10. 2x04. Hurricane Zombie

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05/04/16 • -1 min

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast
Fear the Walking Dead 2x04. "Blood in the Streets"
Podcast episode 10. "Hurricane Zombie"
Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce Magee discuss episode 2 x 04: "Blood in the Streets." We find out more about Strand's past in a flashback to the period of Hurricane Katrina. We also encounter pirates and see Nick going on a secret mission.
Nick continues to show his value to Strand by going on a secret mission to bring back Strand's friend. We were confused by his actions as the reason for them only became clear when he met Strand's friend. The takeover of the yacht by a pregnant woman and two guys shows just how little you can trust people when civilization collapses. We liked the flashback to Katrina that showed how Strand became the man he is now. We compared the local collapse of civilization in the aftermath of Katrina to the general collapse of civilization in FTWD. Alicia seems to be developing as a character. Having been fooled by Jack when he was talking to her on the radio, she sets out to trick him in return by acting like she likes him. Madison continues to demonstrate a fierceness in both physical and psychological warfare. Bruce speculates that there will be no safe haven in the Baja, or the show would become an updated Gillian's Isle.

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9. 2x03. It's Raining Zombies

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast
Fear the Walking Dead 2x03. "Ouroboros"
Podcast episode 09. "It's Raining Zombies"
Stephen Payne and Bruce Magee discuss episode 2 x 03 "Ouroboros." There was a lot of action this week, with the yacht having to remain anchored while Travis cleans zombie goo out of the engine's cooling system.
Alicia takes the initiative in going to shore and scavenging from the wreck of Flight 462, the web series that shows a plane being taken over by zombies and crashing on the beach. We discuss the web series about Flight 462 and agree we'd like to see more crossovers on Fear the Walking Dead. Alicia gets to kill her first zombie, and Chris kills his first human, a survivor who has a fatal injury. Nick discovers that being smeared with zombie body parts makes him invisible to zombies. We discuss Strand and whether he cut the boat the yacht was towing because he felt threatened by having his leadership challenged by Madison. Is the cold aloofness beginning to crack? Stay tuned to find out!

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11. 2x05. Captive

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast
Fear the Walking Dead 2x05. "Captive"
Podcast episode 11. "Captive" It's just Bruce and Stephen this week discussing the new episode of Fear the Walking Dead, "Captive." Our crew has retaken the yacht, but can the get back the missing members of their group?
Stephen notes that this episode balances action with character development, in contrast to other episodes that tend to have one or the other. We both like the steak cooking scene and our introduction to Connor. He seems to have taken over rather quickly in the first few days of the apocalypse, having been the cook before. Probably as time goes by in the series, we'll see more capable leaders develop. It seems with the death of modern civilization, people revert quickly to tribalism, humanity's first social structure. It may be that tribalism proves to be the most durable way of organizing society.