TL;DR – It is time for a quest proper, or maybe two, and I am glad we have taken up the chalice and run with it.

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Post-Credit Scene – There is a mid-credit scene.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Review –

There are many things that you can expect when you sit down to watch or read Percy Jackson. But the one thing you can always count on is a quest. Well, we are officially on said quest, and all the monsters and gods that come with it.  

So, to set the scene, while there were several manipulations to try and stop Percy (Walker Scobell) from going on a quest, nothing stops Percy from going on a quest, which is how he, Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), and Tyson (Daniel Diemer) find themselves on an inflatable boat heading towards the cruise ship Princess Andromeda. A totally normal whip …. Totally normal. Meanwhile, at the source of the official quest, Clarisse (Dior Goodjohn) finds herself face-to-face with The Oracle (Heather Feeney). This can be both a source of great wonder or danger; just maybe don’t chop off her head. Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead.

Ares is Back

One of the contrasts this season is that we have the ‘unofficial’ quest where all our heroes are on, but then there is also an ‘official’ quest that is also happening. Which means that we get some more awkward God-Parent/Demigod interactions as Ares (Adam Copeland) returns, and I am not sure you would call his parenting uplifting. Dior Goodjohn really gets to shine in these parts, which I liked. Also, one of the best retools from the books is updating all the sailors on the ironclad to an assortment of fallen sailors from throughout history. And also, a personification of Blockbuster, which lost the Streaming Wars, which is a meta commentary that you don’t usually find there. This was a good update to the story, as I think the original tone from the book would have landed like a dull thud.

Motivations

There has been a lot said about who is good and who is bad in the show once the ‘big bad’ was revealed in Season One. However, this is the first chance that we get to actually integrate what is motivating both sides. This is the episode that starts to take the shine off the Mount Olympus system that everyone is operating under. You actually get where those supporting Kronos (Nick Boraine) would join that side, or at least why they would be enticed over. Like many cults and alternative political entities, there was a sense of identity that they could fill that uplifts people in a dark place. However, like those previously mentioned organisations, the moment you probe beneath the surface, you start to see that something is rotten in the state of Denmark.     

Filming

One touch that I liked in this episode was the way they filmed the characters as they were having their emotional revelations. In today’s cut-heavy editing style, you rarely get a chance to sit in a character’s emotions before we must move on. But I liked that we got to feel the feelings that Luke (Charlie Bushnell) thinks as he is challenged, and he must find his convictions when you see that they might not have rock-solid foundations. The same can be said of Percy, who, for the first time, felt that he might not be on the right side.

Recommendation   

In the end, do we recommend Percy Jackson and the Olympians: We Board the Princess Andromeda? Yes, I would. While it did have some frustrating moments, it coalesced in the end and did the job of sending us off on the quest into the Season of Monsters.

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By Brian MacNamara: You can follow Brian on Bluesky at @Tldrmovrev, when he’s not chatting about Movies and TV, he’ll be talking about International Relations, or the Solar System.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and producers of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Directed by – Jason Ensler
Written by – Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
Created by – Rick Riordan & Jonathan E. Steinberg
Based On – Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Production/Distribution Companies – 20^th Television, Co-Lab 21, The Gotham Group, Mythomagic, Quaker Moving Pictures & Disney+ 
Starring – Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn & Daniel Diemer with Timothy Simons, Adam Copeland, Beatrice Kitsos & Kevin Chacon and Sage Linder, Marlo Marolle, Heather Feeney, Dan Payne, Daniel Cudmore, Paul Cheng, Mark Gibbon, Aiden Howard, Adrian Hough, Kurt Ostlund, Sean Yves Lessard, Miles Merry, Shota Tsuji, Andre Roshkov, Andrew Alvarez, Mathew Yanagiya, Cassandra Ebner, Olly Atkins & Nick Boraine