the apocalypse is escalating and we see a lot of conflict as society splits between those who know what is going on and are terrified and those who are in denial. the chaos opened a door for civil unrest as people start to turn against each other.
in this episode we meet travis' son chris and his ex, liza, but it still seems like nick is the best character of the show. even though he's going through a lot and still very clearly struggling i really hope he makes it through that and sticks around through the season. he instantly became one of the most relatable (and funny) characters of the series and i am not sure the show would be as enjoyable without him.
i'm not sure i like travis. i don't know what is is about him. i know he is trying to protect his family but he's very controlling and bossy and that doesn't lend him any points in likeability. it's interesting how much you can learn about a person when they're in a stressful, life-or-death scenario.
this has a very different vibe to 'the walking dead' but i think i like that. it's interesting to have the series starting off before the start of the plague/virus zombie apocalypse.
there are a lot of potential strong characters in this one. i can see the writers are trying to make madison (blonde teacher lady) seem relatable and likeable for being sympathetic towards her son and the other student at the school. i'm not sure about her yet.
i do really like nick. he has humor on his side and was instantly relatable and likeable. i followed alicia over from 'the 100' so i can't wait to see what she does in this new role and the character she builds here.
the show seems to (still) be getting a lot of criticism. i think people are coming over from season 5/6/7+ of 'the walking dead' and expecting 'fear' to measure up to characters we've had several years with in getting to know. there was no possible way that 'fear' could hope to replicate 'the walking dead' so they had no choice but to try something different.
it's a bit strange to be watching this six years later but i'm going back and re-watching some of my favorites and leaving commentary so i don't forget things later, and i'm excited to be finally sitting down to watch 'fear the walking dead.'
this show has a lot of potential.
I was looking forward to learning more about the titanic, and the entire documentary seemed to be just about finding one specific estate room. Probably would have been more interesting with details of the changes and the progress of erosion from previous trips vs. now. That's really what I thought I was going to get, but it was mostly clips of the crew and maybe one short comparison video. Meh.
This was a LONG overdue episode, and arguably the only good thing about this season. The longer the series goes on the more I am disengaging from the characters themselves. We've essentially ended up with a zombie show that isn't actually about zombies. If we're not getting the 'high stakes' zombie encounters though, we need something else to make the show engaging, and Negan's villain origin story is the perfect way to do that. I'm just upset it took them until episode 22 of this season to do it.
