Series 2 Episode 4

Series 2 Episode 4
Directed by	Costa Botes
Written by	Joe Boyle
Original air date	November 21, 1999
Run time	25:00
Cast
Starring	Caleb Ross - Lex Dwayne Cameron - Bray Meryl Cassie - Ebony Michelle Ang - Tai-San Victoria Spence - Salene Ryan Runciman - Ryan Michael Wesley-Smith - Jack Ashwath Sundaresan - Dal Ella Wilks - Danni Jennyfer Jewell - Ellie Antonia Prebble - Trudy Vanessa Stacey - Alice Ari Boyland - KC Sarah Major - Patsy Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu - Cloe Story Rose - Brady
Chronology
←	Series 2 Episode 3
→	Series 2 Episode 5

Series 2 Episode 4 is the 56th episode of The Tribe.

Synopsis

The tribe is packing up to leave the mall when Tai-San announces she has crafted an antidote using nothing more than the extracts from three common plants. Tai-San wants to keep the exact formula to herself to protect the others and sends teams out to collect two of the plants while she alone gathers the third.

Having taken the last of the antidote, Lex is better once again but his attempt to reconnect with Tai-San fails. She lets him know anything between them will happen on her terms. Lex has a brief relapse which indicates everyone will need repeated doses of the antidote — another opportunity, Ebony points out to Lex — if only they had the formula.

Spike leads a violent attack on the mall in search of the antidote and gravely injures one of the tribe. Ebony negotiates a deal with him: in exchange for the antidote, Spike and his followers will become the Mall Rats' new security team. Meanwhile, Ellie is getting worse and Alice is gearing up...