The Tribe (series 3)

Infobox tvseason
season_name = The Tribe, Series 3
headercolour = DEDDE2


caption = Series three Box set release
dvd_release_date = May 22, 2006
dvd_format = Box Set
network = Syndication
first_aired = November 18, 2000
last_aired = May 11, 2001
num_episodes = 52
prev_season = 2
next_season = 4

Series three of The Tribe starts with some of the Mall Rats being held prisoner in the mall as the Chosen make it their head-quarters. However, the Mall Rats who were not captured (Lex, Bray and Ebony) leave the city. They come across a group called the Gaians, or Eco Tribe, whose leader is Amber (now called Eagle), previously believed to have been killed at Eagle Mountain with Zandra. It is revealed that Ebony met the injured Amber after the explosion and convinced her she had no future with Bray, as they (Ebony and Bray) had already had a child before the virus. Amber had agreed to let Ebony make the Mallrats think she had died. A resistance movement is set up by some members of the Mallrats and both the Supreme Mother (Trudy) and the Divine Child (Brady) escape the city. Eventually the rebels overcome the Chosen and win back the city with the help of non-city tribes. A city wide election is held, and Ebony craftily manages to elected herself as the City Leader. She expels several Mall Rats from the city, including Bray and Amber, and makes herself a virtual dictator.

This series heralds an almost mass exodus of many of the familiar and long-running cast members from series 1, including Patsy and Ryan (who are taken away by the Chosen) and Dal (who fell to his death). A trend of introducing expendable, short-term characters, such as Andy, Tally and Ned, is started.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A876819 'The Tribe' - the Television Series]