Summary
Episode 7 of Kaos delivers some of the best drama yet and lays the foundations for a fun finale.
Episode 7 of Kaos is probably the most dramatic thus far, which makes sense since it’s the penultimate episode. But it’s reassuring that the show doesn’t lose anything as it ups the excitement. Every development here – and there are some big ones – has been neatly telegraphed. Everything happens for a logical reason and in a smart, understandable way. It’s almost like it’s preordained. A prophecy, if you will.
Prophecy remains the word on everyone’s lips, of course, since Episode 6 ended with Hera and Poseidon having armed Minos to kill his firstborn son, Glaucus. In a roundabout way, this will prove that Zeus has nothing to worry about, and will hopefully prevent him from shooting ball boys and cooking his own brother with lightning.
The plan is obviously misguided from the jump, but nobody, including the Gods, anticipates quite how badly it’s going to go.
Event TV
Anyway, we start with a minor deviation showing Caeneus’s mother committing suicide. It’s something she has evidently waited a long time to do, and as we know, Caeneus has been waiting a long time for it too. As I’ve mentioned previously, this doesn’t line up with anything Hippolyta said about Caeneus’s mother.
As you’ll no doubt recall, Dionysus also caught Hera and Poseidon having sex in the previous episode, which gives him some leverage at the family BBQ that’s happening on Olympus. There’s a tremendous amount of tension here since basically every character is hiding something that could prove calamitous if it were to be exposed, but it’s nice to see Dionysus in a position of some relative power for once.
Everything hinges on Minos being able to follow through and kill Glaucus. The family is even tuning in live like they’re sitting down to the Super Bowl. Their lives depend on it.
Persephone Goes Behind Hades’s Back
You can’t help but feel bad for Orpheus. A part of me was expecting some kind of reveal that he was secretly a bad guy and Riddy had fallen out of love with him for that reason, but no – as it turns out it was just a natural drifting apart. This makes it all the more tragic that Orpheus loves her so deeply and earnestly that he managed to pull off an unprecedented feat by venturing into the Underworld to bring her home.
All of Orpheus and Riddy’s interactions are plagued by this sense of tragedy. Caeneus has to play the third wheel a bit, but it’s obvious to everyone – including him, presumably – that Riddy has chosen him. And yet Orpheus still can’t help but make sweeping gestures of love.
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When he’s taken before Hades for a final interview to determine whether or not he’ll be allowed to return to Earth, Orpheus even volunteers his own life so that Riddy can leave. He’s perfectly happy to stay behind in her place. Hades is pretty keen on the idea of preserving the sanctity of the Underworld by not allowing anyone to leave under any circumstances, but Persephone thinks differently.
Thus, Persephone goes behind her husband’s back and arranges for both Riddy and Orpheus to get out of there since it’s vital that the prophecy comes to pass and Zeus is unseated as planned. It’s a bit of a kicker for Caeneus, who has to remain behind, but he has an important task of his own to spread around that the Gods have been lying this whole time and prevent people from passing through the Frame.
Patricide
The biggest dramatic developments in Kaos Episode 7 revolve around Ari, Glaucus, and Minos.
After Daedalus explains to Ariadne how Glaucus gradually turned into a beast during his confinement and was then weaponized by his father, she demands to be taken to see him. Daedalus is reluctant given the dangers involved, but he eventually relents, right around the time that Minos is also descending into the labyrinth to use the knife Hera gave him to put Glaucus out of his misery.
It’s a sad sight to finally clap eyes on the so-called minotaur, with his makeshift mask and horns. He’s aggressive at first, but Ari is able to talk him down, which sadly only allows Minos to get the jump on him. Father and son fight, and eventually, Minos is able to stab Glaucus to death. The Gods rejoice.
But that’s not all. In her grief, Ari realizes the depth and cruelty of her father’s lies. But she also figures out his prophecy, which states that the first child to draw breath would be the end of him. Remember, Ari has been reminded her entire life that she came into the world screaming. Glaucus, on the other hand, was silent. Blue. Still.
Ari plunges the knife into Minos, fulfilling his prophecy. Looks like it isn’t that easy to defy them after all.
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