Olympus
Season 1 Episode 3: “Ring of the Magi”
Directed by Martin Wood
Created and written by Nick Willing
Starring Tom York, Sonita Henry, Sonya Cassidy, Wayne Burns, Graham Shiels, Matt Frewer, Cas Anvar, John Emmet Tracy
Syfy
Air Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2015, 10pm

We are up to episode 3 of Syfy’s new Greek mythology series, Olympus, and again, a solid episode. The setting is what gets me. The colors and the large, epic statues, sure look more Sharknado than Gotham, but I think I expect it from this decadence.

Olympus 1.3 “Ring of the Magi” review: This is the quirkiest little myth show! Xerxes (Cas Anvar) and Pallas (John Emmet Tracy) conspire to kill Medea (Sonita Henry), but I’m pretty sure someone was listening. I think she’s regretting the poisoning of her husband. She may need his protection, but he won’t come out of it. Ask the other woman!

Lykos (Wayne Burns) comes up with yet another brilliant strategy to defeat King Minos. He probably should really be the king. I don’t get the secrecy between him and his scribe. Wasn’t homosexuality accepted in this culture? Why all the hush hush?

Olympus
Season 1 Episode 2: “Daedalus”
Directed by Nick Willing
Created and written by Nick Willing
Starring Tom York, Sonita Henry, Sonya Cassidy, Wayne Burns, Graham Shiels, Matt Frewer, Cas Anvar, John Emmet Tracy
Syfy
Air Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2015, 10pm

First, a recap of Syfy’s new Greek mythology series, Olympus, and then a review of Olympus 1.2 “Daedalus.”

Spoiler alert!

Last week we were introduced to this visually striking and very campy tale of Hero (Tom York), a simple guileless young man, on a quest to unlock a mystery inside him. The Lexicon is all powerful and allows one to enter Olympus and attain immortality like the gods themselves! After rescuing the Oracle (Sonya Cassidy) from the scariest and best-made monster I have ever seen, the Cyclops, Hero wants to bring her to the temple she ran away from, so she can answer his origins questions. In the meantime, Medea (Sonita Henry), bleeds out her son with King Aegeus (Graham Shiels), Lykos (Wayne Burns), as she believes the Lexicon is inside him. King Aegeus was injured in a battle with the army of King Minos. Was his brother Pallas (John Emmet Tracy) behind it? Medea puts Lykos in charge, while she keeps her husband abed with “tonics.”

Olympus
Season 1 Episode 1: “The Temple of Gaia”
Created by Nick Willing
Starring Tom York, Sonita Henry, Sonya Cassidy, Wayne Burns, Graham Shiels, Matt Frewer, Cas Anvar, and John Emmet Tracy
Syfy
Air Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015, 10pm

A series set in Greek mythology…already intrigues me. There will be some spoilers, so be careful!

Olympus 1.1 “The Temple of Gaia” is a visual overload of oversized statues and gore usually reserved for premium cable. It is campy, much what you’d expect from a Syfy show — the acting is more than life and the effects are good, but you can tell it’s from a brand new television show on a network that is still trying to prove itself (it is getting there), with no major stars.

Syfy has released a 2 1/2-minute trailer and tons of photos for its new series Olympus, set to premiere on April 2nd at 10pm. Just the pics alone have me giddy with anticipation. Be sure to click through to see their sick Cyclops.

The world of Olympus (as you may have easily guessed) is based on the world of the gods. In this world, the hero named Hero (Tom York) has a quest (as heroes usually do) to figure out his past and perhaps gain immortality. The cast of characters below does not include Zeus and Poseidon, but we do get some mythic faves like witchy Medea, doomed-to-lose-his-son Daedalus, and King Minos. It has a lot of places to go and a large pool of characters to pick from.

You can read much more about the show and see the trailer and images below.