Editor: Bre Boswell
Released: 1 November 2020
Persephone remembers her encounter with Apollo days before and the threat he made as well as calling her a minor goddess. After their argument, she returns to her room and collapses. Tree limbs grow from her back, and she accidentally crushes her phone. Trying to calm herself down, she resolves to take some time and make a plan.
She packs a bag, writes Artemis a note, and heads to the Underworld.
Persephone checks into a cheap motel using her true identity. She plans to use the money she was going to pay back her TGOEM scholarship to rent an apartment of her own in the Underworld so she doesn’t have to worry about Apollo.
The broadcast interrupts her plans, and she loses control again. Trees and vines sprout from her body and hair. The motel desk clerk demands she open up the door, so she flees out the window. Finding a junkyard, she hides inside an abandoned car.
“I didn’t mean for this to happen. I’m so sorry for making you worry.”
Persephone
The giant, growing roots cover her, and she seems to fall into a dream state. She floats in a blue greenhouse underwater.
Hades’ voice cuts through her inner thoughts, the words he said in the pool trying to rouse her. She sees him reaching for her first as a voice, then a moth, then himself in mortal realm attire.
She wakes up, and Hecate takes her to a guest bedroom to rest. The cleanup crew leaves.
Hades and Hecate discuss Zeus, and she claims she’s not afraid of him, and he can “kiss my blue ass.” Hecate also admits she “might have” known about Persephone (likely the Act of Wrath).
Hades brings a hot drink to the guest room and finds Persephone awake and wanting to talk.
WHAT WE LEARNED
EASTER EGGS & OTHER FACTS
Unlike the tree branches Persephone grew in the hospital, the vines she grew in response to news of her arrest warrant were huge and grew out of control. They seemed to almost protect and keep her safe and/or lead Hades to her.
Not only does Persephone have seriously long hair, there was a visual similarity to the Tartarus tree leading Hades Persephone that seemed to resonate with Rapunzel trapped in her tower.
OTHER EPISODES:
Morpheus, the Goddess of Dreams, introduces herself while another mysterious figure lurks in the background.
On their way to Tower 1, Persephone and Zeus have a heart to heart about relationships, while a strange new character follows closely behind.
Slinging bolts and history, Zeus and Persephone move deeper into the Underworld in the team up none of us expected.
Athena has some truth bombs for her father and Persephone finds herself in a very dangerous situation.
Concerned that all is not well in the Underworld, Persephone defies Zeus and starts her descent home.
Artemis has been struggling with what has been hidden from her for so long. She makes an unexpected request from Zeus.
Immediately following the verdict, Persephone abruptly begins her sentence in the Mortal Realm. Luckily, she's not alone.
The Dread Queen has arrived, and Kronos is not prepared.