#33 Arachnophobia | CoS 15, Aragog

Potter Revisited Episode #33 Arachnophobia AKA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 15 "Aragog"

• We agree with Ron - we are not about the spiders in this chapter
• Madame Pomfrey barres students out of the hospital wing as soon as Dumbledore is gone - she doesn't trust anyone
• Malfoy is being the biggest shit in this chapter according to Tori
• Does Snape actually enjoy his job? He's a teacher as a cover to spy for Dumbledore and becomes a headmaster to spy for Voldemort but really for Dumbledore
• Malfoy keeps wondering what one of his peers will die - kind of a red flag
• Ron leaps to Hermione's defence - wish we could have gotten more of Book!Ron in the films
• Hermione's absence is very clear but Ron seems to be feeling it more than Harry in this chapter - he faces his biggest fear for her!
• Ernie owns up to being wrong and apologizes - but Ron is still holding a grudge on Harry's behalf 
• Ernie admits Harry never would have done anything to Hermione - then why did he suspect him before? 
• Lockhart is happy that Hagrid has been arrested - but Dean jumps to his defence. Are the other Gryffindors also close with Hagrid? 
• We wouldn't blame Harry for throwing a book at Lockhart
• Shay finds it interesting that Lockhart can't see through Fudge only arresting Hagrid for good press, when he himself is almost a politician in the way he presents himself
• Were Harry and Ron not checking in or feeding Fang? Poor dog!
• They find the car - which has gone "wild" living in the forest - how did that happen?
• Giant spiders kidnap Harry, Ron and Fang - the worst kind of immersion therapy for Ron
• Tori fast-forwarded through this scene on VHS back in the day 
• Shay in intrigued by Aragog saying Hagrid found him a "wife" - not a mate. Why was this done?
• Hagrid was around 13 when he was giving the egg that was Aragog - was he out in Hogsmede at the pubs drinking with strangers back then? 
• Aragog has some kind of attachment for Hagrid if not love - he is very offended of Hagrid being accused of opening the chamber of secrets
• Harry stands up when Aragog declares them a meal - because he didn't want to die a coward. A true Gryffindor and a theme for Harry throughout the series
• The car finds and saves them - how does it know? 
• It would have been a different series if they left Fang to the spiders... 
• Ron is definitely having a panic attack and we don't blame him
• Harry pieces together the new information they gathered and comes to the conclusion that Moaning Myrtle is the girl who died 50 years ago - pretty amazing!

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Shelter Song by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

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