The post-apocalyptic fantasy drama series “Sweet Tooth” on Netflix was created from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series of the same name. It’s a dystopian parable that doesn’t necessarily try to provide its audience moral lessons. Instead, it serves as a warning against human hubris. In contrast to its source material, which turns rather gloomy and dismal near the conclusion, it is a story of optimism. The story takes place in a world where an illness known as the Sick is to blame for the Great Crumble, a catastrophic occurrence that has killed out 98% of the human population. Many have questioned if the emergence of human-animal hybrid offspring and the appearance of the H5G9 virus, which causes the Sick, are related.
The main character of the story is Sweet Tooth, also known as Gus (Christian Convery), a little kid who, following the passing of his Pubba, sets out to discover the lady he thinks is his mother. In season 2, Aditya Singh (Adeel Akhtar), who has abandoned his faith and humanity, relentlessly pursues a cure, regardless of the sacrifices he must make along the way. Tommy “Jepp” Jepperd (Nonso Anozie) and Aimee Eden (Dania Ramirez) try to find their way back to their children. Gus leads a revolution of hybrid children like him against the Last Men. What you might want to know about the conclusion of “Sweet Tooth” season 2 is provided below. Spoilers follow.
Sweet Tooth Season 2 Recap
Gus, Wendy, and the rest of Aimee’s children are all prisoners of the Last Men as the second season opens. Following his recovery from the bullet wound he received during the confrontation with General Abbot (Neil Sandilands) and his troops, Jepp teams up with Aimee to try to retrieve their children. Singh’s wife, Rani (Aliza Vellani), is a patient of the Sick, and Singh keeps her alive by giving her booster shots he developed by removing special secretions from the Pineal Gland and combining them with the hybrid bone marrow stem cells. Singh fervently believes that he has sacrificed his faith and humanity for love. Gladys Bell, who has since passed away, was the one who first identified the mixture’s efficacy. As the second season goes on, it progressively becomes clear that Singh’s acts are mostly motivated by obsession rather by love.
Gus discovers in captivity that he is not the only hybrid that has conventional human communication skills. And others who are unable employ alternative techniques, such as sign language. Due to his innately rebellious character, Gus first becomes popular. He persuades Wendy to do the same, but he tries to conceal the truth about Roy, the chameleon kid Singh killed to create the booster shot. They are furious and effectively isolate him in that small space when the other kids learn about it.
Bear (Stefania LaVie Owen) infiltrates the Last Men in the meantime in an effort to save Gus and the other hybrid kids. Jepp and Aimee persuade Dolly and her Air Lords to assist them with their own promise: the spoils of war, after seeing how Abbot has started to persuade town after town to support his cause with promises of a cure.
However, after the former confesses his sins, Jepp and Aimee clash. Jepp became a hunter of these children soon after the pandemic began and individuals learned about the existence of the hybrids after the First Men assured him that they would assist him in locating his family. This is the worst crime a man can commit, in the eyes of Aimee, who has dedicated her life to safeguarding and guarding these children. The next day, Aimee and the Sky Lords leave Jepp behind as they board the aircraft to assault the zoo. In spite of this, he rides a bus to the zoo. In the end, Aimee and the Sky Lord deceive the Last Men by scattering synthetic purple flowers, giving them the impression that they are under the virus’s attack.
It doesn’t take Aimee long to discover the horrors that have occurred there after she finds her way to Singh’s lab. After setting the lab on fire and obliterating everything, she rejoins Wendy and the rest of her kids. Bear joins them as well as Jepp and Gus reuniting. The party moves together in the direction of Gus’ cabin in Yellowstone National Park, his home.
The conclusion shows a pivotal confrontation between Jepp, Aimee, Bear, and Gus and the Last Men in one corner. The Last Men murder every member of the Animal Army when they attempt to raid the zoo. Singh ponders his options as Rani decides to leave him after she loses faith in him. After Johnny threatens him with a gun and begs him to stop, Abbott kills his brother.
Sweet Tooth Season 2 Ending: Where Are Gus, Jepp, and the Others Heading?
Gus is shot with a crossbow bolt by Abbot during the battle with the Last Men and sustains significant injuries, but he lives. The group makes preparations for the future while grieving for their lost loved ones. Bear, whose true name is Becky, discovered a cassette left by Dr. Gertrude Miller, also known as Birdie (Amy Seimetz), the geneticist behind Gus at the Fort Smith Laboratory, on her journey to find Gus. Gus is given access to the message after Jepp discovers a cassette player in the cabin. The letter is addressed to Richard, a.k.a. Pubba to Gus. Richard is asked for forgiveness by Gertrude for being unable to see Gus and him in Yellowstone. She says she has to figure out a way to save humanity while protecting Richard and Gus from peril. She continues by mentioning that she is travelling to Alaska, where the virus was found during an expedition a year prior to all hell breaking loose.
Gus is the first hybrid, and he appears to have some powers that others lack. He mistakenly summons a herd of buffaloes towards the end of the battle with the Last Men, and despite the fact that they rush Abbot and everyone else in their path, including Gus, they manage to avoid him. Later, in a dream, Gus sees Gertrude pleading for rescue while stranded in a cold cave. In another dream, Singh again finds himself carrying Gus and making his way through a cold wasteland to a cave.
Becky has revealed to Wendy that she is her sister in the interim. They discover a location highlighted on one of Pubba’s maps that is known as Agvagniagvik, the Arctic outpost that the expedition used while doing their research. And that becomes Gus, Jepp, Becky, and Wendy’s next stop. The four begin their trek, with Gus being called there from inside, while the other hybrids stay with the Andersons. Singh arrives at the cabin after they have left, sees the map, and follows them knowing that his and Gus’ fates are now intertwined.
What Caused the Sick?
This season gives us a thorough understanding of what led to the Sick and the eventual Armageddon. Richard served as the caretaker and Gertrude as a geneticist at Fort Smith Laboratory in Goss Grove, Colorado, which was run by Gillian Washington. She was in charge of Operation Midnight Sun, whose major objective was to discover a means for people to age without getting sick. Gillian’s ancestor, Dr. James Thacker of the UK, suffered from a muscle degenerative illness. He went to the North in 1911 in pursuit of a fabled town where people were free of disease and lived well past one hundred in an effort to discover a cure for himself. Thacker failed to show up and was assumed dead. Gillian and the rest of Thacker’s family share the same muscular degenerative condition. Therefore, Gillian’s quest to fulfil her great-wish grandfather’s turned into an obsession.
The expedition team’s supplies from Alaska were injected into a number of unfertilized eggs. Only two of them were successful in developing healthy cultures. The H5G9 virus emerged from one egg, which later became Genetic Unit System 1 or Gus. Gillian injected the virus into herself out of desperation, making her Patient Zero of the pandemic. Therefore, it would appear that neither the disease nor the hybrid existed independently of one another.
When we take into account the season’s first scene, however, things get a little trickier. In Alaska, Gertrude discovers Thacker’s ship and what appears to be his body, which is draped in purple flowers. This indicates that he contracted the Illness more than a century ago. In addition, someone rescues Gertrude from the hole where she discovers the ship. She finds hoofprints when she reaches the top. In his dream, Gus also notices hoofprints near the conclusion of the season. He thinks that something is luring him to Alaska. This suggests that there has only ever been one hybrid. They most certainly have Gus’ talent, which enables them to communicate with him across the country.
Are Abbot and Aimee Dead?
Yes, in the second season of “Sweet Tooth,” both Abbot and Aimee die. Abbot leads his remaining warriors in an assault on the cabin in Yellowstone after destroying the Animal Army and discovering where the Hybrids are from them. At this point, his brother rebels, imploring him to accept that humanity is destined to perish. Abbot responds by killing Johnny before authorising the assault.
Gus, Aimee, and Jepp, on the other hand, prove to be more than a match for the Last Men now that the other hybrids have been relocated to safety. Even Becky joins the battle in an effort to defend her sister, killing Abbot’s second in command. Even though Jepp initially has the upper hand in their confrontation, Abbot capitalises on the other man’s weak leg. He then rushes past Aimee’s barriers to reach Gus. Gus instinctively attracts a herd of buffaloes, which stampede over Abbot and injure him fatally, preventing Gus from killing him. Abbott, though, shoots Gus with a crossbow bolt before he passes away.
Aimee learns that she has the Sick near the end of episode 6. Later, she tells Wendy and Jepp, and Becky discovers the solution on her own. Though she only specifically tells Wendy among them about what happened to her, she gets the chance to say goodbye to Wendy and the rest of her children. She likely dies a few days following the conflict with the Last Men but before Gus awakens.
Who is Helen Zhang? What Does She Have in Her Cage?
The next main opponent in “Sweet Tooth” is probably going to be Helen, now that Abbot is gone and his Last Men have been wiped off. One of the three feudal lords who Abbot was attempting to get to side with him before she killed the other two was this woman. She hunts for the cure like Abbot once did, being resourceful and ruthless.
Most likely hybrids with predator DNA are responsible for the growling heard in the season finale. They also show up in comic books. In order to bring out their animalistic tendencies, Zhang has generally left them hungry and confined. In the upcoming third season, she’ll probably use them against Gus and the others.
Aimee learns that she has the Sick near the end of episode 6. Later, she tells Wendy and Jepp, and Becky discovers the solution on her own. Though she only specifically tells Wendy among them about what happened to her, she gets the chance to say goodbye to Wendy and the rest of her children. She likely dies a few days following the conflict with the Last Men but before Gus awakens.