As Percy Jackson and the Olympians enters its second leg, the stakes are higher, the gods are bigger, and the dialogue is explain-ier than ever. One thing episode 5, “A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers,” remains true to is monster-of-the-week storytelling, which at this point is starting to feel inspired by the formula of Disney+’s most recent Dave Filoni-led Star Wars shows. The series suffers a few more growing pains - with each new god added to the roster, there are new relationships and layers of mythology to know - but the sheer likability of everyone on screen and the unique look of the series continue to push it past the threshold of enjoyability. Many of these growing pains are reflected in the episode’s dialogue, which has the admittedly difficult job of catching viewers up on Greek myth basics while also keeping the plot moving. It makes for an uneven episode that feels at times both sluggish and hurried. And it’s a problem that the young actors aren’t able to keep up with, often struggling to make their expositional monologues convincing. This is epitomized by the quick moment at the beginning of the episode with the Fates, where Annabeth sees Atropos cut a life strand that (supposedly) belongs to one of our heroes. To keep things rolling along, this moment is glossed over, but not before Annabeth and Grover explain the Fates to Percy, who already knows these stories thanks to his mom. It’s a corner that’s hard to write out of when the character who is supposed to be the audience surrogate is already privy to all the lore.
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