7.033 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestCarmen issues a dire warning to Rosa as things at Ares come to an explosive end and a terrible secret is finally revealed.
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.
Production
Amsterdam's canals never looked this sinister
Direction
Kuijpers builds dread through pristine emptiness
Acting
Olieberg's transformation from wide-eyed to complicit
Creator
Pieter Kuijpers
Jade Olieberg
Rosa Steenwijk
Tobias Kersloot
Jacob Wessels
Lisa Smit
Carmen Zwanenburg
Frieda Barnhard
Fleur Borms
Hans Kesting
Maurits Zwanenburg
Rifka Lodeizen
Hester de Hoogh
Robin Boissevain
Roderick van Hall
Jennifer Welts
Marije
Steef de Bot
Joost van Moerland
Roos Dickmann
Puk
Janni Goslinga
Joyce Steenwijk
Dennis Rudge
Wendel Steenwijk
Minne Koole
Henry Zwanenburg
Ian Bok
Lodewijk de Leeuw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ares draws from real Dutch trading company history, specifically the VOC's brutal exploitation recast as literal demonic contract.
The black bile is deliberately reminiscent of Dutch Golden Age still-life vanitas paintings—beauty built on death.
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