Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Season 2

I like that Fang is still sad from the events of the last episode and Spear still feels a bit guilty about them.

I didn't see much in the episode that deserved a TV-MA rating.

The animation of the Viking running was great. Interestingly, I never get the sense that the show has a higher budget than other Adult Swim shows like Venture Brothers and Rick And Morty. I think it simply looks better because Genndy knows how to use that low budget better, and make things looks great, even if they aren't actually expensive. That's my theory.

Handing Spear a sword is about as dangerous as handing him a nuke. Serious damage is ahead.

Mira being found already says this show's arcs don't live or die by the finale. Which is good. I'm guessing she dies next week (because this show is freaking grim) but I like that we won't have to spend an entire season looking for her.

The season has definitely piqued my interest. ****.

Episodes this grim are why I don't like the series. There's no-one to freaking root for.

Also, there is NO way Spear should have beaten the Vikings. Yeah, he has Fang for an edge, but he himself should not be that great in battle against them. Yes, he's fought against nature. As a hunter / gatherer versus beast. The Viking are human warriors that are an army that use heavy weapons, wear armor, and have the language skills to organize into a fighting force. No matter what monsters Spear has previously defeated, he should not be taking out Vikings so easily, especially using a weapon he's never used before. It's not as bad as Dawn slaying Ubervamps on the last episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. But it's the same ballpark. I get it's Spear's show, and he needs his own victories. But as far as human warriors go, they needed to let Fang do most of the heavy lifting if they wanted it to be believable.

The one thing I liked was the next episode promo, or lack of one. Call it Genndy's Law if you must.

But really, this is some dour crap. *.

And now we see why there was no preview for this episode.

To be brutally honest, I would have liked it more if there were an actual narrative connection to the story itself. Since there wasn't, the ending disappointed me.

Still quite an episode though. ****.

I keep forgetting that Fang was a female and the show just reminded me in the grossest and most graphic way possible.

I am not dumb enough to believe that Mira is on this show for the long haul, but as of now, she and Spear make a good team.

See, if I were the Vikings I would have left well enough alone after finding out about Fang. Really, they were living a dirty lifestyle and it finally caught up to them. They should have cut their losses and moved on. Not smart. But vengeance never is.

Pretty good;. I was wondering what was going to happen after last week's detour. ***1/2.

That bit with Spear and Mira with the eggs was comical. It's sort of funny that Fang doesn't kill them both for it.

Seeing one of the eggs break later on was tragic. But it also suggests that the Queen's hold over them is beyond tenuous. She break the other two she's opened up the million dollar and 500 grand cases on Deal Or No Deal. Her leverage is entirely gone.

Interesting that the big guy was a slave too. I loved Spear calming Fang upon seeing the Queen threaten to break the egg. They also got into the swing of things disturbingly quickly at the end.

Still worried about the Chieftain. Although Norse Hell is where he belongs.

Solid episode. ****.

I'll tell you one thing about this show. It runs quick. It doesn't feel like it's 22 minutes. I'm watching it, I'm engrossed in it, and then, boom, it's over.

That Queen is beyond evil. I appreciate the producers had enough tact not to show us the actual slaughter of the village by the giant. Even Fang finds it distasteful.

I love the repetition theme explored by having all of the battles at the beginning boarded exactly the same. As violent and horrible as it is, it suggests life has also become dreary and humdrum for Spear and Fang, and that's not just oppression that's destroying them bit by bit. It's monotony and boredom.

That was a very solid episode. ****1/2.

As I said last week this show runs quick! I'm absorbed in it for 22 short minutes, and then BAM, it's over!

I could go on and on about how and why this episode was great, and a refreshing antidote from season 1's unending misery and grimness, but really, that first paragraph is all that needs to be said. And I already said it last week! *****.

I know Spear's death is essentially what the entire series was building towards, but I don't have to like that fact. I never did. It's why I could never fully embrace the show.

The last scene was kind of fulfilling though, wasn't it? ***.