Genre: Fantasy drama, Post-apocalyptic
Developed by Jim Mickle
Based on Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
Starring: Nonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Adeel Akhtar, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dania Ramirez, Aliza Vellani, James Brolin & Will Forte.
Music by Jeff Grace
Executive Producers: Jim Mickle, Amanda Burrell, Linda Moran, Beth Schwartz, Susan Downey & Robert Downey Jr.
Production Location: New Zealand
Cinematography: Aaron Morton, Dave Garbett, John Cavill
Editors: Michael Berenbaum, Shawn Paper
Producers: Evan Moore, Mel Turner, Christina Ham
Production Company: Nightshade, Team Downey, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television.
Distributor: Netflix
Plot: Captured and imprisoned by the Last Men, a very special deer boy named Gus takes action to help his newfound hybrid friends escape before it’s too late.
Season 2 of Sweet Tooth was Good.
Pros: This newest season tone was a lot darker this time around. A lot of great character developments for Hybrids, Tommy, and Gus as well. General Abbot was terrifying as the main villain & the final two episodes does leave buts? clues? and setups for season 3 (Final Season).
Cons: The first two acts took a long time to get the story going. there was less action in this season & I find this one least memorable than the first season was.
Casts & Crew:
Main
- Nonso Anozie as Tommy Jepperd, a traveler and reformed Last Man who saves Gus from poachers and reluctantly accompanies him on his journey to find his mother. Gus refers to him as “Big Man”. He was a famous professional football player before the apocalypse.
- Christian Convery as Gus, a sheltered and naive 10-year-old half-human, half-deer boy who wants to find his mother. Tommy refers to Gus as “Sweet Tooth” due to his obsession with candies.
- Adeel Akhtar as Dr. Aditya Singh, a doctor who is desperate to find the cure for the disease caused by the H5G9 virus, also known as the Sick, in order to cure his infected wife Rani.
- Stefania LaVie Owen as Bear, the leader and founder of the Animal Army who saves hybrids. It is later revealed that her name is Rebecca “Becky” Walker.
- Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden, a former therapist who creates a safe haven for hybrids called The Preserve.
- Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh, Dr. Aditya Singh’s wife who has the Sick.
- James Brolin as the narrator.
- Naledi Murray as Wendy (season 2) Aimee’s adopted hybrid daughter who is half-pig and half-human. Aimee often refers to her as “Pigtail”. She is the biological daughter of Bear’s foster parents.
- Neil Sandilands as General Abbot (season 2), the leader of the Last Men, who hunts hybrids. It is later revealed that his first name is Douglas.
- Marlon Williams as Johnny Abbot (season 2), General Abbot’s younger brother.
- Yonas Kibreab as Finn Fox (season 2), a hybrid who is half-fox and half-human.
- Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Teddy Turtle (season 2), a hybrid who is half-turtle and half-human.
- Rosalind Chao as Mrs. Zhang (season 2)
- Amy Seimetz as Birdie (season 2), a woman whom Gus assumes is his mother. It is later revealed that her name is Gertrude Miller, a geneticist at Fort Smith Labs before the Great Crumble. She hands Gus over to Pubba to protect him because she knew that the world would eventually begin hunting Gus and his kind down.
I recommend watching season 2 on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Café.