The children’s drama ‘Sweet Tooth’ has come back to Netflix with its third and final season, and the latest installment has become the number one series on the platform worldwide, according to FlixPatrol. Apart from being one of the most popular shows, the series is also one of the best received from the streamer.
Starring Christian Convery, the fantasy drama is set in a post-apocalyptic world, in which half of the population was killed by a virus. And, after that, many babies started to be born as mute hybrids with animal body parts. The story follows Gus, a part-deer hybrid, who after the death of his father, tries to find out his mother, who lives in Colorado.
Apart from Convery, the series stars Nonso Anozie, Adeel Akhtar, Stefania LaVie Owen, Naledi Murray, William Forte, Amy Seimetz, Rosalind Chao, Kalley Marie Tran, Cara Gee and James Brolin. Here’s what to know about the final chapter of the fantasy series.
Netflix: Sweet Tooth creator talks series’ finale
The third season of ‘Sweet Tooth’ has received mostly positive reviews from critics, and it currently holds a 100% score of approval on Rotten Tomatoes (11 reviews). The consensus is that the finale is satisfactory, with a great ending for Gus’s story.
Of course, there are many important themes that the series, based on the comic book series created by Jeff Lemire , explore, such as discrimination, fear, humanity and more. And, according to the show’s creator Jim Mickle, one of them is hope.
In an interview with Deadline, Mickle said that while Gus’ life wasn’t at stake during season three, “his innocence was” and that was the point of view they wanted to empathize with the story. “His superpower is really hope and finding the best in humanity,” he told the outlet.
Meanwhile, in an interview with The Gate, Convery, who has been playing Gus these past five years, said that he “got to grow up with my character.” He also added that “seeing more good and bad sides of humanity on his adventures, meeting new people, discovering new emotions… it was almost like one big life lesson, essentially.”
Sweet Tooth is now streaming on Netflix.