SEASON FINALE | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tea Leaves S2 E8)

In this episode, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger come to the end of their second year at Hogwarts. We spend most of the episode in Ancient Greece following the inventor of the horcrux: Herpo the Foul. Enjoy!

Topics/Summary:

·      Listen to Tea Leaves S2 E7 here! Read more about Herpo the Foul here (if you dare)!

·      1:56 Quick Recap and Herpo the Foul. We open in Ancient Greece, thousands of years ago. Herpo the Foul lives in a big, nonmagical family. He feels like he can’t make his voice heard, and that he has no power. This leads to the formation of an obscurus and his magical journey begins. This part of the episode should be the majority. We explore his life and how he used his powers to gain an edge, eventually breaking out of simple curses and discovering horcruxes. The similarities to Voldemort should be obvious.

·      26:13 Back to Harry. We open in the girls’ bathroom with Fawkes, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lockhart returning from the Chamber. Harry and Ron go up to Dumbledore’s office where they are scolded, but also rewarded. Harry hands Dumbledore the diary and we should feel the weight of that moment, especially because of how much buildup we had in the previous part of this episode. Lucius and Dobby enter, and Harry gives the diary to Lucius before they leave, who hands it to Dobby. Dobby is free! Finally, we have a final shot of the trio getting on the train and going back home. It is the end of this year, but certainly not the end of the story. Soon, they will learn of the horrible, terrible, escaped Sirius Black…

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Transcript

Intro

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Welcome to the Potter Discussion. Welcome back to the Potter Discussion, discussing the Harry Potter books, films, TV show, and the Wizard World fandom. I'm your host Oscar and this is episode 332. Thank you everybody for joining me today. It is, of course, my greatest pleasure to be speaking with you today. I am over the moon excited with this episode because we are finally at the season finale of Tea Leaves Season 2. This is the Chamber of Secrets. We have gone through the whole story and we are going to cap it off today. And as promised, it is not going to be how you think. So this is this is going to be a very interesting episode. And one of my favorites so far, I must add. So many possibilities and so many risks. And I am so, so, so, so excited for you to hear it today and for me to finally discuss what fragmented ideas I have scribbled down on my notebook. So I'm very excited to see how this turns out. But either way, it is going to be a very, very fun episode. So I certainly hope you stick around to hear it. If you have any questions, comments, topics, anything at all that you think about listening, please feel free to reach out. Thepodter discussion at gmwell.com. That is thepodger discussion at gmail.com. And if you hear something that you think a friend of yours would enjoy, go ahead and share the show. I really would appreciate that. Uh, it does go a long way. Just one person, two people, you know, who who you know would enjoy the show as well. Go ahead and share that with them. Takes a few clicks, take a few, take a few words. Really, anything helps helps me out. Okay, but that is everything that I want to mention before we begin. So without further ado, let's get into today's episode.

Quick Recap and Herpo the Foul

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So, as we always do, we will begin Tea Leaves with a quick recap of the last episode. This is, of course, the series where we break down every single episode of our version of the Harry Potter TV show to really make something special. Uh, so last episode, episode 331, which will of course be linked in the show notes below, is Tea Leaves Chamber of Secrets Season 2, Episode 7, where a good chunk of stuff happened. So we began with Follow the Spiders. That was a big portion of the episode. Harry and Ron ventured into the Forbidden Forest and discussed with Aragog. They realized that it was not Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets, but there's a creature far more terrible that the Acromantula never speak of that is haunting the castle. Very frightening. So they spend a long time doing that. Uh once when they get back, the chaos in the castle is bubbling with attacks left and right, with with confusion, really, no one knows where to turn. Teachers are now escorting people through the halls, and you know, it's just a whole confusing thing. But Harry and Ron are beginning to piece together what this whole thing is. From the paper in Hermione's hand to their conversation with Aragog, Harry and Ron begin to understand that it is a basilisk who is traveling in the walls, being controlled by someone speaking partial tongue, who is the culprit for these attacks. So they realize they have to bring their findings to Professor McGonagall. They run to the staff room, but McGonagall calls a meeting right when they get there. So naturally they hide in a closet because they don't want to be seen, and they hear the professors discussing, and they realize that Ginny has been taken down to the chamber seemingly forever. Of course, Ron does not want to hear that, so uh they the professors give it to Lockhart to go down and uh get her because of course she's been uh he's been talking about that the whole year, so they send him down, he goes to his office, Harry and Ron leave the staff room because they also uh want to go down with Lockhart. They knock on Lockhart's door, but find that he is packing, getting to leave, and they realize that he's a fraud. He has no idea what he's doing, so he is actually uh hindering this whole process, he has no idea what's going on. But luckily, Harry and Ron do. So, with Lockhart, they go down into the chamber, they have the whole battle, we have good memories and good conversations, really, really fun stuff with Tom Riddle himself in the flesh, or kind of at least. Uh, and it's a super fun whole thing. Uh most of that is somewhat similar to the film. I think that they they uh did a pretty good job, but the feel of really ancient magic is there for sure. And we ended off the very final moments where Harry, Ginny, Ron, and and Lockhart flying out of the chamber on Fox's tail. That was the very end. And I mentioned, you know, the the story isn't over, but luckily we have an entire episode left, and we don't have to spend the whole episode speaking into Dumbledore and going back to the castle. So that leaves the question: what are we doing? So, to get into this episode now, we open in Ancient Greece. Is that right? We open an ancient Greece? It is, it is. So I think it's finally time I discuss my vision for this episode. The diary is the first encounter we have with a Horcrux. It is the first time we are really diving into this idea, and of course, at the time of the films, and of course, when the books were uh also published, we didn't really know what a horcrux was, and it wasn't maybe even fully formed in the whole, you know, the mind of the author or the mind of the um the creative team on the films. So the whole idea of horcrux really wasn't explored, and the significance of Harry destroying the diary really wasn't as imp as as noticeable as it should have been. Dumbledore saves the diary in his desk, and we know that there is something to it. You know, it's not like this is uh a random one-off thing that Harry did that maybe will help. I don't know. No, we definitely know that this is a good thing that the locket well that's later, that the diary was it was destroyed. Because Riddle is clearly evil, and he said that he is Voldemort, and when Harry destroyed the diary, he started to scream and fragment and he went away. So when when the bad guys go away, usually that's a that's a good thing. So we know that the the the destroying the diary was good, but we don't know the significance of it. Now we do. Now we do, and with this hindsight, knowing that this is going to be a very important moment, this is the first destruction of Horcrux. This is basically the conflict for the entire story. These these Horcruxes getting destroyed one by one. This is really uh why Harry has such a tough time doing it, because they're just so hard to destroy, but we see this is the first one. This is the very first one, so we really have to know the significance of what the horcruxes mean for Voldemort. So I mentioned we open in ancient Greece, and I am so excited for this because the history of magic is something that we really don't get in the films or frankly the books. But with this time that we have, we have the luxury of time, eight hours for the first season, and I don't know if you saw, but the second season was officially greenlit, you know, seven months before the show even came out. So that's a very good sign, I will say. So the second season is hopefully gonna be if if just as long or even longer, we can hope. So we have time to explore, we have the freedom to explore this story. But with that time comes responsibility, because I think it is a it is a mistake to spend all that time in the castle. I think there is so much more outside not only the castle walls, but outside the time of Harry. That is that is so much more valuable to see than just, you know, another scene in the Great Hall. Of course, I would take as many scenes in the Great Hall as I possibly could. But of course, that we have more time, but we don't have infinite time. So I think it is it is more valuable for us to explore every single possible avenue for what this show could mean. And this episode is such a good opportunity because horcruxes are so impactful for Harry's storyline that we must hear more about them. And that is why we are going to Ancient Grease, because you may have heard this name before, but the founder of Horcruxes is thought to be Herpo the Fowl. And let me tell you, he is not uh not a very cool guy. I was reading about him last night, and it was a little it was a little creepy, you know, read reading about him at night. Uh he is a he is a very, very dark wizard. He is, I mean, considered the dark wizard. So the reason I say ancient Greece is because we don't really have a date for him, you know, circa, whatever. But what we can guess, if he is in this, you know, ancient antiquity, uh, he is thousands and thousands of years old. You know, if let's say, I don't know, my my ancient Greek history, but let's say like 4,000 years old. Something, something pretty old. So he is the one who is thought to have invented horcruxes, and it is it is not a fun time. But he is such an interesting character because he is like lore, you know, he is, I mean, whatever the opposite of a of a saint, you know, you know how uh, you know, in like ancient European history, I'm thinking like, you know, people who who did so much for for something or became so well known, and so like such a you know piece of mythology, they they became sainted. Uh, and that is almost what I think of of Herpo the Fowl, but the opposite, I'm sure there's a word for that. So he did some pretty terrible things, and he's also the one who is thought to have uh invented Dementors as well. But what I want to go with is his path of discovery. And what I want to parallel is how he and Voldemort share some distinct similarities. So I want to begin in ancient Greece with Herpa the Fowl as not a not a kid, but as like an adolescent of someone who doesn't really who isn't really into the whole dark magic thing. You know, this should be a total palate cleanser, like we should not know what the heck is going on because he is in a different time and a different place. Even magic is less evolved, you know. This is this is like very rudimentary faces of magic. Maybe they don't even have wands yet. Like maybe they like that's this is why I want to go so far back. Because we never do, we never, never do. And if I just read a book about, you know, um that that that took place like 5,000 years ago, and it was such an interesting you know, exploration of society, and that's kind of like my inspiration for this. Because seeing ancient wizards, how cool would that be to see what traditions they have, what what uh power they have, how they use their magic, how they interact with each other, how their societies are formed. I mean, it's kind of like ancient humans. I mean, the ancient Greek Empire, you know, the Mughal ancient Greek Empire is fascinating, of course, because it's an ancient society that took over the that was that was a dominant force, you know, in in the world. So studying ancient Greece is is is interesting enough. But now adding that layer of magic, you know, of who was who was truly a wizard, you know, if if you know some ancient Greek emperor was was was actually a a a wizard or not, you know, stings, things like that, like things like that that really add a spin to it. But this is gonna be if this is gonna be very different, and that's that's my one misgiving about this because this is gonna be extremely different from the other parts of the story that that that we have. It's not gonna be in a castle, it's not gonna be in, you know, the UK. Like, do we ever even leave the UK in the story? I'm pretty sure we don't. Like, this is a pretty cool, this is a pretty cool moment. So, like I said, we start with Herpo as a young person. Call it I mean their lifespans back then were what like 25? You know, they they didn't live very long back in the day. So let's, but I mean maybe I mean he does have magic, so maybe let's say he lives a little longer. So let's say he is an average lifespan, let's say he lives to he dies at honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he dies from one of his own inventions. We don't have much detail on him. We are cre we are writing his story right now. That is that is what we were doing. I think a good marker, let's say he dies at 65, let's say, because it's you know, that's that's shorter than like the the average lifespan today because of modern inventions, modern magic. But he also had magic back then, so he could probably find a way to extend his life. And also considering the fact that he made horror cruxes, which we will get into, his body died at 65. Let's just leave it at that. So he didn't exactly lead, you know, it wasn't like his life was thousands of years long, like he's some ancient spirit, you know. He is a dude, but he's a pretty bad guy. And that's what I want to discover. I want to go along his path to power. So let's begin with his first inventions. Let's begin with his experimentation. Because there are four things that he is credited with making, uh, but with three of them we're gonna uh talk about today. So the fourth is is a uh the the Dementors, of course, not confirmed, nothing is truly confirmed. But the the three things I want to talk about today are Horcruxes, Dark Curses, and also importantly, and maybe also why connectible to this to this episode is the Basilisk. He's also considered the uh father of the Basilisk. So yeah, his rap sheet is pretty cool, you know. He is he's he's got quite the uh quite the achievements. But I want to begin with his curses because I think the the founding of his curses is a really interesting part of his story, and I think that that's a that's a good place to start. So let's say he's he's young, he's 17, 18, 19, 20, you know, just beginning to kind of go out into the world, just beginning to really, you know, make his mark. And I don't know how you know we really want to frame this. I think a good way is to think about it like Voldemort, because I want the the point of this is to tr is to draw parallels between him and Voldemort. So Voldemort, you know, had his dark beginnings because of his troubles with his family, you know, he hated his father, his mother left him, so he's left in an orphanage. I think maybe we could do something similar like that. Like we see that Herbow's parents, you know, maybe they they didn't care for him, maybe they they they they left him to his to his own devices. I mean, I don't know what the family styles were, you know, all those thousands of years ago, but I think it's worth discussing them a little bit. So let's say that he grew up in, you know, of a large family. I mean, I I was it uncommon for people to have a lot of kids back then, I don't know. But he lives in a magical society, so we can write his story. So he is living in this house. Let's say, you know, it's a it's a nice house, but let's say his family doesn't have much money, you know, they're they're kind of struggling to get by. Um I don't even know if paper money was really a thing back then, but let's say their trade wasn't great because they had to feed a lot of people. Let's say he was one of like seven kids. Like he had had a tough time uh really making himself stand out. And I think it would be oh, oh my gosh, perfect. I just came up with a perfect idea because I was thinking, well, is his family magical? I was trying to think of that perfect, perfect idea here. His family wasn't magical, and he didn't even know himself he was magic. So what does what forms when kids try to suppress their own magic inside of them? I think an obscurus is a great addition to this story. Yeah, that's perfect. I didn't even think about it. Wow, that's great. So he is officially an obscurial, and that is really, I think, where most of his trauma his his difficulties should come from. Because he really does not have an anchor. He feels so alone, and that obscurus just grows within him. He really just is is struggling to get through his life, he's struggling to make a mark, and he really does not know how to do it. So, enter magic. We have some really good opportunities to show him kind of striking out on his own. And similar to Voldemort, I think what we see is his beginning to experiment. As his discontent with his his his situation grows, as he begins to feel more powerless, he wants to express that power somehow. You know, he wants to somehow find a way to be a part of this world that is seemingly trying to shut him out. I think that is a really good motivation, a really good catalyst for him to begin, you know, experimenting with these, with these spells. So, you know, I'm imagining shots like, you know, he gets in an argument, or he, you know, for some reason he he's he's disgruntled and he storms out of his house and he goes, you know, to to the forest, or he goes down to the I mean, if he's in Greece, maybe he goes down to, you know, the ocean, maybe he lives on like on like an island somewhere. And and he just he just like you know the scene at the end of the crimes of Grindelwald when Creden is just like explodes and you know sends a spell across the mountain. I'm kind of imagining something like that, you know, where he really begins to kind of realize his power. That would be a really cool development to see him that moment of realization where he realizes, okay, there's something that I can do that others can't, I'm gonna use this to my advantage. And I think that's the that's kind of the deciding moment because I'm not sure, you know, feeling bad for him is dangerous. And I'm not sure if exactly want to feel bad for him, because he is a pair of you know, he's a he's a terrible person, and I don't want to be sympathetic for him. But it'd be pretty cool if, you know, before we get to his truly dark stages, is if we maybe do a little bit, you know, we see him, we can empathize with it with his situation, we see that he is struggling, and like I think it would be okay if we can empathize with that. And this moment, this this this turning moment, you know, his his his decision to pursue something darker, something deeper. I think that is the moment where we can kind of begin to think, okay, maybe he's not so good. Because I'm not sure if it's it should be, you know, totally obvious who he is, you know, from from the beginning. I think there's definitely some value to following his storyline without really knowing him, and somehow realizing that later. So that's kind of how it begins. You know, he's he starts to experiment. Maybe it's on plants and objects, you know, first. Like he starts with like, you know, floating and changing and invisible, like, you know, basic magical things. But he maybe moves to like, you know, like uh Voldemort saying, like, you know, I can make animals do what I want, you know, I can I can hurt them, you know, I can you know do all these things. Pretty chilling to hear, you know, a child saying that. And I think that's the energy that I want to see reflected uh with with Herpo as he as he begins to grow and mature. So we see his curses really beginning to emerge. And we should track him, you know, as he moves through his life, as he leaves his household, we see him start to make waves in the world, he's using this newfound power here, this this newfound confidence even to really make suh make a difference in the world. And it's not a good difference. Very it's it's it's not a good difference at all. We can see him like begin to you know gain power. Maybe he moves up in the government, maybe he's you know is somehow involved in the military, maybe he becomes a merchant, you know, something like that. That's something that is is is influential for him. And he begins to garner this power, and we see that he uses his magic for bad, for evil, for for you know, kind of climbing up this ladder in a in a very uh uncool way, I guess you could say. So I want I want that to be painfully obvious. I really want to see him change and see that power is uh is is is a useful tool, you know, especially if he has a power that that not everyone else has. And maybe he should begin using his power for death, you know. Maybe he he uh starts you know hurting people and and and then you know eventually he starts killing people to get what he wants. I think that's not a not an unheard of progression for sure. So we definitely see that for sure. And then uh what interesting reading up about him on the wiki, uh the the language that we use that was used to describe him was like he became fascinated with you know the effect that murder can have on the soul. And I think that is the jumping off point for the horcruxes. It's that feeling of, you know, curiosity. That is what I want to focus on because this is another super strong parallel between Herpo and Voldemort. I'm thinking of the memories that uh uh Slughorn's memories that Harriet Dumbledore saw in the Half-Flood Prince of young Tom Riddle asking Professor Slughorn, you know, I I heard there are things, these these things called horcruxes, you know, what are they? I'm I'm so curious, Professor. Those are the moments I want to invoke. That's the feeling I want to have here because it should be, I mean, we should be thinking, oh my gosh, you know, somehow I have seen this before. That's what I want to be thinking. Uh, and that is unfortunately exactly what what what we are gonna see. And there's one interesting note uh also on the website that I was reading, um, which is the uh Harry Potter wiki for Herpothofow, which I'll I'll have that like in the show notes if you want to check that out. It noted that his eye color is yellow. How how weird is that? His eye color is yellow, that his it perhaps it changed during his lifetime. I mean, this is looking more and more like Voldemort. And honestly, I am not opposed to keeping this detail because the eyes, and I was trying to I was trying to think about this, you know, the eyes are a very personal part of someone. Um, and it really says a lot about their character, you know, someone with with black eyes, you would think, oh, they're evil. Someone with like bright green eyes, you would think, oh, they're they're you know, totally fine, which is of course such a strange thing that the you know the eyes are such a random part of a person, but it's true. That's that's that's at least what I think of. And actually, then that got me thinking, oh, it's funny that Harry's eyes are supposed to be green, but they're actually blue in the in the films and also in the uh TV show. I wonder what that's about. So I was wondering, like, are the filmmakers making a like niche or the niche under the radar, you know, ocean floor level reference, like so deep to like the horcrux inside Harry? Like, is that like now? This is that's such a deep cut, I know. Uh like what I'm getting at is like, well, Herpo's eyes change when he's making horror cruxes, Voldemort's eyes change to red when he's making horror cruxes, so that's at least a surface level connection. But if Harry's eyes also technically changed, they were green in the books, now they're blue in the TV show. Are the filmmakers saying, well, Harry's also a horror crux? Is that it? I mean, I don't know. If I'm just saying that's a pretty good reference if they are. So the eyes are important. The eyes are important for sure, and I think it's it's a purposeful choice to make Kerpa's eyes yellow. So I'm I'm definitely want to have that. So I want to show his curiosity. You know, his his you know, he notices that something happens with the soul when he kills, and then that's how he makes his his horcruxes, how he takes that that split, that fracture, and he takes one part and he puts it in a an object. So it's it's a very, very vivid process. I mean, I can't imagine like that that that's one of the things. I'm struggling with here is because we don't actually see Voldemort make any. And you could imagine how horrific it is to watch. I mean, first of all, watching anyone get killed is terrible. That's that's such a terrible thing to watch. But to see it and know what's going on, oh gosh. I mean, it would it would be really awful. I think if they do show it, they would have they the filmmakers would have to tread very lightly. Very lightly. It would be a a very, very tough thing to show that. Because we can't forget, this is still Harry Potter. You know, this isn't like some as much as I, you know, as many changes as I make, and I and I I I think we're slowly getting towards, you know, the uh horror side. I I don't want I don't totally want to get there. I think we should keep the spirit uh of of the Harry Potter series there. So I think that might be a little extreme. So the horror crookers, I think, should be kind of the main part of this. Maybe it's later in in Herbo's career as he begins to, you know, get higher and higher, and he's thinking about like, well, why stop in this life? You know, I want to, you know, keep going. So he wants to make himself a self, you know, uh immortal in a sense. And that's kind of another point that I one maybe one last point about his uh storyline. Is though, you know, we we haven't really explored the idea of when you know what happens to a person when their whore cruxes aren't destroyed, because that's the whole point of you know the series is that all of Old World's Horcruxes are destroyed, and then he's killed, and that's that. So he's 71 when he's killed. That is like that's that's not a crazy age. Like that's a regular age for someone to be. So it's not like he was like 120. You know, if he was like abnormally old, like Dumbledore is abnormally old. How often do you think he was like 116, something like that? Like when he like it's not like he's a thousand, you know, he's not like uh Nicholas Lommel, who's like 650, whatever. But you know, Voldemort is still or Dumbledore is still a powerful wizard, and that magic could keep him alive, you know. That's that's kind of like the the idea there. And Voldemort is not that. So I think we didn't really get to the point where he would be so old that it would give us pause. So I'm curious, you know, maybe Herpo doesn't die. That that could very well be the truth. Maybe Herpo just kind of shrivels away and become just becomes like a mummy after a few thousand years. And maybe his his horror cruxes just never got destroyed. Like that could very well be it. Uh and maybe there's like a tale of the three brothers uh like thing we could uh tie in there, like the resurrection stone is like one of one of his one of his horcruxes, like maybe that's why it's so powerful. I don't know. Something like that I think would be really cool. So this is all that all this past 25 minutes of of rambling to say, I think it's important that we see where these things come from. Because it is so easy for us in the moment to see the diary getting destroyed and forget what that means. I think the day we forget how important horror cruxes are and how cynical and just how insidious they are, truly, I think that's the day that we lose the true drive for the entire series. So that's why I want to have this here. So honestly, we're on a roll here. I might as well just keep going. So Herbo the Fowl is going through his life, he has Horror Cruxes, his last invention, and this is our last final note for his whole, you know, life, for his whole sequence. And by the way, this this is like I would guess 40 to 50 minutes of the episode. Like, I want this to be basically the whole episode. His final invention is the basilisk, and I think this should almost be par for the course at this point, after having watched him create so many dark uh abominations, you could call them. The basilisk should be just one of many. And truthfully, after seeing how he created all these horror cruxes, I don't think it should be that that like egregious. Like we watch him create this basilisk, and we think, well, he's not killing people to do it. Maybe he sets it loose on some people to experiment, but at that point I wouldn't be surprised. So he makes the basilisk, and that's just so we uh have a nice tie-in for uh this season, which is it's crazy to think that this is still season two, you know. This is definitely this is still this is still part of the of the TV show. I think that is something that that we definitely can't forget. So there's some really cool uh ground that we've covered there. Now, I never thought we'd beat the uh Aragog section from last week, but somehow we did. We do have a few final things, uh, because of course this episode is not over. We still have to finish the actual book. So let's do that right now. Let's

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move on. So after Herpo the Fowl, it fades to black, whatever it is, and then I think what we should do is a cut open to the girls' bathroom, and we hear like whistling wind getting louder and louder and louder, and then like it, like Fox explodes out of the sink, and we have Ginny Ron, Harry, Lockhart uh trailing behind him, and then they all crash onto the floor, uh, and they just sit there dazed. I think that is a good way to open back up to the current day to kind of remind us of what happened. So I think Harry has the diary, he has the sword and the sorting hat. I think Fox maybe should take the the swording hat back or something like that, and they all uh they all go up to Dumbledore's office, and this is where uh we see some some of so a few important things happen. One of them is uh Harry and Ron are very strongly scolded. You know, Dumbledore says you broke 50 school rules, you know, you should both be expelled, but you also were really brave, and that was really cool, so I will give you both awards to the school. Classic Dumbledore uh faking us out there. So that is one important thing to happen. Of course, Harry should give him the diary and the sword. And I want to have those moments, especially after the like 45 minutes of of backstory we got in this diary. Uh, the handing over, you know, Dumbledore taking hold of this diary, we should feel the weight. That's a theme for this this uh in this season, is we should feel the weight of this. And I think I I didn't don't think I quite mentioned it, but maybe the Herpo sequence goes all the way up to Voldemort. Like maybe we see uh Voldemort, you know, making the diary or something like that. So we know like this diary is just so so important. It is this, you know, it is an object that is almost impossible to behold. You know, the fact that Harry has it is just is immeasurably, you know, impactful for his for his storyline. So the moment where Harry takes it and hands it over to Dumbledore, and we know so we know that the Harry doesn't really know how important it is, but we see like the look in Dumbledore's eyes, like just for a split second. He looks at Harry and goes, Thank you, Harry. And he looks at it for just a moment, and in that moment, we could see in his brain, we know, we recognize that that Dumbledore knows what this diary is, and that is the moment that I want. I think it's also worth uh also, you know, not as as you know, built up, but we should also have something for the sword, because of course the sword is important, you know, uh mostly for Neville's character, but Ron, I guess, has some use out of it. You know, it is still an important part of the story, so we should have also a sort of sword of Gryffindor honoring moment. Um, and so that's that's important. But we can't forget about Dobby. Dobby's another really important part of this. So Lucius and Dobby storm in, uh, and they have a whole uh, you know, they they they're talking and they're talking about closing the school, but Dumbledore's like, no, we caught him, we caught him, it was the same as last time, and Lucius is furious. Uh, and uh so I think it's important maybe like um so Harry hands the diary to Dumbledore, then Dumbledore like puts it down on his desk or something like that. You know, something that because of course Harry then takes it, uh puts a sock in it, and when Lucius and Dobby storm out, uh Harry runs after them and hands the diary to Lucius. Of course, the sock's inside of it, Lucius hands it to Dobby, Dobby is free. Then Dobby strikes back at Lucius and sends him flying backwards a whole moment. Go, Dobby. I do like how this is done in the film. I'm not really too worried about changing that. So I'm I'm very happy with that. And then the last few minutes are just returning home, you know. They they maybe they get on the train, they say goodbye, they uh I think this is this is an important, you know, this is uh this is a this is a goodbye. And Harry knows that that Halligorst is his home, truly he's returning back to unfortunately a very dismal existence uh at the Dursleys, but we know that it is still good times ahead. And it's important also that we end on a good note because it's so easy, especially after this terribly, terribly dark episode, it's very easy to end on like an ominous note, even if the the music is cheery and everyone's laughing and crying and going and waving their handkerchiefs goodbye. Like, even if we have that, I think it would be hard to shake that dark feeling that we had earlier. So I definitely want, you know, light. It it's it's very light. And the contrast, I think, of you know, the horribleness of Herpo and and the uh farewell at Hogwarts, I think that should be a stark contrast for sure. So there we go. That is they are, I mean, uh for a last shot, I don't know. They're just waving goodbye. Maybe they maybe they come back to the platform, I don't know. But if I'm not honestly too picky, I think it would be great if maybe you know we see them their their last moment is we see them get on the train and then we see the train pull away and something like that. You know, something very, very, very Harry Potter-like, you know, something like that. So I'm not worried about that at all. So there we go. That is for okay, so we have just one more thing to discuss in in this episode, but I want to make just that was it. Season two. We did it. That was the end of the episode. That's the end of the content. A round of applause for us. We did it. I am so excited for season three. Um, we are setting ourselves up for success, that is for sure. Oh my gosh, we've been talking about marauders flashbacks forever. So finally we're getting into the season where we can really dive dive deep into that. So, content done. I want to make one last note though. So, as I was writing this, it was occurring to me how back heavy this season is. You know, of course, every season has action that arises, and that is very true for this, as the darkness, you know, got cranked up and our our villains really began to start making moves. Uh this is a this this especially episode seven and episode eight of this season feel heavy. Very heavy. And the reason for that is I want to be clear that this is not the end. It would be a shame if we ended each season with a very final feeling. Because the truth is, uh it's not final. It's not final at all. You we I have so many more seasons of that other thing. We have ten, ten years of content to get through here. So if we ended this season with a feeling of like, ah, we did it, I think that wouldn't be quite right. We can we can take a breath, we can take a seat for sure, but this isn't the end, and that's why I'm I am okay with kind of loading up these last few episodes with with with heavy, dark, really ancient ideas. I think that is okay because we know that going into the Prisoner of Rascue Band, there is still so much more to go. The story is so far from over, and there are a lot more paths to explore. So if it's feeling a little heavy, strangely heavy for a last episode, that is why you are not making that up. You're not, you know, imagining that this is some crazy decision. No, I did that on purpose, and I'm hoping it will it will give us a nice, easy segue into the terror of Sirius Black. What an ending. I didn't plan that at all, but boy oh boy, am I so so glad uh that it ended that way. Uh, we are not gonna jump straight into season three next week. We are gonna just take a breath, take a look back at this uh season, maybe look ahead a little bit, talk about some trends, talk about where we're going, where we've come from, a few little tidbits of uh Harry Potter TV show news, I'm sure we'll get to. Um some funny things too. So I definitely hope that you will uh stick around to hear all of that. Wow, the end of a season, you know, these seasons feel so, so short. Like they just whip right by, but it's I mean, we spent we spent weeks and weeks on this season. So if you and if you started this uh Tea Leaves with season one, episode one, and you're here, thank you so much. I am so so glad that you have not only enjoyed this series enough, but uh uh truly kept with this with this show. So I'm really thankful for all of you. And this if this is your very first episode, I am it is my pleasure to be speaking with you. Truly it is. If you've made it all the way here, then I hope you heard something that you like at least a little bit. So of course, I I don't have to tell you that this is a weekly thing. Uh stick around, really do, if if you want, because this is just the beginning of such a big mountain to climb, and that peak is going to be really something. So definitely stick around. We have some amazing content coming your way. Like I said, next week, a nice wrap-up for season two uh and looking ahead to season three. I am so much looking forward to it. I again, I just want to remind you if anything you heard today thought was was interesting, or maybe you gained some value, maybe you thought someone else would enjoy it, go ahead and share it. You could post it on your Instagram story, you could send it to your group chat with your friends, you could send it to your mom, maybe your maybe your mom would like it. Whatever it might be, it would really mean a lot to me if you would send this episode along to someone, spread the message, uh, really discuss Harry Potter because Harry Potter is saving the world one listener at a time. That's a good that's a good slogan right there. No, it's definitely not. But we can hope, we can hope. So there you go. That's all I got. Uh have I will see you next week. Enjoy your week. Do me that favor, enjoy your week. I can't wait for the next episode. Uh, I will see you all soon, and as always, remember that happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. I will see you all later.