How it Started, How it's Going

**How it Started, How it's Going** is the sixth episode of Season 2 of the Netflix series  *Sweet Tooth* and fourteenth episode overall. It aired on April 27, 2023.

## Synopsis

*The zoo turns into a battle zone when the rescue mission takes flight, with families coming together — and falling apart — during the chaos.*

## Plot

The Air Lords begin their attack by dropping off a canister filled with purple flowers, releasing a mysterious gas. Abbot declares a chemical attack as the canister explodes inside the zoo. The Last Men begin to evacuate and Abbot orders Johnny to take Aditya to the Evergreen complex.

Next, the Air Lords start to drop junk bombs on the soldiers below. One of these items nearly hits a truck with Becky inside it. Becky and Jordan take their prisoner Tiger to safety. She tries to escape, and Jordan prepares to shoot her. Becky stops Jordan from killing her friend. Jordan then realizes that Becky is part of the Animal Army too. Both Becky and Tiger flee.

Becky and Tiger argue inside an abandoned building. Becky is still hurt that Tiger betrayed her. Tiger apologizes and asks why Gus is so important to her. Becky explains the cassette tape that she needs to get to Gus and her plans to reunite him with his mother.

Becky also wants to find her sister, who happens to be Wendy. Tiger informs Becky that the entire Animal Army is waiting for her. They can hunt for Gus together.

Gus helps Jepperd escape his prison cell while the hybrid children start to run themselves, using a rope to climb to safety one by one.

Johnny follows Abbot’s orders and goes to take Aditya and Rani to Evergreen, but he has a change of heart and allows them to escape instead.

Aditya is still no closer to finding a cure, but he’s unable to let it go. Rani tries to persuade him to leave it all behind. She is tired of this non-existence and wants to be free from it all. Aditya eventually sides with Rani and packs to leave.

The Last Men reassemble outside the zoo and prepare their counterattack. Abbot orders the three Air Lords’ planes to be shot down. The first is quickly taken down, followed by Dolly and Rufus’ planes.

Aimee searches the empty zoo for her hybrid children. She comes across Aditya’s lab. She finds a vial with chameleon written on the side and realizes that Roy has been killed to make the cure.

Heartbroken by Roy’s death and the carnage she sees before her, Aimee sets the lab on fire. The hybrid children manage to escape, with just Earl, the elephant hybrid, left behind. The guards find him and are ready to attack, but Jepperd and Gus burst onto the scene. Jepperd fights the lead guard, Hulk, while Gus leads the others on a detour.

Aimee is reunited with Wendy, and together they flee the building. Jepperd manages to defeat Hulk, and Earl falls onto the other guards, squashing them in the process. Jepperd is introduced to the other hybrid children, and they all escape to a bus outside the complex.

Abbot realizes the purple flowers are fakes and heads back to the zoo. On his way back, he sees the children, Aimee and Jepperd escaping in one of his buses.

Meanwhile, Rani and Aditya prepare their escape, but the scientist is quickly distracted. He finds Gus’ maimed antler on the floor; at that moment, he realizes how important Gus is. He is the missing piece in the puzzle. Aditya decides to go back to retrieve his equipment and findings. Rani pleads with him to let it all go, but he just can’t.

Aditya finds his lab on fire and returns to Rani, although she’s finally ditched him and disappeared.

Elsewhere, Rani is walking miles away from the zoo.

The hybrid children all celebrate, having escaped the zoo and imprisonment. Gus announces that they will be heading to Yellowstone now.

Aimee thanks Jepperd for rescuing them but then notices she has the Sick, as her pinkie finger is quivering.

## Cast and characters

### Starring

* Nonso Anozie as Thomas Jepperd
* Christian Convery as Gus
* Adeel Akhtar as Dr.Aditya Singh
* Stefania LaVie Owen as Becky Walker/Bear
* Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden
* Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh
* Naledi Murray as Wendy Eden
* Yonas Kibreab as Finn Fox
* Christopher Cooper Jr. as Teddy Turtle
* Marlon Williams as Johnny Abbot
* Neil Sandilands as General Douglas Abbot
* James Brolin voices the Narrator

### Co-starring

* Amie Donald as Maya Monkey
* Elin Minchin as Jojo
* Apii Pukeiti as Otto
* Zoey Javierto as Junior
* Ravi Narayan as Earl
* Harvey Gui as Max
* Cyan Lin Scott as Hanna
* Aeon Lin Scott as Anna
* Ruby Dawn Hall as Haley
* Eden Hart as Batista
* Mia Artemis as Tiger
* Mark Sole as Barnes
* Josh Randall as Hulk
* George Ferrier as Jordan
* Erroll Shand as Rufus
* Bree Peters as Dolly
* Adam Gardiner as Sergeant Swod
* Zane Fleming as Butterball
* Romy Hooper as Perla
* Lori Dungey as Edna
* Nigel Godfrey as Herb