Fear the Walking Dead

I'm in the dark about Flight 462. 

Part of the problem, for me, with Chris is that he's androgynous, which adds to the weakness of this particular character. 

I don't recall the bit with Madison and Travis which you mention above.  But I found myself consciously wondering if they'd resourced some focus group and came out seeing they had to soften her up.  Last season, her expressions were so stern and mean, she looked ugly.  Last season, it was said by a producer/director(?) that Madison has a dark past.

If they weave and pivot here the way they did on TWD, we just might see that boy you referenced.  Somehow, I don't think he was able to run fast enough.

So what is Strand up to?  A mystery about Baja.  Do you think he's going to end up meeting his own band of predators - or does he have family stashed there?  You know, the way he said "I'm coming," sounded as if he was talking to someone who needed him.  And what was up with his cutting the tow line?  They gave the girl enough of a story to think we'll see her again.  She ejected everyone who threatened that boy off the lifeboat.

Chris so enjoyed axing the walkers on the first island, I thought he was going into the plane to find someone to bash.  It actually surprised me that he tried so hard to save the guy with the broken back.

The group certainly took their time scouring the luggage debris.  They've got a horde following them to the shore and Alicia takes a break from running to give Nick a long hug?  I must confess, I found the horde scene suspenseful.  But I'm finding the crashed and shipwrecked walkers a bit thick out in the big ocean.  The predator ship must be working overtime to fill the seas.  Funny thing.  They don't seem to salvage supplies - just blow up the boats.  Military?

Did Travis and Madison have some previous trouble I'm not aware of?  They seem rather distant from one another.  Perhaps it's because she's made Travis somewhat subordinate to her.

My daughter brought up an interesting point about Chris killing the guy with the broken back.  The man was begging to die - and given how difficult it was for Chris to strike the first blow, she thinks it will be an eye-opener about Travis killing his mother.

My daughter also said that during commercials, they were showing the tow-boat woman as a stewardess on the plane prior to its crash.  She thought they were promos for a new show until they were shown in the lifeboat.  I ffwd, so I didn't see it.  But I recall the woman saying to the others in the boat that she owed the "boy."

So... how did she end up in a lifeboat if the plane crashed on land - a tiny coastal island in a big ocean?  Quite a target if the captain was turning.  lol.  Then, I figured they must have gone down with plane if the boy was burned.  Taken the life raft from the plane and escaped the walkers by going to sea.  But she ended up right back where the plane crashed.  I don't get it.  Perhaps we'll get the whole story as episodes progress.  Ya think?

With the exception of Reuben Blade's daughter and the stewardess, I'm still finding the actors unappealing.  I was happy to have Reuben until they turned him into a torturer.

Guess we'll learn more tonight.

So Connor has only a dozen men, according to Reed's spouting in the preview.  Does that include women or the two that were killed?  Perhaps we can dispatch them quickly and move along.  Right?  *sigh*  You know that pregnant girl will end up needing help.  What a mess.

In a previous post, I thought Strand sounded like he was talking to someone who needed him.  Looks like Thomas is the loved one who's waiting for him.

I like the guy Nick picked up.  When the show started with Nick in the water, I wondered if I'd missed an episode.  lol.  Question is, will Strand and his buddy feel the need to save Travis and Alicia?  They could simply throw Reed overboard and take off.  Or does he feel obligated to Nick to save his mother?

You're right.  The show is better than it was first season.  I tuned in to TTD after and was surprised at all the English accents.  Strand, Alicia, Nick, Travis.  Is AMC based in England?

It was surprising to see the pirate plot go so quickly.  Grateful.  But I expected Jack to be joining the escape. The kid had possibilities, more likeable than our cast.  Hmmm.  Guess he's left on what will soon become a zombie tuna boat.  Then again, Strand's buddy was concerned about getting so many people through the paid checkpoint.  I suppose this will be our next "adventure."

It seemed curious that Alex wanted Travis captured when it was Strand who cut the rope.  I'd guess the only reason is so we could have that little soul-searching speech from his cell.

It didn't surprise me that Chris shot Reed.  He's been a hammer looking for a nail.  And Nick has suddenly become quite the adult, yes?  Sorry, but I wish they'd do something about that stringy hair.  I guess they wouldn't have a weed-whacker on a ship, huh?

Quite the layout at the vineyard.  Shades of Alexandria.  Food, water, walls.  It was obvious Celia was some kind of voodoo queen from the churchyard when the priest said it was her doing.  I guess people who want to eat people don't faze her.

I found it odd that the guests on TTD aren't sure Chris is disturbed.  He's young; he's lost his mommy; he's trying to adjust and protect himself???  When they played the scene where he was watching Madison under the walker, they made it seem it was retaliation because she told Travis she didn't think the guy on the boat was turning - she was against him in his mind.  But when he took that knife in the bedroom, I didn't get the sense that he planned to use it on them.  Everything about this kid - from the girly appearance to the dour expressions - is a complete turn-off for me.  It's likely they'll kill him off and Travis will then blame Madison for his demise.  The writers will be free to put her and Strand together.

But is Strand gay or bi-?  I thought it stupid when he told Thomas he would join him in death.  Seriously?  The previews, as I suspected, show Mama Celia's reaction to Strand shooting him.  One day to leave?  Will they go peacefully or will Daniel take a knife to the cellar?  Shades of Hershell's barn guests.  You just KNOW Celia's gonna be bitten before they leave, probably by her own son.

This might well be the best place on earth to live right now, but no one has evolved into a Rick-type who would take over the joint by force.  Will they go peacefully?  It doesn't seem likely their boat would still be where they left it.  If it is, they'll have walker Eric to deal with.  Perhaps he can chow down on Chris so we don't have to watch him anymore.  lol.

It was my understanding that the church people were coming to kill the basement walkers and Celia poisoned them to prevent it.  I don't think the basement people were her doing.

I agree it will be Daniel who instigates killing the "jailed family members."  OR - perhaps Celia will turn them loose to avenge Thomas.  ??

You're right.  The guys who showed up at the church with weapons hadn't been to communion.  Perhaps Thomas was bitten in trying to help one of the kids.  Talk about a "quick change," huh?  Bleeding eyes, then growl.

I don't think Celia cared that Thomas would turn, as long as no one shot him in the head and made him really dead.  I wonder if Strand knew about her and the Owl Cult before he decided to end him.  I don't think I'd be eating or drinking anything until I was out of that place.

Wouldn't you be willing to leave Chris as a replacement son for Celia in order to go in peace?  lol.

What a mixed-up finish!

To tell you the truth, I was hoping Chris would be shot when he and Travis fought over the gun - or the knife.  I must confess, I've hoped we wouldn't have to see him again.  I've wished since the beginning that we could lose him.  And Travis has taken such a weak and subordinate role to Madison, he might as well be gone, too. 

Nick bought into the cult and Strand's explanation seemed valid in defining it.  So, all three of these guys are set to be left behind.  Will they actually leave without them?  Hell, we don't even know if the boat is still there.  But it must have been still there when Nick retrieved Eric.

Madison locking Celia in with the walkers was evil.  So, she can murder people, too, when they get in her way.  Kinda like Rick wanting to take over Alexandria when they first got there.  Question:  When Daniel was in the cellar, did you see Celia in the group who came toward him?  Sorry to lose Blades but they made him tortured and nuts.  *sigh*

The Madison actress was reported saying she wanted to be this group's Rick Grimes.  Well, with the absence of all the men, save Strand, she could fill that role.  But I don't think she has Rick's conscience or integrity.

I don't think it would hurt the show to leave all three of the guys behind.  If it's the producer's plan, it would eliminate those I couldn't warm up to.  They can pick up some strays along the way.  Personally, I would've left Madison behind, as well.  lol.

The opener was pretty slow.  I'm so caught up with Netflix, alternating between The Blacklist and Grey's Anatomy, that I skipped TTD.  I couldn't imagine there was anything to talk about but Nick's character.

Can't help but wonder how long the group will be separated.  Next week, we might have a full episode of Travis and Chris - or Madison and her group.

Serving ill people to walkers?  All I saw at the end was Nick walking into a thriving little village.  What did I miss?

Oh.  Ew.

So... you know walkers are attracted by noise - and you pound incessantly on a piano?  Seriously?

When the first one went over the balcony, I thought it was Ofelia.

It was also surprising that the liquor was there.  One would think the place would already have been looted.  I suppose they needed Madison drunk so her back story could begin to spill out.

Now, they're trapped behind the bar.  Surely, there are knives for slicing fruit, yes?

For me, it's in the writing - and the details.  So far, mediocre.

Do we know what happened to Ofelia?  And how did Madison and Strand get out of that bar???  Did I miss something?

I know it's bad, but I'm sorta wishing Chris gets bitten so we can be rid of him.  It's going to take some huge psychological twist to straighten him out.  And he's just flat-out unappealing.