Fear the Walking Dead Review: The Good Man (Season 1 Episode 6)
All Hell (finally) breaks loose on this weeks finale episode of Fear the Walking Dead, “The Good Man”.
By Hell, I obviously mean the horde of around 2000 walkers that Daniel unleashes on the Military compound as a diversion for their half-thought out rescue plan.
At this point, we can safely assume that Daniel is a spiteful, ruthless man when he needs to be — an assumption that is only further solidified when he unleashes this gigantic horde on the surviving citizens of Los Angeles with little to no regard for the lives of those who aren’t part of his immediate family or group,
Daniel cares about the people who matter to him, not about people in the grander sense of the word — which will be beneficial in the world they are about to face. While he may not be loveable and cuddly, and while he may not necessarily be a hero, he is the type of man we need our favorites and heroes to stick with if we want them to survive because, as is proven when Randy (?) returns for his revenge, compassion will only screw you over in the end.
Compassion is a risk in a post-apocalyptic world.
In any world, really. You can never be sure that compassion will be repaid or appreciated the way it should be.
All of that being said, however, at the end of the season, the dilemma fans have had since the beginning still stands: do we actually care about these people?
Naturally, we all feel it when Liza is bitten and, therefore, killed at the end of the episode, but the real question is: do we care because we got to know her and care specifically about her character, or do we care simply because we are human and we know that we should — because we can imagine the scenario and the circumstances themselves are sad, therefore, we feel sorrow when we watch others go through this painful event?
At the end of the day (and the season), I still find myself barely caring about any character except for Nick Clark. Alicia and Chris managed to creep in to my good graces slightly, but the biggest complaint I have about the season as a whole is still that we never really got to know anyone well enough to care about what happens to them.
This lack of interest in the characters carries into the finale and definitely puts a damper on the viewing experience.
However, the finale benefits from the fact that it finally gives viewers what the rest of the season has been lacking: zombies. Zombies by the hundreds, by the thousands — gruesome deaths left and right in a season that has been relatively gore free.
That’s what most zombie-lovers want to see, isn’t it? Zombies wreaking havoc upon mankind? Well, those who have been complaining about the lack of undead will be pleased by the sea of them featured in this weeks episode.
Despite that, all in all, as far as finales go, this one was mediocre due to the fact that the shows characters seem underdeveloped (most likely thanks to the short six episode season) and, therefore, viewers will find it difficult to truly care who does or does not survive the episode.
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Fear the Walking Dead airs Sundays 9/8c on AMC.
Becky Peters
Becky is a television, literature, and pop culture enthusiast who spends more of her time exploring fictional worlds than she does living in the real one. Post-apocalyptic and dystopian settings are her kryptonite, and she has a strange soft spot for anything that involves the walking dead (the creatures themselves, not the show -- but the show is good, too). You can usually find her engrossed in shows like Preacher, The Walking Dead, Sense8, or any one of the many other series that tickle her fancy. Follow Becky on Twitter: @epic_bcky