I clearly stated that I hope Morgan stays with the main group so we didn’t have to have a Morgan solo adventure episode. Well, we don’t always get what we want. Enjoy this sloppy all over the map episode featuring even more new characters we know won’t be around for long.
817 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 154 - Fear The Walking Dead - 412 - Weak
Cliche episode checklist: sick character that can’t do anything to save something important to them that shouldn’t be that important. Check mark. Our main cast is all but gone from the show now because we only see Morgan, Al and Naomi, all characters we met this year. It’s a strange time for sure.
815 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 152 - Fear The Walking Dead - 410 - Close Your Eyes
Alicia finally gets her own bottle episode and it isn’t shitty. She mends old wounds and still comes out the other side as nihilistic as ever. This sounds like I’m mad about it but that’s the reason I like this show so much. Not every lesson has to completely change your worldview. Sometimes life still sucks after you learn something about yourself.
814 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 151 - Fear The Walking Dead - 409 - People Like Us
Morgan not only tries to derail the way the characters act in the show but now he’s trying to force them to go to Virginia to join the TWD cast. He’s like the devil using these people to do his bidding. He is a sinister force that must be stopped. Luckily everyone tells them no because they are already horribly corrupted.
818 - LIW The Twilight Zone Review - 138 - The Blue Scorpion (TZ2019 109)
Gun control done right. Right meaning it’s hidden in the sci-fi plot and not “HEY DON’T OWN GUNS BECAUSE YOU ARE A MONSTER. They actually stick with the plot for the whole episode for once. Yay! Enjoy.
811 - LIW Westworld Review - 17 - Akane no Mai (205)
Why would you go to Shogun World? It seems like a sword is a sword even in the hands of a robot trained not to actually kill humans. Is it a Nerf sword? How do you survive a ninja attack? I just don’t get it.
810 - LIW Westworld Review - 16 - The Riddle Of The Sphinx (204)
We find out what happened to Delos. We find a character we haven’t seen since early season 1. We find out who Emily is. We find ourselves and isn’t that the most important thing in life? No? It’s sex with robots? Oh, well you can have that too.
813 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 150 - Fear The Walking Dead - 408 - No One's Gone
Our main cast has become the aggressors in this strange twist and I’m perfectly alright with that. Lots of interviews and betrayal should make for a boring episode but it works. The stadium is gross now. So dirty. Eww.
812 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 149 - Fear The Walking Dead - 407 - The Wrong Side Of Where You Are Now
We finally get to see the stadium start to collapse. People are flip-flopping so much in this story that I’ve almost given up on keeping track. Naomi and Charlie are good assholes? Alicia and Victor are terrible heroes? I don’t even know anymore.
808 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 147 - Fear The Walking Dead - 405 - Laura
More flashbacks! This season of FTWD is starting to feel like the last season of Lost. Only much better. Anyway, watch as a woman and a man mumble lines of dialogue at each other for 45 minutes which ultimately results in something we already know happened. John used to know Laura/Naomi. We knew that.
809 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 148 - Fear The Walking Dead - 406 - Just In Case
Watch in excitement as our characters look for things in places we don’t recognize. We all know where this Vulture thing is going and I’m staring to get antsy. Just do it already. I’ll prepare myself for a drawn out resolution…just in case.
807 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 146 - Fear The Walking Dead - 404 - Buried
You’ll get flashback whiplash from this episode which I predicted would happen. We get a strange resolution in this episode which is essentially “I wish we didn’t try to save everyone and we just looked out for ourselves.” Interesting.
806 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 145 - Fear The Walking Dead - 403 - Good Out Here
Well, that was unexpected… This is exactly why FTWD is better than TWD. I’m still reeling.
802 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 141 - The Walking Dead - 915 - The Calm Before
If you haven’t seen this episode then stop reading now. We finally find out who Alpha kills in epic fashion. Real dick move to keep them alive as zombies instead of killing them all the way. Who will be the victims? Did any of my guesses turn out right? Listen to find out. The answer is no. Shit, now you have no incentive. Listen anyway.
805 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 144 - Fear The Walking Dead - 402 - Another Day In The Diamond
Let’s switch from a water facility next to a dam and head over to a converted baseball stadium. Plus, characters I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to know who they were or not. Plus Jenna Elfman joins the cast covered in oil or shit or something. Our cast meets their new villains: some young dudes who are apparently super threatening because we are told they should be.
803 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 142 - The Walking Dead - 916 - The Storm
Another season in the bag and another episode wallowing in misery. I didn’t realize “the storm” was going to be so literal. In this season wrap-up episode our characters decide to wait until winter is in full effect to travel across a zombie filled dangerous landscape for some reason. Poor choices are made.
804 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 143 - Fear The Walking Dead - 401 - What's Your Story?
Well now that this episode has been out for over a year… let’s get it over with. I watched this when it came out then sat on my notes for 13 months because Morgan is on the show now. Why did AMC hate us all? What did we do to deserve this? Either way, this episode feels like a 3rd Walking Dead show featuring a completely new cast (plus Morgan).
801 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 140 - The Walking Dead - 914 - Scars
We finally get the flashback episode and for once it isn’t a severe shit-show. Plus we get to see Michonne vs. a dozen children. Hilarious and action packed. You will want to watch this scene again and again.
800 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 139 - The Walking Dead - 913 - Chokepoint
Season 8 of TWD was a chokepoint for fans. Those that somehow made it through the battle were surprised to see the quality of season 9. Welcome. The fair is finally starting at Kingdom and Daryl finally does something badass!
798 - LIW The Walking Dead Review - 137 - The Walking Dead - 911 - Bounty
This episode doesn't cover much but not a complete waste of time like previous season's boring episodes. We see a prisoner exchange that Henry can't do math on it because of horomones. Plus, I mostly talk about how most animals try to protect their young. Right?