Kaos – Season 1 Episode 5 Recap & Review

The Three Acts Of War

Episode 5 of Kaos begins with everything coming together at a crucial junction in our tale. Prometheus is going to explain to us exactly how all of this has come about. Prometheus is the one within the myths, if you’ll remember, who was punished for giving humans the gift of fire. Zeus punished him because he stood up to him and this, my dear readers, drops us back to the past.

The Fates show up to see Prometheus at his Secret Hideout. Zeus is coming for him and he needs to trust Atropos for what comes next. He needs to kill Charon and succumb to his fate of being tortured. After many years, he’s to gain the trust of Only then, will a greater plan come to fruition to take out Zeus. “If one of us fails, we all fail.”

Part 1 – Furies

We begin with the Furies, who realizes it’s time and head in to speak to Ari. They’re not here to punish her though, but instead to show her the truth. This stems from the past, where – through a TV broadcast – Minos had his own prophecy. It reads: “Your end begins in the marital bed. The first child to draw breath will kill you dead.” So Poseidon decides to set things up with twins instead, leaving it to Minos to kill Glaucus and frame Ari for it.

She refuses to believe this is true, and as she walks away, Atropos happens to be outside, helping to keep the wheels turning and making sure this plan comes to fruition. The Furies are done with her, but they don’t need any more persuasion, as Ari shows back up at the palace to see Minos.

Ari starts to doubt her pa when she questions his prophecy. The way he lashes out though seems to hint that he’s hiding something. Given Daedalus apparently had a hand in killing the babe (according to that broadcast), Ari decides to question him. It doesn’t take long for Daedalus to admit the truth. He was threatened with Icarus’ death if he spoke up but promises here to tell the truth. It turns out Glaucus wasn’t killed after all. In fact, Glaucus is the minotaur and being kept down in the labyrinth.

Psrt 2 – Hera

While Hera and Poseidon continue to hook up, Zeus’ first Phase takes place. Natural disasters start to range all over the world, and while Zeus is all smiles and happy, Poseidon shows up and warns Dionysus that this won’t last if they manage to escape the underworld. When Poseidon leaves, Zeus decides that he’s going to bomb Crete. However, he also finds out about Hera and Poseidon’s affair through Hera’s collection of tongues, and he’s pissed.

Zeus tortures one of the women into confessing what Hera has been doing but the woman doesn’t reveal anything. Dionysus has seen (and heard) enough and decides to hightail it out of there. When Hera returns, Zeus is convinced that his wife is going to be the one who betrays him and rips the family apart. Now, these prophecies aren’t for Gods, as we know, so there must be something else going on here.

Hera though lashes out and talks about how she’s the Queen and even calls Zeus’ bluff, getting him to open every tongue drawer and find the one incriminating her and confirming an affair. He doesn’t find it, and Hera manages to save herself, but it only doubles her conviction to make Zeus pay for this.

Part 3 – The Dead

Our third part of this tale heads back to the basement, where Riddy and Caeneus try to find the Lost Soul, Nax. They walk through the endless sea of people, but Hades is here too. They watch as Nax is killed by Hades, while Riddy and Caeneus escape unscathed.

In the commotion, Riddy ends up passing out. However, they’re spied by Medusa up in the window who sees them together. However, it’s unclear if she saw them leave the trapdoor. It turns out Riddy was actually hurt by Hades’ voice, explaining why she passed out. Caeneus though, didn’t hear anything.

As the episode closes out, Charon speaks to Orpheus as they make it on shore, ready for the next phase of their plan.

The Episode Review

This episode is nicely stylized, split into three parts with different cogs in this larger contraption of a plan coming into fruition. There’s a great ebb and flow to this chapter in particular, and everything is set up now for this big plan to come into effect.

The narration from Prometheus works surprisingly well to see how all of this is going to come together, and it’s interesting that the show has managed to keep the scheming and backstabbing of the Greek gods as the centrepiece of this series too.

All in all, this has been a very good watch so far, and the rest of the show should, hopefully, follow suit!