Promises Unfulfilled

Watching endless reruns on WAM!, it occurred to me that Season-5 of The Tribe had everything we loved about the show since the beginning:

Danger -- from Mega threatening Baby Bray, to Ellie trapped in cyber-punishment, to the infamous mind-wiping.

Intrigue -- who's the stranger rescuing Ram from the dump? how can Zoot be alive? and why the hell is Mega being NICE to Trudy & Brady?

Dynamic Characters -- Amber got whiney, Mouse split, Sammy got drunk, we had some last glimpses of Hawk & the Ecos, Ellie returned, Slade exploded on the scene, Jay became the new male whore, May & Salene... well, let's not go there... etc. etc. -- and would somebody please smack Gel!

Great Villains -- it was fun to watch Ram try to earn redemption while Mega became the better villain. And Ebony? Sometimes you wonder if she was ever really a villain at all.

Action -- lots of great action scenes! from Ebony's raid on Mega's supplies, to the shoot-out between Ebony & Java, to Lex/Jack/Jay trying to beat the robot laser & everything in between!

Love -- Jay & Ebony, Jay & Trudy, Jay & Amber, Jack & Ellie, Slade & Ruby, Slade & Ebony, Ebony & Phantom-Zoot, Lex & Siva, Ram & Java ... it did get a bit confusing at times.

Hate -- Ram hates everybody (except Java), Ebony hates everybody (except Java & Siva), May hates everybody (except Salene), Mega hates everybody (except...well, hmm...), and everybody hates Mega. It's a vicious circle.

Death -- We find out Bray is dead (isn't he?) & Taisan is dead (is she?) & Zoot is dead (again). Then Pride joins them. Sad death, that, and not sure it accomplished much after all (except to finally get him out of the damn mall).

Most of all, Season-5 had promise. We saw glimpses of KC, Alice & The Guardian in a prison camp somewhere, talking about others they'd seen recently (like Bray!). And the greatest potential of all was that, after 5 seasons, our heroes were finally gonna break away from the city--finally, we'd see how the Virus & the years since had affected the rest of Tribe-world.

Promises unfulfilled. Potential unresolved. Questions unanswered. Damn..... -Chyna

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