Sluggish companion series lacks excitement
“Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete First Season” is not a spinoff but a companion series to AMC’s huge hit, “The Walking Dead.” In “Fear…” we see how the zombie apocalypse began. As “Fear” begins, we meet Madison Clark (Kim Dickens), a guidance counselor at an East Los Angeles high school. She and English teacher Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) are in love. But all is not rosy. Madison has two children, college-age Nick (Frank Dilane), a heroin addict, and Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey), who’s finishing high school and is on a path to a bright future at college.<br /><br />The pace of the series is much slower than “The Walking Dead.” There’s considerable emphasis on the characters, which unfortunately comes very close to soap opera. We see the effects of paranoia caused by the zombie outbreak. There are some walkers, which are referred to as the “infected.” Early episodes set the groundwork for frightening times to come. There’s an unexplained upsurge in student absences, the populace doesn’t know what to make of bloody mouthed walkers, and protests are directed at the police for not removing bodies from the streets. The cumulative effect of these scenes is to create an atmosphere of anxiety and uncertainty.<br /><br />The first half of Season One takes place in the quiet suburbs as community dread mounts. The populace is learning how to deal with the threat and have to struggle to take down even a single walker. This contrasts to the militaristic tone that the flagship series has taken, and is a major contrast to the original. Unfortunately, pace suffers for those who like their zombies plentiful, gory, and dedicated to one thing only — cannibalizing humans. Whether spinoff, companion piece or pale copy, “Fear of the Walking Dead” needs a shot of energy. Many of the episodes are padded, overly talky, and frankly dull. The writing has to improve if the show is to have a life beyond a season or two. A show about zombies should have more zombies, even if they don’t yet dominate the stories. Viewers of a show like this enjoy strong characters, but don’t want them hogging screen time from the real stars — the walkers.<br /><br />Bonus features on the 2-disc Blu-ray edition include behind-the-scenes looks at the series itself and its cast of characters.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure of blending two families while dealing with resentful, escapist, and strung out children takes a back seat when society begins to break down. A forced evolution, a necessary survival of the fittest takes hold, and our dysfunctional family must either reinvent themselves or embrace their darker histories..