Percy Jackson season two stayed faithful to The Sea of Monsters, although not every fun scene from the book was included.
I’m a Percy Jackson fanatic, and like any true Percy Jackson fan, I hate the movies (well, objectively, I think one can say the first one is a good movie, but it’s not a good Percy Jackson movie). However, despite my dislike of the films, I enjoyed the first season of the Percy Jackson show on Disney+ because it stuck true to the book and characters, and was engaging and fun.
Remote in hand, I was fully prepared to ignore my homework to watch the two-episode premiere of Percy Jackson and the Olympians season two, “I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals” and “Demon Pigeons Attack,” on December 10th.
I was not disappointed. The casting in this show is perfect, from Walker Scobell’s sass as Percy to Leah Sava Jeffries’s portrayal of Annabeth’s fatal flaw of pride. The episode titles are word-for-word from chapter titles in the book, which made me extremely happy.
Most parts of the series come from the book—there are some scenes that don’t, but they do serve an important purpose and fit better to television than some of the scenes in the book might. I’m okay with that, because the core of the story is still there, and I still get to see some of my favorite funny parts.
The final episode, released on January 21, nicely wrapped up the series with Clarisse completing her quest (I needed this) and some expected betrayal from a few demigods.
The humor in the books is well shown in the series, and I think that’s what a lot of people wish the movies could have done better. These kids behave like kids—that includes calling their moms, which I better understand now—and have the courage many people wish they could have. Furthermore, the plot is engaging; every episode continues the story at a pace without getting bogged down in detail. The messages the show conveys are good: themes of friendship, loyalty, and acceptance are all present.
I may have squealed watching the end credits scene: it’s Percy and Annabeth at a school dance—the opening scene of the third book. I’m ready now, for season three, so they’d better hurry it up.
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