Fear the Walking Dead

[DanaC]

oh my. Episode four of FtWD has turned it around for me. The last few minutes of episode three and episode four the show has gone somewhere I didn't expect. Logically, I should have expected it, but I didn't. I can now see how there might be legs on this story after all.

That's not to say there aren't some issues still. Pacing is still a little odd - but there's a really distinct sense of underlying menace and tension throughout. The characters are starting to come through a lot clearer.

[DanaC]

Fuck me sideways - I just watched Talking Dead and discovered the guy who plays Travis is a kiwi. That's an impressive american accent he's sporting in the show.

Also - I was really impressed with the finale. In fact the last two episodes were excellent. A truly shaky start that very nearly pushed me away from the show two episodes in, but they rescued it from the midpoint on for me. There's been a lot of criticism for the midseason time jump, with people very disappointed that we didn't get to see the fall of LA. I'm not really sure why people were so surprised though and I actually think they made the right call - I don't think a show of their budget could possibly have done any justice to such a cataclysmic event by going at it face on. Far more effective to play with what they had at their disposal and go for the pressure cooker behind the fence. That worked in its own way.