Sorry About All the Dead People

"**Sorry About All the Dead People**" is the second episode of Season 1 of the Netflix series *Sweet Tooth*. It aired on June 24, 2021.

## Synopsis

Gus follows a reluctant Big Man into the unknown. Dr. Singh discovers what it will cost to save Rani. Aimee finds a new beginning after the world ends.

## Plot

Aimee Eden is introduced as a couple's therapist albeit with a struggle to interact and connect with people. Living an ordinary life, she suddenly finds herself listening to an emergency broadcast during one of her therapy sessions. Panicking, Aimee locked herself within her office, where she remained for numerous weeks before plucking the courage to emerge. Emerging into an abandoned wasteland, Aimee is surprised when a herd of elephants stampede's past her. Suddenly feeling more alive than ever, Aimee enters an abandoned bird sanctuary and begins a new life.

Back in the present, Jepperd tries to tell Gus that Colorado blew up and they cannot travel there. Gus doesn't believe Jepperd, however, and continues to follow Jepperd in his quest to get to Colorado. The two stick together for a while, but Jepperd eventually tells Gus to return back home to the forest when they run out of food. Gus is persistent in his efforts to get Jepperd to take him to Colorado, however, and points out a visitor centre on the hill where the two can find food. The two approach the visitor center where they find a family with a son. Jepperd and Gus are invited inside where they are fed and Gus is reluctantly allowed to play with Rusty, their son. Jepperd insists that they are just passing through and do not intend to cause trouble but would like to stay the night, a request the family reluctantly accepts.

The Narrator draws back attention to Dr. Aditya Singh, who is playing scrabble with his wife, Rani. Adi is distracted, however, when Rani's finger begins to shake — a clear identifier that the virus has returned. To supress the virus, Adi grabs Rani's medicine and injects her, but tells her he must go to retrieve more of the medicine from Gladys Bell, an old friend and doctor working on a cure for the virus.

Arriving at the medical center, Adi talks with Glady's whilst he renews Rani's medicine. Whilst Gladys renews Rani's medicines, she tells Adi that she is suffering with stage four cancer and will more than likely die soon and she would like him to continue her work finding a cure for the virus. Adi is reluctant, but Glady's hands him a folder containing all of her research, citing that there is nothing he wouldn't do for his wife.

Returning home, Adi is emotional and conflicted with the proposal laid out before him. He is reluctant to accept the work, but knows that Rani will die otherwise. When Rani suspects something is wrong, she questions Adi about his trip. He shows Rani the research which consists of Dr. Bell's experiments on hybrid children; Adi doesn't believe that he can continue the research given it goes against everything he believes in.

Later that night during their stay with Rusty and his family, Rusty's mother notices Jepperd's mark as a Last Man and questions how many people he has killed. Jepperd remarks that he isn't that man anymore, but wants the family to take Gus in and raise him with Rusty. Whilst it seems that Rusty's mother is considering the offer, things go sideways when the family are attacked by Last Men looking for Gus. Jepperd is able to use his considerable size and talents as a former Last Man to kill all of the hunters, however, keeping the family safe but horrified by what they have witnessed.

The following day, Jepperd and Gus are told they cannot stay as Rusty must be protected. As the two leave, Gus tells Jepperd that he is good to look for his mother on his own, but Jepperd tells him that he will help him get to Colorado and then the two will part ways.

Meanwhile, hearing a rustle outside, Aimee emerges from the sanctuary to find a crate with a hybrid baby inside. She takes the crate inside and raises the child as her own.

## Cast and Characters

### Starring

* Nonso Anozie as Thomas Jepperd
* Christian Convery as Gus
* Adeel Akhtar as Dr. Aditya Singh
* Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden
* Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh
* James Brolin voices as the Narrator

### Co-starring

* Andrew Laing as Bob
* Alice May Connolly as Samantha
* Kahurangi Carter as Married Woman
* Jared Turner as George Anderson
* Anna Jullienne as Beverly Anderson
* Samson Chan-Boon as Married Man
* Seth Flynn as Goggles
* Mayen Mehta as Man in Denim
* Otis Herring as Man in Plaid
* Tom Kerr as Rusty Anderson
* Olivia O'Driscoll as Fiancé