Through the Trap Door! (Tea Leaves S1 E7) | Devil Snare, Chess Match, Facing Voldemort, More!

In this episode, we discuss the trio's journey through the trap door in our version of the Harry Potter TV show. Enjoy!

Topics/Summary:

·      Listen to episode 315, QuizMaster: Trap Door Edition here!

·      1:19 Challenge question and recap of Tea Leaves S1 E6.

·      7:56 The first shots of the episode show us the quiet stillness of the castle at night. The moon is shining, and there is an eerie air about the corridors. The trio approaches the door and goes through to Fluffy’s chamber. There should be a harp playing and a flute, and they jump through. Fluffy shouldn’t wake up like he does in the films to preserve this eerie air.

·      12:50 The devil snare. It should remain largely the same because a lot of important details in terms of character dynamics are revealed. But when they all escape there should be a more magical escape. Perhaps all the devil snare recedes in a flash and they are left in a room with a door to the key room.

·      18:05 The flying keys. They should stay pretty much the same. The balance of this whole trapdoor sequence is struck already, and we shouldn’t mess with that too much.

·      19:51 The chess match. This is one of the most intense parts of the trap door adventure. The pieces are smashed to pieces when they are taken, and the trio are standing in the face of these blocks of rock are slowly moving towards them to find their next victim. Ron sees the moves and sacrifices himself so Harry and Hermione might go on. Perhaps a sacrifice like that is required by the room for them to move on.

·      24:52 The potions riddle. Hermione is an absolute boss in this scene because she shows us all how critically she can think. Those skills come in handy for sure later on in the story.

·      28:21 The final scene. Quirrell turns around and Harry is shocked that it isn’t Snape. Most of this scene should stay the same, but there’s one moment I want to see. When Voldemort offers Harry power, immortality, and his family back, I want to see Harry’s reaction. The fact that Harry doesn’t react to power and immortality, but he considers his family back for just a moment is super important. That one moment shows us more about Harry than we’ve learned in the rest of the book for that.

 ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com
thepotterdiscussion.com

Nox

Transcript

Intro

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the putter discussion. Welcome back to the putter discussing discussing the haircutter books, the films, TV show, and the wizard and world fandom. I'm your host, Oscar, and this is episode 316. Thank you everyone for joining me today. It is my pleasure to be recording. We have a very exciting episode today. We are almost finished with season one of Tea Leaves. We have the second to last episode, episode seven, and a lot goes down, including the trio through the trapdoor. That's a good one. This is gonna be a very exciting episode because they have all the challenges ahead of them. We have so much action, so much character development, so much to get through. So I am very, very happy that you are joining me today. I'm very excited to record this episode. If anything comes up while you're listening, any questions, comments, anything at all you want to reach out with, you can go ahead and do that to the podra discussion at gmail.com. That is thepodra discussion at gmail.com. Alrighty, I think that's everything I wanted to get into before we begin. So without further ado, let's get into today's episode.

Challenge question and recap of Tea Leaves S1 E6

SPEAKER_00 1:20

So before we get too far, last week's episode was a Quizmaster. So we do have to answer the challenge question before we we really begin. So I will read it to you again. Uh, episode 315 was Quizmaster Trapdoor Edition, because I guess where we're going today. And the challenge question, uh, by the way, that episode will be linked in the show notes if you want to listen. I highly recommend it. The challenge question was what flavor of Birdie Bot's every flavored beans was Dumbledore hoping for? I'll give it to you again. What flavor of Birdie Bot's every flavored beans was Dumbledore hoping for? Not what he got, what he was hoping for. Of course, the answer is Toffee. He said, Oh, I'll be safer than ice toffee, but unfortunately, alas, he gets earwax. So very famous seeing that. Uh, and definitely if you have not listened to the Quizmaster, absolutely go back and do that. Okay, so with that out of the way, now we can get to this episode. So, with all tea leaves, we must start with a quick recap of the last episode because it's important to know where we left off in order to really have uh a good idea of where we are going. So, last episode was episode six of uh season one. That was episode three thirteen, which will also be linked in the show notes. We began with Hagrid spilling the beans. He tells the trio all about Fluffy. Uh, we also have the whole uh sequence with Norbert. Norbert is hatched and grows up, and then the trio has to figure out a way to get rid of him. Uh, but unfortunately, Hermione and Harry uh don't quite do it too cleanly, so they are caught and they are sent into the forest, which is too bad. Uh, and they are uh met with great danger. They see this uh Harry and Malfoy see the cloaked figure in the woods drinking the unicorns of blood. Uh that's our first encounter with Voldemort face to face. Of course, we don't know that, but and it really isn't face to face, but yeah, get the idea. Uh, and then of course, uh the episode ended with the trio deciding to go through the trapdoor. So that's where we are right now. So let's kick this off. And the first shot of this uh episode was something that I was really struggling with, because I'm not exactly sure how to begin. But there is one thing that I am sure of, and that's kind of what I want to discuss first, is this is definitely not going to be the trapdoor that we got in the films. I definitely want the same kind of feel, you know, like they are working together, you know, and it's not like they're about to they're all about to die. I think that would be a little extreme, but it's very light-hearted in the uh films. And that's that's a good thing, I think, for the films because that's kind of what they are. You know, it's a it's a very, you know, friendly experience, if we could say that for what what uh happened. But is the TV show really the place to continue that? I'm not sure. Because what I was really thinking is how okay, so how awesome would it be to have another version of the chapter? Obviously, it'd be great, you know, to have something that's similar to the to the films. But what would be even cooler is a version that's much more sinister. And I'm not saying, you know, they get hurt and there's blood or whatever, you know, nothing, nothing like that, but there's something that's maybe a little more frightening, you know, because this is really scary stuff. When when seeing, you know, the the uh plants and the the monsters and you know the all that, like of course it's like, oh no, like don't don't do that. But we gotta forget that these are serious things, you know. Having having read and watched the story so many times, it's easy to forget how scary this really is. I mean, this they these kids are 11 and they're jumping through this hole in the floor miles under the school. You know, that's it's it's horrible. It's really horrible that that that they have to do this. So we can't forget that. And I think the TV show should reflect that. Honestly, I think it should. There's a lot that is that is, I think, lost in the films because the this is this is a very frightful experience, you know. They don't know, they aren't well, they do know, but they aren't sure who's at the end of this, you know, where what are they gonna find? Are they gonna make it out? Like, this is really scary. And then, you know, Ron, you know, is failed, and Hermione has to go back, and Harry's alone. Like, this is a really scary time. So I want that to be reflected. You know, there it should be dark, it should be scary. We shouldn't really know what's going on. You know, these these things should be, you know, kind of creeping up on us, because of course we kind of know what's gonna come, so we should at least have some, you know, element of surprise, you know, things that would really shake it up. So that's what I'm really hoping for here is that it's not this oh, the potions, it's logic, let's solve it, you know, and then it just it happens to work out. You know, that's it's it's a it's a nice sentiment, but if we're doing it again, it shouldn't be the same. You know, it shouldn't be that. It should be something, uh, it should be something different, it should be something darker, truth be told. So that is absolutely something that I want to mention before we we uh uh get into the actual story, because this is a very important thing, and it's really a kind of a theme that we've been discussing for a long time, is that there's not necessarily a remake on the horizon, that there's hopefully something a little bit different. Not a lot, you know, this isn't you know a horror movie the whole way through. I think that would be a real shame because we would lose the you know the camaraderie, we should lose the magic. And that's another that's an important point to make here is that I'm not saying I want to get rid of you know the happy feeling like, oh my gosh, they're working together to do this. That's I know actually not at all. I just want the contrast to be there because it almost feels like there's no risk, you know, like they of course they're gonna die, but like it doesn't really feel like that, you know. So I definitely want that that like, oh man, this is serious, you know, and they're they're they're working together, and that is really what gives us hope. So that's something that I want to keep in mind for this episode. So we will definitely kind of apply that lens to our discussion as we really get through the intricacies of this episode, because that is gonna be something that influences hopefully the filmmakers, but absolutely what we are going to discuss in the next few minutes. So I wanted to make that point. Let's move on.

The first shots of the episode show us the quiet stillness of the castle at night

SPEAKER_00 7:56

So, where do we begin? I mentioned that I was kind of struggling with the idea of the first shot of this episode, and truth be told, I'm not quite sure what we're gonna kind of do here. The last episode ended with, like I mentioned, the trio mentioning, uh deciding that they wanted to go through the trapdoor. That was kind of the last moment. And I think that moment, like it does in the film, should happen in the Gryffindor common room. I think that's a great place to have for it to happen. There should be no other, you know, there's there's no reason to kind of go out uh of that. Because I think what the contrast would be is, you know, they're in the known and then they move to the unknown. I think that's a great contrast, and I definitely want to preserve that. So if the last shot of the last episode was in the Gryffindor Common Room, what I'm wondering is how far can we possibly go? Because I don't think we should just open like in Fluffy's room. Like that seems a little extreme. But maybe we open in the hallway. That's actually not a not a bad idea. You know, I could totally see we have, you know, shot like we we the episode opens and it's completely silent. We just have kind of like these these shots of like the castle, you know, like the moon kind of striking the walls and these great long shadows, and then you know, the torches are all out, and it's just like this very eerie kind of environment. And then we just kind of hear, you know, these three footsteps, and we see you know, Haron Hermione kind of coming towards this this door. That's that's it should be bigger. I'm I'm gonna stand by that. It should be a lot bigger. This door is like a regular door. It should be like a at least a little I guess not necessarily bigger, it should it should be more menacing. Like they just it's just like a regular door, you know. So if they see this, they see this like you know menacing door, and they know that's that's the one that it is, you know, they've already already been inside. So they open it up and they go in. That should be kind of the first the first uh four I hear. And they get they they make it into Fluffy's chamber. This is the very first kind of sequence of this episode, uh, episode seven. And now we have the dilemma. Now we have the first dilemma, because in the film there's a harp, and in the book there is a flute. So that those are the two instruments that are used. That was a that was a quizmaster question last week, actually. So funny, funny we should mention that. But here's what I'm thinking, which one do we choose? You know, is there a flute playing, or is there uh, you know, do do the trio bring uh Hagrid's wooden flute that he gave Harry for Christmas? Is that what we bring? And I didn't actually write down an answer because I was not sure when I wrote this episode, but I think I'm sure now, and I think it should be both. That is absolutely reasonable. Uh there is definitely a, you know, of course, the book is very, you know, prominently with this idea of, you know, music, and I think we should definitely include that in the in in the TV show. Because, you know, Coral had to get down somehow, and I think a uh harp is the perfect way to do that. So if we have kind of both of them playing, uh it would, I think, be easier to kind of fade out, because of course Fluffy has to, uh, you know, uh, they don't Fluffy actually, does Fluffy wake up in the book? Fluffy definitely wakes up in the movie, and it depends what kind of action they want. It's up to them if Fluffy wakes up or not, but there's definitely some element of him waking up at some point. I think to stay true to the book and also to keep this like very kind of quiet, this very like, you know, solemn air, I think it might be better to follow what the book does. And I believe what happens is uh Harry jumps first, and then he hands off the flute, and then they just like they just jump uh and they hear Fluffy has woken up above them, but they are safely below. Well, safely below. I think that's a that's a good way of doing it because it would honestly even add to this vibe where you know they all jump down and they hear this like this huge dog roaring like above their heads. Like that is really scary. But then they you know that that's a great moment of realization is like the second this this this devil snare starts working, you know, they they think, you know, where where would they rather be? You know, so that's I think that could raise a very interesting question. So that's a uh I think a great place to kind of use this the whole idea of like the music. Uh so Fluffy absolutely should wake up at some point, but I want to preserve this this quiet. You know, there's such a there's such like a a mist kind of wrapped around the castle at this point. And if what we do in if you know the films is kind of the the version that we gotta be go with here, I think immediately kind of the illusion is broken. Like they stop the harp stops playing and they all scream and they all jump down, and like that's that's not gonna be so good. I don't think that's quite the quite the right way to do it. So there's absolutely choice here, but I think the right choice is to keep this air of of quiet, you know, of mystery. So that is the first part though now that they have jumped down into the devil's snare, so that is where we are heading next. Alright, let's move on.

The devil snare

SPEAKER_00 12:50

The Devil's Snare, in my opinion, should remain largely the same. And this is, I think, a common theme with this whole series is that like it's the same, but it's not it's not the same of the film. It's kind of like the same of the story, I guess, if that makes any sense. But there are, I think, a little a few a few tweaks we can make. One of them is it is way too bright in the films, in my opinion. Of course, I want to see them, like I'm not saying it should be pitch black, but it's just like they're just kind of sitting there, you know, and it's I mean, it's not a very pleasant sight, of course, the Devil's Snare, but there should be more there, you know. It should be a little bit darker. There should be some, you know, some strange, you know, like what's going on, kinda, kind of moments there. So I'm just saying, I think they should be, you know, a little bit darker. But the one of the things that I want to really highlight mostly in this uh particular part of the trapdoor is their character dynamics. I think that's a great, this is a great moment we see that, because it's it's almost exactly like how their whole relationships are, you know. Hermione knows what to do, so she does it, and then Harry can kind of will himself to do it too, and then Ron just is freaking out and he can't possibly figure it out, and then Hermione has to think up something quick to save him. Like that's that's kind of how how they roll for for pretty much seven books. So I think it's it's good that we set that foundation now, you know, and I think another a theme that we're kind of tracking here is, you know, in times of great peril, we begin to see, you know, the true people kind of behind their their character, I guess you could say. And that's true for Quarrel as well. You know, when faced with a great question, with a great quest, he has to become who he really is in order to complete it, which of course uh ultimately leads to his death. So sorry, Quarrel. But this is a moment in which we see that in a in a positive light, you know, we see how well they work together, you know, how how even though they probably would have made through uh made it through without as much struggling if uh they were, you know, Ron actually kind of could could could listen. We still want to lay this idea, you know, we we kind of want to want to put this down that like you know they work together and they can function as a unit well, even though not all of them are so you know classically quote unquote trained like like Hermione is. So this this devil's snare is scary stuff, and we can't it's I think the films does this like whether their their special effects are are are good, you know, where they're slowly being wrapped up and they're you know it's it's it's a very very suffocating scene to watch too. I mean, seeing that uh it's it's it's terrible. So we should definitely preserve that that aspect of it. And then eventually they they fall through, and there is a you know next next moment kind of kind of thing. But another thought I had is this doesn't feel very magical. And that is one of the things that I am very interested in exploring further. So of course, you know, plants and you know, potions and and flying keys, like those are all very much magical. Like, of course they are. But when the when they get past the devil's snare, they kind of they they just literally fall through. That feels kind of strange. You know, that feels kind of strange that they could just like fall through and then that's that's that, you know. So it occurred to me there should be some more magic here, you know. How do they get past this? Well, there are two things that I could think of that I think would fit. One is when they, you know, all pass, you know, Hermione uh can cast this spell, and once they all, you know, get through, they are transported somewhere, you know, like they they blink and they're somewhere else. That would feel more magical to me. But my only criticism of that is I think it would kind of take away from the you know the meaning of the story uh because apparating comes later and it's very it's a very particular thing. So if they could just be somewhere else, like that would kind of feel uh feel like, oh, like okay. But the other option I had, which I thought would be uh much better, was they all fall through the chapter, they all land, and then the key is to get into relax, but once they all relax, they you know, we see these these roots kind of all recede, they all kind of like very quickly kind of just pull away, and then they're left in this room, and the room is, you know, the the doorway into the flying keys. I think that's a better option because it it it definitely is it's still jarring in a sense, it's still like what happened, where are they? And then there's still that door. Uh, and it's also nice because her mini can stay in that room, you know, in terms of plot, she can stay in the room in order for uh them to be saved, you know, in order for her to save her friends. So I think that that would work well. So this is a good example. It's a first trial, you know, the first kind of moment we see. Uh so definitely important that we have a good first uh little moment here with the devil's snare, but I think we've covered that nicely. So let's move on.

The flying keys

SPEAKER_00 18:06

Next up we go into the flying keys, and this is a pretty quick one because truth be told, I think it should stay pretty much the same. There isn't like a huge plot thing here, it's just like Harry's flying around. Like that's kind of it. And I think we should for a second I was like, hmm, should maybe Ron be the one flying? Um because he, you know, we should set up his his kind of Quidditch arc. But I figured it should still be Harry because here's what I was thinking the balance is kind of already struck. Like they all have their moment somewhere, and Ron's moment is coming up pretty, pretty shortly. So I feel like it would be unwise to kind of, you know, get rid of that balance that's that's been struck already by the story. Meaning, you know, Hermione saves them from the devil snare, Harry catches the key, Ron saves us from chests, the trolls already gun, Hermione fixes the uh Hermione solves a riddle, and then Harry gets the cell. You know, it's a very balanced uh scene, you know, it's a very balanced episode, and I definitely don't want to change that. So I think Harry should still be the one flying around. It's fine. I mean, it's nothing special. It is a charm and it is you know effective. Of course, if a wizard wasn't as good a flyer, I think that makes sense. There are definitely some plot holes though, like why couldn't you just summon the key? But I'm sure there are charms against that, even though I'm sure I don't think we've really gotten there magically yet. But maybe that's why and that's how Coral got through. You know, he just summoned it, and then maybe her mindy tries it. You know, she says, Oh, oh, I like I read about this thing in a book, you know, it's a summoning charm. You know, maybe that that could help. So just to fix some plot holes, like that would be helpful. But I think this scene should stay pretty much the same. It's pretty straightforward. It does well for the plot. I think it works well for the characters. So anyway, this scene stays the same. Alrighty, let's move on.

The chess match

SPEAKER_00 19:51

Now we have the chess game, and this is a big one. This is pr I think this should be the longest part. Of course, besides the end, it should be the longest task that they have to get through. And this one, this is a moment where I want to be very true to the story. You know, I want to really feel what they are feeling. And the truth is, I would be terrified. If I was standing in their shoes, I would be horrified, especially seeing the stakes. I mean, these chest pieces are getting absolutely demolished. Like they are getting literally smashed to pieces when they are taken. That is terrible. I mean, that is that is really awful seeing that happen. So I think it is important that we feel that same way. Now, I don't want to have Ron's, you know, face smashed off. That would not be great. I think we should kind of we should not have any gore, no blood, no, like it shouldn't be violent. It should just be, you know, like very threatening. Like seeing these huge pieces stalk towards them, like that is absolutely terrifying. Because I mean imagine you're in this dark chamber with with like two people, you know, who you you've like like basically just met, and and these huge giant pieces of m metal and granite are you know are slowly moving towards you and smashing everything else. Like that's yikes. I guess is a good way of uh of putting that. So the chess game should be really scary. And I mean, I I was thinking it'd be really funny if they kept that sequence in of like, you know, um, you know Ron sacrificing himself, and my no, you can, there must be another way, like the whole thing. I was thinking that would be really funny. It would it might take away from like the scare factor, but I mean you kind of have to. But actually, that's an interesting point. Is like, w how how much do you keep and how much you know would would kind of kill the vibe. But I this is an interesting problem here. This is kind of the first time we're really running into this. Is like I want it to be more intense, but I don't want to leave. Lose this feeling because I think part of the magic of this first you know book is that it's not very intense. Like we're dealing with heavy topics, but not in the same like life questioning way that we do later on. So I almost want this intensity to only you know add to their to their kind of strengthen their bonds. I that's really what I want. I don't want uh this to kind of take this to become an action sequence because that I think would take away from it. That's not the way to go. So I am hopeful that there are other ways to explore this idea of you know action uh and kind of like fear and magic and darkness, kind of all wrapped up in this kind of idea of of camaraderie. So the chess game is one of the first real tests of that. Of course, I mean Devil's Snare, of course, and all the other ones are great tests as well. So, but this is this is a particularly effective example. So Ron is is directing this game, he's really having his moment, he is so good at chess, he can he can see the board, he can see the plays, and then eventually he comes to the conclusion that he must sacrifice himself. And you know, I'm just this is just occurring to me. But is that how it's designed? Is that how McGonagall designed this this chess set that he that the that the person must sacrifice something in order to make it through? I think we would have to explore that plot-wise. But I think that's a good way of going about it. You know, she uh but like for example, Quarrel would have to sacrifice like a limb or like a you know some valuable of his. And of course, it's magic, you know, the pieces would know what qualifies as valuable for him. So I think that would be that's a really interesting point. I never considered that, that you know, Ron getting, you know, kind of taken out, so to speak, is not a coincidence at all. So he, you know, sat he sacrificed himself so they could go on. That's not a bad, not a bad idea, actually. And I I don't think we should, you know, have that confirm or denied, but I just want to have all these things kind of mulling around the back of our heads because now when we are watching it, it's so much more impactful, you know. It is so much more like, oh, that's maybe we know where that came from, you know, moments like that, like, oh, that's why he got, you know, that's that's why he his piece was taken because it it was meant to be like that. So I think that's a very interesting idea, but the chess the chess game is a very, very important scene, and it is necess is it is really a necessity uh that we have all of these still uh intact. So there you go. But there are a few more things that we will discuss in this episode, so let's move on.

The potions riddle

SPEAKER_00 24:52

So we have moved on from the chess game. Uh Harry and Hermione are through to the next room, and what is it? It is, of course, the potions riddle. Now, I'm gonna say we're gonna skip the troll room in the TV show. I wouldn't normally say we skip something, but it just doesn't do anything for the plot. Honestly, I don't think it does. I mean, we could make the connection, you know. Coral says he's quite away with trolls, of course, he's the one who let the troll in at Halloween, but honestly, I feel like it doesn't matter. It's fine. So we'll skip the troll room, straight to the potions reel. And this is important. This is this is another important thing because this is Hermione's moment. I think she definitely has a good moment with the devil snare, you know. I don't want to discount that, but I want to make the point that that's not why she's so valuable. You know, she is not such a valuable character because she can she knows spells. Of course, she's very smart, but it's this kind of, you know, she knows how to think. You know, she knows, she can think about thinking. And she's a very, you know, very mature kind of mind, and that really comes in handy uh as they are solving, you know, these more complex, more important riddles later on uh involving our friend Tom Riddle. So there's definitely a uh a connection that we should for sure see here uh in that she knows how to, she knows how to think, and she can make these connections that other wizards can't. And she even said it herself, you know, logic is one of those things that some wizards just don't have. You know, this is not the potions riddle, it is not a a magical test. It's not a test of how spells or you know, any any one of those things. I don't think Snape, we talked about this again in the last episode of the Quizmaster Trapdoor. But Snape knows what he's doing. This is a really smart thing that Snape did. He he made this this kind of challenge. It is potions related, of course, he's the potions master, but there are absolutely not potions skills involved. Could you somehow use your knowledge of potions to just look at them and decide which one was good or not? Maybe. Maybe if you brought some like special ingredient that if you dropped into poison it would, you know, turn a certain color. Maybe. But you would think that Snape kind of have found a way around that. Like he's made potions that don't change color and all that. And then you could say, well, why wouldn't you just go through the fire? Well, maybe you can't. Maybe you well, you can't act right on Hogwarts grounds. I would bet that this counts. So I think plot holes aside, this is a very, very good obstacle because you know, you're the best wizard in the world, but you can't think about what it really means, you know. You can't really think about what it means to be, you know, in the middle, and you know, how all these all these different things, you know. It's just it's such a complex riddle that Hermione has, and she works it out. So, double thumbs up for her. She really came through here. Thank you, Hermione. And of course, that means that there's only one who can make it through, and that is, of course, Harry. So Harry goes through the fire. Hermione goes back to take Ron back up. I don't know how she possibly gets there, but you know, that's that. So it is a it is an interesting uh it is an interesting thing that the that that it's only one person who can go through.

The final scene

SPEAKER_00 28:21

So of course Harry goes through the flames, and now we are into the final scene, and this is of course uh the the whole sequence with Quirrell. Quarrel turns around and there he is. Harry says, it's you're not Snape. Of course, Quirl is not. He is he is this conniving, he is evil, he is Voldemort in the back of his head, he is this evil guy. Now, I think this scene, this scene should stay pretty much the same with Quirl. I think it's done well, but the one thing I want to kind of explore further is Voldemort's offer to Harry. Of course, Voldemort says, you know, you could be immortal, you could see your parents again, you could have all the power in the world. And even if, I mean, put put yourself in Harry's shoes, you know that it's a lie. Of course you do. It's Voldemort, and that's exactly what Harry says. He's a liar. He yells at him. But for a second, for a second, you would think like, oh man, that sounds pretty good, especially considering how much Harry's lost. He's lost his parents, he's lost his family. These are the people who he's closest to. If Voldemort said even the words, you can see your parents again, you know, you can have your family back, for even a split second, for a moment, Harry would think, gosh, I wish I had that. And that's that's the second, that's the moment I want to see. I think we don't really get that a lot in the films. I just want to see that for a second. And this is Harry's kind of, I think this is the most important moment for Harry's character. Because Voldemort says power and immortality, and of course Harry's like, okay, great. But then he says you can see your parents again, and that's when Harry's like, what? When it's like, oh no, of course not. Of course not, that's ridiculous. You were a liar, Voldemort. Like, that's that it could take five seconds, and I think we could learn more about Harry than we have in the rest of the book. You know, that's really what I want is to see that expression of, oh my gosh, I could have my family back. You know, that's that's what I want out of this. So if we get that in this scene, I will be thrilled to really see just how much Harry's family means to him. But this also has real world applications because we know that he has his family means a lot to him, but this also shows that he's loyal. You know, he has you know people who he loves and he wants to protect. Of course, his parents are absolutely those, those, those people. Of course, it might be a little late. Sorry to say, but the theory stays there all the same. So this whole thing is gonna be full of drama. It is it is going to be intense, and I am so looking forward to it. Of course, this this is going to uh end as it always has, as as it always will. Quirl will will uh try to seize him, he will he will leap at Harry, and then of course he will burn to ashes. I think this is a great uh scene. That is a great detail that he really that he burns up, that he could not possibly touch Harry. And then, of course, Voldemort flies away. It's kind of strange that he flies through Harry. I think there should be a different kind of way here because her mind, like Harry is definitely like, you know, kind of falling unconscious, like he's not doing very well. But I feel like Quirl should be the one to do that to him, you know, not Voldemort. Because Voldemort doesn't have you know power really. He just has his has, you know, a very like the shred of a person. So Voldemort should escape somehow. Maybe his face shouldn't fly away. You know, there I think you know what would be good is if like as Quirl, he hears here, okay. I got it, I got it. Voldemort says, seize him, and just like in the films, Quirl kind of flies almost over to Harry and grabs him, and then Harry is thrown to the ground. Like it is forceful. He maybe cracks his head and he's like dazed, he can't he couldn't possibly fight back. But luckily for him, he doesn't have to because Quirl then then you know comes away and he's and and he's and he's burning, you know, he's he's burning up. Uh and then Harry stumbles to his feet and finishes the job. You know, he he puts his hands on Coral's face, and as Coral is kind of like turning to dust, we see this like black, like you know, the like kind of like the black like fog, the smoke that death theaters kind of look like when they when they fly. That's kind of what I'm imagining is that this like black smog just kind of pours out of Coral as he's kind of crumbling. And Harry, I mean, Harry's kind of been beaten up, so now he's kind of stumbling, stumbling back down to the ground. He couldn't possibly stay on his feet, but we still see this black smog just kind of dripping, you know, out of him. It's like some like black ooze. And it's not it's not liquid, and it's not exactly like gas, but it's just this essence, and it kind of collects and then it s and then it kind of darts away, you know. That should be the representation of Voldemort escaping. And then, of course, Harry does have the stone, uh, and that is where this whole scene ends. And we should have a fade out on Harry. You know, he's lying on the ground, we don't know what's going on, we don't know who's alive and who's dead, and the whole thing fades to black, and that is it. That is the whole episode. Of course, we do need a Ruvellio. What's one thing we learn from this episode? The one thing I really want to see is that Voldemort can only be defeated together. That's a super important idea because if we think about this whole, you know, these these whole challenges, without Harry and Ron and Hermione working together, Harry would never have gotten to the end, you know? That would never have happened. So though it was Harry who eventually did the deed, it was everyone around him who helped him to do it. Does that sound familiar? Well, that's exactly how the whole story kind of goes. So I want to set that precedent now, and that's really what I want to be be made clear in this episode. But that is it. Thank you all so much for listening. I'm so excited to finish out this series. We have one more episode in season one, and then we are on to season two. So definitely reach out with your thoughts for what should be in the end of this season and the beginning of the next, thepotter discussion at gmail.com. That is thepotter discussion at gmail.com. Please do not hesitate to reach out. You can also text the show. The very first link in the show notes, you just click that and shoot me a line, and I will absolutely love to uh chat with you. So for sure, reach out if you've any thoughts. And I would also mention, if you know someone who would enjoy this show, go ahead and tell them about it. It would take a few clicks, maybe on your phone, a few words to them in person. I think that would mean a lot to me. That would that would grow the show, spread the message of Harry Potter, would let us really celebrate this new TV show and prepare in style. So absolutely, uh, do not hesitate to reach out to those who you know would enjoy the show. Alrighty. Have a wonderful week. I will see you next week for 317. 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.