Crossing the border and back! Things are a little out of control as families are reunited and the worst comes out as the Season 3 of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD premieres on AMC.
AMC’s spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead was promoted always as a “prequel” of sorts to the hit companion series of which it borrows part of its name from. It promised to reveal aspects of the zombie apocalypse, in an almost as they happened fashion, filling in the blanks as the dead begin to take over the world and humanity starts on its downward spiral into ultimate survivalism.
The biggest difference between the two series, aside from its placement chronologically, is that Fear was always directed to focus around one family, Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) as they navigate their combined family including Nick (Frank Dillane) and Alicia (Alycia Debnam Carey) through armageddon. It hasn’t gotten easier!
After finally finding one another at the end of last season, Tarvis’ own son Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie) met his untimely end after eliciting his more psychopathic tendencies, the group find themselves in the hands of a militia and are reunited with Nick, who had been on his own adventure and found some direction in the arms of Luciana (Danay Garcia).
As is the case with all things in The Walking Dead universe, our heroes don’t ever really have a moment to catch their breaths and eventually find themselves if not running from a merciless order of the undead, in the grip of some psychotic evil doers — taking advantage of the changing norms in society — to reap their own brand of chaos!
Sam Underwood as Jake Otto, Lindsay Pulsipher as Charlene – Fear the Walking Dead Season 3, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Michael Desmond/AMC
They may have found themselves some bit of comfort in a new family named the Ottos which include sons Jake (Sam Underwood) and Troy (Teen Wolf’s Daniel Sharman). Jake offers to take Madison and the rest of her family with them to their ranch, but only after Madison takes a deadly spoon to Troy and threatens to pull out his eye! The groups become separated evading a herd!
And just as it looks as if they may finally be heading towards some semblance of normalcy, the chopper carrying Travis and Alicia is shot at in the middle of the night, and in a mysterious turn, Travis is fatally wounded. In an effort to spare the rest of the crew, as he bleeds out from his injuries knowing that his fate is inevitable, and to lighten the load of the chopper, Travis jumps!
Becoming the first major character of the season to meet his end, it is unlikely that Travis (Cliff Curtis) will show up again, at least not among the living, leaving Madison now having to make very hard decisions to keep her family together. Now settling into the Otto ranch, who knows what might await our heroes who are only beginning to chart their course in this new world!
For a series that is still working very hard to set itself apart from the more popular and more overwhelming critically well-received powerhouse like The Walking Dead this is a very dramatic turn, especially since the move has now isolated Madison more than ever before. Their fate is brutally now unpredictable as they secure their place in the Otto ranch.
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Fear the Walking Dead premieres on Sunday, June 4 and airs on AMC, Sunday nights @ 9pm.