Warning: This article contains spoilers from Chaos.
Season 1 of Netflix Chaos came to a satisfying conclusion, while also leaving enough tantalizing questions and mysteries for a potential season 2. The prophecy that Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) feared and tried to prevent from happening takes shape in the Chaos Season 1 ending, with the prophecy’s three humans in positions of power. Eurydice (Aurora Perrineau) is now a prophet who has returned to earth after his death in the underworld.
Perrineau’s character will spread the horrifying truth about the gods and the underworld with the help of Ariadne (Leila Farzad), who has become the leader of Crete. The trio of prophecies is completed with Caeneus, who can renew souls in the underworld’s nothingness. Zeus and his family are now the most vulnerable they have been since becoming gods in the first place, as the rebellion against them grows stronger with the newfound power that Reedy, Caineus, and Ari wield, yet many questions and mysteries still remain. .
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Where are all the other gods?
Many of them are missing in Season 1
While Zeus, Hera (Janet McTeer), Poseidon (Cliff Curtis), Hades (David Thewlis), and Dionysus (Nabhaan Rizwan) all play prominent roles in ChaosThe Other Greek gods are conspicuously absent from the series. Several of them, including Ares, Aphrodite and Hephaestus, were referenced in season 1, but their whereabouts remain unconfirmed. Even on Zeus’s birthday and when all the gods were called to Olympus, they were still absent from the story.
In Greek mythology, the gods took different sides during the war, as Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus aligned with the Greeks, while Apollo, Artemis, Ares, and Aphrodite aligned with the Trojans.
The absence of the other gods may be due to the Trojan War. In Greek mythology, the gods took different sides during the war, as Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus aligned with the Greeks, while Apollo, Artemis, Ares, and Aphrodite aligned with the Trojans. The Trojans are shown to be suffering under Greek rule, and Kaos’ version of this war and its lasting effects A division was made between the gods. It is also possible that the other gods simply distanced themselves from Zeus due to his arrogance.
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Who did Hara call?
The mystery individual will be important in season 2
Hera makes a call from a phone booth, and tells the unidentified listener on the other end of the line, “Darling, it’s mom. Gather the troops. And make the spare bed.” Since she is preparing to go to war, She most likely called Ares, who is the god of war, and one of her children In Greek mythology. It would make sense for Ares to be the one able to quickly mobilize troops for battle, and if it is indeed him, it will be fascinating to see how he is depicted in Chaos.
Ares is not only a child of Hera but is also a child of Zeus. In episode 2 of ChaosHe is one of the children that Zeus calls during his birthday. Thewlis, who plays Hades, previously played the DC Extended Universe version of Ares in Wonder WomanHowever ChaosThis version of the character will have a younger and perhaps hotter version of the god, showing what Zeus’ children other than Dionysus are like in this modernized retelling of the mythology.
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Why does Dionysus go to Ari?
The two characters have not met yet
in Chaos Season 1’s closing montage, Dionysus is seen standing in front of the palace in Crete, where Ari now rules as the new leader. He holds the half-full bottle of water that Zeus gave him and looks between the bottle and the palace, a clear sign of the inner conflict he feels with the gods or men. Why he goes to Ari specifically ties back to when he watches her kill her father, President Minos (Stanley Townsend), and Dionysus matters to himself, “I think I’m in love.”
Instead of continuing to pursue pleasure, Dionysus is now interested in pursuing love, but Ari is unlikely to reciprocate those feelings, especially after the gods destroyed her family. Any romance between Dionysus and Ari probably won’t work out, however Dionysus could be a powerful ally for Ari and the rest of the rebellion To have on their side. Dionysus officially choosing the humans over the gods would be a strong statement of defiance against Zeus.
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What happens if the gods fall?
Who or what will take their place?
Chaos was focused on the unjust universe under the control of the gods and the rebellion that is gradually forming against them, but there was not much focus on what will happen if the gods really fall. This raises whether any kind of higher power would still exist, and if something or someone else would replace the gods. A universe where there is no higher power and humans exercise their freedom will sound too good to be true to mortals. Chaos Letters.
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This too Raises questions about why Chaos‘ Universe was like when Zeus and his family were mere mortalsDid a higher power exist then, and if so, the question is what happened to them. The death was before Zeus gave control of the underworld to Hades and before the frame was created, and the afterlife must have looked different then. Chaos is a retelling of Greek mythology, but the show has its own mythology to expand upon.
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Is Orpheus’ story over?
His part of the prophecy has seemingly been fulfilled
Orpheus (Killian Scott) season 1 story revolved around going to the underworld to bring his wife, Reedy, back to the land of the living. With a lot of help along the way, he succeeded, but Reedy already wanted to leave Orpheus before she died, and she still didn’t love him. The two characters say goodbye to each other in the season 1 finale and go their separate ways as Reedy works to dethrone the gods and Orpheus will have to figure out what’s next for him.
Prometheus (Stephen Dillane) makes it clear in his fourth-wall-breaking story that as important as Orpheus thinks he is, he’s just a pawn in the larger scheme to dethrone Zeus. Now that Orpheus has played his part in helping to bring Reedy back from the underworld, his role in the story may be over. He is no longer part of Reedy’s life and does not share the same hatred towards the gods that she has, although there is the possibility that he could be used as a pawn again.
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Will Reedy or Orpheus learn what happened to Dennis?
The death of the cat should not go unpunished
While Zeus does no shortage of terrible things in ChaosOne of the most devastating to watch is when He stabs and kills Dennis the cat in front of Dionysus. Denis was Reedy and Orpheus’ cat and Orpheus told Dionysus to take care of the feline creature when he left for the underworld. Dionysus formed an unexpectedly close alliance with Denis, taking the cat everywhere, even to Olympus, where Zeus finally killed Denis in brutal fashion.
As Reedy, Ari, and Dionysus work together to take down Zeus, the god of pleasure may discover what happened to Denis, which will provide yet more reason to hate Zeus and bring an end to his reign.
If Orpheus is truly absent from the story, he may never learn the truth about what happened to Denis. There is a greater possibility of Reedy learning the truth as she and Ari are on a path to aligning and Dionysus was last seen in front of her palace. As Reedy, Ari, and Dionysus work together to take down Zeus, the god of pleasure may discover what happened to Denis, which will provide yet more reason to hate Zeus and bring an end to his reign.
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Who else is already part of the rebellion?
Medusa was a surprising rebel
Prometheus is the first character to discuss the long-brewing plan to rebel against Zeus, but how Chaos As season 1 progresses, it becomes clear that the uprising is more widespread than the Olympians could have ever imagined. The Fates (Suzy Izzard, Ché, Sam Buttery), Medusa (Debi Mazar), and Riddy’s mother (Michelle Greenidge) are among the other people who are also revealed to be part of the rebellion. Hades is a revolutionary now that he is defying Zeus too.
As more characters are introduced, more rebels will surely come to light. Just like in Chaos season 1, the growing number of resisters should be a combination of mortals and more powerful beings. It would be compelling to have more characters like Medusa, who tends to be portrayed as an evil monster, to instead be secretly working with the revolution, further subverting the expectations associated with certain figures in Greek mythology.
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What exactly are the Ball Boys?
Season 1 was brutal for them
On Olympus, Zeus has a group of ball boys who act as servants and whom he treats as disposable. After Zeus’ watch goes missing, he even lines up the ball boys and shoots them one by one as he demands to know which of them stole his watch, even though none of them are responsible. What is never explained is what the ball boys exactly are, whether they are humans who cannot leave Olympus, or if they are something else.
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They are confirmed to be mortal like They are shown to bleed and die after Zeus protects them. It would be interesting if they were actually nymphs or some kind of lesser spirit that the gods enslaved, further tying into the show’s modern reimagining of Greek mythology. Whether the ball boys are humans or something else, it would be fitting for the few survivors among them to join the wider rebellion and get revenge for those whom Zeus callously killed.
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Can Caeneus renew all souls in the nothingness?
The full extent of his powers have yet to be revealed
Caeneus’ ability to renew himself and his mother after they pass through the frame is a game-changing power that even Hades doesn’t have. It is Not yet confirmed how Kenius has this power Or how he can carry it out other than his connection with the main prophecy. Perhaps his love for his mother is what allowed him to renew her, along with his general empathy, which he consistently demonstrated throughout the season to help others in need.
Once Caineus better understands his powers and how to channel them, he can teach Hades, and potentially others, what he’s learned, so he doesn’t have to take on the monumental task of renewal.
Even if Caeneus can renew every individual trapped in the nothingness with his renewing abilities, he cannot feasibly renew them all. He will need help, and it has already arrived in the form of Hades, who is in awe of what Keinus has achieved. Once Caineus better understands his powers and how to channel them, he can teach Hades, and potentially others, what he’s learned, so he doesn’t have to take on the monumental task of renewal.
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How exactly did Zeus absorb his father’s soul after killing him?
Zeus’ backstory needs to be further explored
one of Chaos‘ Most significant deviations from Greek mythology is that Zeus and the other gods are not always immortal. Zeus became immortal and gained his formidable power when he killed his father and absorbed his soul. Relying on the frame and drinking the meandering water of the process to remain immortal is a fascinating twist on Zeus’ story, but it still leaves questions about Zeus gaining such immense power in the first place.
Just as it featured flashbacks of Prometheus’ backstory, It would be beneficial to have flashbacks further fleshing out Zeus’ story When he was a mortal and when he was first a god. Information in such a flashback could be essential to the rebellion in finally toppling Zeus for good or could bring about the rise of a new universal dictator. This will provide further world-building as well Chaos‘ Take on Greek mythology continues to expand.