
The following episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians are listed in the order of their scheduled airing. The first two episodes premiered on December 19, 2023 on Disney+. On February 7, 2024, the series was renewed for a second season based on the second book, The Sea of Monsters.[1] On March 14, 2025, the series was renewed for a third season based on the third book, The Titan's Curse.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 8 | December 19, 2023 | January 30, 2024 |
| 2 | TBA | December 10, 2025 | TBA |
| 3 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Total | Series premiere | Series finale | |
| 1-3 | 8 | December 19, 2023 | TBA |
Season one: The Lightning Thief (2023-2024)[]
| No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Director | Writer | Air date |
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| 01 | 01 | "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher" | James Bobin | Rick Riordan Jonathan E. Steinberg |
December 19, 2023 |
| Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on a field trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he is given a sword named Riptide in the form of a ball-point pen by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. Percy accidentally pushes his class bully Nancy Bobofit into a water fountain, catching the attention of algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds, who reveals herself as a Fury. Percy strikes Dodds with Riptide and later finds that no one else seems to remember Dodds' existence. Percy returns home to his stepfather Gabe Ugliano and mother Sally Jackson. Percy and Sally head to their cabin in Montauk, New York, where Sally tells her son that Greek gods and monsters are real. Percy's class friend Grover Underwood, inadvertently revealing himself as a satyr, arrives and tells Sally to move Percy to Camp Half-Blood. The three are attacked by a Minotaur on their way, and the Minotaur seemingly kills Sally, which causes Percy to kill it in anger. He collapses upon reaching camp and is greeted by Chiron after he wakes. | |||||
| 02 | 02 | "I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom" | James Bobin | Rick Riordan Jonathan E. Steinberg |
December 19, 2023 |
| Percy wakes up in the camp's infirmary with Grover at his bedside. He meets Mr. D, the camp director, and realises that Mr. Brunner is a centaur named Chiron. Chiron instructs Percy to stay in the Hermes cabin until he is claimed by his godly parent. Percy meets several other campers, including Luke Castellan and Clarisse La Rue, and tries different activities to figure out his skills. Clarisse and her friends attempt to dunk Percy's head in the toilet, but Percy repels them with his water powers. Annabeth Chase recruits Percy into her team for a game of capture the flag. Luke tells Percy about how he and Thalia Grace had recruited Annabeth and set off for camp, but only he and Annabeth made it. Capture the flag begins, and Percy repels an attack by Clarisse and her friends, while the blue team, consisting of the Athena and Hermes cabins, wins. Annabeth pushes Percy into the lake's water, causing Percy's wounds to heal. Percy is then claimed by the sea god Poseidon and moves into the Poseidon cabin. Soon afterward, Percy is told that Zeus has accused him of stealing his Master Bolt and that war will break out if it is not returned within a week. Percy is given a quest to find the bolt. | |||||
| 03 | 03 | "We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium" | Anders Engström | Jonathan E. Steinberg Monica Owusu-Breen |
December 26, 2023 |
| Percy receives a prophecy from the Oracle, which appears to confirm that the Master Bolt is with Hades in the Underworld beneath Los Angeles. Chiron asks Percy to choose two other campers to accompany him on his quest, and Percy chooses Annabeth and Grover. Before leaving, Percy also receives a pair of winged shoes from Luke. The three begin a cross-country bus trip and are attacked by Alecto, having previously reformed, and Tisiphone in New Jersey. They manage to escape and find the home of Medusa. She tries to convince Percy that she is not a monster but rather a victim of the whims of the gods, and asks him to betray his friends in exchange for help in saving his mother. The trio then work together to decapitate Medusa. Percy then uses Medusa's head to petrify Alecto. After disagreements with Annabeth and Grover, Percy reveals to them that the prophecy said that he would be betrayed by a friend. The three then clarify themselves, and Percy decides to send Medusa's head to Olympus. | |||||
| 04 | 04 | "I Plunge to My Death" | Anders Engström | Jonathan E. Steinberg Joe Tracz |
January 2, 2024 |
| Percy, Annabeth, and Grover continue west on a train. The trio discover that their cabin was ransacked by a woman, who reveals herself as Echidna and is training a young Chimera that poisons Percy. After the train arrives in St. Louis, the trio seek refuge inside the Gateway Arch as it is a monument to Athena. Percy begins to deteriorate from the poison, so Annabeth decides to bring him to the top of the Arch in order to seek help from Athena. Annabeth then learns that Athena was embarrassed after Medusa's head arrived on Olympus and has allowed Echidna and the Chimera to enter the Arch. Percy decides to stay behind and allow Grover and Annabeth to escape. After an unsuccessful battle with the Chimera, Percy falls from the Arch but is pulled into the Mississippi River. There, he meets a Nereid, who helps him realize that he can breathe underwater. | |||||
| 05 | 05 | "A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers" | Jet Wilkinson | Rick Riordan Jonathan E. Steinberg |
January 9, 2024 |
| Annabeth spots Atropos cutting a thread signifying an impeding death before she and Grover reunite with Percy. Percy tells them that they need to meet with Poseidon in Santa Monica before learning that the three of them have become wanted criminals due to the events on the train and at the Arch. The trio then encounter Ares, who offers to assist them if Percy and Annabeth recover his shield from Waterland. The two find the shield inside a tunnel of love, but Percy has to become trapped on Hephaestus's golden throne for the shield to release. Annabeth convinces Hephaestus to free Percy. Ares gives the trio a backpack with supplies and brings them to a zoo delivery truck bound for Las Vegas, where they can get assistance from Hermes at the Lotus Casino. Grover then tells Percy and Annabeth that he knows who stole the Master Bolt from his conversations with Ares. | |||||
| 06 | 06 | "We Take a Zebra to Vegas" | Jet Wilkinson | Jonathan E. Steinberg Joe Tracz |
January 16, 2024 |
| After Percy eavesdrops on a dream where a mysterious voice presenting as his headmaster from Yancy Academy talks to the lightning thief, the trio arrive in Las Vegas and inform Luke through an Iris Message that Clarisse might be the thief. At the Lotus Casino, Grover finds a family friend, who says that he found Pan, and Percy and Annabeth find Hermes, who refuses to help them. They then realize that they have unknowingly been inside the casino for days due to the air of the casino containing lotus fruit. After reuniting with Grover, they find Hermes's car, which has directions to the Underworld provided by Hermes, and are brought to Santa Monica Beach by the car. In the water, Percy learns from a Nereid that his quest's deadline had passed and his father left to prepare for war. Percy vows to continue his quest and is provided with four pearls to escape the Underworld. | |||||
| 07 | 07 | "We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of" | Anders Engström | Andrew Miller | January 23, 2024 |
| In a flashback, Sally brings Percy to a new school. Overwhelmed due to Percy struggling with abandonment and beginning to see mythical creatures, Sally contacts Poseidon, who dissuades her from taking Percy to Camp Half-Blood so he can forge his own identity. Percy confronts Procrustes and gains access to his secret passage into the Underworld. The trio encounter Charon, who summons Cerberus. Annabeth tames the dog allowing them to escape, but Grover realizes that he lost his pearl. In Fields of Asphodel, Annabeth becomes stuck and has to use her pearl. After reaching Tartarus, Grover is nearly pulled into the pit by the flying shoes with Percy then discovering the Master Bolt in his gifted backpack. Percy and Grover continue to Hades's Palace, and Hades offers to return Sally if Percy gives him his Helm of Darkness, which was also stolen. Percy realizes that Kronos organized the thefts, due to his longstanding grudge against his children. Hades offers to protect them in exchange for the Bolt, but Percy refuses. The two use their pearls and are brought to Montauk, where they reunite with Annabeth before being confronted by Ares. | |||||
| 08 | 08 | "The Prophecy Comes True" | Jet Wilkinson | Craig Silverstein | January 30, 2024 |
| In a flashback, Percy and Luke practice sparring. In the present, Percy challenges Ares to a fight with the first to draw blood winning both the Bolt and the Helm. After summoning a wave, Percy slashes Ares and then returns the Helm to Alecto. Percy travels to Olympus atop the Empire State Building and returns the Bolt to Zeus, who nevertheless plans to continue his war. When Zeus is about to strike Percy, Poseidon arrives and surrenders and the two agree to inform the council of the threat of Kronos together. After Poseidon sends him back to Camp Half-Blood, Percy receives a hero's welcome. While alone with Luke, Percy accuses him of being the thief, since Luke gave him the cursed shoes. After failing to recruit Percy, Luke subdues him in a fight. However, Annabeth reveals herself, having heard everything, and Luke flees. On the last day of camp, Percy leaves to reunite with Sally, Annabeth leaves to reconnect with her family, and Grover leaves to search for Pan with trio promising to reunite in a year. Kronos informs Percy in a dream that he is key to his return. In a mid-credits scene, Gabe, following his divorce with Sally, opens a returned package containing Medusa's head and is turned to stone. | |||||
References[]
- ↑ "Percy Jackson and the Olympians Renewed at Disney+". hollywoodreporter.com (February 7, 2024).
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