I had such hope for Fear the Walking Dead. When it first came out I mistakenly thought it was going to show how the apocalypse started. The previews looked like it was going to show L.A and I hoped somehow it started all there. Well it didn't! We still have no idea how or why the zombies came. And to be honest the main show was getting a bit stale, so much hope rested on FTWD. (Negan did revitalize the main show for a bit but with that story over I also worry for the regular TWD) Fear flopped. That is a harsh judgement as they were only given 6 episodes to start. It is hard to write a decent season in six episodes but by the end of season 1 you know a few things Daniel is badass, Nick is the shows biggest hope and at this point Strand is mysterious and could be interesting.
So came season two and I stayed watching. Season 2 starts again no hook. Alicia & Chris continue to be annoying, Strand shows he a rat and Daniel dies. They outsmart some pirates who originally outsmarted them. (These pirates like so many storylines and characters just vanish...) So it keeps going downhill. HOWEVER things take a turn as this season ends and a new one begins. Chris dies, Travis actually becomes interesting and so does Madison. Season 3 starts with a bang! Premier was one of the best episodes on the show. Troy has the potential to be an amazing villain. Travis dies! Seriously?! After he becomes interesting and fights zombies in a pit he is killed off? The show throws a curve ball like that, maybe it will be good. I think they peeked here. First the ranch is a neat bit of writing, survivalists should do good in the new world, makes sense. The First Nations line is neat and what might happen if the government fell. Strand going to the cartel damn even is pretty cool, showing how criminals might gain from all this. Madison becomes a solid character and even Alicia starts to be more entertaining. Troy was this shows Negan. There I said it! Wait maybe not, maybe the governor. He was interesting and thought he was doing the right thing and well enjoyed hurting people. They could have milked him for awhile. And Daniel was back! Strand yet again was an ass and dicked everyone around but it introduced the Proctors. Again this could have been amazing. MC's exist outside the law, but are a society with rules. It would make sense as the world fell they shouldn't. They talk about a dream of going all over from Texas to Cali. The proctors have huge potential. Then nothing we just don't see them again after what 2, 3 episodes. But lets move onto the new season
Season 4 the Good!
John Dorie, how can you not like this guy? Some how years into the apocalypse he is still a decent human being. You look at everyone else along the way and they have done so crappy stuff and have become a bit darker. Not this guy, he is still handing out candy. Love John Dorie. Al is great too. Not so much that she has been amazing but that she has so much potential. Having traveled around, learning all these stories she is like a gateway traveller into a possible million other stories. Plus she has a tank.
Nick and Morgan. For one glorious episode these two talked. An angry and dark Nick is new and who better to help him through it than Morgan. Two great actors, two great characters, this could have been a long and far reaching arc but then, bam Nicks dead. I should put this part now in the bad review section but I just gotta say wtf. Since the first season IMO Nick has carried the show. I dunno what will happen with out him.
The Vultures. Truth is first episode I didn't like them. Then I thought hey that is a neat idea. Instead of the fighting we always see lets see something new. They looked like apocalypse hipsters, so I am sure they are easy to hate. But they get half a season? Come on! So much potential wasted again....
Now the Bad.....
I want to write everything this season but that's a bit too harsh. Lets start with the time jump though. Fear was way behind Walking, or it seems like it should be. Lets say Carl was 10 when it starts, I am going to say he was less but 10 we will work with and maybe 17 at death? So it is 7 years in and Morgan travelling lets say makes it almost 8. Fear was nowhere near that. I would say maybe a year? So they time jumped 7 years? How much happened in that time? I love the crossover idea BUT maybe it should have been a past crossover or something instead of just losing 7 years.
Maybe this ties into it but where is Daniel? Crazy Dog? Walker? Hell, the Proctors? The fact was season 3 ended awesome! But it was just written off. Again maybe it is the time jump but what happened to these guys? The first 3 were tough, so where did they go? And the Proctors? I doubt if you fucked them over so bad that the Proctors just gave up and went away....
Charlie. I wanted her dead. All I can hear in my head is Carol saying look at the flowers. She killed Nick, so maybe I have a vendetta against a child but I find it hard to believe his sister and girlfriend just said oh well. (I will say the Alicia & Charlie episode was pretty good though)
Madison died. Really?? She is no Nick but she was coming around to be a pretty good story. At this point Alicia is all that is left? Who woulda seen that coming after the first couple episodes. And Strand is still alive! I mean this might just be good writing to antagonize fans but this guy is a dick. He has never done much to help anyone but keeps limping on. I think it is a nod to Coleman what a great actor he is. I don't hate his as much as say Ramsay Bolton but man I don't like him.
I am 50/50 on the storytelling. Non Linear was cool but I think for effect, linear might have worked better. This might just be nit picking now but I think it lost its impact as the first half went on. We all knew something bad was coming but as you keep pushing it off it makes it have less of an impact. Nick was shocking but by the time you see Madison die, you're pretty sure it was coming.
The other new characters really aren't catching me either. June or whatever the hell her name is, well she's kinda boring. And treacherous, like she joins the vultures... Jimbo, Wendell & Sarah. Same issue, kinda boring oh and they left Morgan for dead. Sure these 3 ain't bad for comedy relief but that's about it. Like honestly how could Morgan trust them or them trust him after the whole leaving him to die.......
Martha, oh Martha. I love the crazy side of her. A villain with no bigger plans, no vision just some batshit cray cray! However is the second half titled forgiveness? She should be dead. Alicia should have killed her. She tried to gun down all her friends, but no just tie her up. Oh and of course she magically escapes that. Also she killed how many truckers? Lets get to the trucks next....
I wanna see Polar Bear. This dude seems like an alright guy but let's just be clear, totally, completely fake and we are talking a zombie show here! Some how years into the Apocalypse this guy still has trucks of supplies? Ya Negan is far away but how has no one else noticed him? Also his people keep dying on the Martha run, but he keeps sending them? Would he not maybe warn them or arm them? How did the vultures not find the trucks or hell even Madison? They just seem to be stretching reality thin and this is a zombie show we are talking about! ARGH!
THIS WHOLE RANT ABOVE IS BEFORE THE FINALE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO WATCH. MAYBE I WILL HAVE BETTER TO SAY SHORTLY.
It didn't help. for a finale it was pretty boring. Ya in the end it was nice to see Martha get a staff jammed through her head but seriously there is no need to keep helping her. Morgan could have left her but nope he had to go out and find her. The whole poison in the water was kinda cool, except I was pretty sure they weren't going to kill off the entire cast. So I wasn't really worried. And why couldn't they just drink it when it came pouring out the side? Seriously put your bucket under the leak and bingo! So yes I am not overly impressed with this season. So let's get to the very end, Morgan finds a denim factory and is going to use it as his "sanctuary" to "save" people? Really? Unless he becomes a power drunk Negan or the meet some pretty exceptional villains next season I might have to give up on this show...
So came season two and I stayed watching. Season 2 starts again no hook. Alicia & Chris continue to be annoying, Strand shows he a rat and Daniel dies. They outsmart some pirates who originally outsmarted them. (These pirates like so many storylines and characters just vanish...) So it keeps going downhill. HOWEVER things take a turn as this season ends and a new one begins. Chris dies, Travis actually becomes interesting and so does Madison. Season 3 starts with a bang! Premier was one of the best episodes on the show. Troy has the potential to be an amazing villain. Travis dies! Seriously?! After he becomes interesting and fights zombies in a pit he is killed off? The show throws a curve ball like that, maybe it will be good. I think they peeked here. First the ranch is a neat bit of writing, survivalists should do good in the new world, makes sense. The First Nations line is neat and what might happen if the government fell. Strand going to the cartel damn even is pretty cool, showing how criminals might gain from all this. Madison becomes a solid character and even Alicia starts to be more entertaining. Troy was this shows Negan. There I said it! Wait maybe not, maybe the governor. He was interesting and thought he was doing the right thing and well enjoyed hurting people. They could have milked him for awhile. And Daniel was back! Strand yet again was an ass and dicked everyone around but it introduced the Proctors. Again this could have been amazing. MC's exist outside the law, but are a society with rules. It would make sense as the world fell they shouldn't. They talk about a dream of going all over from Texas to Cali. The proctors have huge potential. Then nothing we just don't see them again after what 2, 3 episodes. But lets move onto the new season
Season 4 the Good!
John Dorie, how can you not like this guy? Some how years into the apocalypse he is still a decent human being. You look at everyone else along the way and they have done so crappy stuff and have become a bit darker. Not this guy, he is still handing out candy. Love John Dorie. Al is great too. Not so much that she has been amazing but that she has so much potential. Having traveled around, learning all these stories she is like a gateway traveller into a possible million other stories. Plus she has a tank.
Nick and Morgan. For one glorious episode these two talked. An angry and dark Nick is new and who better to help him through it than Morgan. Two great actors, two great characters, this could have been a long and far reaching arc but then, bam Nicks dead. I should put this part now in the bad review section but I just gotta say wtf. Since the first season IMO Nick has carried the show. I dunno what will happen with out him.
The Vultures. Truth is first episode I didn't like them. Then I thought hey that is a neat idea. Instead of the fighting we always see lets see something new. They looked like apocalypse hipsters, so I am sure they are easy to hate. But they get half a season? Come on! So much potential wasted again....
Now the Bad.....
I want to write everything this season but that's a bit too harsh. Lets start with the time jump though. Fear was way behind Walking, or it seems like it should be. Lets say Carl was 10 when it starts, I am going to say he was less but 10 we will work with and maybe 17 at death? So it is 7 years in and Morgan travelling lets say makes it almost 8. Fear was nowhere near that. I would say maybe a year? So they time jumped 7 years? How much happened in that time? I love the crossover idea BUT maybe it should have been a past crossover or something instead of just losing 7 years.
Maybe this ties into it but where is Daniel? Crazy Dog? Walker? Hell, the Proctors? The fact was season 3 ended awesome! But it was just written off. Again maybe it is the time jump but what happened to these guys? The first 3 were tough, so where did they go? And the Proctors? I doubt if you fucked them over so bad that the Proctors just gave up and went away....
Charlie. I wanted her dead. All I can hear in my head is Carol saying look at the flowers. She killed Nick, so maybe I have a vendetta against a child but I find it hard to believe his sister and girlfriend just said oh well. (I will say the Alicia & Charlie episode was pretty good though)
Madison died. Really?? She is no Nick but she was coming around to be a pretty good story. At this point Alicia is all that is left? Who woulda seen that coming after the first couple episodes. And Strand is still alive! I mean this might just be good writing to antagonize fans but this guy is a dick. He has never done much to help anyone but keeps limping on. I think it is a nod to Coleman what a great actor he is. I don't hate his as much as say Ramsay Bolton but man I don't like him.
I am 50/50 on the storytelling. Non Linear was cool but I think for effect, linear might have worked better. This might just be nit picking now but I think it lost its impact as the first half went on. We all knew something bad was coming but as you keep pushing it off it makes it have less of an impact. Nick was shocking but by the time you see Madison die, you're pretty sure it was coming.
The other new characters really aren't catching me either. June or whatever the hell her name is, well she's kinda boring. And treacherous, like she joins the vultures... Jimbo, Wendell & Sarah. Same issue, kinda boring oh and they left Morgan for dead. Sure these 3 ain't bad for comedy relief but that's about it. Like honestly how could Morgan trust them or them trust him after the whole leaving him to die.......
Martha, oh Martha. I love the crazy side of her. A villain with no bigger plans, no vision just some batshit cray cray! However is the second half titled forgiveness? She should be dead. Alicia should have killed her. She tried to gun down all her friends, but no just tie her up. Oh and of course she magically escapes that. Also she killed how many truckers? Lets get to the trucks next....
I wanna see Polar Bear. This dude seems like an alright guy but let's just be clear, totally, completely fake and we are talking a zombie show here! Some how years into the Apocalypse this guy still has trucks of supplies? Ya Negan is far away but how has no one else noticed him? Also his people keep dying on the Martha run, but he keeps sending them? Would he not maybe warn them or arm them? How did the vultures not find the trucks or hell even Madison? They just seem to be stretching reality thin and this is a zombie show we are talking about! ARGH!
THIS WHOLE RANT ABOVE IS BEFORE THE FINALE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO WATCH. MAYBE I WILL HAVE BETTER TO SAY SHORTLY.
It didn't help. for a finale it was pretty boring. Ya in the end it was nice to see Martha get a staff jammed through her head but seriously there is no need to keep helping her. Morgan could have left her but nope he had to go out and find her. The whole poison in the water was kinda cool, except I was pretty sure they weren't going to kill off the entire cast. So I wasn't really worried. And why couldn't they just drink it when it came pouring out the side? Seriously put your bucket under the leak and bingo! So yes I am not overly impressed with this season. So let's get to the very end, Morgan finds a denim factory and is going to use it as his "sanctuary" to "save" people? Really? Unless he becomes a power drunk Negan or the meet some pretty exceptional villains next season I might have to give up on this show...
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