Queer Theory in the 1950s and Please Listen to the Nereid
Quantum Leap 2.10 "The Family Treasure" and Percy Jackson & the Olympians 1.4 "I Plunge to my Death"
Short post due to limited watch time. Next week’s is a bit longer!
Episode Review: Quantum Leap 2.10 “The Family Treasure”
Ben leaps into one of four sisters, burying their father. Who left, for them, a treasure map. A very punny treasure map.
Of course, the leap isn’t exactly about finding the treasure. It’s about keeping one of the sisters from going looking on her own (which gets her killed by rival treasure hunters).
And even more than that it’s about the father’s goal…getting his daughters (Well children) to stop fighting. To remember that they are family.
The best moment is Ben awkwardly explaining queer theory to the one who isn’t, in fact, a sister at all (or a brother, for that matter). In the 1950s. Poor Ben. He got it across beautifully, but it was clearly an Awkward Moment
Episode Review: Percy Jackson & the Olympians 1.4 “I Plunge to My Death”
Oh, this one is just so much fun. The actor playing Echidna has it perfect. I continue to adore Grover.
Turns out Percy, son of Poseidon, is afraid of water. I got a good laugh out of that. Perhaps the real, subconscious fear, is the fear of not coming back.
Because hey, lad, listen to the Nereid. You can’t drown. You’re the son of the sea god. You can breathe water. It’s fine.
Athena is mad with Annabeth, and won’t help them.
The Gateway Arch is a temple to Athena (tracks!).
We also find out Pan has vanished. This is connected to Grover somehow, I’m sure of it. Is he descended from Pan? It’s possible all satyrs are.
The chimera is the most dangerous monster. Also tracks.
But again.
Percy, listen to the Nereid.