{"id":208303,"date":"2025-12-24T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/208303\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:42:09","slug":"percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-season-2-episode-4-percy-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/208303\/","title":{"rendered":"Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, Episode 4: Percy, what?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2<\/a>, Episode 4 \u2018Clarisse Blows Up Everything\u2019 ups the stakes even more, ends on a hell of a cliffhanger, and gives Percy the kind of line that reads like a romantic declaration, even if he doesn\u2019t really deliver it like one. All in all, a great episode of television that builds on the previous three and sets the stage for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

This season of Percy Jackson<\/a> has already done set up much more effectively than Season 1. To be fair, it had a much easier job than the first season. It could just jump into the action, with less time spent introducing things or people. We already know the world and most of the characters, even if this is the kind of show that requires a basic knowledge of mythology and an openness to new people becoming integral to the storytelling. However, the season has certainly taken this and run with it in a way that benefits not just the characters, but the story.<\/p>\n

Season 2 isn\u2019t exactly like the books, but Percy feels like Percy, Annabeth feels like Annabeth, and the story being told feels like the same story, even if some of the tiny details are not the same. And even the things we\u2019re not sure about, we\u2019re willing to take on faith.<\/p>\n

THE BROKEN TRIO<\/p>\n

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\u201cClarisse Blows Up Everything\u201d gives us our first look at the Broken Trio, and at Thalia, and it\u2019s hard not to fall in love with her right away. Tamara Smart plays Thalia as a smart, spunky, and loving friend to both Annabeth and Luke, and though every second we see her in this episode, she\u2019s heading towards the kind of fate neither Annabeth nor we wanted for her, that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re not rooting for her every step of the way.<\/p>\n

The glimpse of a younger version of Luke\u2014and Annabeth\u2014also helps conceptualize why Annabeth could not accept Percy\u2019s \u201csolution\u201d of killing Luke<\/a>. It\u2019s not about what makes sense for the quest; it\u2019s about what makes sense for her heart. Because for months, Luke and Thalia were Annabeth\u2019s protectors. Her big siblings, in many ways. And Annabeth loves them. That kind of love didn\u2019t just disappear when Luke chose to support Kronos.<\/p>\n

And those feelings are, in many ways, determining Annabeth\u2019s choices even now. She\u2019s going on this quest to help save Thalia. She\u2019s stopping Percy from hurting Luke because, once upon a time, he helped her and cared for her. Annabeth might not be a forbidden child herself, and she might not have the power Percy has, but she has more power than she herself understands. And that, well\u2026 that\u2019s going to end up being very important down the line.<\/p>\n

A DAUGHTER OF ARES<\/p>\n

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Clarisse<\/a> steps out of the shadows of Ares in this episode, and it\u2019s such a great thing to see for the character and for Dior Goodjohn, who has embodied Clarisse to a point where it\u2019s impossible to imagine anyone else playing the character.<\/p>\n

Yes, she\u2019s strong. She\u2019s determined. And she might be the best at some things\u2014many things. But she will never be the kind of ruthless warrior her father would want her to be, because, unlike Ares, Clarisse has a heart. She cares. And that\u2019s not a weakness, no matter what she might think.<\/p>\n

The mythology of this show sees a lot of broken kids try to emulate parents that perhaps don\u2019t deserve to be emulated, and none exemplifies that at this point as much as Clarisse does. The notion of being better than the father who wasn\u2019t even present doesn\u2019t occur to her because, as their parents are gods, these kids see them as the ultimate role models. But as we\u2019ve learned already, the gods aren\u2019t always right, and they are certainly not always the type who should be emulated.<\/p>\n

A DECLARATION (OR TWO)<\/p>\n

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There are two things to understand about Percy\u2019s big declarations this episode. One, is that he is absolutely not thinking anything he\u2019s saying is romantic. Two, that it very much is. This is a slow burn, and often the last people to realize that it is are the two people involved in the slow burn. So, no, Percy\u2019s wild declarations don\u2019t mean the show is moving up the timeline of Annabeth and Percy too much. They just mean that Percy has grown up, and growing up by having to face the Gods (your family) brings a level of maturity.<\/p>\n

First things first, in what is actually a casual conversation about their plan for the sea of monsters, Annabeth asks how Percy knows the decision they\u2019re making is the right one. She\u2019s not being facetious. She wants to understand why Percy is so okay with what they\u2019re doing. His response isn\u2019t surprising, but it still lands heavy: \u201chonestly, because it\u2019s yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is that simple. Percy trusts Annabeth, and if she says this is the path they should follow, he believes that it is the right choice. Period. This leads Annabeth to a crisis of faith because she isn\u2019t sure. And there\u2019s no way to be sure. The problem for her, of course, is that last time she made a choice this monumental, she feels like she led Thalia to a fate worse than death.<\/p>\n

Percy reassures her about Thalia and about himself. \u201cIt only took me two days to see how special you are\u201d isn\u2019t a line. It\u2019s just a friend expressing appreciation for another friend, at least right now. And yet it is a line, because what is love but an extension of trust? And Percy trusted Annabeth right away. That means something. No, that means everything.<\/p>\n

Agree? Disagree? What did you think of\u00a0Percy Jackson and the Olympians\u00a0Season 2, Episode 4 \u2018Clarisse Blows Up Everything\u2019? Share with us in the comments below!<\/p>\n

The first two episodes of\u00a0Percy Jackson\u00a0Season 2 are now available to stream on\u00a0Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, Episode 4 \u2018Clarisse Blows Up Everything\u2019 ups the stakes even more,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9618,93,61,60,74104,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-208303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}