Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri), and Annabeth Chase (Leah Jeffries) are on their way to the underworld to complete their quest, while fearsome monsters continue to chase them in the fantasy-fiction series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”.
Titled “I Plunge to My Death”, episode 5 starts off with a flashback scene where Percy’s mother Sally (Virginia Kull) is trying to teach his younger version to swim at a pool. But a scared Percy refuses to move from his spot, even though his mother attempts to convince him it’s a life skill he’d need when she is not around. “You’ll always be here,” the boy tells his mother. And the scene serves as a poignant reminder of Percy’s bond with Sally.
However, after the brief moving flashback, the rest of the episode isn’t very interesting and trudges along at a pace that just about manages to keep you passively interest ed in the proceedings. Suzanne Cryer plays a new monster targeting the kids, and her portrayal is borderline boring due to the uninspiring direction. Even in episode 3, when the lead trio find themselves cornered by the legendary Medusa, there was so much potential in the script for excitement, but the creators underutilize Medusa’s potential as an antagonist, and it’s pretty much been the case for most monsters that have appeared in the series so far.
As mentioned in the Episode 3 Review, ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ isn’t gritty enough for adults and is far too morose for kids. Half the show is over, so one can only hope that maybe the creators have saved the best part for the second-half of the show. True to the title, someone does plunge to their death and the episode ends in an interesting cliffhanger.
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ is available to stream on Disney Plus.
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