After their fateful encounter with the Greek god of war Ares in episode 5, the lead trio of ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ gains new insights into who could have stolen Zeus’ bolt. The kids must quickly reach the underworld to complete their quest and prevent the Gods from going to war.
Titled “We Take a Zebra to Vegas,” episode 6 begins with Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), Annabeth Chase (Leah Jeffries), and Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri) trying to figure out where they are, cramped in a truck filled with animals supposed to be heading to Vegas. The plan is simple – they find Olympian deity Hermes and ask him for an easy way to the underworld. But Hermes is in a flashy casino called the ‘Lotus,’ where time moves differently, and people tend to forget things…
Set largely in a colorful-trippy Vegas casino, this chapter of the series has the potential to be super fun, but the direction fails to exploit the comic potential of the script effectively. Leah Jeffries maintains a constant shade of serious smugness as Annabeth, which is becoming far too monotonous. It’s as if the young lead actors have either been instructed to tone down their emotions or they simply have a limited range of expressions. Considering how the series has been shaping up so far, I strongly suspect it’s the former. So, what could have been a riotously entertaining episode manages to be a mildly entertaining one nonetheless.
In an interesting twist, Percy experiences mysterious dreams that hint at a larger, darker conspiracy afoot, extending beyond the war between the gods. The episode gets over in a flash and even though the kids make significant progress in their quest, they are hard-pressed for time and allies. The oracle’s prophecy about Percy being betrayed is yet to come true, so the next episode should be a lot more interesting!
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ is available to stream on Disney Plus.
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