Episode #154 – You Can Do Both
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Prophecy Radio episode #154 includes our discussion of Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2, episode 8, “The Fleece Works Its Magic Too Well.” We’re skipping the news again this week, but we also discuss the last episode of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast, which features Aryan Simhadri and Walker Scobell being besties. New episodes of Prophecy Radio air every other week. All discussions are PG-13.
No News this week! We’ll get caught up soon!
Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2, episode 8 discussion (00:09:40)
- It’s finally time to discuss the finale!!
- We kick off this episode with a flashback to that night on Half-Blood Hill before jumping back to Percy listening to Annabeth and Grover excitedly discussing Thalia’s return.
- Blackjack appears in the road and Percy knows him.
- Sally wants to help, but this is quite literally Percy’s battle, so she has to let him go do demigod things.
- Tantalus is being insufferable back in the hippodrome, but everyone is put out of their misery pretty quickly.
- Luke’s forces have already been attacking Camp, and he arrives with even more.
- He’s changed his tune since last time, saying anyone left inside Camp will be burned to the ground, but he does say Thalia’s tree must be protected.
- Percy and Annabeth have an uncomfortable discussion about Thalia’s loyalty.
- Percy and Co. come across some armed Campers, and they have to surrender to them.
- Mr. D doesn’t want to believe anything is wrong, but Percy gives an impassioned speech about how Kronos is back.
- Clarisse listens as Chris tells her there are traitors in their midst, then reveals himself as one of those traitors!
- This is a little different than what happened in the book, but it makes sense to give Chris a larger role in the show.
- Turns out, Clarisse DOES have friends!!
- Percy and Luke square off, and it becomes obvious they have different objectives.
- It’s bloody and violent, but this is only the beginning—just wait until season 5!
- Tyson comes to the rescue, and he wins an award for Best Brother of the Century!
- Allison shoots Annabeth with an arrow, but Percy must focus on the task at hand: Saving Thalia’s tree.
- He hands the fleece off to Clarisse in another show of trust and maturity, and we’re totally here for it.
- Thalia’s shocking returns knocks Percy out.
- Percy is seaside with Poseidon, who tells him what they’re all up against.
- Poseidon invited Tyson to be by his side, but Percy’s destiny lies elsewhere.
- This scene is so emotional, between Tyson thanking Poseidon for bringing him to Percy and Sally, to Poseidon saying love is even stronger than Fate.
- Chiron is back and Percy still drools in his sleep, so all is right with the world.
- Clarisse is in charge of preparing Camp’s troops.
- It gets a little awkward, but one “Shut up, Jackson” makes everything feel normal again.
- Chiron tells the truth of what happened that night on Half-Blood Hill.
- What did we think of Courtney B. Vance’s interpretation of Zeus?
- Thalia returns, and Percy is feeling pretty conflicted about it.
- We also discuss the TWO bonus scenes at the end of the episode.
- Kristen has some follow-up questions.
- We get to see Aryan’s audition tape for Percy Jackson, the character!
- Aryan interviews his best friend, Walker, who talks about how the fight sequence at the end of the finale sets up season 3.
- They discuss Percy’s big speech, and how Percy will continue to grow and evolve over the coming seasons.
- These books really did inform Walker’s personality.
- Toby Stephens takes a break from playing Captain Hook to chat with them—but he never takes a break from smelling amazing!
- Once again, everyone has such nice things to say about Daniel Diemer.
- Walker and Toby also have some super nice things to say about each other.
- It’s not easy playing a god, but Toby is pretty great at it.
- Also, he’s acting royalty, so he’s kind of the perfect person for this role.
- They talk about Lance Reddick and Courtney B. Vance.
- Aryan and Walker discuss Thalia’s role in season 2.
- Then it’s time to discuss season 3!
- Olive and Levi (Bianca and Nico) just got drenched for the first time on set, which seems to be a right of passage for this cast.
- Walker hates school and wishes he didn’t have to go anymore.
- The guy playing Thorn (David Costabile) is apparently fantastic.
- Aryan got to play his panpipes and the two of them also watched the first movie and then the first season together.
- Walker also discusses his favorite scene from this season.
Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode #155, where we’ll discuss all the latest Percy Jackson and the Olympians news.
This episode’s hosts are: Karen and Kristen
Each episode, Prophecy Radio‘s hosts will discuss any official news coming out of Camp Half-Blood before doing a chapter by chapter reread of Percy Jackson or one of Rick Riordan’s other series.
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