Good Harry, Good Harry (OOTP Chapter 33, 'Fight and Flight')

Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 33: Fight and Flight. Our Time Turner segment takes us back to Episode 471 of MuggleCast, titled “Punk’d.”

Does the Ministry really value Umbridge’s life over Harry’s, as she claims?

Could Hermione have reasonably predicted to run into the Centaurs, and what was her plan exactly?

Overall how brilliant is Hermione’s attempt to be free of Umbridge? It works, doesn’t it?

Does Hermione’s talk with Bane show us that she’s prejudiced, when compared to her earlier comment on Firenze to Lavender and Parvati?

Do we feel bad for Grawp?

A number of threads can be connected between this moment in Book 5 and the end of Book 3. Micah and Laura find a few.

Is it right for Harry to allow Ginny, Neville and Luna to tag along to London? Could he have stopped them?

Who SHOULD Harry have taken with him to London instead? The hosts discuss.

Our Lynx Line patrons answer the question, “Hermione obviously chose the wrong thing to say to the Centaurs explaining why they led Umbridge into the Forest. What should she have said instead? [Wrong answers only]”

Quizzitch: Psychologically, human beings respond to threats in one of four ways, all starting with the letter F. TWO of them are “fight” and “flight,” what are the other two? Join in on the fun!