# Anyone watching Primal? {As airs on Thursday, please wait until Sunday for Open Spoilers} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** hbomax-wb-dc, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 30, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206 "2021-05-30T03:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/1 "2021-05-30T03:36:14Z")
It’s a cartoon on Adult Swim but I am watching it on HBO Max by Genndy Tartakovsky. No dialogue (which is one of his Hallmarks) and it is the story of the adventures of a Caveman and his Dinosaur companion (no it makes no sense but I don’t care). I am a few episodes in and I am hooked. I like the art style and the story telling style. Warning: it is pretty brutal. The first episode pulls no punches. Anyone else watching? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/2 "2021-05-30T23:08:06Z")
It’s pretty amazing and waiting anxiously for the next batch. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/3 "2021-06-05T23:20:55Z")
Now that I have seen the finale I also can’t wait to see what’s next. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/4 "2021-07-08T16:31:44Z")
I just finished last night. Happy to see it got renewed. almost through the remote at the screen when I thought his dinosaur buddy was going to die. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/5 "2022-07-23T01:01:10Z")
New season now with first two episodes on HBOMAX. DAMN this is amazing animation. End of ep 2 is so damn sad. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/6 "2022-07-23T12:16:36Z")
Thanks for the heads-up! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/7 "2022-07-23T12:18:39Z")
Yes!! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/8 "2022-07-23T13:15:27Z")
To any who click here and have not watched this show - I can’t think of any dramatic animated show I’d recommend as strongly or that is quite like it. Up there with Avatar and of course Samurai Jack. It is brutal, yes, and beautiful. The minimal dialogue forces us to be shown not told. The storytelling packs huge heft. Taking its time and then delivering with meaning. Question - thoughts on spoiler policy? @Quimby I nominate you as the OP to make a call. One day? A week? Then we can ask a mod to add the spoiler guidance to the title. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/9 "2022-07-23T13:54:08Z")
Only just learned it was back so I am not 100% sure if how it is being released (two episodes at a time?) but generally speaking using spoiler tags until a couple of days after a new episode is released seems fair. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/10 "2022-07-23T14:13:04Z")
After this first two ep release it is one a week for a ten ep season. Flagging your post to request a mod to alter the title to reflect thread spoiler policy. So on Sundays after open spoilers for the week’s episode? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/11 "2022-07-31T13:58:24Z")
Am FINALLY caught up. Well, now that Spear has found Mira, where can this go? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/12 "2022-07-31T15:16:08Z")
The Primal world is now shown to have … four? … human species, two with spoken languages? One slavers who have mastered ships and riding ur-bears. Spear possibly the last of his kind, empowered by his partnership with Fang. I think Spear and Fang continue to struggle with finding their place in that world and always end up only with each other. Spear will not have a happily ever after with Mira even he doesn’t experience the same event as Fang did with Red. He won’t stay as part of Mira’s people any more than he did with the proto-Celtic species. We know something tragic will happen to cause that; we don’t know what that tragic something will be. What was the bit with the growl at the end? Fang getting attacked? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/13 "2022-07-31T15:22:07Z")
Another giant bear, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/14 "2022-08-06T03:50:38Z")
WELL. That was something. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/15 "2022-08-06T12:51:23Z")
So Not **an** other bear! I knew that there would be tragedy but I expected a bit of a period being with Mira and hers before it. Not the best ep of the bunch. The pair’s fighting ability and imperviousness seems to flex with threat level. He’s not Superman. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/16 "2022-08-13T23:02:49Z")
This week’s episode was definitely…something. I have literally no idea what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/17 "2022-08-14T06:41:20Z")
And now for something completely different? Complaints right off - Obviously it does not continue the story and at first blush only connects to it in a broad thematic way. I miss the lack of dialogue. Also the whole devolving concept it sets up annoys. Still as a stand alone, say as an episode in the “Robots Love Death” anthology, it would be great. But my bigger question - is this setting up a Westworld style twist with Spear and Fang being the fantasy future rather the fantasy past? Bringing us out of the storyline we’ve been in since the start is a big thing to do … to do it without it serving a role in the main narrative would be weird. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/18 "2022-08-14T17:32:13Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I have literally no idea what happens next. This week: a surprise crossover with _Harley Quinn_, _What We Do in the Shadows_, and everything else I’m currently watching! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/19 "2022-09-02T17:34:36Z")
Anyone still watching? This season, from Primal Theory on, is turning into a huge disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206/20 "2022-09-03T13:21:28Z")
Still watching and I like it but yeah this season is very different. (Vague spoilers) This week’s was cruel even for this show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-primal-as-airs-on-thursday-please-wait-until-sunday-for-open-spoilers/943206.md?page=2)