We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

The journey of Percy, Grover and Annabeth begins in episode 3. As they start their quest for the lightning bolt and to save Percy's mother, they come face to face with Medusa and there, she tries to seduce Percy into helping him with his quest.

Episode 3 is a good continuation of the series. This is a reminder that some nook adaptations (or all) should be put in the small screen format as it delivers more story and more character development. It also gives more storyline and more time to tell / show the plot of the book. This series is probably going to be one of the best this year (and next year). Can't wait for episode 4.

Pros -Nora West-Allen, I mean Jessica Parker Kennedy's portrayal of Medusa -The trio building up their relationship together -Clues as to someone will betray Percy in the later episodes (and we know who that would be :( ) -The shoes!!!

Episode 3 is 7/10 Still good 😊

#PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians.

Medusa as a victim rather than monster is genuinely interesting and has been done well several times before in other shows. This though was basic and bland, remove half you wouldn't notice. If the idea was a China vase the show was paper mache and the ending was paper mache hit by a spade. None of the characters learned anything either. Percy went from willing to listen to ditching her something i dislike and think out of character, annabeth started arrogant ended arrogant and Grover was just pathetic any sudden growth was unrelated to her. Just imagine what we could have got, annabeth questions the role of the hero after thalia died for nothing and she finds camp taught her to hate all monsters when some aren't so bad, how solitude can build resentment but she stayed true to herself, percy really showing his kind heart not only listening but finding a way to help her out of solitude, medusa only acts nice to teach kids people lie, or annabeth believing her a monster pushes her to snap as reminded of athena to teach kids you can turn good people bad. Any of this would have been better than saying how good she is that she doesn't blame them for their parents only to turn for no reason.

The acting is mostly bad. Walker is the exception. Grover is annoyingly awkward most of the flat jokes coming from him don't help, he doesn't feel like a best friend to percy or a guy annabeth has known for years who helped save her. Hasn't quite got the subtlety to pull off without seeming pathetic. Annabeth has no range, the condescending and deadpan looks actually annoy me now, she lacks any real body language and can't show hints of vulnerability or caring when required. Unfortunately she's a main character its not something i can just ignore, titans curse will surely be my favourite part of her work. Medusa delivered a solid show but hardly the masterpiece some suggest, go watch black sails if you want to see her really shine.

So far this episode and the show in general feels empty. While happy people enjoy it I don't think the show deserve half the applause it gets, can only assume since the movies didn't do well they have blinkers on bending over backwards ignoring the many faults to feel hey we got a good adaptation. Even if written for kids the fans of the books have grown up a bit and it lacks depth and appeal to general audiences to make it a lasting success like Harry Potter.

Also book accurate doesn't equal great. While it ticks boxes of plot beats it misses the atmosphere entirely. Take last of us ep3 it far from game version but was one of the best.

I did like considering luke for the quest and idea of nice medusa even if it played out poorly. Walker again the only beacon of hope this show has.

Lots of smaller issues I took. Annabeth learned nothing, got picked for quest her dream gave no appreciation, smartest girl around see Grover look at stone satyr ask what up. Percy picked Grover because he would never betray him but already did in the first ep, was near when Grover spoke to horses but didn't hear anything. Grover ignored a gods direct order his punishment scoop some poop. The fury is supposed to be hades lieutenant while I like it wary of medusa they killed it three times now and it can't push past a group of people in bus come on. I get inclusive and as long as just around camp don't really mind it but a girl in wheelchair popped up again how does that work in the demigod world with monsters. The whole head in box in book was badass here didn't hit. Finally spent a minute watching hermes walk and elevator just awful use the time to show the gods reaction or scrap it and give me anything else.

Percy Jackson has to head west for his quest to confront Hades and rtrievie Zeus's bolt. Accompanying him will be Annabeth and Grover.

Only Percy is warned by the Oracle that his friend will betray him on the quest. Well that could be Grover.

On the bus Percy finds that Annabeth has taken charge. Maybe for good reason she senses that something is wrong. The Furies have smelt them and get on the bus.

The three escape and take the path to Aunty Em's Emporium. The smell of food entices them inside but there is something mythical about it.

The many stones statues indicates to Annabeth that this is Medusa's lair. She does not like Annabeth.

I thought the beginning of the quest was interesting. The bickering about Annabeth calling the shots the the confrontation with the Furies.

Then it got rather muddled. Medusa looked interesting but the pacing and dialogue was so dull.

This is such a good adaptation of Percy Jackson and way better than the movies. I have been waiting for this series to come out for years and so far have been enjoying it. I love the casting choices especially the kid who play Percy is exactly what I envisioned.

A few things I think could be improved upon, 1. Longer episodes: Because the episodes are so short it forces the story to be told way too fast and important and amazing parts of the story and left out as a result. You have a tv series Its not a movie, so you can take time to add those little details and really develop the story and the characters.

2. More Edginess I felt like a couple of characters where lacking for example Medusa and the Oracle. Both of these character are supposed to be spine tingling. I get that this is a Disney show however you will not offend people or scare kids if you add a little more mystery and suspense to characters. Plus it shouldn't be so easy for the main characters to defeat ancient entities.

With that being said I love the show and hope that production will get a bigger budget for season 2 and make this show truely come to life.

SO much more nuanced. Still a villain, very much a monster, but so much more complex and interesting in this iteration. Also love the chemistry between the trio, and how much more explicit the show is in showing how dickish the gods are and how much most of the series' issues come because the gods are neglectful asses. Not very fond of two things - the blackout cuts. I have no idea why they even have them in a streaming show. And the monster fight sequences are kinda underwhelming, especially the furies. They die so easily.

The third episode is the best of the show so far, so hopefully the show maintains the quality.