
Ares
Taste attributes: mysterydramahorrorteenslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeHeavy and small-scale: an unsavoury mystery series, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 54 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Ares in the US right now.
Season
Season 1
· 2020 · 8 episodesEpisodes (8)
1Episode 117 Jan 2020
Rosa, an ambitious and intelligent college student with a trying home life, is recruited to join an exclusive and mysterious society.
2Episode 217 Jan 2020
As Rosa undergoes a trying and terrifying initiation ceremony, a fellow "novice" goes missing, putting the leaders of Ares on high alert.
3Episode 317 Jan 2020
Rosa faces dueling responsibilities while Jacob submits to an interrogation. Later, Fleur invites Rosa to a party, where fates are seemingly sealed.
4Episode 417 Jan 2020
The leaders of Ares go to extremes in an effort to hide the truth behind Rosa's gruesome discovery. Meanwhile, Jacob's affliction worsens.
5Episode 517 Jan 2020
Arnold crosses paths with a presence from his past. Rosa has an unwelcome run-in with a rival. Jacob makes a cryptic prediction.
6Episode 617 Jan 2020
Fleur lashes out following a devastating loss. After Rosa takes steps to reconnect with her family, Carmen shares a shocking truth.
7Episode 717 Jan 2020
Maurits ponders who should become the next president of Ares, Carmen faces a sadistic test, and Rosa manages to surprise Jacob.
8Episode 817 Jan 2020
Carmen issues a dire warning to Rosa as things at Ares come to an explosive end and a terrible secret is finally revealed.
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
When her friend suffers a bizarre accident, Rosa realizes the secret student society they've just joined is built on demonic secrets from Dutch history.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Mystery
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 33 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Pupkin
- Taste scores
- How we score
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