Aragog the Acromantula and the Finale Showdown in the Chamber! | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tea Leaves S2 E7)

In this episode, Harry and Ron follow Hagrid's advice. They follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest and talk to Aragog. Then, they delve into the Chamber of Secrets with Lockhart in toe and face Tom Riddle for the first time. Enjoy!

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·      Listen to Tea Leaves S2 E6 here!

·      1:20 Quick Recap and Follow the Spiders. Harry and Ron make their way into the forest after Hagrid tells them to follow the spiders in the last episode. The spiders lead them to Aragog, who tells them the history of Hagrid’s expulsion. He reveals that Hagrid is (obviously) not the heir, but that he can’t speak of the creature at the castle because it’s too terrible.

·      18:30 The chaos builds in the castle. Harry and Ron rush to the staff room the next day because they figured it out. But there’s a staff meeting at that same time so they hide. McGonagall reveals that Ginny has been taken down to the Chamber, and that Lockhart simply must go down to save her, seeing as he has been talking about he knows everything about the Chamber. Harry and Ron go the Lockhart to help him, but find that he’s a fraud. They pressure him at wand point to go with them.

·       24:14 The Chamber of Secrets. The version in the books and films is actually pretty good, but there are too things in particular I want to point out. The first is the ancient air of magic. We can’t forget that this chamber was made over a thousand years ago by Salazar Slytherin himself. Harry and Ron should realize that, and it should add to the tension. The second thing is adding a moment between Harry and Riddle. Like the fragmented memory we discussed in the last episode. We should see their shared mind.

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Transcript

Intro

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Welcome to the Potter Discuss. Welcome back to the Potter Discussing Discussing The Harry Potter Books Films TV Show and The Wizard World Fandom. I'm your host, Oscar, and this is episode 331. Thank you everybody for joining me today. It is my absolute pleasure to be speaking with you today. I am so excited for this episode. We are finally reaching the very end of our story here. We only have a few episodes left in this season. This is the second to last episode, and it is going to get crazy. We are finally going into the chamber of secrets. We are going to have a really, really fun time making this episode. So I really hope you're going to stick around here because this is this is going to be a very fun time. If while you're listening, you have anything you want to say to me, reach out with questions, comments, topics, anything at all, you can go ahead and do that to thepodra discussion at gmail.com. That is thepodra discussion at gmail.com. And of course, tell a friend about the show. If you enjoyed this episode, I'm sure they will too. I really would uh would appreciate that. Word of mouth is of course really the only only way this this uh show spread. So I'd really appreciate that. Uh so this is gonna be a very fun episode, and without further ado, let's get into today's episode.

Quick Recap and Follow the Spiders

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So, as all of our tea leaves must, we will begin with a summary of the last episode. So it was a very dramatic opening with Tea Leaves Season 2, Episode 6, which will of course be linked in the show notes below. We opened with Riddle's first memory. Really dramatic, uh and a whole, you know, a very, very interesting uh sequence there. We have the polyjuice, uh, they Harry and Ron interrogate uh Draco, they don't really glean much, and then we have Lockhart's Valentine's Day party. Ginny sends Harry a Valentine's Day and is very embarrassed by it, but we can't really know, you know, we we don't really know why, and then eventually Harry realizes that the law that the diary have been stolen from his from his dorm room. His dorm is kind of trashed, and he realizes that it the diary has been stolen, so uh they go, Harry and Ron go to the hospitaling to visit Hermione, and they find the page of the basilisk, and they begin to, you know, maybe they begin to get a little info. They go down to Hagrid to ask him about this, but all Hagrid can say is follow the spiders, because before long, Dumbledore, Fudge, and Lucius Malfoy walk into his hut and arrest him. And that is where we ended that episode, and that is exactly where we begin. I think it is only right that we begin the same way the previous episode ended, and that is with Follow the Spiders, and that is exactly where we open. Now, as to exactly the opening shot, I haven't actually decided on that yet. Cause here's what I'm thinking. It's gonna be a dramatic opening either way, but what I don't want is for the you know, the last episode and this episode to be too similar. Because last episode, I think, specifically is the opening shot is supposed to be super dramatic. You know, we see Riddle standing in the chamber of secrets, you know, something that just really punches you in the face, it just tells you what's going on. I think that is a very effective opening, but unfortunately for us, for this episode, I don't think it's gonna have the same effect, especially because that's exactly what we did last episode too. So I'm more thinking we open in a more like traditional, I guess you could say, fashion, because in the in the films, you know, when Harry and Ron are following the spiders, it's not like they uh are thrown into it, you know. And of course it's not, you know, the the films aren't in an episodic story, you know, style, so it's it's it's it's definitely different. But I think there's still value to that, and I think there's definitely a an opportunity here to engage in that kind of storytelling. So here's what I'm thinking. I think we should open with Harry and Ron running back to Hogwarts after Hacker got got um arrested. After Hacker got taken away, the door closes and they run back to the castle. And this is, I think, a good way to open it because it is definitely, you know, you know, your heart's beat a little bit watching this because it's not like they're sitting in, you know, the common room talking. I think that's where they're gonna get. But that's not where we should start. Because again, there is, you know, things are gonna happen in in this episode. I think it's a shame to open with something that's very calm and very easy to kind of watch. I think this is definitely a great opportunity to really inject some tension in. And I think it's it's you know, the tensions are additionally heightened because now they know the stakes. Uh Hagar's getting arrested, you know, his f their their friends are getting petrified left and right. I think it's it's g it's becoming more and more clear that this is real and this is happening, and that is the thing that they are really, you know, running from, or you could say running to, I guess. So that is, I think, a good place to begin this Follow the Spiders is with Harry and Ron running back up to the castle. Um I think maybe they have the invisibility cloak on, maybe not, I don't know. I mean, it's pretty dark, no one's there. I think it's okay if they aren't wearing it, but maybe well, of course, once they get inside, they will put it on and go back up to the castle. I'm definitely envisioning like a um a single take for this. I think there's there's you know, if it's if they're if there are cuts between turns and then things like that, I think they would be kind of defeat the point. But I'm I'm imagining like a camera like right in front of them, like facing them. So it's like I gosh, I saw a movie with that exact thing, and I can't remember the name of it. Uh, you know, they're they're walking, it's like the camera's like attached to them. So when they turn, the camera turns, you know, and and and all that, but but we are facing them, you know, we aren't facing outward, we we we see their faces. I think that that would be a really interesting way to really add some tension here because we see that you know it's it's they aren't speaking, obviously, and maybe there's music, maybe there's not, I don't know. It's just a it is it's just a very tense, a very tense moment, and that's a great way of beginning the the episode. So I think that's that's definitely the first shot. So once they get inside the castle, I think the the one shot should end once they get to the common room. Uh this is where it's gonna take some finagling because of course the way we get to in the film, the way we get to it in the book is maybe slightly different. So just because of the order of of things here, I think it's important that we we have to kind of have to build our own, you know, reasons for them to go into the forest. So it's important to note that though the follow the spiders is happening now, it's very possible, and I would even say likely, that they have been noticing spiders for a long time. I think that is a good way of kind of building up to it, and I just I didn't put it in it because it would be such a small detail, like one shot, one little thing. So I think it's important that we kind of uh in in the previous episodes, we have, you know, little moments like that, like, oh my gosh, like there's this huge spider right there. You know, I could totally see that. Like they're they're sitting at, you know, the the you know, at the table of the great hall, and they're they're talking, and then like a fun button, like a fun little end could be like like uh spider on on Hermione and Ron's like, oh my gosh, and bets it off, and then like they cut away. Like something fun, you know, something that's like very lighthearted. We don't really unlike we don't know what it means yet. But this whole Follow the Spiders deal, this is really what brings us into sharp contrast. I think it also functions to show us that though this conflict is happening, you know, it seems like it's so far away, it's actually all around us. I think that's an important kind of feeling to be sinking into. And that also adds to adds to the panic, as to the tension. You know, here and Ron are beginning to see that this is happening, and this is not something that they can just kind of brush brush away. So it's important that we have the spiders kind of sprinkled throughout. And maybe they're concentrated, you know, like maybe uh they are, you know, they've seen the most in the greenhouse, or maybe they've seen the most walking back from the Quidditch pitch at a certain, you know, part of literally the path near the forest, like something like that, like something that is uh clearly there is something going on, you know. That is a that's a I think a a a good way of doing it because Harry and Ron need a jumping off point, you know, and then they they need to have some place to start. So honestly, I I do like like that idea actually. Like maybe when like Harry was walking back from the Quidditch pitch one night, he saw this like line of spiders. That's like that's that's kind of what happened uh in the film, too. You know, that's that's how they found it. They found this this line of spiders kind of just crawling along. And it was very strange to see those spiders acting so uniformly. And I think that's something that Harry should definitely do as well, is when he's walking back from Quidditch, he sees these spiders walking in a line, and he thinks, oh, there's something's something's going on there. But of course he doesn't you know pursue it because that's kind of weird who would. But now that they have instructions that hiker to said, follow the spiders, now it's time to strike. So, Harry and Ron do it. They go into the forest. So this is how it's gonna happen. So if they're standing first, so first they are outside, they rush inside, and then they have to rush back outside again. Honestly, I think it'd be really fun to kind of run it back and kind of do the same style where they have to put on the invisibility cloak and run through the halls in one take, you know, the camera facing them, very tense. And if if anything, I think this should be even more intense because before they were almost running from the danger, you know, they're they're running away from it. Of course, literally we know that's quite the opposite. But now they are running towards the danger. So it's almost like they're just forcing themselves to put one foot in front of the other and just make their way towards this horrible, horrible thing that they almost know is there. So really scary stuff, really, really scary stuff. Uh, and I am definitely hoping that we will have some good cinematography of nighttime Hogwarts around this uh this this sequence. So always hopeful for that. So Harry and Ron rush out of the castle, they are looking at their peeking corners, they are doing all this, they are under the invisibility cloak, they make it outside, and they are they they they take off the invisibility cloak, and now they are officially free. However, it's far from over because they have to go into the forest. And the descent into the forest is important, and I do like how how it was done in the films. I do like it because I think there was definitely some good comedic relief. Like it wasn't like it was all horrible and like slimy spiders just crawling everywhere. I think it wasn't all that, it wasn't all that. Because like I I love Ron's line, and I really hope they put it in there just as like an homage to the films. I love uh, you know, when Harry's telling Ron, like, don't panic, don't panic. And then like Aragog appears and they have the conversation, and then all the spiders just send, and Ron just says, Can can we panic now? Like, it's just so funny. So I'm definitely I I want that edge. I think that edge is definitely important for this. But there's also, you know, like we've been discussing for for months at this point, the darker edge to this, you know, I think is is is worth something. So it's you know, I wouldn't be dis I wouldn't be disappointed if we explore that darker edge kind of like a horror movie, you know. Like there are there are jokes in a horror movie, but that's something it's scary, you know. That's kind of the the the vibe here. But okay, but I should say I do not want it to feel like a horror movie. This is still Harry Potter. There is still a certain air that has to be achieved here. But I just all I want is intensity, all I want is to feel the stakes. So Harry and Ron are making their way through, and I do like the detail in the films, how the spiders get bigger and bigger the closer the closer than they get. And yeah, that's a little that's a little scary, I'll be honest. That's yeah, that's not too fun. So they are, you know, they they go over logs and they're they're they're you know kicking on roots and it's dark and they they just don't know what's what's going on. They can't see, they can't, they don't know where they're going. All they're doing is following the spiders. You know, ever they're all the spiders seem to be crawling in one direction. And oh my gosh, I'm like, oof, imagining that they are hearing like the noises, like all this, all the little legs skittering, all the little chatters. Because I mean these are these aren't spiders, these are acromantula, and I I would guess that these are all, you know, little tiny baby acromantula, and then of course they get bigger and bigger, and eventually they get to the center. So eventually they they kind of come out of this tunnel, this writhing tunnel, and oh my gosh, their skin is probably crawling, Ron is probably freaking out. They emerge from this this tunnel, and they are in the heart of the Acromantula Den. They see spiders that are like pretty big, pretty big. And in the book, I believe Eragoth is described as the size of a small elephant. Honestly, I think that's a little small because I'm thinking of the final uh film there where in the Battle of Hogwarts where the Acromantula are uh part of the Death Eater army and they are crawling over the ruins. I mean, those in my mind that those are the size of a small elephant. So if that's kind of the you know, if if if that's the measure and Aragog is like the king of these spiders, I think, you know, there's it's worth him being pretty big, like, you know, ten feet tall, something like that. Because I mean he's super old, so it's not like he's moving quickly. But he is very uh he is he is very old and very, very large. So I think it's definitely worth having that. I mean, I'm also thinking of uh Aragog's corpse when Infe very sadly passes away in the Halffoot Prince. Uh, it definitely is very is pretty small and shriveled up. But so I think maybe we could attribute that to just the fact that he died and maybe his venom, you know, dried up or something. Anyway, whatever it might be, I think it's important that Aragog be big because he is big and scary, and I think it's important that we are scared of him, and then we realize that we should not be scared of him at all. So, well, or actually we should. Blood very, very complicated. So Harry and Ron arrive. They see these huge spiders all around them. These they're on the they're there, the trees are on the ground. They're like they aren't going close to them, you know. They aren't like like going up to them and like like tugging their clothes and looking at them. Like, it's not like that. It's just because honestly, I think it's it's it's kind of a power play, you know. Because of course, Harry and Ron are kids and they are in like the the kingdom of the spiders. Like, it's w what are they gonna do? What are they gonna do? I think these are intelligent creatures, they know very well that Harry and Ron are not uh are are definitely not able to you know destroy their their home. Of course, Dumbledore probably could, but Dumbledore, of course, is a friend to these beasts. So anyway, very complicated, but these acromensha aren't getting close, but you know, they aren't exactly they aren't exactly far either, so it's a little nerve-wracking. Um and then of course Aragog appears. He he he rolls, it seems, he slides out of his of his den. And that's uh gonna be a so a very interesting sight to see with our with our modern to with our modern technology. I'm definitely curious to see how uh Aragog works. If it's a combination of animatronic and uh digital, of course, all digital, I think there's definitely a a very they have but they've got a task ahead. You know, I'm I'm happy to make these episodes and design it, but I do not want to have to have that problem because that is a very difficult challenge. But whatever they figure out, I'm sure it'll be fantastic. But Aragog appears. And if Ron is not happy, I think Harry, it's I it should be clear, Harry is not exactly comfortable. Like, this is not like Harry's on a vacation here. That's not exactly it. But Ron is like kind of freaking out, and Harry has to really kind of tame him, and that's I think that should that should be like the the comedic relief for the scene, as you know, Ron like is kind of losing it, and Harry has to like stamp his foot and pinch him so he's not like actually going crazy. So Aragog appears and they have their conversation. So it should be along these lines. Of course, I I won't, you know, enumerate every line of dialogue, but they should say like Harry and Ron should say like what the heck is going on? Like, is this are you like Hagrid told us to come, like I'll talk to you, and and Aragog says, Oh, Hagrid, Hagrid, of course. And that's of course the reason why Aragog doesn't immediately you know eat them. So uh Aragog is happy to hear about uh Hagrid, you know, he hopes he's doing well, but of course Harry and Ron's hearts that Hagrid's been arrested, he's been taken away for the opening of the Chamber of Secrets, and Aragog is is angry at that. Aragog does not like that Hagrid has been taken away, and of course, that's how the whole story begins of Hagrid taking care of him, and that's where we saw in one of Riddle's memories. We saw that Hagrid was taking care of Aragog, and that's when Riddle dis dispelled um their them them two and expelled Hagrid, and Aragog fled. So you should definitely have that relationship set up loud and clear. And uh, so Aragogh is telling them the whole story about how Hagrid was framed and it wasn't him, and there's you know other things, other things that are going on in that castle. And I this is something that I specifically want to have happen here. I don't want Aragog to tell them exactly what it is, because in in the book, this is exactly what happens in the book. Aragog says, this is something that you know Acromancha don't speak of. This is something that like we do not speak of. Like, I think that should give us the you know idea here of this is that's like that's how it works. Like, that is how intense this is. If Harry and Ron are in this den and they are surrounded by creatures who are terrified of the thing that's waiting for them back at Hogwarts, that should give us the the ample ample perspective for what's facing them. So that is really the meat of this whole encounter with with Aragog, and of course, this is a big chunk of the episode, so we're definitely going, could definitely going for it here. Uh, so I certainly hope uh this is a a really, really cool scene. But of course, then they say, oh, you know, uh don't they Aragog kind of sets his sets his uh um you know all of his children on them and it's a very uh tense escape. Then we have the Ford Anglia appears, and they get in, and they are swept away, and it's yes, the Ford Anglia saved the day. Um, but I think this is gonna be a really, really cool uh whole whole experience. And then of course the Ford Angula uh drops them off and heads straight back. So thank you for Ford Angular, really giving us that uh that that boost. So very long sequence this this was, but I think it's it's very important that we uh draw it out because this is another one of those very important moments. So there we go. Alright, we got a few more things to discuss in this episode, so let's move on.

The chaos builds in the castle

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So this next section of the episode, I'm thinking three sections of this episode is is gonna work the best. So that was the first. We are now in the second. The second is gonna be the shortest, I think, so we won't spend too long on it. But this is where the whole set the stage is set for their final descent into the chamber of secrets. So this is where we get those final few pieces of the puzzle in place. It begins with Harry and Ron. They return back to the common room after having their conversation with Aragog, and they are they are in the know at this point. They are they really are beginning to put it together. They they realize that a basilisk could have been it, you know, because that's what Hermione. They were, of course, they weren't sure. They couldn't have been sure. But reading more about the basilisk, they begin to realize that that's probably what it is, and they start to think of like, okay, well, how could it possibly get around? Maybe cursed and them could be in the pipes, it's in the walls, it's all it's it's you know, it's it's a really scary, scary situation. So they think they've they've cracked it. Of course they have. So they are they rush to the the staff room because they want to tell McGonagall. They know that's where they'll be, they want to make sure this is known. But when they walk in, there's no one there, so they are kind of wondering what's going on. But they hear over the school's intercom that the all the teachers, all the professors are called to a meeting in the staff room. And Harry and Ron, if I were them, I'd just leave because they aren't doing anything wrong. Maybe they shouldn't just barge in, but they aren't like it's not illegal what what they're doing. But anyway, I think it's it's good for us, it's good for the story that they do what they do. And I think it's described as they like hide behind a row of robes in the book, but I think it's important that they go in a wardrobe, just so it's they truly are in scene. So they they Harry and Ron hide in a wardrobe after that that after McGonagall makes that announcement, and all the staff meet in the staff room and they discuss. And this is where we learn that Ginny has been taken. And this is really the the you know incident that that uh brings us to this this this you know climax that will happen in this episode. So they tell us that Ginny is in the chamber, she's been taken down, and the writing, you know, it has changed to you know her bones will lie in the chamber forever. Uh very, very, very scary. So Ron is, of course, not a fan to hear this. Here is far from a fan of hearing this either. But I I I've as a side note, it's gonna be cool to hear the teachers speak to each other as like peers. We're so used to them like, you know, cracking the whip, but you know, they are very strict. But to hear them as, you know, speaking to each other's peers is gonna be interesting because this is intense, and that's I think should be a you know hallmark of just how crazy this this whole thing is is is getting. So Harry and Ron are freaking out, and all the all the professors leave, and they just after that they do they they just disband and they are panicking because of course I and but I I important, sorry, I forgot to mention, important before they do that, they say, Well, Lockhart, you've been saying you know how to solve it, do it. You know where the chamber is, right? That's what you've been saying, you know what this thing is, right? So go do it. And of course Lockhart's trying to get out of it, but he can't because he has been saying this thing all year. So they they say, Great, Lockhart, it's up to you, fix it, and they leave. And And that is where Harry and Ron run after Lockhart because they want to help him. But once they go into Lockhart's office, they see that he is rushing, he is packing, he is trying to escape, but they refuse. They refuse to let him escape because this is this is this is time, it's crunch time. They have to they have to put put the pedal to the metal here. So by wand point, they drive him from his office and they make him uh go help them discover the chamber of secrets. And of course, Harry and Ron, they if they think they know where it is, it's the girl's bathroom. Uh because of course no one ever goes in there, so they know that that's a that's a that's a good place. And this is as as they're walking, Lockhart's you know divulging all of his secrets as he's saying, talking about his memory charms and all that, uh, because it's very soon he is not going to be very well. So it's important that we that we have that. So they all go down to the girls' bathroom, and this is where this is where it begins to get a little scary because uh they go and and Harry is wondering, okay, how do we how in the world do we find this chamber? And he walks around the sinks. He walks around the sinks and he looks at all the taps, and it's interesting because he finds one tap that you know there's there there's a little there's a snake carved into that tap, and it is it it almost looks like it's moving, almost. And that's the one, and it's it's almost like this is a this is a very good example of like old, old magic, because it's strange to think that you know something as simple as looking at this carving, you know, could trigger something so so massive. So Harry looks at this carving and thinks to himself, it's almost like it's moving, and that's what opens up this this passageway. That is what opens up these these, you know, one sink and allows them to slide down into the chamber secrets. I don't know what possessed them to jump down this big slide, but I would never like I would never do that. I don't know what they're thinking. So good for them. They're very, very brave. So they jump down and we're into the chamber of secrets. So that is the end of the second section. We are almost beginning the third, which is the chamber of secrets. Let's

The Chamber of Secrets

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do this. Okay, we're here. We made it. We are in the chamber of secrets. This is the climax of the season right here, right now. Harry, Ron, and Lockhart all get up from their slide, and this is an important note. There are a few changes, not necessarily changes, there are things I want to point out in this that were not pointed out in the film. The first one is very dark ancient magic. I want this this sense of just time as they're walking through because not only is this the chamber secrets, this is a time capsule. This Salazar Slytherin made this chamber, you know, as a secret from the other founders, as a little, you know, you know, a little nod to his Slytherin descendants. You know, this is a place for Slytherin. This is where the Sl the Slytherin spirit is the strongest. And I want to feel that. I want to feel this ancient power that is just you know that is holding these these walls together. And I think that is uh imperative for this scene. So they walk through this and honestly, another thing, it seems a little small, at least for the for the for the entrance chamber, like that should be huge. Like, I I don't want them to be able to see the end. Like they should be speaking and their their words should just be tumbling out seemingly forever into this dark cavern. Once they actually enter, I think it's okay for that for that size to be uh the same. I think that that works well. So they walk through, they walk through this this um they walk through these these dark, dark tunnels. And we have to have somehow we need we need the rock slide and we need Lockhart to get uh I wrote Lockhart Slimed in my notes. I think that is a that is a very apt description. So here's what I think should happen. There should be an exchange between Lockhart and Harry and Ron. Uh, because of course Lockhart does not want to be there, so he tries to get the wand from Harry or something like that, and then something triggers a spell, you know. That's I think that's that's how it usually goes down, you know. So Harry, you know, Harry draws his one and tries to stop Lockhart, he casts a spell, and something hits the roof, and something gets loose, and the rocks tumble down. And unfortunately, by then, Lockhart has tried to cast a memory charm on Ron and Harry, but he is he the spell backfires and he is thrown backwards and he is officially slimed and he now has no memory. But unfortunately, Harry and Ron uh were separated. Ron's on one side of of this huge rock slide, and Harry's on the other, which is a little too convenient, I'll be honest, but the story depends too much on Harry being the only one in the chamber, so honestly, I don't think we should really change at this point. So Harry goes into the chamber, and this is the last thing that I really want to have happen in this sequence. I want not necessarily a memory, but I want something. You know, when Harry walks in there, you know, it's it's like um it's it's almost like that that uh the opening of last episode where it it is a memory, but it's almost not, you know, it's almost not a memory at all. It's almost like we are living the memory of Riddle, like Riddle, you know, because I think this is where we're beginning to see the ties between Voldemort and Harry. Oh, this is so good. I I didn't even think of think of this. Riddle that we meet in this season is a memory. So it's almost like with how we opened last episode and with how what I want to have happen now, it's almost like Harry is sharing, you know, this mind with Riddle for just a second. For just a second, we see inside Riddle's head. That's the second thing I want to have happen. I that I want to have change is Harry walks in, and like, you know, the scene from the Deathly Hells Part 2 where they jump off the dragon and in in into the water, and it's like kind of weird, and Harry's getting flashes, and they, you know, it's that kind of sequence that happens now too. So Harry sees Riddle, like maybe they Harry walks in. So Harry opens the chamber using Parcel tongue, very important. He walks in and he sees Riddle, and that they kind of kind of have that exchange. Uh, like, like, like, you know, when two magnets get get close to each other, like two two positive magnets, and they just like don't want to touch. Like, that's kind of the feeling here. But after that, I think this whole thing should kind of happen the same. So we don't I won't bore you with with the whole details again, but uh, you know, Harry and Riddle talk, and Riddle does the writing in the air and rearranges it, and it's Voldemort and oh my gosh, and we see Ginny. Uh, and this whole, you know, it's it's it's very intense. I mean, it's it's it's gonna be a very, very cool scene. I mean, either way, it's gonna be cool. And then, of course, Riddle calls the basilisk, and that is uh where Harry has to kind of figure figure it out. Hey, they have their duel, you know, Harry is Harry is running through the through through the chamber. I think the chamber is big. We should see that. You know, this this little part with the whole the huge face of Salzar Southern shouldn't be the only part of the chamber, you know, there should be other parts. So, you know, Harry's running through this, and maybe there's a huge hall, maybe there's, you know, whatever, whatever it might be. Harry is running, Harry's trying to escape. The basilisk is chasing him, um, and uh this is it's it's gonna be crazy. So, oh my gosh, this is this is gonna be a very fun uh whole whole thing. But unfortunately, Harry's no match for this basilisk. I mean, really, he he isn't. So this is where Fox comes in, and I think it should be clear that Harry's losing. Like Harry's losing bad. I we've had enough plot conveniences for Harry not to lose. Uh VP loses. Harry's like getting crushed. I mean, this is the literal basilisk. How could he not be? So Harry is just getting destroyed. And uh this is where uh Fox comes in, and Fox drops the swording hat, and that's of course Harry pulls out the sword, and then that's where he stabs the basilisk through the roof of the head and kills it, but he also gets stabbed by a tooth, and then Fox, you know, cries tears to heal. Riddle is very angry, and that's when Harry takes a basilisk tooth and stabs the diary, and Riddle is no more. So that is that's the drama right there. That's the drama. I think this is gonna be a really, really cool moment. I'm so excited to see how how this is this is this is pulled off. So they escape. They they fly up with Fox, and I want that to be the end of the episode. They are flying up with the Fox because this is far from the end of the season. We have one more episode to go, and this is gonna be a really, really cool end. I was thinking there isn't enough story to stretch it between two episodes. There's so there's there's no point in stretching. Let's dive in. Let's really dive into something. Let's see what what we can make of this. So we are gonna have truly such a fun last episode. I'm already I am I'm looking forward to it, let me tell you. So if you haven't already, make sure you are subscribed or following or whatever the word is these days uh to the show on your favorite podcast app. I want to make sure you don't miss that. I think you're really gonna enjoy it. And of course, if you think a friend would enjoy it, if you if you know someone who you think would like this show, please reach out. Uh take takes a few words, a few keystrokes just to share this show. Really, that's the only way it grows. 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