What's in the Freezer?

"**What's in the Freezer?**" is the fifth episode of Season 1 of the Netflix series *Sweet Tooth*. It aired on June 24, 2021.

## Synopsis

Gus and Big Man pick up a traveling companion who suggests a perilous shortcut. Aimee's sanctuary comes under threat. Time's running out for the Singhs.

## Plot

Enjoying her retirement, Gladys Bell is seen at home singing and dancing to music. She is interrupted, however, when Abbot arrives, guns blazing, citing that she has been faking terminal cancer to avoid working for him. Abbot remarks that finding a cure to the virus is their top priority, but Bell is reluctant to hear him, and remarks that he is a monster. When Bell reveals that she left the book containing her research with her successor, Adi. Bell tells Abbott that the hybrids are children and thus will outlive him in every aspect, but Abbot is reluctant to listen and sends one of his men to deal with her.

Having escaped the thralls of the Animal Army, which now sits within a revolution, Jepperd and Gus travel through the woods. Jepperd tells Gus that he has changed his mind and will go to Colorado with him to find his mother. They find Bear on the way, who wants to talk with Gus. Eventually, Bear gives Gus information on his mother and a way to get to her, but it is dangerous and includes crossing the Valley of Sorrows: a place filled with purple flowers that accompany the Sick. Gus and Jepperd both agree that Bear should accompany them on their journey.

Eventually the trio find the Valley of Sorrows but find it difficult to cross without inhaling the toxic fumes. They find a bridge, but this proves to rickety and fragile for Jepperd to cross with his large stature, but it is revealed that this was Bear's plan all along. Bear still harbors resent for Jepperd for his membership to the Last Men and how they killed her parents. Whilst the two of them argue, however, they do not notice as Gus crosses the bridge but falls into the valley below.

Meanwhile at the Preserve, Aimee, Bobby, and Wendy enjoy their time together in harmony alongside the other hybrids that they have taken in. They are disturbed, however, when a man radios to the Preserve asking for them to take in a hybrid child. Aimee becomes hesitant when the man asks for a location instead of leaving the child at the meeting point, and believes that trouble is right around the corner. This becomes more prominent when Bobby finds a pink ribbon on the gates of the Preserve — a clear indicator that they have been marked by the Last Men.

Gus begins experiencing hallucinations whilst lying in the Valley of Sorrows. He sees his father, and tells him that he has missed him. When Gus tells the hallucinations that he broke the rules and crossed the boundary, his father tells him that he isn't mad, he was bound to cross the boundary eventually. Before disappearing he tells Gus to be brave, as other hybrids are counting on him. As the hallucinations continue, Gus begins to see Abbot but is saved momentarily from the Valley by Jepperd and Bear.

Adi becomes concerned when it becomes clear that the treatments aren't working for Rani. They receive word from the clinic that there has been a delivery and both head there. When they arrive, the receptionist is shown to be missing but the package has arrived. Unfortunately, upon opening it, they discover a note that the Last Men are out of hybrids needed to make the treatment. Rani notices water pooling from the freezer of the clinic where they hid Nancie's corpse. Fearing that the receptionist found out about Nancie, the Singhs attempt to flee before Bob and the other neighbors appear and accuse Adi of murdering Nancie.

Adi lies claiming that Nancie was sick and denounces the neighborhood for acting like things are normal when they aren't. The speech is interrupted however, when the neighbors suspect Rani of having the virus and when confirmed, the two are tied up in their house which is then set alight. They are saved, however, by Abbot who enters moments later looking for the book.

## Cast and Characters

### Starring

* Nonso Anozie as Thomas Jepperd
* Christian Convery as Gus
* Adeel Akhtar as Aditya Singh
* Stefanie LaVie Owen as Bear
* Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden
* Will Forte as Richard Fox/Pubba
* Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh
* James Brolin voices the Narrator

### Guest-starring

* Sarah Peirse as Dr. Gladys Bell
* Neil Sandilands as General Abbot

### Co-starring

* Bronwyn Bradley as Nancie
* Andrew Laing as Bob
* Alice May Connolly as Samantha
* Hweiling Ow as Harley
* Adam Brown as Lee
* Kiri-Rose Kendall as Twyla