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Darwin is talking about people turning primal when things get tough and one of his peers basically goes primal to fend off a killer.

First they start with guns, then swords/bows, spears then just whatever pointy thing they can find to fend off the killer. Going deeper into the primal to defend themselves.

That's what I got out of it anyway "And there it is" indeed.

Very different, very smart I like how we are getting to see more of the primal world than just spear and fang and blood-thirsty creatures, this spreads the plot a lot more making it more interesting.

I've gotta admit that I kept expecting Fang to show up and save the day!! Tell say that's unreasonable. It was an interesting episode, but given how long we waited for Season 2 and how few episodes we will get, it's sort of a letdown. I'm very invested in this show. This episode really didn't contribute anything to the plot, but it was entertaining. I'm still giving an 8/10. I did enjoy it.

I loved the direction this episode took! We look at the title 'Primal' as just that. But the point of the show is about human instinct. Spear is a caveman who only knows survival, and has Fang with him for the ride. But Primal is more than that: it applies to any and everything about humanity. This episode showed how survival can make ANY man or woman revert to animal instinct in order to survive. What we saw was a somewhat modern day devolution from man to savage...something not thought of.

It felt like a total different series, I don't mind not seeing Spear or Fangs. An episode about Mira's past would be cool and it doesn't need them to appear. But jumping from one of the ebst episode we had full with action, to an episode about a group of rich men on the England of 1900 is really weird.

And don't tell me the episode has an idea that I didn't get, the idea is not subtle at all, civilized men turning into animals for survivial. The start of the episode was pretty decent, bu turning what could have been a debate episode full of just conversation for the first time hearing english, turned into them just screaming and fighting with a lunatic. It's not even the story of the episode what makes me but this note, but the development, turning it into Primal but in 1900 wich was really dumb.

I too was throw of at first, after such a fantastic previous episode, I was eager to continue the story. But I was very satisfied with this one over all. A one off story with Charles Darwin trying to convince a group of colleagues that humans can revert to their primal selves to preserve their own life. Throw in an escaped convict and a house full of weapons from throughout history and you know where this is going.

While I was able to predict where the story was going, I enjoyed every bloody second.

Anyone who is a fan of Genndy Tartakovsky should appreciate this episode. It has been a real treat to see how far his animation style has come, so much detail in the characters and the backgrounds and of course the fights are always top notch. It was fun to see all these elements brought to a more modern timeline like 1890

I understand this episode will not be for everyone, but try not to condemn the entire show and it's creator. Artists need to follow their inspiration, and that's what they did here.

I have a theory not about the primal universe, but about the situation that happened in the history of the chapter itself.

That day Charles could have summoned the members of the scientific society to a meeting to present his theory of involution but he could also have planned the situation that occurred, because it is striking that just on the day that Charles exposes his theory to the members of that society, that almost primitive guy escapes and appears right in that house, he was also very excited to prove that he was right before the leader of the society. That is to say, Charles planned to release the almost primitive type in that meeting where the members of the scientific society were to prove his theory.

Someone could refute this by arguing that Charles himself put himself at risk, so it doesn't make sense, but he could very well be the type of person who would risk everything to prove that he was right.

Anyway to be fair, from the way the chapter ends, it's more likely just a fluke, but if it had been planned by Charles it would have been a surprising twist.

I was really surprised at first when I first watched this episode and saw that it was literally going for something different from the original series. It was something I didn't really have a problem with except the episode was just eh and it definitely wastes its time with the beast in the episode that fails to capture the magic of what made Primal so great in Season 1. The beast general motive (from his movements, actions) is incredibly confusing. I'm not sure at all whether he is an intelligent creature or a rapid animal. He gives facial remarks constantly through the episode like he's fully aware he's killing these people for sick pleasure. Except where did this creature really come from? Is the world in modern times filled with different human creatures? Are ones more savage than the other and how does the world build around that? Truth is I don't even want to asks these questions because I know Primal is a straight forward simplistic series. But Primal started in its own fantasy prehistoric universe with no rules, it was allowed to go where it wanted to go and see as many new, crazy ideas as we can and this episode is now suddenly jumping us to the 1800s and introduces us this idea in close to modern times without any clarification on how this world is supposed to work at this time. The horror aspect of this episode is very weak in my opinion. The beast kills everyone except the last 2 characters and they keep standing up every time they take a punch from him. And the fight drags on for way too long because of bad aim. The ending was just basic. It just seems like another one of those generic cases where of course the person at the beginning disagrees with the theme of the story but then skip through the whole episode of action and suddenly he fits the conclusion to it at the end. People are trying to say "Come on, don't dismiss this episode just because it's a filler episode, pay more attention to it and look at the complexity and deep aspects of it" Except there is none of that here. The theme is executed in the really bad cliche that it has really nothing to do with the story only except the beginning and end of the episode. Arguably I can't really say that's the entirety of Primal either. Primal is just generally good at pacing and exploiting emotions out of the characters without the usage of dialogue. I can't say that's one of the biggest accomplishments of the visual medium. That's more of a unique style. And proof that Genndy actually understood his characters without exposition dumping his way through the plot. Primal S2 has been very weak so far tho and I'm genuinely not impressed. The series has been noticeably less character driven than the previous season and it focuses less on the charm of the 2 characters' interactions and more on cliches and moments of wasting time with no communication. What I loved about S1 Episode 9 was completely absent in S2 Episode 3. And I can't really say I have much faith in where S2 is going as much anymore.