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A decent finale, the best episode of the season without doubt, but it still falls short somewhat. The positives first - It was good to finally see Travis "hulk out", after a season of blind optimism and bad decisions G.I. Joe paid for it by getting his face pummelled in. Poor soul. All this only hours after being tortured by the Demon Barber. The horde invading the Hospital was well executed, and there was a nice nod to Romero with the helicopter decapitation scene. Strand has potential and the promise of a huge yacht in season two is interesting. Hopefully they give a nod to Zombie Flesh Eaters and treat us to a zombie attacking a shark :D The negatives - After a promising start to the season Madison is now insufferable. Kim Dickens' lack of facial expressions almost destroyed the finale, even when confronted with a giant horde of flesh eating zombies she looked like was suffering from nothing more than the need to squeeze out a stubborn fart. She had this expression in every perilous scene. HELP ISN'T COMING "I need to fart" / YOUR SON IS TRAPPED BEHIND A LOCKED DOOR AND ABOUT TO BE ZOMBIE NOSH "I need to fart" / THERE'S THOUSAND OF THE INFECTED BREAKING THROUGH THE FENCE "Damn, this fart won't pop".

Daniel The Demon Barber's decision to release THOUSANDS OF ZOMBIES is the worst plan in history. He did this to save about 3 people. Aside from his torturous hobbies, he seemed the most intelligent character in the show, and this decision was hideously stupid. Almost as stupid as Alicia, and that's saying something.

Nobody is reacting in a believable way to their plight. After fighting their way through a zombie army, they're seen chilling at a beach house, where two of the characters (yes Thick As A Brick Alicia & Whining Chris) are chuckling away on the veranda eating ice lollies. At least Travis, for all his faults decided to go Drama Queen on everyone's ass when his ex-wife died and recreated Charlton Heston's sand-sinking scene from the end of The Planet Of The Apes. I only wish he'd shouted "I DID IT! I SHOT HER UP!" I'll forgive Thick As A Brick Alicia this time though, she was probably still too busy wondering if Randy Wagstaff From The Wire had recovered from his "cold" yet, coz she loves him like cray.

Travis is so deep in denial he genuinely thought anti-biotics could save Liza. This was taking his "Everything's going to be alright" mantra to the max, and was the funniest scene in the whole season. In safer times I bet he had poor Nick drowning in Tylenol in an attempt to cure his heroin habit.

Travis sinks into Rainbows & Fluffy Kittens mode again and releases Andy, who promptly shows up at the Hospital mid-zombie attack. But Andy decided to shoot Ofelia instead of his nemesis Daniel. Huh? Damn I know she was a bit of a tease but that's an extreme reaction bro.

Nick gets philosophical and compares the Zombie Apocalypse to his heroin experiences. I can totally see the connection to be fair. Shambling around, teeth falling out, bad hair everywhere, faint smell of excrement. Dude's a poet.

Extra negative points for not bringing Tobias back for the finale. I wanted to see him raise hell with his pocket knife.

This season was far from perfect, it was average with a few excellent moments, but hopefully they can iron out the rough spots ready for season two and I for one will be watching.

The first season of "Fear The Walking Dead" builds to a slightly muted crescendo, which does keep the traditional of major character deaths in the finale, which we anticipate from the main series, but it's more the story of the decisions that Travis makes (the titular good man) and the final realisation of the world he lives in now, and the casual violence that he's going to have to become accustomed too.

Realising that the soldiers are departing ahead of the horrors of operation Cobalt, the gang decide to reinstate the plan to head east, but first they need to head to the medical facility and rescue Nick and Liza. Boyed with information that Daniel has tortured from the solider, we get to the decision that the episode title refers too. Travis decides to spare the Soldier, against Daniel's advice, a decision that comes back to haunt him later when the soldier reappears and shoots Ofelia. This proves the last straw for Travis, whose already struggling with having to leave people caged up within the facility, then precedes to beat the Solider (presumably to death, although it's not really confirmed) with his bare hands.

This first season really has been about how quickly the reality of the situation has dawned on the relative characters. Nick was there almost straight away, Madison a couple of episodes later - stopping her daughter from saving the neighbours - but you feels it's not until this episode that it's really dawned on Travis about the world he now lives in. And if the hasn't learned the lesson with the solider, he does in the cruel episode conclusion, where he discovers that Liza has been bitten and he finishes her off, to the desolation of their son.

There have been legitimate complaints from some about the lack of walkers and action in the earlier episodes. Clearly some of that must have been by design, to save most of the budget for the spectacular finale, where thousands of Zombies clash with the remaining infantry before overwhelming the facility.

This was a great finale to the season but overall, the season hasn't really delved into the minutiae of the collapse of society as much as I'd hoped it would. I like the characters and in particular the unpredictable Victor Strand. I'm excited to see where this goes in the second series.

It took the show awhile, but in the season finale, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD finally hit a home run, giving the TWD fans what they crave: herds of Walkers and plenty of action. There has been a lot of gripping over the course of the five previous episodes about the pace being too slow with way too few zombies, not to mention problems with character development. This episode, titled The Good Man, put those issues to rest as far as I'm concerned, when for the first time, all of the principle characters came face to face with the Zombie Apocalypse.

The previous episode, Cobalt, established that things had gone so bad in Los Angeles that the military was pulling out and "cleansing" the city of all civilians, who evidently were now considered infected. This knowledge forces Travis and Madison, along with the Salazars, to come up with a plan to retrieve Nick and Liza from the hospital/detention center, along with Mrs. Salazar, who they have yet to learn is now deceased. So right off the bat this episode has what many of the others lacked: built in suspense. The action shifts back and forth from Travis and the others infiltrating the government facility to Liza and Dr. Exner as they wait for extraction by the military to Nick and his new "friend," Stand, in the holding pens as they await their chance to make a move. Throw in the thousand or so Walkers imprisoned in the coliseum-released by Daniel Salazar as a diversion for the guards-and things get dicey very fast. This part of the episode literally crackled with tension and suspense as our principles got up to speed on dispatching Walkers quickly. There was gore: the soldier who takes a propeller to the face; narrow escapes: Nick and Strand run up against an electronic door with part of the Walker herd charging down the hall behind them; characters being a#$holes: Chris and Alisha are menaced by desperate soldiers in the parking garage; sad moments: Daniel and Orfelia learn the fate of Mama Salazar; Didn't-see-that-coming moments: the sudden appearance of Corporal Adams and the revenge he takes on Daniel; a beat down: Travis forgets about being a Pacifist and instead, puts a fist through Adams's face repeatedly. All things us TWD fans have come to expect and love.

The final scenes finds the principles reunited in a temporary safe haven, but not before a devastating revelation and a major character exits from the show. Things are set up nicely for the second season where the major characters must grapple with the end of civilization and the coming of the Walkers.

Cliff Curtis's Travis is the character who changes the most in this episode; by the end he is no longer a man who believes things will work out because they always have in the past. By the final scene, Travis has learned that compassion in this dark new world will not be returned in kind and that it will demand heinous sacrifices from those attempting to survive.

Nick is still in the same tan jacket and pants he stole from the hospital in the pilot; Frank Dillane has made this heroin addict/screw up one of the show's most compelling characters. His words to Maddie after they reach safety lead us to believe he may fare far better in the Zombie Apocalypse than we would have believed at the start. Rueben Blades's Daniel Salazar has become the show's breakout badass, the former torturer turned barber is a man who will do whatever it takes to protect his own. Colmen Domingo's slick Victor Strand was the man was who was there when they needed him, but he's clearly a character to watch since it is obvious he does nothing out of the goodness of his heart.

Where does FEAR go from here: Do they all sail away on the Abigail and live happily ever after? With America's drug problem permanently solved, where will Nick get his fix now? Will he ever shampoo his hair and get some new clothes? Is there really anything between Chris and Alisha? What about Adams, Moyers and Dr. Exner? No one saw them die on screen. Is Strand a villain? What happened to Cobalt? Is Maddie Rick Grimes's sister? Lot of people online think that is who she is. Is that how the two shows link up? One thing for sure, if the producers want to make the fans happy in season 2: bring back Tobias.

It was apparent from the pilot of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD that it was not going to be a rehash of the original series, if for no other reason than the people in FEAR still had much to loose-jobs, careers, family-while the characters in TWD had lost absolutely everything except their lives and the shirts on their backs with horrific death a constant threat. People like Travis keep holding onto their faith in humanity and morality, but by the end of The Good Man, I think he and Rick Grimes would find they have a lot in common to talk about.

Season 1 ends on a good note with some good Zombie action. And off course the tragic and emotional death of Liza Ortiz who was bitten by a Zombie at the base.

This episode brought some potential for season 2.

So following what was a rather mediocre opening to a new series, the finale really did tie up some loose ends and also opened the doorway to what lies ahead in Season 2.

This episode was structure with a lot more care than the rest of the season... yes there are some obvious consistency issues. For example, bullets cant go through fences with hundreds of gaps, and trained Military soldiers have the aim of a retiree attempting to fire a rifle for the first time.

Also, would it really be that easy to just walk slowly in front of a horde of extremely hungry cannibalistic zombies?

Moving along from these issues, this episode delivered the goods. We begin to see more of a breakdown and panic which we were expecting from the start. The military zone falls, and our main group stride to escape with their loved ones. Some characters are taken from us, and the final scene of this episode is something I loved. We will come back to that momentarily.

We finally see Travis snap. He becomes the man he was always supposed to be in order to protect his family. We see a far more brutal side to him than we have before, and this was a welcomed change.

I wont ponder too much on this, since if you want to see it you should just watch this. It is not like The Walking Dead at all. Fear The Walking Dead instead takes a slightly different approach with better cinematography, far more effective moments at times, and a far more polished environment. Yes, a lot of people wanted more zombie action, but this is a character study before a zombie study. The characters may be stupid at times but this is simply realistic, because in any situation of shock or terror, humans become inconsistent and foolish.

The final scene. This was something that really made me feel for the characters for the first time. We finally get to what appears to be a "safe-haven" for a moment. Our characters get a moment to relax and rest. This swiftly comes to and end when a character is infected and must be put down. What follows is by far one of the most beautifully shot, and emotional set pieces for the loss of a character. Can I also add that the music choices of this series are amazing.

In total I would give this season as a whole a 7/10. This episode however deserves a 10. I was willing to look past its flaws and focus on its key pivotal moments. And there were plenty.

I think some of you weren't paying much attention when the captured solider said only 2000 zombies were in the coliseum and only 2 dozen soldiers were in the base camp (Doctor said when talking on the radio to the helicopter). How much ammunition did the soldiers have on the scissor lift? I would assume very little because there was no ammo cans laying on the floor of the scissor lift. It also wouldn't take long to push down the fence with that many zombies.

The characters didn't care or realize what the implications were when not closing the gate at their subdivision or letting lose 2000 zombies. Many people would only care for themselves and not the wellbeing of strangers. Do you see many subdivision get together in today's world, LOL?

How about just sit back and enjoy the show! Stop over analyzing small details and try and ruin the experience for others.

Things are falling apart just like I expected. The soldiers left and our characters will have to fight to survive, leaving their neighbourhood for the first time. After that the army is going to abandon the building where Dr. Exner and Travis ex-wife are. Things are escalating and it's suspenseful. I like how Victor has a plan to escape the situation. Im glad they let the soldier go, I think it was the right decision. ''Helping them could hurt us'' Damn Victor is a cruel man. I wonder how exactly he wants to use Nick. The scene with the walkers entering the camp was pure chaos and also the scene where the soldier gets beheaded by the helicopter was brutal.

Dr. Exner was a likable character, it's sad she didn't follow the rest of the characters. Andy shooting Ofelia felt so out of character for him and it also made no sense. Im glad she didn't die though. It's difficult to believe that Strand would accept all these strangers into his house, I thought he is much more selfish. I knew it! Strand says ''No one stays'', that's more like him. But why lead them to his house in the first place? Liza's death was very tragic and intense. Wow what an amazing way to end the season! We have our ''official'' team of survivors. Really good writing, lovely performances, thrills and suspense.

This finale had it all. My rating is 8.6/10.

Do not, i repeat, do not let these One Star reviews spoil the fun of this show! It is extraordinary, and by next season it will be such a beautiful creation!

Robert Kirkman sure did shake the industry with his excellent graphic novels and executing it perfectly to a TV show, make that two TV shows! I love how there's nothing tacky or phony about it, it feels so dark and serious which i love! 2 guns up for Robert Kirkman and pulling off the "infected/dead/zombie" genre, i hope it lasts as long as it can!

There was a lot of buzz surrounding the companion series and prequel to AMC's wildly popular The Walking Dead. Was it worth the hype though? Absolutely! Fear the Walking Dead's premiere snagged an staggering 13.96 million viewers, the highest ranked debut of a cable series ever. By the show's 3rd episode, that number had dropped to 11.6. Still an impressive feat for a show's debut season. All the buzz hits a boiling point in the first season finale.

People complained that the show's debut season, comprised of 6 episodes, moved at too slow of a pace, but people seem to be forgetting that Fear the Walking Dead is set during the early stages of Kirkman's zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead didn't pick up the pace until the show's third season. Showrunners Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson had to take a new approach to a storyline that we've all become accustomed to having seen 5 season's of The Walking Dead. We, as viewers, are witnessing the beginning of the apocalypse through the eyes of a dysfunctional blended family, even more dysfunctional than The Walking Dead's Grimes family. For viewers of the show that haven't read Kirkman's comic books on which the show is based on, it wasn't until the end of the series' second season that we found out anyone who dies comes back as a mindless, flesh eating cannibal. This revelation was brought to light during Fear the Walking Dead's pilot episode. This is a focal plot point of the series. Our cast of survivors on Fear are still learning the ropes, and, on more every occasion, try to reason with their friends who've died and came back as walkers. While Travis Manawa is trying to protect his biological family, he unintentionally puts his new family, Madison Clark and her children Nick and Alicia, in danger more than once. Add the Salazar family, Daniel, his wife Griselda and their adult daughter Ophelia, to the mix and things only get more complicated. Add Nick's heroine addiction to the mix and things get shaken up to a boiling point early on.

While The Walking Dead focuses on what Rick Grimes would do to protect his family, Fear the Walking Dead shares a similar focal point but shifts the focus to a point in time where society is beginning its downward spiral. By the time Grimes' finds his family in The Walking Dead's 3rd episode, the apocalypse has been going on for a few months. Fear the Walking Dead, being set during the initial outbreak, gives us a chance to witness these characters come to terms with life as the lights are going out. One of the most harrowing scenes was in Fear's 3rd episode as the Manawa family are finally reunited and driving back to the Clark home. Chris looks out over the Los Angeles valley and we see huge sections of the cities' electrical grid shutting off. We saw similar situations in flashbacks' on The Walking Dead, but no on Fear's scope. Even though the Army puts up fences to protect the civilians, the soldiers have ulterior motives. We're given hints and glimpses during the series' fourth and fifth episodes. "I can do whatever I want. I have guns," one guardsman tell Travis. The big reveal of the series comes in the fifth episode when we find out what Operation Cobalt is. Cobalt was the original working title of the series, and serves as the WTF revelation in episode 5.

By Fear's third episode, the series' cast tops out at 9 members. When the first season wraps, we've lost 2 of the main cast, but gained one more. Our survivors numbers could have grown, but the Clark/Manawa/Salazar family hope to flee the armies' Decontaminated Zone for the supposed safety of the desert east of Los Angeles. "You can't save everyone," Alicia tells Chris at one point during the finale. A more important questions remains; What defines greed when you're trying to keep your family safe? Over and over again in both Fear the Walking Dead, and The Walking Dead, this question is posed. By turning Daniel's prisoner loose, Travis thinks he's being the good man. This act of kindness comes back to bite Travis in the ass, figuratively. Army doctor Bethany Exner also brings up a few excellent points. As she and Liza Ortiz, Chris' mother and Travis' ex-wife, are tending the to the wounded, she tells Liza that she's trying to save six thousand while Liza is trying to save six. Exner also questions Liza, asking her "What's family? Blood or bond?" Exner brings up an excellent point. The acting continues to be spot on. Each of these actors brings to life on screen a character that we can relate to in some way. Whether it's Nick's addiction, Alicia and Chris' resentment towards their family, or Liza and Madison's love for their children. Through the course of the season, we are drawn to these survivors and their struggles to maintain their relationships and their safety in a world that has literally gone to s***. As the season ends with uncertainly, it opens the doors for where season two will take us. Season 2 is going to be one helluva ride.

The Season Finale is Super Awesome and Delivered 100%! Keep it coming Robert Kirkman!

Another disappointing episode. Probably the best episode of the season, but still not very good. Logic was completely absent, and as always there were very poor decisions in the writing, like somehow finding 10000 zombies to unleash on the military (and then letting them all get killed for no reason) just to rescue two people. All the characters are agonisingly bad at this point, aside from Strand. But even if Strand was more intriguing than any other character on the show, the insultingly bad writing held him and everything else back.

There were some good things about this episode though. The ending and Liza's death packed some emotional weight, although I never cared for her at all (it was more the effect it had on the other characters that mattered). For once there was some actual action and scenes with actual zombies (because for some reason the show usually lacks that...), which was fairly fun to watch. There was also a quite tense atmosphere throughout the episode, as they nailed the pacing right on - it was a much faster moving, and eventful episode than usual.

In the end this was a just about enjoyable finale, and certainly better than the previous five episodes, but that's not saying much.

...Victor, Chris and Alicia.

*** POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR THE WALKING DEAD, BREAKING BAD AND BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2004), and WORLD WAR Z (THE BOOK!!!) ***

First, let me start by saying, you aren't a hater if you have a valid opinion and aren't trolling.

Second, I can't add much more to the stupid logic of releasing 1000s of zombies to rescue a couple of people except that, you make it more difficult to rescue said family members as well as get one killed. Sorry, Liza.

Oh, and Chris, your mom was killed because your dad, your step-mom and this idiot barber decided to release the zombies to help rescue her. Well done.

Too bad Nick didn't die.

Third, let's also take the logic that you have the military and an arena full of zombies two blocks away and you use padlocks, chains and boards of wood to contain them. Where there no torches, steal beams and concrete available. Yet another convenience for plot stupidity. So, yeah, the military deserves blame too.

On the subject of military stupidity and plot contrivance, Max Brooks did say, in order most to survive, you have to sacrifice some. But, I don't think that "some" included people you already saved. So, leaving the people in the fenced in neighborhood and those you had in on your base count... unless your "heroes" release a giant horde of zombies, the you are all SOL.

Fourth, Travis, Madison and Daniel aren't heroes. Madison, Daniel and Daniel's daughter are all culpable for the torture of that soldier.

The reason Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica and The Walking Dead work is that in the former YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO LIKE WALTER WHITE, and the latter two, while people may do bad things, you have voices of reason speaking out against it and the weak shoe horned pleas from Daniel's daughter and Travis' being PO'ed don't count. There is no moral conundrum. These people acted horribly - in both torture and mass murder via arena zombies - and the writers expect us to like these people. To feel empathy when Travis has to kill Liza. Hey, idiot, her death is your fault.

Fifth, why did Liza die? There was no reason for it. And for no one to notice that she's been bit? Was there no blood or did the enamel friction from the bite immediately cauterize the wound? Another contrivance for no reason what so ever.

Yeah, I thought Bob's bite in the Walking Dead was a bit contrived too, but that was handled better. Bob started off as a bad character, but redeemed himself. There is nothing Travis, Madison and Daniel can do to make me like them. They killed most of the army base, Dr Exner had to kill her patients and herself, and they made a bad apocalypse worse.

Lastly, Nick was annoying to begin with, stealing his neighbor's morphine was a low blow. He's a selfish a-hole, whose withdrawal immediately disappeared when it wasn't convenient to the plot. He's a bad character, a bad person and waxing philosophical to Madison at the end, doesn't even come close to explaining or justifying his existence or behavior.

I won't hate on this show anymore, I gave it every chance, and I won't be coming back... Unless they kill everyone but Victor. He's the ONLY interesting character in the show.

OR, put him in The Walking Dead. Have him walk up to the Alexandria walls in his suit. I'd love to see him with a group of deeply flawed but interesting characters who deserve his presence.

Liza - the only other interesting character in that group is dead, and Chris and Alicia are pretty much plug-and-play characters, but they are fairly inoffensive, so they can stay.

Thankfully, The Walking Dead returned and totally hit the ground running.

This was a very good action packed episode with a lot of great deaths. And the plot twist at the end revealing that Elizabeth was bit was insane but Travis needed up killing her anyways even though Madison didn't want to, because it would break him. But that sets up a great season 2 and I would love to see Travis slowly go crazy in season 2, also I need to learn more about strand's character because he was very mysterious in this season and I'm sure we will learn more about him in season 2. Overall this was a great finale and it makes up for the lack of action throughout the entire season and I'm excited and interested on finding out what happens in season 2.

1x6 Rating: 8.3/10

Storyline: The three families prepare to leave their home after hearing of Operation Cobalt from Andrew. Daniel wants to kill him, but Travis argues that without him, they have no way of locating Griselda, Nick, and Liza in the command post. Travis persuades Daniel to let him take Andrew with them. Daniel tries to reconcile with Ofelia, asking for her help in carrying out the plan. She is still mortified at her father's culpability in the torture campaigns in El Salvador. He reasons that he was keeping her safe by not telling her. At Travis' truck, Andrews begs to be let go as he knows Daniel will kill him eventually, and Travis relents. They head towards one of the checkpoints, and along the way they see a family having a casual night, unaware of the current situation. They reach the checkpoint where there are no soldiers around. Daniel opens the gates and all three cars move past.

Later on, Daniel casually walks up to the military command post, where he is spotted by two soldiers. They debate whether he is a walker, to which one soldier jokingly tells the other that the dead don't use tools, although they suspect that he might be infected. They tell him to stay where he is or they will shoot him. Daniel tells them to "save their ammunition" before strolling away. The two soldiers spot a herd of zombies and alert the compound of the incoming infected. The screen pans out to show that Daniel has released all of the infected from the stadium that the military locked them in, numbering in the thousands.

Daniel, Ofelia, Madison, Travis, Alicia, and Chris make their way into the compound through another entrance with the distraction the zombies are providing. Alicia and Chris are left behind with the car. Bethany and Liza hear gunshots outside and witness the growing numbers of infected amassing outside the fences, as soldiers try to thin them out with gunfire. Their medical evac leaves without them after "assessing" the situation to be too dangerous, so Bethany tells everyone to head downstairs to join the military evacuation, insisting that she'll "take care" of the patients. When Liza hesitates, Bethany urges her to leave with the others, and she reluctantly agrees.

At the parking lot, Alicia and Chris discuss what would happen if the others don't come back. Chris notices shadows behind Alicia and the two get in the car. Believing that they are infected they plan to hide until they pass, but the car's windows shatter, and the two are forcefully pulled from it by three soldiers. An officer asks Chris for the keys to the car, as they are planning to flee the scene for their own lives. Chris refuses to hand them over, and another of the soldiers scoffs at him, offering to take the two of them along with them. Chris refuses to comply, and the third soldier makes a move towards Alicia. Chris angrily intervenes, and a small scuffle ensues which Alicia stops by announcing that she has the keys, which she hands over. The soldier attempts to grab Alicia by the hair, asking if she's sure she doesn't want to come with them. Incensed, Chris once again gets between them, and the soldiers quickly surround him. He punches one of them in the face, but is promptly knocked unconscious by a retaliatory strike.

In the holding cells, after Strand and Nick hear gunshots and soldiers leaving, they decide that it is time to leave. Strand searches for the key to their cell but cannot find it, and Nick reveals that he stole the key from him, impressing Strand. They leave their cell and at the insistence of Strand, walk past all the other people being held captive, demanding to be freed too. Nick asks Strand where they are going, to which he replies they are going to get transport and find "Abigail". They run through a door which activates a sensor. As they make their way through, they find a zombie eating Melvin, the officer with whom Strand had been trading in the holding cell compound. Strand walks to him much to Nick's alarm, but he assures him that the infected are "slow". Strand takes his cuff links back, telling Melvin that he can keep the watch. Melvin asks to be euthanized, but Strand coldly responds "You're well on your way." Infected surge in and Strand takes a pistol from a dead soldier, regretfully stating that Melvin was his ride out, and the two retreat.

Liza exits the facility and witnesses the military evacuation underway. Soldiers are shooting the massive horde of infected pressing up against the fences while other personal are piling into military vehicles and helicopters. She approaches one of the evac helicopters, and is offered a helping hand to board it, but after a brief pause, she declines. Just then, a section of the fences is breached and walkers begin to seep into the grounds. She watches as soldiers with riot shields try to contain the breach, but are overwhelmed. One of them is viciously bitten on the neck, and desperately attempts to board a helicopter, but is declined entry when the soldiers realize that he is infected. He runs towards the back end of the helicopter and kills himself on the helicopter's propeller blade to avoid reanimation. The sheer number of the infected causes the fences to give way completely, and they begin to pour in. The tower is also knocked over, and the soldiers present on it are quickly mauled to death. Realizing that containment has failed, the surviving soldiers retreat as more of them are taken by the walkers. Liza runs back into the facility.

Inside, the four proceed towards the holding cells where they are shocked to find people inside. They ask for Nick and Griselda, and a man asks them if it was a boy with a man in a suit. They realize that they are talking about Nick, so Travis frees everyone with his rifle. Strand and Nick are running from the infected back to the door they went through. They are unable to open it as they unknowingly activated a locking mechanism beforehand. Strand tries to open the other doors but is unable to. The zombies edge ever closer and cut off any escape route back the way they came. Nick spots Madison and the others arriving on the other side of the doors, and believes their situation is hopeless, telling his mother to go. However, Liza reunites with the group, barely managing to save them using her card to override the system and open the door. The group makes their way into the kitchen and mess hall where they fend off more infected. After getting through the mess hall, Daniel asks Liza where Griselda is. Liza is unable to reply, and Daniel realizes that Griselda passed away. Ofelia struggles to accept her mother's death and wants more information. She says that she wants to see her mother, to which Liza tells her, "there's nothing left to see."

Strand tells Madison that he has a house on the water with supplies. As they pass through a parking lot now filled with the remains of the infected, Ofelia and Daniel watch as they believe Griselda's remains are among them. At the parking lot, Madison and Travis find Chris and Alicia, who tell them soldiers took their SUV while they were gone. Andrew appears and points a gun at Daniel. Ofelia tries to persuade him to lower the gun, but he shoots her in the arm instead. Enraged, Travis tackles Andrew to the ground and proceeds to brutally and mercilessly beat him until Madison manages to make him stop. He relents and walks away, putting his hands on his truck and shudders, shocked with what he had done.

After the incident, the group commandeers the remaining cars they had and head back towards L. A., which is seemingly entirely abandoned. Madison asks Strand for instructions, and the latter responds not to take the freeway or go downtown. He tells her to go left to the river and follow down the path. Large fires have engulfed whole neighborhoods across the city. They reach Strand's house, who deactivates the security system and lets them in, offering them food if they want it. Nick tells Madison that he felt like he had been living in their current situation far more longer then the others, and how they had just caught up with him.

Liza gives Daniel some medical supplies, telling him that Ofelia's wound is clotting and that the cloth should be changed regularly. Daniel thanks her and Liza hugs Chris before leaving. Madison chases after her, while Travis, who noticed Madison leaving, follows her. At the balcony, Strand tells Nick they can't stay, as no one can and in a mad world, they must embrace the madness to survive. He beckons Nick to look through the telescope, and Nick finds "Abigail", who is presumably the yacht off the shore.

Madison continues to follow Liza. She asks her why she is going so far, and Liza reveals a bite wound she got from one of the infected while they were fleeing through the kitchen. She hands her a gun, reminding her of their promise and how Travis would be heartbroken if he had to do it. Travis appears and asks what is going on. Madison tells him that she has a bite wound and Travis says they can save her, but Liza tells him the antibiotics do not work against it. Completely distraught and heartbroken, Travis asks Madison for the gun and shoots Liza. Everyone hears the gunshot; Alicia and Chris look for the source while Nick and Strand wonder where it came from. Chris finds Liza's body and starts crying, while Travis, completely heartbroken, drops to his knees on the beach. Madison comforts him while the screen pans out into the ocean.

The writing of this show was probably confined to a very limited budget where the executives wanted to cash in on brand name of WALKING DEAD vs giving the audience what they were expecting. The viewership of the show went from 10 million to 6 million ,and the fans did not get what they wanted. I was expecting to see LA get Napalmed at least, and what we got was the after effects of it with the central characters confined to their safe zone with very little apocalyptic backdrop. AMC is notorious for being cheap bastards. Frank Darabont being fired from AMC after the show was a hit over them cutting the production budget for Season 2 is well known. I'm pretty certain this was the case with FEAR The Walking dead.

I understand AMC is out to make a profit, but in the case of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD their apparent greed has hurt the reputation of the franchise. Fear could have been so much better, and they hid the majority of the onset of the outbreak from the audience in the confines of the safe zone. Fear The walking DEAD could have been so much better than what was delivered.

The criticisms are a good read.

Travis & Madison, along with Chris, Alicia, Daniel, and Ofelia set out rescue Nick, Liza and Griselda.

As we learned in the previous episode, Cobalt, the soldiers aren't sticking around to protect anyone or save the day. They are getting the heck outta dodge in droves. They aren't even going to say so long or good luck beforehand.

So the question becomes,, how will our blended families team be able to infiltrate a (still) military secured building?

So,, now onto talking about the whole 1st season,,,

The Pilot was outstanding imo. I wouldn't put it on the same level as Days Gone By,, but still outstanding!

Starting out with Nick, an addict, finding out his girlfriend has turned into a walker. Good move on the writers part!! That was a great way to kick off the show. Nick is a great character, played by an even better actor.

As if being addicted to heroin isn't enough,, throw the addict into the beginning of a zombie apocalypse where he has to go through withdrawal, adapt to people coming back from death and feeding on others, and then deal with being abducted by the military. Give the guy a break!

Travis is the optimist. He is the optimist, trying to build a life with his new love and her family,, and he gets flung into a new world that he couldn't have ever seen coming. Travis makes quite the transition from the first episode to this finale, realizing that he can't just hope for the best if he wants his family to survive.

Madison,, what can I say? She is quite the character. A tough, no bs, good hearted while at the same time broken, mother who has obviously been through the ringer more than once, but still keeps on. She is a force to be reckoned with.

Alicia? Well,, at first she's just a bit of a disrespectful teenage girl. However, as the episodes continue, you begin to see that there is a lot more to her than that. She's very smart, and tough like her mother (she hasn't had much choice).

Daniel? Well,, he's the guy you want on your side when it hits the fan. Calm, cool, collected, and COMPLETELY unassuming. He has obviously lived a long, hard life before all this mess happens, and now that the dead are walking around, he's more prepared than anyone! In other words,, Daniel is not the person you want to mess with.

Strand? Well,, he's certainly interesting. Hoepfully we'll find out a lot more about him as we go.

I really liked this first season for the most part. There were moments that dragged a little bit, but it shows us a different view of how the world fell apart (remember, this is supposed to be happening during the same time that Rick is in a coma). Overall I'd give the whole first season a solid 7 rating overall.

SPOILER! (My First ever review because I am so annoyed!)

1) release 1000s and 1000s of zombies to free two family members?

2) The soldiers firing hundreds of rounds and the bullets not hitting the zombies due to deflection on the fence

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TURKEY SHOOT

All they needed to do was use the handy fence put a barrel through at head height and every round would have killed 4 zombies and the whole lot would have been dead ... or at least the could have taken out 1000s of them

It was bad enough the acting was poor, none of the characters are really lovable

There was a bit of a build up and the setting was different from TWD

BUT THIS FINALE MADE ME WANT TO KICK THE TV :(

Shame ... but I hate idiocy in plot lines and really; who would release 40,000 zombies to save a family member ... sheeesh TERRIBLE

I really tried to like this .. first, second and 5th episodes were fairly good .. this was horse manure .

It was so bad .... you could run a drinking game where every time something stupid happens .. take a drink .. "That was stupid because ......"

Direction ... story ... editing .....camera angles ... awful ... No one can defend this finale as anything but terrible .. Scores of ridiculous plot points .. continuity errors ..Just a farce .. I love The Walking Dead .. but this was such crap .. Don't you dare defend this .. Laughable ... Preposterous ...Shallow .. hollow ... lame ...

So let the zombies out of the stadium and kill thousands of people ...and military are going to have 4 guys shooting at these zombies when they have hundreds who could shoot .. they have grenades .. heavy weapons ...Yeah ..And back at their neighborhood, ... leave the gate open so all your neighbors can be attacked .. Then later ..sure .. just open the stadium doors and then stroll calmly to the military camp gates ...No worries as several thousand walkers pour out .. ... .Then leave the camp .. and remember all those thousands of zombies on the loose .. You won't see even one outside when you leave the military camp .. LA .. a city of millions ... virtually no zombies to be seen anywhere .. and on and on ... Gonna talk to your son before you kill yourself for a bite even though you could live another 24 hours? No .. just have someone kill you right now ... Get shot by a soldier? You look like you are down on the ground for the count? No worries .. Just relax at the mansion on the cliffs by the sea ...You'll be fine ...

Something in me has changed. I feel empty and drained after realizing this "reward" for tormenting myself through these generic, pointless and emotionally dead episodes.

The lead cast goes retarded galore!

They actually:

Release 40000+ zombies from an arena to create a diversion in a rescue attempt to get four of their family members back from a military camp. They leave the gate to their community wide open, so that the zombies can slaughter everyone in there. When they finally reach the main base (where their members are located) they immediately begin to rescue prisoners. WHERE IS THE LOGIC???

The army doctor manages to kill all of her patients in 20 minutes, when she realizes that there is no point in fighting the horde (the one released by the "heroes"). Just how likely is that? 30-40 people would just gladly put their heads against a bolt gun because their doctor told them to?

At least there is actually a tiny bit of action in this episode, but all in all it's the same old drag as it always has been.

I really do fear fear the walking dead now, and every time my girlfriend talks about it there is noticeable increase in heart rate and heavy breathing.

OK, you have to save your (dead) wife and your son... and what is your plan? You release 40,000+ zombies in order to to create a diversion.I believe that is totally silly to leave 40,000 zombies free in LA in order to save 2 persons.

Moreover, when the heroes leave the neighborhood-camp, they left the main gate wide open, without thinking for the protection of their community.

In addition, we are at the last episode of the first season and we don't know, how the contagion started, what happened to the other states, what said the press etc

Is just like the first season of TWD, and the only different thing are the new cast.

Finally, I hope Daniel to get bitted by a Walkig Dead, the next season. By far, he is the most annoying, the most unlovable hero of the cast.

To sum up, there is some action, the writers achieved to write a very boring and frustrated scenario for all the viewers. Congrats guys!

It's terrible. All the survivors appear to have become blind ... and stupid. Chris dives in for a swim from a boat that appears not o be moving. Nick tries to save him, but Chris says he only wants a swim (WTFF!). Those on board are watching this. Suddenly Nick is face to drowning face with a corpse! Expand the scene to see a capsized boat with loads of bodies in the water. Nobody has seen this in the fine weather with the boat not moving. Zombies eveywhere! Come on! We might be punters but were not Johns! Not really worth any stars when the writers treat the viewers like they are the Walking Dead!