Chicken or Egg?

**Chicken or Egg?**" is the third episode of Season 2 of the Netflix series  *Sweet Tooth* and eleventh episode overall. It aired on April 27, 2023.

## Synopsis

*Gus' expedition with Dr. Singh leads to several shocking discoveries. Big Man and Aimee seek refuge and reinforcements. Becky connects with a new friend.*

## Plot

Sometime earlier, Gillian Washington turns out to be the person in charge of Fort Smith’s Project Midnight Sun. She talks about researching immortality and human longevity, with the aim of eradicating diseases altogether.

Back in the present, Aimee and Jepperd head to Factory Town to find some of Jepperd’s old allies, known as the Hickey brothers. Unfortunately, his comrades have been taken by the latest variant of the H5G9 Virus, called the Doomsday Strain.

They stop off in a bar to rethink their strategy. Aimee decides to try calling her own buddies. They nervously wait by the telephone.

While waiting, Abbot and his army cruise through town. They’re drumming up recruits, parading their new cure around the surviving establishments to entice people into joining their army.

Abbot demonstrates the capabilities of this new cure, which is made using vital parts from hybrid children. They heal a man in the crowd, and this quickly wins over new supporters. The cured man is taken hostage, though, and later killed.

Meanwhile, at the zoo, Aditya has convinced the Last Men to let him go on a field trip to Fort Smith. The scientist hopes to find answers there and takes Gus along on the journey. At Fort Smith, Gus senses the presence of another hybrid. Thus implying that they are not alone.

Gus finds Pubba’s desk and takes his keys and a set of pliers with him. The guards that are chaperoning Gus and Aditya are then attacked by a crocodile hybrid. Gus tries to communicate with the creature and can calm it down. The crocodile can speak, and he says that he’s called Peter.

Peter is chased by the guards, who use a tranquilizer gun to sedate him. He is then dragged out of the building. Due to the chase, Gus and Aditya find themselves coincidentally in the Project Midnight Sun research lab, where they find chickens and a camera containing an important tape.

Aditya plays the tape, which shows Gillian introducing their lead scientist on the project, Dr. Gertrude Miller, who we know better as Birdie, Gus’ assumed mother. They discuss the story of Dr. James Thacker, who led an expedition to the Arctic in 1911 to a rumored village that was free of disease, where its inhabitants lived well past 100 years of age.

Gus is astounded by the footage of his mother; she talks about finding microbes in the Arctic that could supercharge the immune system. She experimented on these microbes with chickens, and this, of course, led to the creation of Gus. Baby Gus is then introduced in the video.

Aditya plans to return the chickens and the tape to the zoo for further analysis. On the way back to the Preserve, Aditya thanks Gus for his help. Gus states that if they hurt Peter, he will never aid Aditya ever again.

Elsewhere, Becky continues her travels with a party of survivors. One of the group members, a young man called Jordan, wants to sign up with the Last Men army. He’s heard that they are based at a zoo in Essex City, where they are imprisoning hybrids. Becky decides to enlist with Jordan so that she can find her friends and be reunited with Gus.

Elsewhere, Rani seems healthier than ever and is allowed to move into a larger room, thanks to Johnny. She asks to meet with the hybrid children and secretly passes them food. The children attempt to escape but are soon spotted.

One of the guards warns them to stop trying, or they will end up like Roy. The children quickly figure out what happened to Roy. They are hurt that Gus would lie to them and are then saddened by Roy’s passing.

Aimee and Jepperd’s prayers are answered, when the phone finally rings, and the call is for Aimee.

## 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
* Zoey Javierto as Junior
* Ravi Narayan as Earl
* Harvey Gui as Max Skunk
* Apii Pukeiti as Otto Porcupine
* Elin Minchin as Jojo Badger
* Ruby Dawn Hall as Haley Mockingbird
* Aeon Lin Scott as Anna
* Cyan Lin Scott as Hanna
* Eden Hart as Batista
* Mark Sole as Barnes
* Josh Randall as Hulk
* George Ferrier as Jordan
* Robyn Malcolm as Gillian Washington
* Peter Tait as Harvold
* Elizabeth Hawthorne as Oona
* Matt Baker as Saul
* Donogh Rees as Ingrid
* Jason Fitch as Bartender
* Alison Quigan as Dock Worker
* Jonathan Larkin as Stubbs
* Connor Amor-Bendall as Peter