S03.E02: Don’t Look Up

[Bort]

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As the survivors attempt to integrate with the villagers at the fort, a flock of vicious pterodactyls attacks their new home. Ty tries to figure out his next steps and seeks help from an old friend.

Airdate: January 16, 2024

[KaveDweller]

I can't believe that stealing a pterodactyls egg trick worked. That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

Why did Lucas keep arguing to let Sam and Gavin out of their cell? How was their military experience going to help fight off fucking pterodactyls?

What happened to Pria, or whatever the name of Ty's wife is? Shouldn't she be worried about Ty? Or helping integrate the clearing people at her village? Did I totally miss something?

I keep wondering how these dinos in 10,000 BC are going to mess with archeologists.

I didn't mind the cliched arguing between Izzy and the villager archer girl. 

[ottoDbusdriver]

With only 4 episodes remaining after tonight's episodes, is this really the time to introduce new characters ?  Seriously ?

Per @KaveDweller, moving that pterodactyl egg was the dumbest thing ever.  Plus, there were 2 nests -- one in the village and one in the forest, so how come they only moved the egg from the nest in the woods ?

Izzy's shirt is so clean.  It's distracting.

No follow up on Josh and Riley, no follow up on Eve -- thanks writers.

With Ty's actions in 2021, how come Sam and Gavin don't remember interacting with Ty pre-sinkhole.  Shouldn't there be 2 Tys in 2021 at this point ?  Why doesn't Ty try to contact himself ?  Ty can save them all simply by telling everyone in 2021 to stay home on the day of the sinkhole.

Katniss Izzydean has found a new friend who will help her with her bow and arrow skills.  I'm predicting it now that everyone will be saved and returned to 'the present' by Izzy shooting an arrow in the last episode.

[iMonrey]

Where did Paara go? Why is there another Paara who looks just like Paara? And when did all the "sky people" move into Paara's village? Not!Paara needs to make up her mind - either she's antagonistic to the sky people or she's not. One minute she's scolding one of her "warriors" for letting one of the sky people examine dead warrior Joseph and the next she's ordering her daughter to teach Izzy how to use a bow and arrow. And then we find out she's the granddaughter of some other sky people? WTF. Does anyone remember where these people even came from? Aren't they all descended from sky people? Surely they are not native to 10,000 BC. They have names like Ruth and Joseph.

Didn’t pterodactyls come out of the LA sinkhole in the pilot? Or were those some other kind of ancient bird? Shouldn't Not!Paara's warriors be used to them by now? Maybe don't build your roofs with straw.

Is Ty's brain tumor cured now? Weren't his brain tumor curing drugs destroyed with the tower? And why did he go to Sam of all people for help? Wouldn't Levi have been a better choice if he's looking for military people? Or maybe Marybeth (Lucas's mom) - wasn't she a cop? Or how about Dr. Nathan? Didn't he know her too? I guess this speaks to the casting budget limits. 

36 minutes ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Shouldn't there be 2 Tys in 2021 at this point ? 

Another excellent point. Go find yourself and go on TV and prove to everyone you're a time traveler. {headsmack] God the writing on this show is so bad.

They have birthday candles in 10,000 BC? Why would anyone make a tiny candle, and where are they even getting the wax from anyway? 

And what happened to the potato powered laptop?

[KaveDweller]

21 hours ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

With Ty's actions in 2021, how come Sam and Gavin don't remember interacting with Ty pre-sinkhole.  Shouldn't there be 2 Tys in 2021 at this point ?  Why doesn't Ty try to contact himself ?  Ty can save them all simply by telling everyone in 2021 to stay home on the day of the sinkhole.

If I remember correctly, when Riley and Josh changed history before and contacted 1980s Sam, Sam suddenly had a memory of it in 10,000 BC. So it seems when they change history, it does impact memories of current day characters. So, Sam and Gavin should be having memories coming to them any second.

We don't know if Ty has the power to actually just tell Sam and Gavin to stay away from the sinkhole and that will make them disappear from 10,000 BC though. They haven't changed anything that big yet.

It would be a cool end to the show. Ty tells everyone to stay away, they snap out of 10,000 BC and appear in modern times totally normal. Then we cut to a new set of people who still fell in the sinkhole and are about to run into similar problems as the original crew An endless cycle or something.

21 hours ago, iMonrey said:

Didn’t pterodactyls come out of the LA sinkhole in the pilot? Or were those some other kind of ancient bird? Shouldn't Not!Paara's warriors be used to them by now? Maybe don't build your roofs with straw.

Those were other ancient birds. Ones native to 10,000 BC.

[Dowel Jones]

So, fooling the pterodactyl that its egg is far away from the settlement means that the predatory instinct of this flying dinosaur is completely exorcised and the village is safe now, right?  Well, at least look for an egg in the village nest and make a humongous omelet for breakfast.

[Msample]

Pterodactyls must be the only birds that don’t sit on their eggs but instead leave them alone for long periods of time. 

[iMonrey]

14 hours ago, KaveDweller said:

It would be a cool end to the show. Ty tells everyone to stay away, they snap out of 10,000 BC and appear in modern times totally normal. Then we cut to a new set of people who still fell in the sinkhole and are about to run into similar problems as the original crew An endless cycle or something.

That sort of sounds like how Land of the Lost ended!