A Good Sequel but the Worst Installment | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

<p>A bad experience with leftovers, our favorite mega monsters, and a terrible plot summary of <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets </i>is what you have too on this 39th episode of parallel quest.</p><p>STORIES FROM THE GUYS</p><p>Zach: The quest for the best salad dressing on planet Earth</p><p>Cody: When leftovers decide to attack.</p><p>OUR FAVORITE MEGA MONSTERS</p><p>Something that is not talked about enough when the second Harry Potter is discussed is the fact that it includes a handful of large and terrifying creatures. The Whomping Willow, Aragog, and the Basilisk are all iconically terrifying in their own way and add to the tension of the story. In this segment, each of the guys shares one of their favorite mega monsters.</p><p>Zach: Shares about his love for the world’s largest reptilian god of destruction</p><p>Cody: A fire drake from the north that is a physical force as well as an intellectual one turns out to be the kind of monster that no one would want to sneak around.</p><p>MAIN TOPIC: HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS</p><p>The guys have quite a bit to talk about when it comes to the second Harry Potter story, and not all of it is in the form of a glowing review. They kick things off by giving a plot summary which they will need to apologize to all of the most hardcore Harry Potter fans for. Sure, the summary does suffice but there are many important details that each host remembered far later in the show. However, there are some fascinating nuggets of information that shed light on how <i>The Chamber of Secrets </i>is connected with later Harry Potter installments. The guys end up having a discussion about how much they actually think that JK Rowling had planned when she sat down and started clacking keys. Was Tom Riddle’s diary always supposed to be a horcrux or is that just a retroactive convenience? Cody shares the story about how this installment was initially hard for him to get through, while Zach was about to give up on the stories at Hogwarts after this one. There are many s