Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Man, Fear the Walking Dead is such a tricky show to latch onto now. As we slowly creep into its second season, the series has become more difficult to invest in. Maybe first-timers - as in, those who never actually watched The Walking Dead (there have to be some) - are able to find the clumsy exploits of the Manawa/Clark clan engaging and exciting. But given how so much of this story, these mistakes, are retreads for those of us who've already watched six seasons of Walking Dead, including the slow and laborious second season, FTWD has become a bit sludgy.
There's just no spark here. The characters are flat and often muddled in motive. They're still raw from a fresh zompocalypse outbreak so they're having all the familiar "what is the world now even?" conversations. So we get to watch Travis get needlessly upset about Chris stabbing fence walkers with a pick. All because, like every dad, he never imagined his son would ever have to kill zombies. Then we'd bear witness to Alicia walking around a place she's never been before wearing earbuds. So she couldn't hear any possible danger around here. Granted, she's new to the zombie hellscape, but that was pretty much ground zero for dumb.
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Man, Fear the Walking Dead is such a tricky show to latch onto now. As we slowly creep into its second season, the series has become more difficult to invest in. Maybe first-timers - as in, those who never actually watched The Walking Dead (there have to be some) - are able to find the clumsy exploits of the Manawa/Clark clan engaging and exciting. But given how so much of this story, these mistakes, are retreads for those of us who've already watched six seasons of Walking Dead, including the slow and laborious second season, FTWD has become a bit sludgy.
There's just no spark here. The characters are flat and often muddled in motive. They're still raw from a fresh zompocalypse outbreak so they're having all the familiar "what is the world now even?" conversations. So we get to watch Travis get needlessly upset about Chris stabbing fence walkers with a pick. All because, like every dad, he never imagined his son would ever have to kill zombies. Then we'd bear witness to Alicia walking around a place she's never been before wearing earbuds. So she couldn't hear any possible danger around here. Granted, she's new to the zombie hellscape, but that was pretty much ground zero for dumb.
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