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Fear the Walking Dead
Genre
Created by
Based onThe Walking Dead
by Robert Kirkman
Tony Moore
Charlie Adlard
Starring
Theme music composerAtticus Ross
ComposerPaul Haslinger
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerBill Johnson
Production locationsLos Angeles, California, United States
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CinematographyMichael McDonough
EditorTodd Desrosiers
Running time43–65 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAMC
ReleaseAugust 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) –
present
Related
The Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead is an American television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson[1] that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015.[2] It is a companion series and prequel to the horror drama television series The Walking Dead,[3] which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. AMC approved the series pilot on March 9, 2015, with a two-season commitment:[4] the first season comprises six episodes, while the second season will consist of 15 episodes to air in 2016.[5]

Set in Los Angeles, California the series follows a dysfunctional family composed of high school guidance counselor Madison Clark, her English teacher boyfriend Travis Manawa, her overachieving daughter Alicia, and her drug-addicted son Nick, at the onset of the zombie apocalypse.[6][7] The four are forced to seek strength from within, searching their darkest histories in order to survive as they come to terms with the impending collapse of civilization.[8][9] The show incorporates many contemporary themes such as drug use, gun control, police brutality and political uprising.[10]

Cast and characters

Main cast

  • Kim Dickens as Madison "Maddie" Clark, a high school guidance counselor, Travis' girlfriend, and mother of Alicia and Nick.[6][11]
  • Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, a high school English teacher, Madison's boyfriend, and a divorcé who shares custody of his son, Chris, with his ex-wife, Liza.[6][11]
  • Frank Dillane as Nick Clark, Madison's 19-year-old son, a drug addict who has flunked out of community college.[6][7][11][12]
  • Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark, Madison's overachieving teenage daughter and a model student.[6][11]
  • Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza Ortiz, Travis' ex-wife and mother of their son, Chris. Ortiz is a no-nonsense nursing student.[6][11][13]
  • Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar, a hardworking professional with immigrant parents.[6][11]
  • Lorenzo James Henrie as Christopher Manawa, Travis and Liza's rebellious teen son who resents his father for their divorce.[6][13]
  • Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar, a barber, Ofelia's father, and El Salvadorian refugee who protects his family at any cost.[6][14]

Recurring cast

  • Scott Lawrence as Art Costa, the principal at the high school where Madison and Travis work.[15] (season 1)
  • Lincoln A. Castellanos as Tobias, a wise-beyond-his-years high school senior who believes the outbreak is Doomsday.[16]
  • Maestro Harrell as Matt, Alicia's boyfriend.[17]
  • Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Griselda Salazar, a loyal wife and mother who emigrated from El Salvador with her husband to escape its political unrest.[6]
  • Sandrine Holt as Dr. Bethany Exner, a confident and skilled doctor.[18]
  • Colman Domingo as Strand, a smart and sophisticated man with a mysterious past.[19]
  • Shawn Hatosy as Reynolds, a well-intentioned military man with a soulful disposition, who is out of his element.[20]

Episodes

No. in
series		TitleDirected by [21]Written by [21]Original air date [22]U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Adam DavidsonTeleplay & television story by:
Robert Kirkman & Dave Erickson		August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)10.13[23]
Nick wakes up in a heroin den in an abandoned church and finds his friend Gloria eating someone. While fleeing, he is hit by a car and hospitalized. Nick's doctor tells his mother Madison and her boyfriend Travis that Nick's claims about the incident are drug-induced hallucinations. With his ex-wife Liza's aid, Travis tries to mend things with his rebellious son Chris, and believes Nick after visiting the church. Alicia, Madison's daughter, becomes worried about Nick's chemical dependency. At the high school, Madison confiscates Tobias' knife. He warns her about rumors of a mysterious illness spreading in several states, but she brushes him off. That night, Travis and Madison are caught in a traffic jam where gun shots are heard. The next day, the school closes early when a video surfaces of a man being unaffected by police bullets at the traffic jam from the night before. Nick escapes from the hospital and meets with Calvin, his dealer, hoping to learn if the drugs he took caused hallucinations in the church. Calvin drives Nick to the riverfront, where Calvin plans to kill him in order to prevent Nick from exposing him as a drug dealer. In the ensuing struggle, Calvin is mortally shot. As Madison and Travis arrive, the three are attacked by a zombified Calvin, whom Nick runs over repeatedly with Travis' truck. The three watch in disbelief as the mutilated Calvin is still able to turn his head towards them.
2"So Close, Yet So Far"Adam DavidsonMarco RamirezAugust 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)8.18[24]
After their encounter, Nick, Madison and Travis decide to flee to the desert, and want Alicia, Liza and Chris to go with them. Meanwhile, Alicia finds her boyfriend Matt seriously ill in his disheveled house. Travis arrives and discovers a bite mark on Matt's shoulder, and Matt convinces Alicia to go on without him. Nick begins to suffer withdrawals, so Madison drives to her school to get him Oxycontin. There she encounters Tobias collecting food, who is nearly bitten moments later by the principal, Artie. Madison manages to kill him and takes Tobias home, realizing he was right. Elsewhere, Chris is on a bus trapped in a zombie shooting-caused traffic jam. Chris films the event, and joins in a protest against the recent police shootings. Travis and Liza meet up with Chris there just as another zombified person is shot by police, triggering riots. The three find refuge with the Salazar family (Daniel, Griselda, and their daughter Ofelia) in their gated barber shop-apartment. Alicia witnesses their zombified neighbor, Mr. Dawson, attack another neighbor across the street, but is prevented from intervening by Madison. Across town, Travis, Liza, Chris and the Salazar family remain trapped inside as the riots intensify.
3"The Dog"Adam DavidsonJack LoGiudiceSeptember 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)TBD
With riots raging outside, a fire starts in the room next door, forcing everyone to flee. The group manages to reach Travis' truck and escape, but not before Griselda is wounded by a falling scaffold. They attempt to take her to a hospital, but it is already overrun by the undead, forcing them to head to Madison's home instead. At Madison's house, Nick, Madison and Alicia flee when Mr. Dawson attempts to enter. Travis returns and is attacked by Mr. Dawson, but is saved when Daniel shoots him in the head with a shotgun. All three families decide to stay in the house for the night and evacuate in the morning. Ofelia recommends to her father that they flee with Travis, but Daniel thinks they are "weak" and insists they can survive on their own. The next morning, the Clark and Manawa families prepare to evacuate, but before they can, the California Army National Guard arrives and locks down the entire neighborhood. While everybody believes things will get better now, Daniel watches the soldiers quarantining the neighborhood and laments that it's "too late".
4"Not Fade Away"[25]Kari SkoglandMeaghan OppenheimerSeptember 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)TBD
5"Cobalt"[25]Kari SkoglandDavid WienerSeptember 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)TBD
6"The Good Man"[25]Stefan SchwartzRobert Kirkman & Dave EricksonOctober 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)TBD

A 30-minute special introducing a new second season character will be released online and aired in chapters during commercial breaks of The Walking Dead. The story will be about the outbreak's effect on an airplane flight.[26]

Production

Development

In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to The Walking Dead, which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman.[27] In September 2014, AMC ordered a pilot, which was written by Kirkman and Dave Erickson, and directed by Adam Davidson.[28] It is executive produced by Kirkman, Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert, with Erickson serving as showrunner.[29] The project was originally known as Cobalt;[8] Kirkman confirmed in March 2015 that the series would be titled Fear the Walking Dead.[1] On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered it to series, with a two-season commitment: the first season, comprising six episodes, premiered on August 23, 2015; the second season comprising 15 episodes, will air in 2016.[4][5]

Casting

File:Fear Full Cast.jpg
The primary characters from the first season include (from left to right): Alicia, Nick, Madison, Travis, Liza, Chris, Daniel, Griselda, and Ofelia

In December 2014, the first four lead roles were cast: Kim Dickens as Nancy Tomkins (later renamed Madison), the female lead role; Cliff Curtis as Sean Cabrera (later renamed Travis), the male lead role; Frank Dillane as Nick; and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Ashley (later renamed Alicia).[30][31][32] In April and May 2015, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mercedes Mason were announced as series regulars, both in unknown roles.[33][34]

Filming

Production of the pilot episode began in early 2015 and ended on February 6, 2015.[35][36] The pilot episode was filmed in Los Angeles; the remaining first season episodes were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.[37][38] Production on the remaining five first season episodes began on May 11, 2015.[11] Adam Davidson, who directed the pilot, also directed the series' second and third episodes.[11]

Broadcast

On August 23, 2015, the series debuted simultaneously worldwide on: AMC in the U.S.; AMC Global in major regional markets in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East;[39] and FX in Australia.[40] Hulu holds the show's video on demand rights in the U.S.[41] In the United Kingdom the show is aired on a brand new AMC Channel exclusive to customers with BT Sport while in Germany and Austria, Amazon Instant Video owns the streaming rights.[42]

Reception

Critical response

Fear the Walking Dead's first two episodes have received generally positive reviews from recognized critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a rating of 80%, based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fear the Walking Dead recycles elements of its predecessor, but it's still moody and engrossing enough to compete with the original."[43] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[44]

Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post rated the first two episodes three out of four stars, stating that "[They] are creepily suspenseful–they're great examples of how effective a slow pace and a moody atmosphere can be."[45] Another positive review of the first episode came from Ken Tucker of Yahoo TV, who wrote, "Fear the Walking Dead is a mood piece, more artful than the original series" and that the cast is "terrific".[46] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter gave an average review, writing, "The 90-minute first episode and the hour-long second episode are, while not actually boring, certainly less magnetic than the original."[47] One of the harshest negative reviews came from HitFix, on Daniel Fienberg and Alan Sepinwall's podcast, where Fienberg called the premiere episode "awful, just horrible ... as bad as The Walking Dead has ever gotten at its very worst. This is that bad. I've been kind of stunned to see people being generous to it. ... I thought this was almost unwatchably bad." Sepinwall called his B- review "slightly generous".[48][49]

Ratings

The U.S. series premiere attracted 10.1 million total viewers, with 6.3 million in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic, both cable television records for a series premiere.[50][51] Numerous foreign debuts of the pilot also set ratings records.[39]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2015 E! Online Best. Ever. TV. Awards New Show You're Most Excited to See Fear the Walking Dead Won [52]

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