The Disney+ adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians arrives freighted with historical baggage. It carries the residue of earlier cinematic attempts, which critics almost universally dismissed for their departures from the books. This television version was presented as corrective, a faithful translation of myth for a generation that prizes strict adherence to source material. Season 1 established that foundation of fidelity. Season 2 arrives as an exciting sophomore effort that builds meaningfully on that initial, earnest premise.
This chapter, subtitled The Sea of Monsters, begins roughly a year after Percy returns the Master Bolt. The usually idyllic Camp Half-Blood is plunged quickly into crisis. Thalia’s Tree, the…