Raw

I know I keep harping back on Tribe Season-1 but I can't help it. That season was so fresh, so new, so raw in its energy & its view of life. It was compelling.

You could feel the energy. Every nerve was on fire.

Amber & Dal skating through a ruined city desperate for their lives, chased by of all things a police car with its siren wailing. In this world, "police car" equaled the ultimate evil.

Life was intimate and no one was immune. When Trudy finally gave birth to her baby in the mall, everyone's life changed.

Death was personal. Zoot took a header over the railing in the mall but that was just the beginning. You can't just dump him in the alley. The Demon Dogz are camped out in the city cemetery. The alternative? A viking's funeral.

Food was complicated. Tough-guy Lex couldn't bring himself to kill Cloe's calf even though it would mean food for everybody. But in another scene no one seemed to have any problem slaughtering a baby pig for a feast in the mall. Need drives us, and it's amazing what we can adapt to.

Relationships were chaos. People switched partners so fast it was hard to keep up! Bray + Salene + Amber. Amber + Sasha + Bray. Salene + Bray + Ryan. Lex + Zandra + anybody who'd have him.

The little things counted a lot. Like the fact Lex couldn't read. Jack really did know science-stuff enough to get them a supply of water. If you didn't keep the mall clean, the rats would take over. The old world still had a hold on the kids, especially Salene who struggled with bulimia.

Tribe Season-1 was raw and compelling. No following season could quite match the vividness you could feel in easy season-1 episode.

KTDARPG? Ah ... we're almost there.

-Chyna

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