‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2: All the most important adjustments from the books

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 is setting course for the Sea of Monsters, and similar to in Season 1, there are certain to be just a few adaptation adjustments forward.

Whether or not it is including new characters or tweaking main e book occasions fully, a few of these adjustments from Rick Riordan’s unique books fall flat, whereas others enrich the world of the present. Listed below are all the most important adjustments between Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 and The Sea of Monsters. We’ll be updating each week, so remember to come again for extra adaptation breakdowns.

Episode 1: Grover meets new characters, like Alison Simms.

Season 2 kicks off with Percy having a nightmare about Grover in peril, similar to The Sea of Monsters does. Nonetheless, there are some key variations: Grover is not in Florida, which means we do not get him working into St. Augustine Bridal Boutique. (Don’t fret, although, the present would not abandon the marriage gown storyline.) As an alternative, he is within the jungle, the place he meets a crew of demigods like Alison Simms (Beatrice Kitsos). They’re new characters who’ve allied themselves with Luke (Charlie Bushnell) and Kronos, which means Percy and his crew may have much more rogue demigods to take care of.

Episode 1: Principally every part about Tyson is totally different.

Daniel Diemer in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”
Credit score: Disney

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 introduces Tyson (Daniel Diemer), Percy’s Cyclops half-brother. Within the books, he’s unhoused, and whereas he attends Meriwether Faculty Prep with Percy, nobody offers him any further assist exterior of faculty. That adjustments within the sequence, as Sally Jackson (Virginia Kull) meets him whereas volunteering at a shelter, takes him in, and will get him into Meriwether. Which means she and Percy already know he is a Cyclops, versus within the e book, the place the Mist disguises his true nature to Percy.

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I am all the time completely happy to see Sally get to showcase her kindness and empathy, and I am intrigued by whether or not she’s conscious of Tyson additionally being Poseidon’s (Toby Stephens) son. Primarily based on her telling Percy that they may have extra in frequent than they suppose — therefore the “two sides of the identical coin” discuss — it looks as if she’s bought a reasonably good concept, giving her extra funding in Percy and Tyson’s relationship.

One other large change with Tyson is how he speaks. In The Sea of Monsters, he has a extra childlike speech sample, as Cyclops age extra slowly than people. Right here, although, he sounds like every of the opposite characters. Maybe this was a case of the e book dialogue merely not translating effectively to display, for worry of infantilizing or stereotyping Tyson. Nonetheless, it looks as if e book Tyson’s loyalty and enthusiasm carry over into present Tyson.

Episode 1: The Laistrygonian big dodgeball scene will get an enormous change.

The Sea of Monsters opens with a monster assault within the type of a lethal fitness center class. Laistrygonian giants posing as guests from Detroit sneak into Meriwether and wreak havoc throughout a dodgeball sport, hurling fireballs at Percy, Tyson, and their classmates. Percy Jackson and the Olympians strikes this combat scene from Meriwether to Camp Half-Blood, with the Laistrygonians ambushing Percy, Tyson, and Annabeth on their method to camp. In transferring the scene, the assault winds up changing the e book’s Colchis Bull combat.

Whereas there’s nonetheless a fiery dodgeball factor to the Laistrygonian sequence, it misses a variety of the allure from the e book’s model. Gone are the Laistrygonians’ weak disguises, together with the title tags studying Joe Bob, Cranium Eater, and Marrow Sucker. These disguises, together with the highschool setting of the scene, are an enormous a part of the attraction of Riordan’s sequence within the first place: seeing Greek mythology transposed into our day-to-day world. I perceive eager to fold two monster assaults into one as a consequence of time and price range constraints, however there’s nonetheless rather a lot misplaced if you rip away one of many defining components of the e book sequence.

Episode 1: Chiron is fired for various causes.

Rounding out the most important adjustments from episode 1 is Chiron’s (Glynn Turman) firing from Camp Half-Blood. Within the present, he is fired as a result of he is the son of Kronos, which makes the Greek gods cautious about his allegiances. The e book takes it a step farther: In The Sea of Monsters, Chiron’s connection to Kronos makes him a chief suspect within the poisoning of Thalia’s (Tamara Good) tree. He is already fired by the point Luke poisons the tree within the present, although. Percy sees Luke assault the tree in individual, furthering the animosity between the 2.

Episode 2: Whoa, there is a lot of drama between Percy and Annabeth.

Walker Scobell and Leah Sava Jeffries in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”
Credit score: Disney / David Bukach

Percabeth shippers, buckle up, as a result of this episode delivers a lot angst. Chiron reveals the Nice Prophecy to Annabeth earlier than telling her that she will’t let Percy go on any quests. Cue Annabeth planning to sabotage Percy within the chariot race ought to it come all the way down to the 2 of them. Later, she suggests she go on Clarisse’s (Dior Goodjohn) quest for the Golden Fleece with out Percy. All of that is new, and it is nerve-racking, including extra mistrust between the pair.

Regardless of all the brand new twists in how the search comes collectively, the tip consequence is similar: Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson set out for the Sea of Monsters. Nonetheless, Percy and Annabeth are extra at odds than ever earlier than, setting a extra adversarial tone for the search forward.

Episode 3: Percy Jackson and the Olympians reveals off a distinct aspect of Clarisse.

Dior Goodjohn in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”
Credit score: Disney / David Bukach

Episode 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 makes just a few tweaks to Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson’s encounter with Luke aboard the Princess Andromeda, getting new characters like Allison concerned, and even having Tyson set off a bomb in completely badass trend.

The most important change within the episode, although, is that we get extra of Clarisse’s perspective as she units out on her quest. We witness firsthand her journey to the Oracle, alongside together with her father Ares (Adam Copeland) gifting her a ship and a zombie crew. In contrast to within the e book, these are dropping troopers from an enormous number of wars, versus merely Accomplice troopers. For a quantity of causes… good name, Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

However Ares’ present is a double-edged sword. He instantly undermines her discipline expertise to the troopers and threatens Clarisse ought to she fail. Dad of the Yr, he isn’t. That scene fuels Clarisse’s insecurities heading into her mission, which solely worsen because the troopers repeatedly ignore her.

By the episode’s finish, although, she’s received them over by promising them a spot in Elysium as soon as they die. Is that this a verify she will truly money? I am undecided but. Nonetheless, her rousing speech is proof of her burgeoning management expertise. Plus, seeing Clarisse truly battle with the start of her quest is one thing we do not get a lot of in The Sea of Monsters, past a tense dialog Percy overhears between her and Ares. That is one of many advantages of a TV adaptation that is not a e book narrated in first individual: We get to absorb different views. Because of this, Clarisse will get extra layers this episode, and Goodjohn will get to really shine as a extra outstanding member of Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ ensemble.

Episode 4: Percy Jackson and the Olympians offers us flashbacks to Annabeth, Luke, and Thalia’s journey to Camp Half-Blood.

Tamara Good in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”
Credit score: Disney / David Bukach

Following within the footsteps of episode 3’s deal with Clarisse, episode 4 continues Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ development of showcasing new, non-Percy views. This time, we get that within the type of flashbacks to Annabeth’s time touring with Luke and Thalia (Tamara Good), daughter of Zeus (Courtney B. Vance), to Camp Half-Blood. A harmful encounter between younger Annabeth and a band of Cyclopes prompts Thalia’s resolution to seek out sanctuary at Camp Half-Blood, versus persevering with to reside life on the highway. In Annabeth’s thoughts, this was the deadly resolution that led to Thalia’s loss of life on the perimeters of camp. If she hadn’t been captured by the Cyclopes within the first place, then Thalia would nonetheless be alive.

The precise Cyclopes encounter performs out in another way within the present than within the books, which noticed 7-year-old Annabeth saving a trapped Luke, Thalia, and Grover from a Brooklyn-based Cyclops’ home of horrors. That fateful assembly led to Annabeth’s deep hatred of all Cyclopes. Nonetheless, within the present, Annabeth’s ire is directed much less on the Cyclopes, and extra at herself for getting captured within the first place and slowing Thalia and Luke down. It is a poignant shift, one which emphasizes her survivor’s guilt. It additionally offers us our first take a look at Good in motion as Thalia, getting us prepared for Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ Season 3 adaptation of The Titan’s Curse.

Episode 4: The Scylla and Charybdis combat offers Clarisse an ethical disaster.

Similar to within the books, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, and Clarisse face off with Scylla and Charybdis with a view to enter the Sea of Monsters. However the present provides in a trolley downside-esque twist, courtesy of Annabeth’s battle technique. To get previous Scylla, all Clarisse must do is sacrifice six of her males, one for every tentacle. Ought to she knowingly ship these troopers to their doom to ensure that assured success? Or ought to she strive her unique plan of getting previous Charybdis?

In the long run, Clarisse follows Annabeth’s plan. But the guilt of sacrificing her crew members overwhelms her, and she or he joins them on deck. As soon as once more, the added depth to Clarisse works wonders right here. It is nice to see that as she’s stepped up by way of significance, the present has stepped up simply as a lot by way of letting viewers members into her inside world.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 is now streaming on Disney+, with a brand new episode each week.