I picked up Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 2005 when it hit bookshelves, and it has remained one of my favorite book series of all time. So, the TV adaptation being as flawlessly executed as it was in Season 1 made my 10-year-old self happier than I can even possibly put into words right here. The show is not only a faithful adaptation, but it also managed to expand elements of the story perfectly. Like, a scene between Virginia Kull and Toby Stephens as Sally and Poseidon is one I still think about often.

From the casting of Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri as Percy, Annabeth, and Grover to the writing to the grand scale of the show, everything finally came together perfectly to give book fans like me an adaptation that this beloved series so wholeheartedly deserves. Scobell, Jeffries, and Simhadri’s chemistry is brilliant, and if this is what these young actors are able to achieve in Season 1, I cannot wait to see what happens if we’re gifted with adaptations of all five original books. I will be seated.