Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Further revelations as it appears there were more survivors than previous episodes have hinted at.

I was sure the apocalyptic pandemic in Sweet Tooth had wiped out most of humanity, but more surviving clusters and communities of people are slowly being revealed. I can’t decide if that’s lazy writing or if it’s clever – are we being ‘drip fed’ a picture of the wider world as our main protagonist Gus discovers it? I’ll go with the latter.

One guess was correct: that of the necessary actions now entailed upon Dr Singh in the quest for a cure – it would indeed contravene the Hippocratic oath, just a tiny bit. It seems like an impossible dilemma for the husband and doctor, but he has problems that are more pressing as a local house party ends in horrific fashion. It made me thankful, once again, that our society hasn’t deteriorated that far… yet. A nightmare inducing vision of a community terrified of a new wave of infections that yet again sound – albeit on a different scale – just like some of our current headlines.

It seems a really excellent idea at this point, now the danger for Gus has been fully established, to expose him to a wider group of people. They still do have trains, and markets too apparently, which is handy. Gus is still wrapped in innocent faith and determination, though, which is indeed very sweet.

When Tommy buys Gus his lone, one-way ticket on the train to Colorado and the attendant makes quite a laboured point of telling him about the whistles that signal the train’s imminent departure, you just know this is going to be relevant. No need for a spoiler alert on this one, folks. Fortunately, we have some pro-Hybrid vigilante heroes to save the day. It’s ok, they’ve trained for combat using video games. Right then. Clearly nothing could go wrong, not even if a sinister group is revealed to be on their tail.

Verdict: Predictable but endeering(!) 7/10

Claire Smith