions when no other options are seemingly available, pointing out that in the aftermath, the original [=JSA=] suffered a HeroicBSOD that ultimately led to their defeat by the Injustice Society. On Courtney's side, however, this information still would have been nice to know and on the larger scale, the trust between her and Pat (and probably Barbara since she also knew) has been damaged.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with. Pat's decision to not tell the current [=JSA=] that Eclipso could be defeated by killing his human host deprived them of at least one solution to the demon directly threatening them until it was too late, resulting in Yolanda leaving the team and Rick being incarcerated. That being said, it's unlikely that any of them would have been willing to murder Cindy in cold blood even if they had known it was an option, and Courtney's fury is more from the fact that Pat kept the knowledge itself from her than the idea she could have applied it.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When the illusion of Cameron is attacking Mike, Buddy the dog comes in to save him. However, he is frozen to death by Cameron. Luckily, that too is an illusion and Buddy is just fine once Courtney frees Mike from Eclipso's control.

* StatingTheSimplestSolution: Eclipso tells Gordan that if he truly wants to be rid of him, then all he needs to do is put down the Black Diamond. Unfortunately, Eclipso knows he won't do it because he doesn't want to let go of the power.

** When Bruce realizes the consequences of his success, he tries to take his own life, only for Eclipso to talk him out of it in exchange for reclaiming the woman he loves. Unfortunately, she's married to Dr. Mid-Nite and Eclipso chooses to target their daughter.

* EvilLaugh: At the end of the episode, as the Dungans have a falling out due to Pat and Barbara not telling Courtney about the JSA's dark secret, Eclipso, in his child form, looks on from the window, while giggling wickedly.

* ParentalAbandonment: Eclipso-as-Cameron needles into Mike by bringing up how his birth mother left him.

* SacrificialLamb: Bruce Gordon becomes this the minute the [=JSA=] realize that killing Eclipso's human host body is the only way to permanently put him down.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When the illusion of Cameron is attacking Mike, Max the dog comes in to save him. However, he is frozen to death by Cameron. Luckily, that too is an illusion and Max is just fine once Courtney frees Mike from Eclipso's control.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When Eclipso!Cameron is attacking Mike, Max the dog comes in to save him. However, he is frozen to death by Eclipso. Luckily, that was an illusion too and Max is just fine once Courtney frees Mike from Eclipso's control.

* DealWithTheDevil: It's implied that Eclipso gave Bruce Gordon all the fame and fortune he ever wanted, but in return, he ended up destroying the lives of everyone Bruce cared about.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with. Pat's decision to not tell the current [=JSA=] that Eclipso could be defeated by killing his human host deprived them of at least one solution to the demon directly threatening them, resulting in Yolanda leaving the team and Rick being incarcerated. That being said, it's unlikely that any of them would have been willing to murder Cindy in cold blood even if they had known it was an option, and Courtney's fury is more from being denied the knowledge itself than the idea she could have applied it.

* PyrrhicVictory: The original [=JSA=] was able to end Eclipso's initial reign of terror, but they could only stop him, not destroy him. Even worse, the fact that they resorted to murder to do it and that not all of them were morally onboard with this option struck a serious blow to their morale that the Injustice Society took full advantage of, leading to the [=JSA=]'s defeat.
* TheReveal: The DarkSecret Pat and Barb have been keeping from the kids is that the JSA killed Eclipso's host as a desperate measure to stop the demon once and for all.

* DealWithTheDevil: It's implied that Eclipso gave Bruce Gordon all the fame and fortune he ever wanted, but in returned, he ended up destroying the lives of everyone Bruce cared about.

* OutOfFocus: The Shade returns for a scene but is still in his gaseous state.

* ParentalAbandonment: Eclipso-as-Cameron needles into Mike by bringing up how his birth mother left when he was three.

* GodzillaThreshold: Breaking the [=JSA=]'s no-kill policy and murdering Eclipso's human host was how the original [=JSA=] defeated him. They tried to find another way, but the Spectre, Hawks, and Doctor Fate all failed to stop him. When he crossed the line and threatened [[ItsPersonal their families]] directly, Starman, Wildcat, and Dr. Mid-Nite got desperate.

** Dr. Mid-Nite suffered one after Rebecca's murder, leading him to propose crossing the aforementioned line in the first place.

--->'''Courtney''': What's my mom going to say when she finds out?\\
'''Pat''': She already knows.

** After Eclipso killed his daughter, Dr. Mid-Nite was willing to ''anything'' to stop him.

* PyrrhicVictory: The original [=JSA=] was able to end Eclipso's initial reign of terror, but they could only stop him but not destroy him. Even worse, the fact that they resorted to murder to do it and that not all of them were morally onboard with this option struck a serious blow to their morale that the Injustice Society took full advantage of, leading to the [=JSA=]'s defeat.

* AdaptationalWimp: When he isn't being [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] in the comics, [[ComicBook/TheSpectre Spectre]] is one of the few characters capable of keeping Eclipso in check as long as Eclipso isn't at full power and actually replaced him as the embodiment of God's wrath at one point. Here, it's mentioned that he, along with Hawk and Doctor Fate, was unable to neutralize Eclipso while the demon was still bound to the Heart of Darkness diamond, necessitating the [=JSA=] to take drastic action.

* KickTheDog: Cameron murders Buddy when the dog barks at him, but it's just an illusion.

* PyrrhicVictory: The original [=JSA=] was able to stop Eclipso's reign of terror, but the fact that they resorted to murder to do it and that not all of them were morally onboard with this option struck a serious blow to their morale that the Injustice Society took full advantage of, leading to the [=JSA=]'s defeat.