A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers

This is easily the best episode so far. Ares might be my favorite character introduced at this point he was perfectly cast and both hilarious and unsettling. The main 3 continue to become more comfortable with each other and the roles that they are playing. They all have real chemistry especially between Percy and Annabeth. The minor tweaks in the episode worked well and made thing easier to adapt to the screen. I personally have no issues with these changes seeing how they come directly from Rick Riordan himself and don't affect the story too harshly. This show just keeps getting better and I'm here for it and excited for what's to come.

This series has been somewhat playing towards the wants of those who loved the book series and have been dissapointed by the past movie attempts till this point. Now with this episode it was able to achieve this on top of becoming a true premier television show. The addition of Ares the vein god was beautiful for the series as was continuing to place Percy and Annabeth in more and more harrowing positions iin which the have to become the heroes us seeries readers know they will become it was a truly refreshing episode to even me who has enjoyed this series. I hope beyond hope that the series continues in this manner,

Episode five has some edge and plenty of cheeseburgers.

Percy, Annabeth and Grover find themselves as fugitives on the run from the law after what happened on the train.

They are now walking to Los Angeles and evading the police. There quest in truth is at an end.

Unexpected help comes from a motorcyclist on the road. It is Ares, the war god. He might be rough around the edges but he offers them a way to get to Los Angeles.

All they have to do is retrieve something Ares left behind at a theme park. Grover will stay behind as collateral.

It is a spiky episode. Of course it is no ordinary theme park they go to retrieve Ares's shield. It also marks the introduction of Hephaestus, the God of skill and craftsmanship who created the park and has a beef with Ares.

Pacing is still erratic and I do think the series is uneven.

Honestly, I am enjoying this show immensely so far. The actors are going for broke, the style looks fantastic (finding out the production designer, Dan Hennah, was the same one who worked on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy made me understand why I like the visual style so much), and I'm really liking the way the main character dynamics are shaping up. However, I do have one major gripe; non of the gods we've met so far feel dangerous.

The gods in the book are, well, immortal, super powerful beings that can vaporize you with a look if you cross them. They are to be feared, and if you don't fear them, you'd better be willing to face their wrath. So far in this series, we have gotten no glimpses of the power the Olympians posses, only threats and frowns. They don't give off the literal vibes they gave off in the books, and have yet to display anything supernatural about them at all. The characters don't show nearly enough fear towards them, and I don't blame them, they aren't scary.

While that definitely deflates the episode a bit, especially in the climax, the main focus is on continuing to develop Percy and Annabeth's relationship, and on this front I feel they hit it out of the park. The length is also an improvement from the last installment, but it was still too short for my liking. Could absolutely have used an extra five minutes to make the retrieval mission a little more interesting. As for the story change made to this chapter from the book, I don't necessarily dislike it, since it is meant to facilitate Annabeth's character arc just as the last episode was meant to jumpstart Percy's, though I do think the show could stand to embrace the silly antics and ridiculousness of the original a bit more. One mustn't lose sight of the fun while telling a serious story.

Still, a good episode. I'm hopeful the next one will be longer, and bring back a little of that crazy fun the books did so well.

This episode and series is unbelievably annoying and irritating. Not one character is likeable. The way everyone talks soooo slowwww! Every show needs different speech patterns and tones but not this show everyone talks monotone then yells. Everyone is slow and boring and doesn't smile or laugh just sad slow talking. The sets and scenes all go on for way too long and somethings are figured out so quickly and others just drag on and on. Disney Plus needs some new show creators and actors and directors...the need to get back to fun shows with kids that are funny and charming is desperate. This show is sad and boring.