So, there are a bunch of kids imprisoned in a cell, planning their escape. First, they need a scheme to get hold of the keys. What tools do they have at their disposal? The floor is earth, so it’s obvious: the child who’s half-chipmunk should burrow out. The kid with the lion’s mane, the girl with the pig’s nose and the little guy who has the full face and trunk of an elephant all agree. The chipmunk boy starts chewing the ground.
Welcome back to the singular world of Sweet Tooth, the pandemic dystopia drama the whole family can enjoy. If you missed season one: the world has been devastated by the Sick, a virus which sprung up and rapidly spread right at the same moment when babies started being born with animal features. In the absence of any other explanation, these “hybrids” are seen as dangerous vermin, routinely incarcerated or just killed by fearful humans. Previously we have been following Gus (Christian Convery), a 10-year-old boy with the ears, antlers and senses of a deer, as he crossed a ravaged America – at first he was looking for his mother, but he’s recently discovered that no such person exists. He is a scientific experiment, made in a lab, and he might be the key to the story of the hybrids and/or the hunt for a cure for the Sick. But he needs to break out of jail first.
