If I wrote something for every series I watched, this would be entirely different website featuring far more reality-based programs than I care to admit (no, not documentaries. yes…THOSE realities).
KAOS was a lot of fun. I knew all those old Greek myths I studied back in school would come in use at some point! Suck it, long division!
If you need a pitch on why you should watch this show: Jeff Goldblum as Zeus.
Done. Do you need more? Fine – Suzy Eddie Izzard playing the only role she was ever meant to play as one of the three Fates.
More? Fine. The first season (and damn, it sets up really well for a second) weaves together a handful of classic stories in a modern-ish retelling set between Olympus, “Krete” – which isn’t Athens – and the Underworld. Orpheus goes looking for his dead lover, Minos hunts the Minotaur, and both Dionyses and Hades have a “woe! What is it all for!” approach to the world.
And why wouldn’t it be good? After all, the source material is the same story that every good story is sourced from – which are mere manifestations of the archetypes and shared human experiences?
I would say “make more stuff like this,” but then the algorithms would overdo it and inevitably bring it to ruin, or chaos.