Early in Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ second season, an army of undead soldiers swap war tales. There’s a Viking, a Napoleonic soldier, and… Mitch, an honest-to-God Blockbuster employee. When asked which battle he fought in, he gamely replies, “Oh, the streaming wars.”

Streamers might have spelled doom for poor Mitch, but they have generally delivered when it comes to salvaging beloved middle-grade series onscreen. Much like Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events got a serviceable Netflix remake following a lousy Jim Carrey movie, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books are finally getting a faithful Disney+ television adaptation after fans spent years bemoaning a pair of ill-received films.

Now in its second season, Percy Jackson has firmly established itself as a solid coming-

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