Spoilers Fear the Walking Dead - Season 6
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Its TWD franchise, so tragedy is baked into it--at least TWD and FTWD. I could see Dorie, Grace and possibly Strand being killed off, with the latter trying to atone for his see-saw loyalties.
With COlman DOmingo's star seeming to rise (having had a chance to direct as well as the role in Ma Rainey), i wonder if more professional opportunities are opening up for him. While it would be a great loss if he left, if THAT is the reason he is going (like CLiff Curtis did when Avatar sequels came up), I would be happy for him. And it would be a fitting character arc for him to start as a manipulative self-serving con-man to sacrifice himself to end Virginia's reign.
For the other 2.... @TREK_GOD_1 's suggestions DEFINITELY would give an emotional punch... but they have been such GREAT additions to the group , it would be a shame to lose them and what they bring to the show (i.e. characters you really want to root for). I wonder
1) That at LEAST Daniel OR Alicia are safe... i would hope they don't get rid of ALL the original season 1 cast.
2) Luciana is a character they haven't written very well. If they HAD to kill someone, she might be a likely character.
3) COuld Charlie be on the chopping block?. The actress is 14 now, and COvid hasn't helped her time frame... Though i wonder if Season 7 will also have another time jump, hopefully to get them closer to World/Rick Movie timeline?
4) What happened to Wes, Wendell and Sarah? We have seen little of them so far. They too could be people,at this point, who could be easily sacrificed.
5) Will Dwight lose Sherry too? If so, it would be dramatic for sure -- his long journey back to her ends in tragedy. Or his story arc could be completed (not sure if they intended him to be another ratings booster like Morgan)?
I hope they don't kill Sherrie off, they just introduced her.
I'd hate to see them kill Dorie, since he's one of my favorite characters, but I could see Strand or Grace dying. Sacrificing himself would be a good way for Strand to prove his loyalty to the group, and I could see Grace dying as a way to get to Morgan.
I think Colman Domingo has already confirmed he's returning for season 7.
I think Alicia will be the last season 1 character standing, as she's all that's left of her family.
Yes, she's been neglected season after season; after Nick died, she barely had a purpose of her own.
Good point, however, if the forthcoming season was filmed before the shutdowns, the production is safe, if they end the Virginia storyline, thus giving them the freedom to time jump.
They were part of last season, and I do think Wendell has a bit of plot armor, as his being in a wheelchair is almost a tease that he's the most vulnerable, but the showrunners will never toss a disabled man to the walkers.
Sherry and Dwight are ideologically miles apart; she wanted to fight against an army by sniping a convoy, while ignoring the fact that the SWAT van has finite resources, which is not a problem for Virginia's gang. Will she come around, only to be killed trying to save Dwight? Will they ride off into the sunset--or back to the heroes of TWD? Who knows, but for now, their storyline is far from over.
That's a good point about Sherry and Dwight.
I have confess, I kind of forgot Luciana even exists. They've done so little with her the last couple seasons.
As for Wendell, now that NCIS: NoLa is ending, Daryll "Chill" Mitchell will be free to do more Fear, so I could actually see him getting a bigger role now.
I have confess, I kind of forgot Luciana even exists. They've done so little with her the last couple seasons.
As for Wendell, now that NCIS: NoLa is ending, Daryll "Chill" Mitchell will be free to do more Fear, so I could actually see him getting a bigger role now.
Fear the Walking Dead's mid-season premiere--"The Door"--had been released on 4/8, but the AMC airing is tonight (4/11/21). Review up after the AMC airing.
Fear the Walking Dead
Season 6 / Episode 8 - "The Door" - MID-SEASON PREMIERE
Virginia and the Gang: Using Grace (and the rest of his friends) to manipulate Morgan. The easy guess is that Morgan would be the one to kill Virginia, but as i've said before, I sense a surprise coming.
Dorie / Dakota / June: Dorie really had no place in the ZA; he tried to carry himself with dignity in such a simple manner, but even that personal choice could not work in that world. Such a sad character. One can say his end was telegraphed with his "not right for this world" lines, but it was still sad to see him go--especially at the hands of a nihilist with only one code: herself. All of the tears and trying to convince Morgan that she saved him (at the gulch) for this greater purpose will...or should not absolve her of murder.
Dakota being so eager for John to kill sent up red flags, to the point where John observed Dakota sounds like Virginia; up to this point, there's never been a hint that she's murdered Cameron, yet she does not hesitate to prod others into killing, and sees no value of life at all. Actually, red flags should have gone up long ago.
June...well, I could not help thinking back to the end of the previous season when she was separated from John, not knowing if she would ever have a permanent reunion with Dorie, and it all comes down to her making the worst kind of discovery. The discovery scene carried the same beats as Daryl discovering the reanimated Merle in TWD's 3rd season penultimate episode, "This Sorrowful Life", only after killing the reanimated Dorie, she caressed his head, while Daryl--not emotionally stable at that time--lashed out at the world (in a sense), mutilating Merle's remains.
Morgan: Now that we know what we know, my observation from the mid-season finale, that Morgan bending on the Dakota matter held no strategic or even moral value in not delivering her to Virginia. It can be argued he's responsible for the shocking murder.
"These times, John...they make us men we tried so hard not to be." Interesting that he's essentially justifying his recent brutality, not knowing that he gave Dakota confirmation that you have to kill to protect yourself at all costs.
He's also adopted a Rick Grimes mentality--at least from TWD 4A, where he had fought the Governor and resorted to brutal methods, then spent 4A not wanting any conflict at all. With Morgan, he's of the belief thst he can go to war now, then return to a world where life could be precious, but like Rick in 4B, that kind of hope (in the ZA) does not last.
If June should discover Dakota is responsible for Dorie's death and Morgan never stepped up to tell her, things could go rather dark for Morgan. That would be a great twist for the series.
NOTES: What's up with this series having teenaged girls murder adults? First Charlie killed Nick, and now Dakota murders Dorie...
I'm surprised the WD franchise still creates inventive setpieces for killing walkers. That, and "Tire Walker" was a nice, new use of a zombie.
GRADE: A.
Season 6 / Episode 8 - "The Door" - MID-SEASON PREMIERE
Virginia and the Gang: Using Grace (and the rest of his friends) to manipulate Morgan. The easy guess is that Morgan would be the one to kill Virginia, but as i've said before, I sense a surprise coming.
Dorie / Dakota / June: Dorie really had no place in the ZA; he tried to carry himself with dignity in such a simple manner, but even that personal choice could not work in that world. Such a sad character. One can say his end was telegraphed with his "not right for this world" lines, but it was still sad to see him go--especially at the hands of a nihilist with only one code: herself. All of the tears and trying to convince Morgan that she saved him (at the gulch) for this greater purpose will...or should not absolve her of murder.
Dakota being so eager for John to kill sent up red flags, to the point where John observed Dakota sounds like Virginia; up to this point, there's never been a hint that she's murdered Cameron, yet she does not hesitate to prod others into killing, and sees no value of life at all. Actually, red flags should have gone up long ago.
June...well, I could not help thinking back to the end of the previous season when she was separated from John, not knowing if she would ever have a permanent reunion with Dorie, and it all comes down to her making the worst kind of discovery. The discovery scene carried the same beats as Daryl discovering the reanimated Merle in TWD's 3rd season penultimate episode, "This Sorrowful Life", only after killing the reanimated Dorie, she caressed his head, while Daryl--not emotionally stable at that time--lashed out at the world (in a sense), mutilating Merle's remains.
Morgan: Now that we know what we know, my observation from the mid-season finale, that Morgan bending on the Dakota matter held no strategic or even moral value in not delivering her to Virginia. It can be argued he's responsible for the shocking murder.
"These times, John...they make us men we tried so hard not to be." Interesting that he's essentially justifying his recent brutality, not knowing that he gave Dakota confirmation that you have to kill to protect yourself at all costs.
He's also adopted a Rick Grimes mentality--at least from TWD 4A, where he had fought the Governor and resorted to brutal methods, then spent 4A not wanting any conflict at all. With Morgan, he's of the belief thst he can go to war now, then return to a world where life could be precious, but like Rick in 4B, that kind of hope (in the ZA) does not last.
If June should discover Dakota is responsible for Dorie's death and Morgan never stepped up to tell her, things could go rather dark for Morgan. That would be a great twist for the series.
NOTES: What's up with this series having teenaged girls murder adults? First Charlie killed Nick, and now Dakota murders Dorie...
I'm surprised the WD franchise still creates inventive setpieces for killing walkers. That, and "Tire Walker" was a nice, new use of a zombie.
GRADE: A.
Damn, I like Dorie and I'm sad to see him go. I've been a big fan of Garret Dillahunt going to back to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Raising Hope.
Shit, Dakota is kind of a psycho. One thing that her scenes brought to mind for me is that the TWD franchise really does a great job of finding really talented younger actors. First with Chander Riggs and now Cassidy McClincy on the original, and now Alexa Nisenson and Zoe Colleti on Fear. It's pretty impressive to see someone that young hold her own in scenes with people like Lennie James and Garret Dillahunt.
I did not expect her to be the one who both killed Cameron and saved Morgan. I figured Morgan's savior was going to be a new character who was going to use that as a way to earn his trust.
Shit, Dakota is kind of a psycho. One thing that her scenes brought to mind for me is that the TWD franchise really does a great job of finding really talented younger actors. First with Chander Riggs and now Cassidy McClincy on the original, and now Alexa Nisenson and Zoe Colleti on Fear. It's pretty impressive to see someone that young hold her own in scenes with people like Lennie James and Garret Dillahunt.
I did not expect her to be the one who both killed Cameron and saved Morgan. I figured Morgan's savior was going to be a new character who was going to use that as a way to earn his trust.
Enjoyable episode, though the long wait worked against it, in that there were a few plot details from the earlier episodes I had forgotten, like the fact there was an unsolved murder of one of the Rangers that sort of spiraled John's storyline for the season. Not the show's fault, more the by-product of the shitty year 2020 was, but regardless, it is what it is. The episode certainly went against expectations, we learn Dakota has a dark side on par with Virginia's, though she apparently was the one who saved Morgan's life. Dorie's death, though there were hints of it coming throughout the episode, like having him back at his cabin and the abandoned store he did his shopping along with him watching his movies, I got to say that in the moment Dakota stabbed him, it really did come as a shock. Both that she was the one to do it, and that he was definitely leaving after this episode. Then again, Dorie was the show's moral compass, and as I noted earlier in the thread, those characters always meet terrible ends in this franchise.
Welp, I'd been toying with the idea of catching up on Fear the Walking Dead after having skipped out after the end of Season 4 but that's a big NEGATIVE after killing off one of my favorite characters on the show.
Seriously, how fucking hard is it to write an interesting, entertaining zombie show? Just have Garrett Dillahunt's John Dorie and Morgan go on from town to town, from week to week (maybe a mini-arc) having adventures?
Seriously, how fucking hard is it to write an interesting, entertaining zombie show? Just have Garrett Dillahunt's John Dorie and Morgan go on from town to town, from week to week (maybe a mini-arc) having adventures?
I feel the same way. I recently re-watched the first four seasons of FTWD, and, aside from Alicia, Strand and Daniel, I really didn't like any of the other characters.
Nick was a waste and, realistically, would have died at the beginning of the outbreak; and Madison, by the end of third season, had used up all of her goodwill.
Knowing now what the showrunners had planned for her and her war against the Proctors in the fourth season goes somewhat towards mitigating the damage done by her presence and actions at the Ranch in the third season.
The current cast, aside from Al and her constant trying to get people to tell her their story, I think is stronger.
Ain't happening.
Yeah I realize that and I guess I expect too much out of The Walking Dead. It'd be a shame to have at least ONE of the series actually be fun
Oh, no, I meant the current cast on the original The Walking Dead.
Although, thinking about it more, I think I'd actually put them pretty much equal. I was thinking about who all is on the original right now, and there are a lot more characters on there that I like than I came to mind when I wrote that other post.
Essentially Route 66 with zombies?
My interest in the show has dropped. It's like Ray all over again on Legends. Getting ride of a great character to soon. Dorie was my favorite or second favorite behind Morgan. I will still watch but it is a bummer though the episode itself was great in part because of how surprising it was. I was shocked at first but then you see him alive in the water so your kind of relieved but nope. He died anyways.
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