The Owl House finally returns

polygon.com:

It has been over six months since the last episode of The Owl House. On Saturday, the newest episode quietly premiered on Disney Channel, though word’s still out when it will be available to a larger audience on streaming. Even though the premiere may slipped under many people’s radars, the eager fans were ready and waiting for it — and now, perhaps, more than ever, with the show’s fate hanging in the air.

Even though some plot details may’ve gotten dusty in the back of my own brain, the world is so vibrant, the characters so dynamic, that I fell right back into the story. Throughout the run of the show, creator Dana Terrace manages to thread a deeper, darker plot through the light-hearted episodic adventures. And if this first episode back is any indication, there is a lot waiting on the horizon. The show is set to end with an abridged season 3, though Terrace has said that supporting the show may help some executives change their minds. So if there is a time to catch up on this wickedly wonderful series, it’s ahead of season 2b.

[Ed. note: This post contains light spoilers for the newest episode ofThe Owl House]

The Owl House premiered on Disney Channel in early 2020. It follows Luz, who accidentally stumbles into a realm full of witches and demons, where she decides to learn magic and eventually makes friends — and also starts dating formerly aloof overachiever Amity Blight.

“Follies at the Coven Day Parade,” picks up right where the mid-season finale left off. After finally reuniting with her mother — albeit through weird mirror-dimension hijinks — misfit human Luz is torn between staying in the Boiling Isles and learning the magic she has always dreamed of, or returning to her mother once she is able to make a