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Below Episode 6 finale recap: “The Unfathering Deep” brings Calvin back to the sea
After everything that happened at Little Pot Rock, Calvin and Wade are back on a boat together, surrounded by blue water beneath a blue sky.
Below Episode 5 recap: “Little Pot Rock” reveals the cost of staying behind
Below opens on a beautiful, peaceful sunrise, with Calvin Penney apparently waking from a dream about being underwater.
Below Episode 4 recap: “The Ocean Will Have Us All” takes us beneath the surface
Episode 4 opens with Calvin Penney heading straight for the RSV Sir John Franklin, demanding to know where Wade is.
Below Episode 3 recap: “Sir John Franklin” brings a mysterious crew to Snooks Arm
Episode 3 of Below opens with Wade back out near the iceberg, despite everything that happened to Jerry Biles.
Below Episode 2 recap: “Crown and Anchor” brings the Old Hag to Snooks Arm
Episode 2 of Below picks up in the harbour at Snooks Arm, where a diver is searching the water around the wreck of Jerry Biles' boat.
Below Episode 1 recap: “Come Home Year” brings a family back to Newfoundland, where something is waiting beneath the water
The first episode of Below, Netflix's new six-part Canadian thriller, opens in Newfoundland in 1986, with a family towing their house across the water.
Trudy J. Morgan-Cole returns to seventeenth-century Newfoundland in Beyond the Brightening Sea
Newfoundland author Trudy J. Morgan-Cole will release her eighth historical-fiction novel, Beyond the Brightening Sea, through St. John’s-based Breakwater Books on Oct 6, 2026.
What is Natasha Henstridge doing now? Her latest movies and TV shows
Natasha Henstridge is still acting regularly, with current work spanning Netflix, Prime Video, independent film and a new Christmas movie.
Is Snooks Arm in Netflix’s BELOW real? What happened to Newfoundland’s Snook’s Arm
Snooks Arm in Netflix’s BELOW is fictional. There is, however, a real Newfoundland community usually written Snook’s Arm in Statistics Canada and provincial records, and its relocation history overlaps with the broader resettlement history creator Jesse McKeown has drawn on for the series.
Where was Netflix’s BELOW filmed? The Newfoundland locations behind Snooks Arm
Netflix’s Below was filmed in Newfoundland in 2025. The strongest records support St. John’s and the surrounding metro area, Brigus South and Pouch Cove as production locations, while provincial documents tie the production more specifically to Brigus South Harbour and planned filming at Marine Park in Pouch Cove
From Ice Cove to Snooks Arm: Netflix’s New Canadian Screen Geography
Ice Cove doesn't exist, although much of what viewers see around it does. North of North is set in a fictional Nunavut community, but the Netflix comedy was filmed in Iqaluit, where local residents appeared on screen, worked with the production and took part in a mentorship program that provided experience in television production.
Canadian creature features: Why Below is interesting
In Netflix’s Below, fisherman Calvin Penney lives in Snooks Arm, Newfoundland, where the local way of life is changing and an unidentified creature has begun terrorizing the community from the water.
The Newfoundland connections behind Netflix’s Below
Perry Chafe grew up in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small fishing community.
Natasha Henstridge went from Newfoundland to Hollywood. Now she's back in creature territory.
Natasha Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1974, and lived with her family in nearby South Brook before they moved west to Fort McMurray when she was five.
Netflix’s Below brings a sea monster to Newfoundland
A house is being towed across the water at the beginning of Below, Netflix’s new six-episode creature thriller set in Newfoundland. Jesse McKeown, the series’ creator and showrunner, has connected that image directly to Newfoundland and Labrador’s history of resettlement, when residents left small and isolated communities for larger centres.