The Season 2 premiere jumps in with a form of snug momentum, like everybody concerned remembered precisely what labored final time and determined to lean into it. Season 1 set a strong basis—trustworthy tone, robust younger forged, and a transparent understanding of the world—and this episode strikes ahead with out attempting to reinvent something. It simply builds. As an alternative of dramatic course corrections, tonal shifts, it simply has extra confidence.
Walker Scobell returns as Percy with an ease that matches the character’s development. He nonetheless has the identical earnestness, the identical fast flashes of irritation when monsters present up uninvited, and the identical deadpan humor that made him work in Season 1. He performs older Percy with out shedding the child vitality, which is the factor you need most in a narrative that’s nonetheless essentially about middle-schoolers dealing with absurd issues.
Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri stay the center of the trio. Their chemistry feels even smoother, with quick reactions, clear comedic beats. Season 1 already established their dynamic, so the premiere will get to skip the introductions and simply allow them to operate as a staff. It makes the episode transfer rapidly with out feeling rushed, no less than on that half.
The plot is simple and kid-friendly. There’s a problem at camp, an issue solely Percy can clear up, and simply sufficient chaos to remind you that nobody ever will get a standard week right here.
Tyson’s introduction is dealt with with a stunning quantity of heat, although it is a bit of totally different from the e-book. Visually, his single eye is a bit of uncanny, however not in a method I can say is dangerous. There’s truthfully no model of a cyclops that’s going to look “normal” to us as a result of we simply aren’t wired to course of a face like that. The present makes a wise alternative in leaning into sincerity over realism. His expressions learn clearly, the character feels approachable, and as soon as you compromise into the look, it stops being a distraction.
What actually stands out is the tone. It stays earnest, a bit of goofy, and emotionally direct. When characters wrestle, the present doesn’t linger. After they succeed, it lets the second land with out overplaying it. It’s accessible with out feeling simplified, which is strictly the steadiness that made the primary season work.
There are some adjustments from the e-book. Tyson’s introduction is a bit of totally different, and his preliminary relationship with Percy is barely adjusted. I do assume, total, it provides to the story in a great way. A lot of the adjustments I understood and loved and felt prefer it added extra depth. I believe essentially the most disappointing one is that the episode title would not really come to fruition…not prefer it does within the books.
As a premiere, it accomplishes every part it must: It reestablishes the world, nudges the stakes upward, and units the trio on a path that looks like a pure continuation moderately than a reset. It’s enjoyable, honest, and clearly happy with its identification as a youngsters’ fantasy collection.
If the remainder of the season stays at this degree, we’re in for one thing genuinely satisfying.
Catch Percy Jackson and the Olympians each Wednesday on Disney+, beginning December 10, 2025.
