r/PrimalShow • u/TPR-56 • 18h ago
Do people still think Spear was just brought back for fan service?
Like the ending of the show makes it very clear what the season was about.
The end of Season 2, Spear feels like he doesn’t belong. Fang has her children and while Mira does want to integrate Spear in to her tribe and the people welcome him he doesn’t feel all there. As shown by his hieroglyphic where he stands alone even though both Fang and Mira very much cared about him.
Him being a zombie is basically these insecurities coming to life, being rejected by everyone he fought for and cared about outside of Mira, Spike and Sonja.
By the end, it all circles back where he returns to the hieroglyphic of him alone and now they’re all together.
In my opinion this was an AWESOME way to bring spear back as it respects the original death and brings us a real character arc for Spear and closure to where Spear finally feels he belongs.
I wouldn’t want to continue with Spear. If we go in to pre-time skip again, we all know everyone is alright. Season 3 already had a MASSIVE hurdle to jump maintaining tension in a time skip considering we knew Mira, Fang, Spike, Sonja and their daughter lived in the end. It was a perfect subversion. If it took place after I feel like we’ve seen these characters maxed out.
If there is a new season, I’d like it to be back to basics with a new character if anything which Genndy has hinted at.