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AMC | Season Premiere Date: August 23, 2015

Starring: Rubén Blades, James Henrie, Kim Dickens

Summary: The Walking Dead spin-off is set in Los Angeles where a divorced teacher named Travis (Cliff Curtis), his fiance Madison (Kim Dickens), and her two children (Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam-Carey) face the coming zombie apocalypse.

Creator: Dave Erickson and Robert Kirkman

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Part 13
Air Date: March 13, 2016
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S1:E12. Part 12
Air Date: March 6, 2016
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S1:E10. Part 10
Air Date: February 21, 2016

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Ned Ehrbar

Aug 24, 2015

Fear the Walking Dead pulls off a great feat in prequel land: using that nagging sense of inevitability to its advantage. It shouldn’t work, but it totally does. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Aug 5, 2015

It’s off to a very good start. Dickens and Curtis and the actors playing their kids (Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, and Lorenzo James Henric) are terrific.... Fear The Walking Dead has art on its addled mind, and is all the better for it. Read full review

Tom Long

Aug 21, 2015

The slow burn approach actually works nicely, assuming you can calm your appetite for immediate destruction. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Aug 19, 2015

The new series is compelling in its own way, but it will take a while to see how it congeals. Or, more aptly, if it coagulates. Read full review

Ted Pigeon

Aug 18, 2015

Shades of new angles to the zombie genre fleetingly emerge, but too often they're smothered by the writers' slavish devotion to their own established norms. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Aug 5, 2015

The 90-minute first episode and the hour-long second episode are, while not actually boring, certainly less magnetic than the original. Read full review

Margaret Lyons

Aug 21, 2015

Unfortunately, despite strong performances, particularly from Dickens and Curtis, it's hard to care what happens to anyone, or to listen to the dialogue and not pray for some kind of bear attack. Read full review

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VieRus8u

Aug 23, 2015

Zombies, Death, tearing of flesh....and running in fear....I hope this movie has the same life span as the original show.

I will be watching this every week without fail.

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cheinric

Sep 17, 2015

a good beginning and I hope it moves along quickly and does not drag too much; I say a good beginning because the original show never gave us that beginning!

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Sathiel

Nov 6, 2018

Contrary to the low expectations I've had because of the bad reviews and the fact it's a spin-off, the first season of this show proved to be better than most seasons of the original show. The cast is quite good since the production value was higher than when first TWD was made - we don'tContrary to the low expectations I've had because of the bad reviews and the fact it's a spin-off, the first season of this show proved to be better than most seasons of the original show. The cast is quite good since the production value was higher than when first TWD was made - we don't see any Carls or Shanes whose performances make your eyes bleed and make Kristen Stewart seem like an Oscar winner.

The pilot episode is not promising, but it just gets better and better by the end of the first season. Most reviewers here saw the first episode (probably not even in its entirety) and thought "where is Rick, what is this, I miss Carl" and proceeded to bash the show for that reason. In reality, the production quality, filming, writing, even audio - modern, engaging, deep storytelling - something the original series never achieved. The fear is palpable, not just from these scary dead people, but also from the authorities which are themselves scared, their motives unknown, creating a widespread sense of insecurity and uncertainty. The show tries to decentralise the characters, so you don't know which one might die next - unlike Rick, whose life was known to surpass the 8 seasons without even watching beyond the pilot episode.

I am unsure if the show continues to positively surprise into the second season since the initial apocalypse time frame will come to an end, bringing a monotone existence of scavenging-sleeping-scavenging or training-sleeping-fleeing we see throughout the seasons of the original series, which often had you forget about the walkers, and worry more about the soap opera drama with a regular mishap leading to a character's death now and then. And of course the ridiculous conflicts with other groups that are always so unrealistically hostile.

I expect the same to happen with Fear TWD, maybe even beginning with season 2, but I hope they managed to bring a new flavour to the same rinse-repeat story that we see from the 3rd to the last season of the original show.

I am a fan of the original show, but the truth is the show is quite mediocre and the only thing that kept it interesting is the post-zombie-apocalypse premise, since the writing is predictable and poor, while the cast is mostly not talented, to say the least. You'd just wait for a thriller scene when someone dies, while the rest was unsuccessful and boring "character building". FTWD has a chance to utilise the premise and revitalise the idea.… Expand

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mbmartins

Aug 29, 2015

I was expecting something different, a introduction perhaps, but I saw more of the same thing without the intensity of the original show. Maybe the next chapters change something but i dont think that this is the way that the series will continues.

4 of 8 users found this helpful44

007foxtrot

Sep 1, 2015

1. After episode 2. When does the daughter get to know her mother and brother killed zombies/people?
2. Anti-police. Mom rakes the cops at the hospital. She probably has had her own run ins with the law. Probably drug related as she has a great amount of sympathy for her son who is trying1. After episode 2. When does the daughter get to know her mother and brother killed zombies/people?
2. Anti-police. Mom rakes the cops at the hospital. She probably has had her own run ins with the law. Probably drug related as she has a great amount of sympathy for her son who is trying desperately to check out.
3. Mom let's the knife boy out of the car on his own, doesn't warn daughter, doesn't warn neighbors. Please don't make her the "Rick Grimes" of this series. Her exit via zombie hopefully is sooner than later.
4. At least take Knife Boy's knowledge. The civilized grid will soon go down, get moving, at least sharpen some sticks.

May survive on the back of The Walking Dead.… Expand

4 of 10 users found this helpful46

Viperspider

Nov 14, 2015

Utter ****

The show is closer to "Fear the Government" than it's original title. The only episode that is any way entertaining at all is the last one and even that one s full of zombie cliches. The characters are boring, the story is terrible and the show as a whole is an effortless dullUtter ****

The show is closer to "Fear the Government" than it's original title. The only episode that is any way entertaining at all is the last one and even that one s full of zombie cliches. The characters are boring, the story is terrible and the show as a whole is an effortless dull cash grab.

Would not recommend, will certainly not come back for the second season.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

JoeSmithII

May 1, 2018

still as boring and stupid as ever ... all the critics claiming this show is WAY better than "The Walking Dead" have obviously been paid a lot of money to lie ...

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: May 14, 2023
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: October 17, 2021
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: October 11, 2020
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: June 2, 2019
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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: April 15, 2018
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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 4, 2017
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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 10, 2016
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  Air Date: August 23, 2015
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  Air Date: March 13, 2016
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  Air Date: March 6, 2016
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  Air Date: February 21, 2016
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  Air Date: February 14, 2016
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  S1:E8. Part 8
  Air Date: November 29, 2015
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  Air Date: November 22, 2015
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  Air Date: October 4, 2015
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  Air Date: September 27, 2015
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  Air Date: September 20, 2015
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  Air Date: September 13, 2015
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  Air Date: August 30, 2015
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  Air Date: October 4, 2015
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  Air Date: March 13, 2016
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  S1:E12. Part 12
  Air Date: March 6, 2016
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  S1:E10. Part 10
  Air Date: February 21, 2016
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  Air Date: February 14, 2016
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  Air Date: November 29, 2015
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  Air Date: November 22, 2015
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  Air Date: October 4, 2015
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  Air Date: September 27, 2015
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  S1:E4. Not Fade Away
  Air Date: September 20, 2015
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  Air Date: September 13, 2015
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  Air Date: August 30, 2015
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  Air Date: August 23, 2015