I Plunge to My Death

This was a great episode and the first of the series that made me crave for the next one immediately. I'm actually blown away. I'm so glad Riordian is back in this new more age accurate way. Also who else agrees this story was meant to be told episodically instead of film. Great actor for echidna! She scared me and I'm too old for that nonsense. Also BEST PORTRAYAL OF CHIMERA!!!! I think the kids needed a little bit to settle in but now we have better chemistry and better delivery on their lines. I really love this series already and think Walker Scobell is the absolute perfect kid as Percy!! Can't wait to see more 9/10 episode wow.

A few different times I had to stop and verify I hadn't accidentally skipped ahead or skipped an episode because where the characters left off in a scene and where they started in a new one was so disjointed. It feels like a lot was cut to accommodate these short episode lengths, and that leaves too much missing information for the viewer. These episodes need to be a bit longer to bring each scene or episode to a close in a way that makes the opening sequence of the next one seamless.

I hope this is an issue that is resolved for the next season because this show has a top notch cast and is too good to be Game of Throned off the air with poor show running decisions. Let the actors act, bro. We don't need that extended end credit sequence.

Apart from that, I am loving this iteration of the story, and hope to see the other related series adapted as well, especially Magnus Chase.

Congrats, guys! You knocked it out of the park. <3.

This episode hit different for soooo many reasons. Definitely the best one so far-it blew my mind to bits.

Sitting and seeing so many iconic elements come to life from the book, was almost surreal-but if I had to pick the parts that stunned me the most in this episode, it would probably be as followed.

-Echidna: I didn't think it would be possible for one of the monsters in the storyline to be cooler and scarier and more realistic then Medusa was in the previous episode, but Suzzane Cryer just smashed through all of my expectations. She was so sweetly dangerous-it gave me goosebumps. I'm heartbroken that we won't be able to see more of her acting in later episodes.

-Percy getting poisoned: I swear that whole situation had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Especially with how pale he got-it just made the effects of the poison so much noticeable and cinematic. And walker scobell played out being weak and in pain so well!

But apart from just the acting, I really think this was a key part in the story, because for the first time, we get to see the side of Percy, who is more than willing to sacrifice his life to save his friends. And the drama of that scene where he locks himself with Echidna and the Chimera...my heart was POUNDING.

Special mention of the incredible effects of this episode-ESPECIALLY the Chimera...like it looked so realistic!!!!!

And the falling from the arch scene-so dramatic. I loved it so much.

Please keep it up guys!!! U give me something to look forward to every week😆

It's funny how the feature review criticized the episode...and yet rated it with an eight. Go figure.

Anyways, this episode felt formulaic and like it was just going through the motions to move the story along...and when it began to gain traction, like when it seemed like percy and whatsherface were bonding, it moved on to something else...i hope the rest isn't like this because i was enjoying the first few episodes...i'll, of course, give it another two episodes before i decide whether to continue watching or bail...this was me stretching to make the required characters. How does one speak about something that there was not much to tell about? Ridiculous imposition, the minimum character regulation.

Overall not too bad, but the episode didn't resolve and really ended at a strange spot. What happened to the monster? It feels like there were pieces that needed to be shown that don't have a place in the next episode. At only 33m, it felt like it needed that last 10 minutes to wrap up. I'm not sure what the reasoning is for that.

Annabeth is still kind of hard to understand at times, like she is rushing her lines. Probably just a kid thing and she'll get better as the show progresses. Overall the casting has been superb and the humor is exactly what you'd expect from a show aimed at kids.

The whole episode just felt aimless and disjointed compared to other episodes.