- [Narrator] The post-apocalyptic world of Sweet Tooth poses
many questions, especially about hybrids.
But what exactly are hybrids?
We're about to decode these next gen, animalistic humans
as we break down the first season of Sweet Tooth.
- [Child] Whoa.
Does the train go on that?
- [Woman] No, that was for cars.
- [Big Man] I'm surprised you even know what a car is.
- [Woman] Zip it.
- [Narrator] During The Great Crumble,
millions of people died from a strange virus with no cure
causing Earth to fall into disarray.
Around the same time,
a new immune species with unknown origins emerged.
A half human, half animal breed known as hybrids.
Did hybrids cause the virus, or evolve from it,
or did they simply emerge at the same time?
- My papa said the bad people took everything they wanted.
- Yeah.
They did.
They still do.
- [Narrator] Unfortunately,
not everyone feels positively about hybrids.
Some fear them, some blame them for the disease,
and some even hunt and kill hybrids for sport.
- I probably didn't make myself clear.
My friends and I, we're not leaving.
And did I mention, I have brought a few friends.
(men laughing)
There're only two goals when it comes
to these little freaks.
Extermination and experimentation.
- [Narrator] The Last Men blame hybrids
for the world's problems,
and believe they must be eradicated.
Of course, there's a great deal
they don't understand about the hybrids.
Hybrids have special abilities
as a result of their animal genetics.
(projectile whooshes)
- They leave you with a name?
- I said go.
(chuckle)
- Yeah.
Yeah, you keep that edge, Sweet Tooth.
- [Narrator] Let's take Gus, for example.
He's a half human, half deer hybrid,
in case the antlers weren't a giveaway.
- [Gus] Marco!
- (whispering) Polo.
(projectile whooshes)
Ugh.
Not fair!
He hears everything.
- [Narrator] Aside from those sick dance moves,
Gus's abilities include his super hearing.
- There's more.
- [Narrator] Sensitive smell.
- Okay. Which box?
- (sniffing) This here; bad smell.
- You sure?
- [Gus] Positive.
- [Narrator] And, an insatiable sweet tooth.
- You, little.
My map!
- [Narrator] Which is how he got his nickname, Sweet Tooth.
- [Gus] Oh.
- [Narrator] Still there's something else unique about him,
even for a hybrid.
- Leave me alone!
- Oh, shit.
Speak.
- Stay back.
- You talk.
(projectile whooshes)
- [Narrator] Most hybrids don't speak,
but Sweet Tooth does.
Big Man can't help but have a soft spot for the hybrid.
And the two take off on an adventure.
♪ Eyes of a child ♪
♪ Smiling faces ♪
♪ Would greet me ♪
♪ All the while ♪
- [Narrator] Soon, Gus learns that he's not alone.
A former therapist named Amy runs a sanctuary for hybrids.
It's a safe place where they're protected from The Last Men.
One of the first children we meet is a hybrid pig infant
that was abandoned outside the zoo.
The baby is named Wendy,
but quickly gets the nickname Pigtail.
And we see her grow up and learn
about her super smelling ability.
- Mom?
- What's wrong, Pigtail?
- I smell smoke.
- [Narrator] Slowly more hybrids join the zoo,
including a fan favorite, Bobby, the park beaver hybrid,
who is too cute to describe.
- I'm Bobby.
- [Narrator] Thumbs up for that Bobby outfit.
(Bobby grunts)
Even if he isn't a fan.
Bobby is more animal-like than Pigtail or Sweet Tooth,
suggesting that the human to animal hybrid ratio
encompasses a wide spectra.
Some are more human, some are more animal.
Any animal.
Hybrids can be mammals, birds, primates, even half sloth.
(very slow music)
Do we need to slow down?
The show teases a lot of these different hybrids.
And while they're young,
we can imagine what the world will be like
when they grow up.
But the mystery remains.
Where did they come from?
And how are they connected to The Great Crumble?
The show gives some great clues.
In episode seven, we learn the origin of Gus.
A laboratory.
He was developed and born in a secretive lab.
But even after learning this,
(baby cries)
we are left wondering how he's connected
to The Great Crumble.
Many fans are convinced that whatever was discovered
in the Arctic, as seen in episode one and episode seven,
is what brought the end of the world.
(engine running)
There is one connection that needs to be explored.
The flowers.
They crop up wherever the disease is,
so humans are afraid of them.
But, here's the twist.
Many viewers are convinced the secret to finding a cure
may lay within this unique fauna.
(whooshing)
So as the season ends, The Last Men are determined
to capture any hybrids they come across.
They'll do whatever it takes to save themselves
as the world scrambles to find a cure.
- What I'm about to do
goes against everything that I believe in.
But, I'm doing it for her.
(medical equipment beeps)
- [Man] Ready, Dr. Singh?
(lips smacking)
- Ready.
(saw whirs)
- [Narrator] As for the answers you're seeking?
(telephone rings)
(woman sighs)
(phone beeps)
- Hello?
- Who are you?
- [Narrator] You'll just have to wait for season two.
So that's a quick dive into what we know
about Sweet Tooth's hybrids.
Did we miss anything?
Which hybrid abilities would you want?
Let us know in the comments
and watch Sweet Tooth on Netflix now.