‘Primal’ Creator Genndy Tartakovsky Says He Views Season 2 as ‘a Love Triangle’ Between 2 Dinosaurs and a Caveman

“Once we hit that, it’s like, ‘This is going to be the most incredible one,'” he tells TheWrap

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Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal” is back in Emmys conversation.

After the first season of the show won five Emmys, including Outstanding Animated Program, it’s back in the mix this year, once again vying for the Outstanding Animated Program award.

The nominated episode, “Shadow of Fate,” is a breathtaking tale that splits up our heroes — human Spear and dinosaur Fang. Fang falls in love with another dinosaur (Red), but has to make the heartbreaking decision of whether to try and find a new life with this dinosaur or to stick with her human.

TheWrap spoke to Tartakovsky about what it was like shaping the second season of the series, how he came up with “Shadow of Fate” and what the future for both “Primal” and his other animated series from this year, “Unicorn: Warriors Eternal,” will hold.

When you started out doing “Primal,” did you think of it as two seasons, two chapters?
Honestly, it kind of started as a pilot just to see if it’s going to work.

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