Sweet Tooth (Netflix): where were we before season 2?

Launched in June 2021 on Netflix, the series produced by Robert Downey Jr. Sweet Tooth tells the adventures of hybrid children. In a post-apocalyptic era, where a virus called H5G9 is raging, some children are born with animal genes. It is mainly for their nature that they are then hunted down by those who are called The Last Men, led by General Abbot (Neil Sandilands). He is the main antagonist of the series and seeks to capture as many hybrid children as possible to do experimental tests on them. He is looking for a remedy to save humanity and would be ready to make any sacrifices to achieve his ends. These unfortunate hybrid children would represent the key element for the discovery of this potential cure. If at the end of season 1, Gus, a child half-boy half-deer and above all genetically more evolved than the others, is captured by the terrible General Abbot, let’s go back to his meeting with Tommy Jepperd, his traveling companion.

How did Gus and Tommy Jepperd meet in Sweet Tooth ?

Before crossing paths with Tommy Jepperd, Gus lived in hiding in Yellowstone Park with Pubba (Will Forte), his adoptive father. We learned in the Season 1 finale that shortly after The Great Collapse, Pubba accompanied his pregnant wife to the hospital. He prayed with all his might that his child would not be a hybrid. When Louisa gave birth, he then realized that her baby was half-child half-sheep. Devastated by this news, he decided to flee but met Dr. Aditya Singh on his way, with whom he will have a brief but inspiring discussion. After racing up the steps of the maternity ward to take care of his wife and child, he found that they had both disappeared. So he decided to raise Gus as his son. Unfortunately, one day, after spending years protecting him, Pubba died untimely. That’s when Jepperd, aka Big Man, appeared to save the child who seems to be looking for Birdie, the mother he never knew. He decided to protect him and accompany him in his quest. But Gus is only a ten-year-old, and sometimes he makes irreparable mistakes, like the time he fixed the radio to get in touch with the Reservation, a place described as a haven for hybrids like him. If so, General Abbot had planned to invade to capture all the hybrids. Jepperd had only a few moments to react before Abbot’s men shoot him, then take Gus with them.

Why is Dr Singh working for General Abbot?

Season 1 of Sweet Tooth reminds us thatno man is born good or bad. It is only what each person goes through that defines the nature of a Man. Regarding Dr. Singh, he is initially known as a good person. During the Great Collapse, this doctor treated patients with the virus. Soon after, his wife, Rani, was infected with the disease. He then quit medicine to take care of the latter thanks to booster shots produced by his friend and long-time colleague, Gladys Bell. When Gladys dies, he learns that she had created its treatments from hybrid child cells. He understands with horror that this is certainly the only method to save his wife suffering from stage 4 cancer. Then, a neighbor learned that Rani, his wife, was sick, and threatened to tell everything to the others. We know what happens in the neighborhood when someone is infected: we tie him to a chair and burn him in his house. Adi, sensing the threat coming, killed Nancie. Their neighbors find this suspicious attitude and decide to capture Adi and Rani, finally narrowly saved by General Abbot, who will force Dr. Singh to continue the search and make this famous remedy using the kidnapped hybrids.

Who are Bear and Aimee?

Bear (Stefanie LaVie Owen) is the leader of the Animal Army. She accompanies Gus on his journey to search for his alleged mother Birdie. Arriving in front of a house whose smoke escapes, they meet Judy. Gus then learns that he was created in a laboratory. by Birdie and flees into the woods. While Bear is talking with Judy, we see on the other side of the world, in Alaska, someone picking up the phone. It is Birdie, who is still aliveand able to offer us many answers to our questions.

At the end of the episode, Bear is seen turning on a satellite phone and looking into a box where she has a picture of her family. In a stunning flashback, it is revealed that the sister she had only briefly referred to before is Wendy, Aimee’s adopted hybrid daughter from the Reservation. Regarding the latter, she was once a councilor and led a most ordinary life. A day, a hybrid baby was dropped off in front of the Reserve, it was Wendy. Over time, she will save many other genetically transformed children.

Article written in collaboration with 6Medias