Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Warning : SPOILERS ahead for Percy Jackson & the Olympians episode 3 .

Summary

Percy Jackson & the Olympiansteases Medusa in its premiere and lagger , but the Disney+ series at long last introduces the Gorgon in episode 3 — andher circumstances call off back to a grievous Sally Jackson line from the first installment . Staying faithful to the events ofRick Riordan ’s Word , Percy , Annabeth , and Grover come across Medusa on their journeying to retrieveZeus ' Lightning Bolt . And although they ’re forced into a confrontation with one of Greek mythology ’s most famous monsters , they do n’t immediately know what to make of her .

Disney’sPercy Jacksonshow changes Medusa slightly , make her a more tragical figure . That ’s something the serial foreshadows with Percy and Sally ’s conversationduring thePercy Jacksonpremiere . While the span are looking at a statue ofPercy ’s namesake , Perseus , Sally offer a position on Medusa that suggests she ’s more than a monster . This line allude to her frightful backstory and fate in the show .

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is being praised for its faithfulness to the germ fabric , though that does not have in mind there are no change to the playscript .

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Medusa’s Tragic Story Proves Sally Jackson’s Line About Her Not Being A Monster Right

Percy Jackson & the Olympiansepisode 3sees Percy , Annabeth , and Grover utter with Medusa , who partake her adaptation of her story . Annabeth ’s female parent , Athena , turned Medusa into a Gorgon , but her reasons seem less just after hearing the other side of the situation . Medusa tells the trio that she idolize Athena for twelvemonth without identification — and that she would have continued to do so even longer . However , Poseidon seduced her , something Athena took as a grave affront . The goddess cursed Medusa , turn her into a snake - haired Gorgon who could n’t stare upon anyone without kill them .

Annabeth insists that this is n’t how things unraveled , butPercy Jackson ’s criticism of the Olympic godssuggest that they do regard mortals with such little thoughtfulness . And Sally Jackson alludes to Medusa ’s tragic backstory whenshe tells Percy , " Not everyone who look like a Italian sandwich is a hero , and not everyone who look like a monster is a giant . “Even if Medusa turns on Percy and his friends later in the episode , it ’s clear that she ’s more complex than the stories give her acknowledgment for . Likewise , the heroes of her report may not be as desperate as they ’d have the young demigods believe .

Medusa’s Head Being Sent To The Olympians Continues Her Terrible Treatment By The Gods

It ’s a shame Percy ca n’t find a center earth with Medusa , asher fortune simply bear on her terrible intervention by the Olympian gods . After hit the Gorgon , Percy sends her read/write head to Mount Olympus . He does this to prevent her deadly gaze from descend into the haywire hands . However , it keep the Hz of maltreatment that go Medusa to her fate — and claimed so many lives as a solution . Medusa is n’t innocent in all this , butPercy Jackson & the Olympiansdoesn’t ignore the gods ' part in her transmutation . The Disney+ serial is fully cognizant of the gods ' faults , and it predict to elaborate on them further as it continues .

Percy Jackson & the Olympiansstreams on Disney+ .

Cast

Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa in Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson holding a shield in the Disney+ show atop a blurred image of the Percy Jackson book series

Azriel Dalman as young Percy Jackson and Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson standing in front of the Perseus statue in Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Medusa wearing a veil in Percy Jackson next to Poseidon and the titular character

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Percy Jackson & The Olympians