Seeing Stars

"I mean try to cut your dad some slack. He may not always get it right but he's trying. That's more important than you think."

- Loona, to Octavia

Seeing Stars is the second episode of the second season of Helluva Boss and is the ninth episode overall. It premiered on October 19, 2022, coinciding with voice cast member Bryce Pinkham's 40th birthday, on Vivziepop's YouTube channel.

Synopsis
Octavia steals the Grimoire and things sure do happen.

Characters

 * Employees of I.M.P
 * Blitzo
 * Moxxie
 * Millie
 * Loona
 * Demons of Ars Goetia
 * Stolas
 * Octavia
 * Stella (voice)
 * Goetia family butler (non-speaking cameo)
 * Verosika Mayday (pictured)
 * Wally Wackford (pictured)
 * Vortex (pictured)

Locations

 * Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

Objects
Stolas's Grimoire

Songs

 * "Til the Day We Die"
 * "I Like It"

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Trivia

 * As of this episode, Baby Octavia is voiced by Juliana Sada.
 * This episode has scenes shown in animatics from the trailer for season two, to which some shots were completed and improved.
 * It is revealed that Blitzo adopted Loona one month before her 18th birthday. In addition, she was noted to be "out of our hair next month" by the lady at the hellhound pound and was expected to amount to nothing, which caused Blitzo to feel great empathy for her blight.
 * It is implied that Blitzo is still attracted to (and possibly has feelings for) Verosika on some level, with him having an image of her on a calendar in the I.M.P. office, albeit with her face covered by a sticky-note with a poorly-drawn version of Blitzo's own face.
 * The framed crude drawing of Blitzo holding a gun, which was briefly shown when Octavia was sneaking past the gang, was designed by Brandon Rogers himself, previously used for poster merchandise for the show.
 * The binary text that was briefly shown in the proctor translates to "Did you actually translate this, nerd?".

Cultural References

 * Blitzo's disguise is accordingly represented as a Hollywood star named Brennon Ragers, which is a spoof to his voice actor, Brandon Rogers.
 * The hot influencers' affair scene is a direct nod to the ' and ' affair scandal.
 * The costume shop Blitzo exited from was called "The Costume Shop of Horrors", which is a reference to the musical , one of Vivziepop's favorite musicals.
 * The cocaine-addicted actress in “Sweetie! I’m in the House” appears to be modeled after both Baby Doll from ' and Darla Dimple from the 1997 animated film '.
 * Azathoth’s Tears and their primordial origins are a direct nod to ’s.

Continuity

 * A tour guide makes his second appearance in Los Angeles since "C.H.E.R.U.B".
 * The car accident victim from the aforementioned episode also appeared in an investigation scene with his lower half-torn off and his organ exposed.

Gallery

 * Seeing Stars/Gallery