#34 Lockhart Only Sees What’s In The Mirror | CoS 16, The Chamber of Secrets

Potter Revisited Episode #34 Lockhart Only Sees What's in The Mirror AKA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 "The Chamber of Secrets"

• It's a book title chapter and a lot happens! How many times is the book title a chapter title in the series? 
• The Profs expect students to revise and write exams at this point and we agree with the students outrage
• What about those students that were petrified for most of the year like Colin? Would they be exempt? 
• Ron is very luck to not have to do his practical exams with his wand
• McGonagall has an announcement and very on brand - Wood thinks "Quidditch!"
• Shay talks about Quidditch likely being Oliver's coping mechanism
• Ginny is very anxious and wants to tell Harry and Ron something - Shay wonders if her inability to get the words out is the Horcrux prohibiting her
• Just as Ginny is about to say something, Percy comes to ruin everything 
•  Was Percy naive in believing Ginny wasn't going to tell Harry and Ron anything important 
• The way Percy describes what Ginny walked in on makes it sound less innocent that what it is revealed to be later
• Harry comes up with a cover story and moves McGonagall to tears 
• How did no one else notice the paper in Hermione's hand? 
• Was it out of character for Hermione to rip a page out of a Library book? 
• The way Harry and Ron use this information to connect everything is very impressive  
• The first time Harry and Ron decide to go to a teacher first before acting - and it backfires
• Why didn't they just stay out in the staff room and give their information then - it was very important!
• The Profs ganging up on Lockhart is what we have been waiting for 
• Ron, The Twins and Harry are all sitting together after the news of Ginny while Percy locks himself in his room after informing his parents. Is this showing the divide between Percy and his family already? 
• Interesting that it is Ron's idea to go to Lockhart. Why didn't they try and find a competent teacher like McGonagall instead?
• Harry and Ron discover Lockhart's a fraud and he attempts to erase their memories - isn't that a HUGE crime? 
• We discuss memory charms and if they should be ranked up with the unforgivable curses 
• Ron is the one who tells Harry to speak Parseltongue to open the chamber - which comes back full circle in DH where he mimics Harry speaking it to go down with Hermione 
• Shay wonders why Ron and Harry didn't include Fred and George on their adventure 
• Lockhart causes a cave in and Harry and Ron are seperated - a very touching moment where they don't quite say anything but we get how important they are to each other 

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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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