Welcome back to the world of Sweet Tooth! Here we are in full swing for the second episode of season two, and we get to check in with the other characters we missed from the season’s opening. Now it’s time to get everyone involved and see what’s happening!
1. Project Breakout
Tommy Jepperd and Aimee Eden get their time in the spotlight back as the two work together to try and get the children out of The Preserve. Of course, with this being the second episode of the season, it wouldn’t work out immediately, and the two have to figure out what works best for both the children and the two of them. They both initially wanted to go in cowboy style but with different methods. Jepperd is used to his size as his key to getting what he wants, but facing an army of armed soldiers could be more challenging than he’d anticipated. Aimee knows about a secret tunnel but cannot actually reach the children. Trying to come up with a plan while in the middle of The Preserve blows up in their faces, and they’re chased out of the base and out of the city. Although things look bleak in their first attempt, they both put the knowledge they did obtain in their back pockets and look to find Jepperd’s reinforcements and return for the children.
2. Trippy Flowers
After getting a taste of information from Gus in the first episode, Dr. Singh performs his first experiment with a room full of purple flowers. The scent of the flowers causes Gus to enter a drug-induced “trip” back to the cabin where Pubba raised him. Singh is looking more for the scientific background Gus came from after realizing that Gus is older than the virus itself, and in his book is Patient Zero. While Gus is rightfully scared, Singh can speak to him and walk him through his trip to ensure he is okay because, at the heart of it all, Singh still considers himself a good guy. Gus somehow manages to find the memories from when he was created and tells Singh the origin point of Fort Smith and the name of his program was Project Midnight. It was a messed up experiment, but it gives Gus the satisfaction of realizing how much his Pubba cared about him and took care of him when he didn’t have to. I think that realization comforted Gus after going through a semi-traumatic flashback.
3. Dr. Singh’s Wife
Rani Singh gets some solid screen time in this episode. She is moved from her cell, where she was on the verge of death, to Aimee’s old room in The Preserve, so it’s more homely and spacious. Rani is excited, especially with the thought of spending more time with her devoted husband, but is brought back to reality when he is pulled away to work with Gus. Dr. Singh has tried his best to keep his work with the children and her separate so she doesn’t know her “medicine” comes from the exploitation of hybrid children, but this episode starts to chip away at that lie. Johnny, the man in charge while General Abbott is out, comes into her room to try and boast about his leadership, but the only thing she hangs onto is when he mentions the children being able to talk. Rani realizes that she has never even seen hybrid children in person, so her world starts to break down when she makes eye contact with Wendy at the end of the episode. She’d always had an idea of where her medicine came from, but seeing the children it comes from in person is a different reality. Her husband’s “work” will likely question his morals and what he is truly doing.
4. Becky’s New Crew
While Becky managed to fight off a team of Last Men while escaping in the previous episode, this time around, she’s being more cautious. She returns to the spot where Jepperd got shot in the finale of season one and looks around for any signs of people who could help her. When that doesn’t work, she continues her travels alone and stumbles upon a moving trailer pulled by a horse and a small group of people. If it didn’t have a few modern-day items, it has Oregon Trail vibes. A guy slightly older than her, she’s 16, finds her when she jumps into the trailer looking for things to steal and, after checking if she has the virus, hand-twitch check, tells her it’s okay for her to come with them. If any post-apocalyptic or virus-filled world movies and shows have taught me anything, it’s to always be on guard or vigilant for people that immediately accept you, and this is one of those moments. It was almost too quick not to be suspicious, and with Becky’s track record of being a leader of a group of kids in the first, you can only hope she has some backup plan for when this goes wrong.
5. Yellowstone
After Gus gives Dr. Singh the information about the laboratory he was made in, they are done for the day, and he is sent back to the cage with the other kids. They could hear over the soldiers’ radios about Jepperd and Aimee’s failed attempt to get them out and pushed out of the city, so they were understandably upset. However, with Gus’ renewed love for his Pubba, he realizes that if they can get out of The Preserve, they can go to Yellowstone, where he was raised, to live happily and safely. Yes, it does feel like an enormous promise for these little kids, but that’s because they are young children who still don’t fully grasp the strange world they live in. As mentioned in the previous episode, hope is the main fueling them during this difficult time.
