Overview
- Episode 4 debuts on Disney+ and Hulu as part of the weekly Wednesday rollout.
- The installment uses flashbacks to deepen Annabeth’s history and recontextualize key relationships.
- Executive producer Jonathan E. Steinberg calls a pivotal Percy–Annabeth moment a season turning point focused on vulnerability.
- Early reviews praise the production design, effects, sound, and performances, highlighting the climactic sequence as the series’ best to date.
- The episode closes on a major cliffhanger that heightens urgency for the quests ahead without resolving key questions.