Most of people doesn't like episodes like this. But these episodes are very important for history of show. Whit episodes like this we can understand characters better. So I like it.
17 Reviews
A important episode
seyedbarbodrajabi3 May 2022
The Dawn of The Whisperers...?
scott-rovers6 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I really enjoyed this episode as it explored Nick's origins and his chequered past. I feel he is the most complex character we've met so far and I hope the show progresses to explore him further.
I just wonder if the scenes of him blending with the walkers and eating the tainted meat is an early nod to what The Whisperers become in the main show. When they are introduced there they are already established and have knowledge of how they can use walkers as protection. I believe this episode shows an early look at what some people might have used the walkers for.
Enjoyed it, show is steady but is keeping me interested. I know it isn't critically well thought of but I'm having a good time so far!
I just wonder if the scenes of him blending with the walkers and eating the tainted meat is an early nod to what The Whisperers become in the main show. When they are introduced there they are already established and have knowledge of how they can use walkers as protection. I believe this episode shows an early look at what some people might have used the walkers for.
Enjoyed it, show is steady but is keeping me interested. I know it isn't critically well thought of but I'm having a good time so far!
Nick's Brutal Adventure
panagiotis199316 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Why Nick didn't go with his family? Was two days of brainwashing by Celia enough to leave his family behind? This is nonsense. So Nick is on his own but I don't exactly understand his mission, he wants to go to the city but he seems to be lost. He doesn't even have a map and he lost the water and food he had. While he was sleeping in an abandoned house an insane woman started hitting him with a baseball bat while it was obvious that Nick wasn't a threat. He didn't even defend himself, like why? Seeing Nick so isolated, having people and animals attacking him, being thirsty and starving really hurts. Im so happy the walkers ate the two evil dogs. Nick saying to the doctor: ''I wanna be where the dead are not monsters''. Why Nick is so obsessed with the dead? It's dumb writing in my opinion. While in this episode we don't get to see what happens to the other characters, focusing on Nick was really interesting to me. Very entertaining episode overall. My rating is 7.6/10.
"Grotesque" stands out for its minimalistic approach, deviating from ensemble storylines to delve deep into Nick's character and his survival instincts
fernandoschiavi11 April 2024
After the fire, Nick is given supplies from Sofia and a warning on the highway being infested with gangs taking advantage of the lawless as he sets out on his own. After losing his supplies, he hides from outlaws who pillage for supplies and suffers through the blistering sun and the cold nights. After being attacked by dogs, his unlikely rescue is a zombie herd who devours the dogs and later attack the outlaws as Nick hides among them. Near death, he is rescued by Luciana who takes him her encampment where he meets Alejandro and sees normally at the site.
"Grotesque" narrows its focus dramatically to follow Nick Clark on a solitary and harrowing journey through the apocalyptic landscape of Mexico. This episode stands out for its minimalistic approach, deviating from ensemble storylines to delve deep into Nick's character and his survival instincts. As Nick ventures alone, he encounters various dangers, including hostile survivors and the relentless undead, each presenting unique challenges that test his resilience and adaptability.
The episode is interspersed with flashbacks that reveal significant events from Nick's past, particularly his struggles with addiction and his complicated relationship with his mother, Madison. These glimpses into his past help to illuminate his current mindset and the reasons behind his decision to embrace the walker-infested world rather than fight against it. The stark contrast between his past life and his current survival mode provides a poignant look at the transformative power of the apocalypse on individual identities and priorities.
"Grotesque" is also notable for its thematic exploration of isolation and the human need for connection. Throughout his journey, Nick's encounters-with a dog, a group of survivors, and a lone doctor-underscore the essential human struggle for connection and the harsh realities of trust in a collapsed society. His interactions range from violent to nurturing, each shaping his understanding of what it means to be human in a world overrun by the dead.
In conclusion, "Grotesque" serves as a powerful character study that enriches the narrative arc of Nick Clark. By focusing solely on one character's journey, the episode offers a raw and intimate portrayal of survival that is both compelling and emotionally resonant. It challenges the viewer to consider the fine line between survival and humanity, making it a standout episode in the "Fear the Walking Dead" series. The episode's minimalist style and focused storytelling highlight the series' ability to explore complex themes through the lens of personal transformation and survival.
"Grotesque" narrows its focus dramatically to follow Nick Clark on a solitary and harrowing journey through the apocalyptic landscape of Mexico. This episode stands out for its minimalistic approach, deviating from ensemble storylines to delve deep into Nick's character and his survival instincts. As Nick ventures alone, he encounters various dangers, including hostile survivors and the relentless undead, each presenting unique challenges that test his resilience and adaptability.
The episode is interspersed with flashbacks that reveal significant events from Nick's past, particularly his struggles with addiction and his complicated relationship with his mother, Madison. These glimpses into his past help to illuminate his current mindset and the reasons behind his decision to embrace the walker-infested world rather than fight against it. The stark contrast between his past life and his current survival mode provides a poignant look at the transformative power of the apocalypse on individual identities and priorities.
"Grotesque" is also notable for its thematic exploration of isolation and the human need for connection. Throughout his journey, Nick's encounters-with a dog, a group of survivors, and a lone doctor-underscore the essential human struggle for connection and the harsh realities of trust in a collapsed society. His interactions range from violent to nurturing, each shaping his understanding of what it means to be human in a world overrun by the dead.
In conclusion, "Grotesque" serves as a powerful character study that enriches the narrative arc of Nick Clark. By focusing solely on one character's journey, the episode offers a raw and intimate portrayal of survival that is both compelling and emotionally resonant. It challenges the viewer to consider the fine line between survival and humanity, making it a standout episode in the "Fear the Walking Dead" series. The episode's minimalist style and focused storytelling highlight the series' ability to explore complex themes through the lens of personal transformation and survival.
The Road to Tijuana
michael-j-lacey22 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
An unexpected episode. I'd expected the back half of Season 2 to start off with a bang, taking note of the criticisms from seemingly all TWD fans that FTWD is too slow and character driven.
Well no, but I really enjoyed it.
S2E08 "Grotesque", the whole episode, belongs to Nick and his character development.
It charts his path from the Abigail compound to Tijuana and a new group of survivors there. Along the way we get backstory about him and Gloria, about his father and we see Nick meet a group of outlaws (twice) and use a herd of Infected for protection.
We also get to meet Alejandro, played by the excellent Paul Calderon, for the first time.
Well no, but I really enjoyed it.
S2E08 "Grotesque", the whole episode, belongs to Nick and his character development.
It charts his path from the Abigail compound to Tijuana and a new group of survivors there. Along the way we get backstory about him and Gloria, about his father and we see Nick meet a group of outlaws (twice) and use a herd of Infected for protection.
We also get to meet Alejandro, played by the excellent Paul Calderon, for the first time.
still great just very slow
rfgtdfgvdfg16 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
2x8 rating:
7.5/10
Storyline: Nick wakes up at a crash house in Baja. He finds Sofia. She's going south to find Juan's father but tells Nick to head north if he wants to join up with those like her. She warns him to be wary of strangers on the road, "Mañas", who are taking advantage of the new lawless world. Sofia then gives him a backpack full of food and a jug of water and points him towards the highway.
Nick treks through the hills of Baja and reaches the highway. A sign indicates Tijuana is 100 kilometers away. He searches an abandoned car for supplies but finds nothing.
In a flashback, he plays thumb war with his girlfriend Gloria at a rehab facility. She urges him to rehearse an upcoming meeting with his parents to avoid a longer stint in rehab. She roleplays his father and asks him to share his feelings after serving three weeks in rehab. Nick blames his father for being absent in his life.
Back in the present, Nick finds a seemingly abandoned empty house and sets up camp for the night. While he sleeps, a woman sneaks up on him and attacks him with a bat, screaming in Spanish. Behind her is a frightened little girl. Nick tries to get his backpack and water but she chases him out.
He trudges down the road without food or water. He spots a water bottle in a car. He dodges an infected in the driver's seat and snatches the water. He also takes a radio from the dashboard. When he sees a jeep approaching, he ducks behind the car. Three outlaws get out of the jeep and kill an elderly man begging for water. They hear Nick's radio crackle and chase him through a field and into a dense thicket. He manages to escape.
He walks through the desert in the blistering sun. Desperate for water and food, he pounds a cactus leaf and eats the flesh, but gags and vomits it up. With little other option, he urinates into his hand and drinks it.
That night, Nick huddles by a van as the temperature plummets. In a flashback, he and Gloria wait in the hallway of the rehab facility. They see Gloria's well-to-do parents check in at the front desk. Madison arrives and waves at him. They are taken to a private room, where Madison tells Nick why his father isn't visiting; he died in a head-on collision. Nick breaks down and screams in grief. Gloria looks in the room and sees Madison hugging Nick.
In the present, Nick wakes up to two starving dogs barking in his face. He struggles to get away, but one of them viciously bites his leg. He grabs a rock and beats the animal away, and scrambles on top of the van. The barking of the dogs attracts a nearby herd of infected towards the van, which the dogs then attack. Unable to bring one down quickly enough, the dogs are overwhelmed by their numbers and devoured.
Nick rests on top of the van and inspects his leg wound, which is deep. The herd hears him move and swarms the van. He closes his eyes and prays. A vehicle horn sounds in the distance and the herd flocks towards it. Seizing the opportunity, Nick crawls off the van and eats meat from one of the dog carcasses. He removes the belt from a maimed infected and ties his injured leg with it.
After covering himself in infected blood, he walks with the herd. Over time, he becomes disoriented from lack of food and water and his vision blurs. He hallucinates the infected talking to him and they travel down a long road. The outlaws from earlier find the herd and start shooting the infected. One of the outlaws recognizes Nick within the throng. Spooked by Nick's glare, he freezes and struggles to reload. The herd devours the outlaw and one of his accomplices and the lone survivor drives off.
Luciana and two men watch Nick through binoculars as he travels down the road with the herd, struggling to keep up. Eventually, Nick falls to the ground, dehydrated and exhausted. Francis insists on saving him but Luciana refuses. He tells her that Nick is dying, and she changes her mind.
Nick lays dying on the asphalt, barely conscious. In a flashback, he shoots heroin with Gloria in the shooting gallery at the Los Angeles church, the day before he encountered her undead body. After opening up about his father's death, Nick prepares a heroin overdose for himself in a suicide attempt although he doesn't tell Gloria before they shoot up. Back in the present, rain begins to fall, reviving Nick who does his best to drink the rain.
The next day, he hobbles into a town and finds a drug store. He looks for medication to treat his festering wound but finds nothing. In a barber shop, Nick wraps his wound with duct tape. Luciana and Francisco approach him and asks if he's infected. Nick assures them it's just a dog bite. They give him water to drink and Luciana invites him to come with them.
A pharmacist named Alejandro treats Nick's wound in an infirmary, remarking that Nick is foolish to walk with the dead, despite his reasoning that it is safe. He invites Nick outside and he finds himself in the Colonia, a walled survivor community. The streets are alive with bustling store stalls, people going about their business, and laughing children.
Storyline: Nick wakes up at a crash house in Baja. He finds Sofia. She's going south to find Juan's father but tells Nick to head north if he wants to join up with those like her. She warns him to be wary of strangers on the road, "Mañas", who are taking advantage of the new lawless world. Sofia then gives him a backpack full of food and a jug of water and points him towards the highway.
Nick treks through the hills of Baja and reaches the highway. A sign indicates Tijuana is 100 kilometers away. He searches an abandoned car for supplies but finds nothing.
In a flashback, he plays thumb war with his girlfriend Gloria at a rehab facility. She urges him to rehearse an upcoming meeting with his parents to avoid a longer stint in rehab. She roleplays his father and asks him to share his feelings after serving three weeks in rehab. Nick blames his father for being absent in his life.
Back in the present, Nick finds a seemingly abandoned empty house and sets up camp for the night. While he sleeps, a woman sneaks up on him and attacks him with a bat, screaming in Spanish. Behind her is a frightened little girl. Nick tries to get his backpack and water but she chases him out.
He trudges down the road without food or water. He spots a water bottle in a car. He dodges an infected in the driver's seat and snatches the water. He also takes a radio from the dashboard. When he sees a jeep approaching, he ducks behind the car. Three outlaws get out of the jeep and kill an elderly man begging for water. They hear Nick's radio crackle and chase him through a field and into a dense thicket. He manages to escape.
He walks through the desert in the blistering sun. Desperate for water and food, he pounds a cactus leaf and eats the flesh, but gags and vomits it up. With little other option, he urinates into his hand and drinks it.
That night, Nick huddles by a van as the temperature plummets. In a flashback, he and Gloria wait in the hallway of the rehab facility. They see Gloria's well-to-do parents check in at the front desk. Madison arrives and waves at him. They are taken to a private room, where Madison tells Nick why his father isn't visiting; he died in a head-on collision. Nick breaks down and screams in grief. Gloria looks in the room and sees Madison hugging Nick.
In the present, Nick wakes up to two starving dogs barking in his face. He struggles to get away, but one of them viciously bites his leg. He grabs a rock and beats the animal away, and scrambles on top of the van. The barking of the dogs attracts a nearby herd of infected towards the van, which the dogs then attack. Unable to bring one down quickly enough, the dogs are overwhelmed by their numbers and devoured.
Nick rests on top of the van and inspects his leg wound, which is deep. The herd hears him move and swarms the van. He closes his eyes and prays. A vehicle horn sounds in the distance and the herd flocks towards it. Seizing the opportunity, Nick crawls off the van and eats meat from one of the dog carcasses. He removes the belt from a maimed infected and ties his injured leg with it.
After covering himself in infected blood, he walks with the herd. Over time, he becomes disoriented from lack of food and water and his vision blurs. He hallucinates the infected talking to him and they travel down a long road. The outlaws from earlier find the herd and start shooting the infected. One of the outlaws recognizes Nick within the throng. Spooked by Nick's glare, he freezes and struggles to reload. The herd devours the outlaw and one of his accomplices and the lone survivor drives off.
Luciana and two men watch Nick through binoculars as he travels down the road with the herd, struggling to keep up. Eventually, Nick falls to the ground, dehydrated and exhausted. Francis insists on saving him but Luciana refuses. He tells her that Nick is dying, and she changes her mind.
Nick lays dying on the asphalt, barely conscious. In a flashback, he shoots heroin with Gloria in the shooting gallery at the Los Angeles church, the day before he encountered her undead body. After opening up about his father's death, Nick prepares a heroin overdose for himself in a suicide attempt although he doesn't tell Gloria before they shoot up. Back in the present, rain begins to fall, reviving Nick who does his best to drink the rain.
The next day, he hobbles into a town and finds a drug store. He looks for medication to treat his festering wound but finds nothing. In a barber shop, Nick wraps his wound with duct tape. Luciana and Francisco approach him and asks if he's infected. Nick assures them it's just a dog bite. They give him water to drink and Luciana invites him to come with them.
A pharmacist named Alejandro treats Nick's wound in an infirmary, remarking that Nick is foolish to walk with the dead, despite his reasoning that it is safe. He invites Nick outside and he finds himself in the Colonia, a walled survivor community. The streets are alive with bustling store stalls, people going about their business, and laughing children.
The Revenant starring Nick Clark
fredschaefer-406-62320421 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD is back from its mid season break and picks up where it left off with the core group scattered to the wind in Mexico in the early days of the Zombie Apocalypse. But instead of trying to catch up with the whole cast all at once, this episode focused totally on one character, and luckily for us fans, that character is Nick Clark, easily my, and a lot of other fans, favorite.
We find Nick on the road to Tijuana, covered with blood and just blending in with the Dead, seemingly without fear. But things go south (of the border) fast for our hero, starting with an encounter with Mrs. Negan and her little Negan, who wields a stick most effectively and separates Nick from his back pack and water forcing him to wander the desert under the hot sun in the worst possible way. He proceeds to barely survive an encounter with a roving road gang, preying on the living and dead alike; forced to eat bad cactus and drink his own urine; escapes a pair of starving dogs who soon become Zombie chow; falls in with his own herd who take out the road gang before Nick collapses on the highway from thirst. Salvation comes from the falling rain and from there it is a quick trip to the outskirts of Tijuana and the safety of a community of survivors.
All of this is rendered with excruciating detail in a way that makes it a sort of Zombie Apocalypse version of The Revenant; it even has an attack on the protagonist by a wild animal. But FEAR has a more satisfying conclusion than the film, if for no other reason than Nick ends up in a better place than Leo, although, as we all well know, the track record for safe havens on both TWD and FEARTWD is not good.
We also get a couple of interesting flashbacks, one featuring Kim Dickens's Madison, where we learn some pertinent back story of the Clark family and goes full circle back to beginning of the series with Nick's ill fated girlfriend.
This episode truly belonged to Frank Dillane, giving us a great performance that reminded everyone why we love his heroin addict turned survivor extraordinaire. There is no other character like him on either show: a guy who has no fear of the Dead.
FEARTWD had been faulted for many valid reasons, but the pacing of this episode and the development of character prove that it has great potential; unlike the original, there is no comic book template to follow and it can go anywhere. Let's hope we get equally good episodes when we catch up with Madison, Travis, Strand and the rest.
We find Nick on the road to Tijuana, covered with blood and just blending in with the Dead, seemingly without fear. But things go south (of the border) fast for our hero, starting with an encounter with Mrs. Negan and her little Negan, who wields a stick most effectively and separates Nick from his back pack and water forcing him to wander the desert under the hot sun in the worst possible way. He proceeds to barely survive an encounter with a roving road gang, preying on the living and dead alike; forced to eat bad cactus and drink his own urine; escapes a pair of starving dogs who soon become Zombie chow; falls in with his own herd who take out the road gang before Nick collapses on the highway from thirst. Salvation comes from the falling rain and from there it is a quick trip to the outskirts of Tijuana and the safety of a community of survivors.
All of this is rendered with excruciating detail in a way that makes it a sort of Zombie Apocalypse version of The Revenant; it even has an attack on the protagonist by a wild animal. But FEAR has a more satisfying conclusion than the film, if for no other reason than Nick ends up in a better place than Leo, although, as we all well know, the track record for safe havens on both TWD and FEARTWD is not good.
We also get a couple of interesting flashbacks, one featuring Kim Dickens's Madison, where we learn some pertinent back story of the Clark family and goes full circle back to beginning of the series with Nick's ill fated girlfriend.
This episode truly belonged to Frank Dillane, giving us a great performance that reminded everyone why we love his heroin addict turned survivor extraordinaire. There is no other character like him on either show: a guy who has no fear of the Dead.
FEARTWD had been faulted for many valid reasons, but the pacing of this episode and the development of character prove that it has great potential; unlike the original, there is no comic book template to follow and it can go anywhere. Let's hope we get equally good episodes when we catch up with Madison, Travis, Strand and the rest.
Disappointing mid-season premiere
david-bittar21 August 2016
Seriously what was that?!
Being a big fan of TWD, I'm trying so hard to like Fear, but that's just not happening. Absolutely nothing big happened in this episode. It was boring, predictable, and terribly acted. I'm not attached to any of the characters on this show yet, so it was hard for me to watch this episode and root for Nick. This episode could've been 10 minutes long, but the writers just threw in random attacks towards Nick to try to stretch and intensify the episode, but it did not work. Literally half of the episode was Nick walking. What a disappointing mid-season premiere.
Being a big fan of TWD, I'm trying so hard to like Fear, but that's just not happening. Absolutely nothing big happened in this episode. It was boring, predictable, and terribly acted. I'm not attached to any of the characters on this show yet, so it was hard for me to watch this episode and root for Nick. This episode could've been 10 minutes long, but the writers just threw in random attacks towards Nick to try to stretch and intensify the episode, but it did not work. Literally half of the episode was Nick walking. What a disappointing mid-season premiere.
Excruciating
wazza222230 August 2016
What is with this new trend to make short seasons of television and then play them months apart and pretend it has been a mid season break? What does this achieve America? If it is a quality series then I understand! You could just about play it YEARS apart and the fans would be waiting, salivating by their torrent programmes but for dross like FTWD that has no pace, no grace and a hell of a lot of long, long, long, long, shots of cut price actors dragging their feet up a dusty road, nah. When your story-line is this thin and dis-interesting, you are losing what little momentum you managed to build in your previous 1.5 half seasons (or whatever you want to call them). This series is an insult to the franchise and I hope it gets bit and dies in a ditch real soon.
I am starting to fear the boring dead
nosequitur30 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This is going to be big. However, I promise you will get an idea of how bad this episode is and you will only loose like 5m reading my review which, compared to the 44m of the episode, is not so bad.
I have been following FTWD with as much the same interest as I have been following TWD. The first season of FTWD, especially, kept me going because then there was a lot to discover about the characters and the start of it all. Also, the city is a much more rich environment than a boat or Baja California. The city is crowded, not only with the dead, but also with other survivors. There is so much more to explore in terms of script and also a lot more kinds of action for audience to identify with.
Now this episode follows pretty much just one character, as if the audience had such a big interest in him that this could be an awesome way to spend 44 minutes. But, hey, we already know he is a tough and stupid kid trying to find himself in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. We have seen that a couple of episodes earlier.
But no, we have to follow him in search of a place where people embrace the dead. Like Celia did. In this journey we see a lot of implausible things happening. Firstly we see him running away from a woman with a baseball bat who is reasonably fighting for her daughters' wellbeing. And, guess what, he left his provisions behind. So convenient. The tough kid's journey needed to appear hard, so why not without food and water?
And then we have it, a great scene where we see him unsuccessfully trying to drink water from a cactus just to end up drinking his own urine.
A litter bit earlier he dodged some bullets from these gang members but later he is attacked and bit badly by dogs. Injured and limping his way within a group of dead walkers - with the now familiar and easy trick of blood camouflage - he shines in the most absurd scene of all.
Remember the gang members he avoided like Rambo? Well, they meet again, but like Rambo he just does not die. On the contrary, two of the gang members do die when trying to shoot him down while he limps within the horde of dead. These dumb gang members not only manage to fail the target but they also let themselves get killed by the dead. Amazing.
I thought that even if one wants something really badly (like to shoot an unknown kid who cannot harm you in anyway), one would still try to avoid dying. Right? This scene was by far the most unconvincing of all in FTWD. And the episode was the worst. By now at least. Unfortunately the next episode is not much promising either.
I have been following FTWD with as much the same interest as I have been following TWD. The first season of FTWD, especially, kept me going because then there was a lot to discover about the characters and the start of it all. Also, the city is a much more rich environment than a boat or Baja California. The city is crowded, not only with the dead, but also with other survivors. There is so much more to explore in terms of script and also a lot more kinds of action for audience to identify with.
Now this episode follows pretty much just one character, as if the audience had such a big interest in him that this could be an awesome way to spend 44 minutes. But, hey, we already know he is a tough and stupid kid trying to find himself in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. We have seen that a couple of episodes earlier.
But no, we have to follow him in search of a place where people embrace the dead. Like Celia did. In this journey we see a lot of implausible things happening. Firstly we see him running away from a woman with a baseball bat who is reasonably fighting for her daughters' wellbeing. And, guess what, he left his provisions behind. So convenient. The tough kid's journey needed to appear hard, so why not without food and water?
And then we have it, a great scene where we see him unsuccessfully trying to drink water from a cactus just to end up drinking his own urine.
A litter bit earlier he dodged some bullets from these gang members but later he is attacked and bit badly by dogs. Injured and limping his way within a group of dead walkers - with the now familiar and easy trick of blood camouflage - he shines in the most absurd scene of all.
Remember the gang members he avoided like Rambo? Well, they meet again, but like Rambo he just does not die. On the contrary, two of the gang members do die when trying to shoot him down while he limps within the horde of dead. These dumb gang members not only manage to fail the target but they also let themselves get killed by the dead. Amazing.
I thought that even if one wants something really badly (like to shoot an unknown kid who cannot harm you in anyway), one would still try to avoid dying. Right? This scene was by far the most unconvincing of all in FTWD. And the episode was the worst. By now at least. Unfortunately the next episode is not much promising either.
Oh, wow! An episode all about the worlds most annoying drug addict: Nick!
ofbodin-966-48552017 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I am beginning to remember why I stopped watching this spin-off. This episode was a nice and refreshing break from the rest of the dysfunctional family, even though it meant focusing on the "lost", selfish, bad decision making drug addict. At least that's better than having to deal with the future serial killer in the making, AKA Chris.
By now I have seen Nick covered in zombie-blood more often than I have seen him being clean, and he still somehow isn't sick or infected in any way, even though he SLEEPS LIKE THAT! Amazing!
Eating a dead dog SECONDS after the living dead have had their fill of its flesh? Nick STILL DOESN'T EVEN GET SICK! How is this skinny drug addict still alive?! I want whatever he's having, because obviously it makes him near-invincible!
And now we get to my "favorite" part. After somehow escaping three super dangerous thugs with guns without getting hit even once, he returns with the zombie-camouflage (again) to exact his revenge. I mean, sure: He's unarmed. He's limping. He's injured. He's among the zombies slowly approaching the thugs while they shoot at them. But worry not! Because fortunately for Nick, these thugs decided not to make use of the miles upon miles of safe, zombie-free road stretching out behind them, and instead choose to stay stationary to reload their guns, even as the zombies shuffle towards them and end up eating them. How on Earth do people get killed this way?! If you see something lethal approach you, you generally want to retreat for a minute when they are a few feet away from you, but instead these guys just let themselves be eaten.
If the script-writers had any dignity, they'd have these thugs retreat about 30 meters every time they had to reload, so that they could take their time eliminating the zombies AND the most annoying drug addicted character in television history, all in one fell swoop. Instead they choose death.
Wow, such amazing writers. Great job. I do believe the award for the most unnecessary and stupid death in a zombie series goes to this episode. It was the WORST, and so my second attempt to suffer through FTWD ends here. I'm done. This is the worst spin-off series I have ever seen.
By now I have seen Nick covered in zombie-blood more often than I have seen him being clean, and he still somehow isn't sick or infected in any way, even though he SLEEPS LIKE THAT! Amazing!
Eating a dead dog SECONDS after the living dead have had their fill of its flesh? Nick STILL DOESN'T EVEN GET SICK! How is this skinny drug addict still alive?! I want whatever he's having, because obviously it makes him near-invincible!
And now we get to my "favorite" part. After somehow escaping three super dangerous thugs with guns without getting hit even once, he returns with the zombie-camouflage (again) to exact his revenge. I mean, sure: He's unarmed. He's limping. He's injured. He's among the zombies slowly approaching the thugs while they shoot at them. But worry not! Because fortunately for Nick, these thugs decided not to make use of the miles upon miles of safe, zombie-free road stretching out behind them, and instead choose to stay stationary to reload their guns, even as the zombies shuffle towards them and end up eating them. How on Earth do people get killed this way?! If you see something lethal approach you, you generally want to retreat for a minute when they are a few feet away from you, but instead these guys just let themselves be eaten.
If the script-writers had any dignity, they'd have these thugs retreat about 30 meters every time they had to reload, so that they could take their time eliminating the zombies AND the most annoying drug addicted character in television history, all in one fell swoop. Instead they choose death.
Wow, such amazing writers. Great job. I do believe the award for the most unnecessary and stupid death in a zombie series goes to this episode. It was the WORST, and so my second attempt to suffer through FTWD ends here. I'm done. This is the worst spin-off series I have ever seen.
The Nonsense Quest of Nick
claudio_carvalho20 September 2016
The parched and famished Nick wanders through the desert trying to find a place where the dead are not monsters. In flashbacks, he recalls part of his past; stumbles upon dangerous hunters; is bitten by a ferocious dog; and walks with a herd of zombies. In the end, he finds sanctuary.
"Grotesque" is another terrible episode of this awful series. After getting rid of Daniel and Chris, the general expectation was for a great show. However. the intriguing point is how the director Daniel Sackheim was capable to spend 44 minutes running time in episode instead of 5 or 10 minutes max. The nonsense quest of Nick for a place where the dead are not monsters is from a sick man and senseless. The greatest problem of "Fear the Walking Dead" are the writers and the best they can do is finish this awful show. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Grotesque"
"Grotesque" is another terrible episode of this awful series. After getting rid of Daniel and Chris, the general expectation was for a great show. However. the intriguing point is how the director Daniel Sackheim was capable to spend 44 minutes running time in episode instead of 5 or 10 minutes max. The nonsense quest of Nick for a place where the dead are not monsters is from a sick man and senseless. The greatest problem of "Fear the Walking Dead" are the writers and the best they can do is finish this awful show. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Grotesque"
Bad script
spider_riz24 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Wow this show is getting worst after each and every episode. I am a crazy fan of The Walking dead and I usually recommend that show to each of my friends and family members. Being a die hard fan of it I am trying so hard to like this show but it won't let me. This show is getting dumb and acting is not that great unlike TWD. There is not even a single character in this show I care about. Mid season finale story felt like things were just thrown suddenly and characters are acting so weirdly that I am finding it hard to believe. It is so bad that this made me write a very first review on IMDb.
There are episodes like this in TWD as well where they focus on only one person or a group in an episode but those episodes had a purpose. unlike those episodes here I didn't care about Nick.
Overall it was better than the other episodes of season 2 but (spoiler warning) than the dumb thing happened as usual when Nick ate a raw meat of Dog. Woudn't you get infected like that despite the dogs were killed by the walkers. Even in real life if we eat raw meat there is a chance of getting a disease.
Secondly when Nick was running from the gang members it was hard to believe that the three gang members suddenly lost him in a chase on an outfield farm, that was unbelievable.
Also I couldn't watch when he drank his urine . C'Mon man the apocalypse has just started I mean even in the TWD people could find food and water but yeah he had to drink his urine like he was there surviving for god knows how many days.
Okay one more thing was when the doctor in the end opened the gate and we see a community of people over there. Now Nick was surprised to see them but the dumb thing was that he walked in the medic room with the people he met , didn't he see those people at that time or hear any noises. He wasn't blindfolded or unconscious for sure that he didn't know.
Oh man I can go on and on with the stupidity of this show and this was just on the one episode.
Lets see what comes next. My rating gone down to 5 after watching 8 episodes of season 2. Season 1 was better.
There are episodes like this in TWD as well where they focus on only one person or a group in an episode but those episodes had a purpose. unlike those episodes here I didn't care about Nick.
Overall it was better than the other episodes of season 2 but (spoiler warning) than the dumb thing happened as usual when Nick ate a raw meat of Dog. Woudn't you get infected like that despite the dogs were killed by the walkers. Even in real life if we eat raw meat there is a chance of getting a disease.
Secondly when Nick was running from the gang members it was hard to believe that the three gang members suddenly lost him in a chase on an outfield farm, that was unbelievable.
Also I couldn't watch when he drank his urine . C'Mon man the apocalypse has just started I mean even in the TWD people could find food and water but yeah he had to drink his urine like he was there surviving for god knows how many days.
Okay one more thing was when the doctor in the end opened the gate and we see a community of people over there. Now Nick was surprised to see them but the dumb thing was that he walked in the medic room with the people he met , didn't he see those people at that time or hear any noises. He wasn't blindfolded or unconscious for sure that he didn't know.
Oh man I can go on and on with the stupidity of this show and this was just on the one episode.
Lets see what comes next. My rating gone down to 5 after watching 8 episodes of season 2. Season 1 was better.
Well, I'm convinced. Thanks!
Just-A-Girl-1431 December 2020
I've been binge watching the show and to say that up till I wasn't impressed would be an understatement. I wanted to like it, I really did. Episode after episode I continued to give it a chance in the hopes it would get better. Unfortunately it never did so I was torn. Should I keep on going or should I give it up?
The reason I wanted it work so much has more to do with TWD than FTWD. Most fans of TWD would probably disagree with me but the truth is I really liked TWD at the beginning of the show, when it was just a small group of people trying to survive in an apocalyptic world. Once they arrived in Alexandria, things started to slowly change and I kinda lost interest. I still continued to watch but it just wasn't the same. It lacked the intensity it had when it was just the initial group and since there were so many characters they had to jump from one story to the other so it also lacked continuity.
This show also started with a small group of people so I was excited of the possibility of what it could be. Unfortunately as much as I wanted to like and connect with the characters I just didn't. Most of them are unlikable and the writing is just not good! The way they act doesn't make sense. In an apocalyptic world you have two options: stay together and keep each other safe or die. There's nothing in between. They all act like spoiled kids. Parents are fighting, kids are fighting, they come and go as they please and they always "want" to do the right thing but they never do. It's just annoying to watch.
Then came this episode. The one that finally convinced me it's time to drop the show. I just finished watching this episode and I have just one question: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??? This guy left his family because he actually prefers the company of the dead. Am I supposed to be impressed that some people think a rotting walking dead body is "not a monster"? Why exactly? When he was a drug addict he did the same thing but at least then he knew the chances are his family would be safe (didn't really worked out for him since his dad died in an accident but still). Leaving them now means he may never see them again. And for what? So he could go to a place he knows nothing about, knows no one and doesn't even speak the language? Seriously?
It was excruciating to watch! This guy just walked and walked and walked the entire episode. I was actually hoping to see him die... at least so he would put ME out of my misery. I can tolerate stupidity or boredom, not both. Sorry but that's it for me. I'm out!
The reason I wanted it work so much has more to do with TWD than FTWD. Most fans of TWD would probably disagree with me but the truth is I really liked TWD at the beginning of the show, when it was just a small group of people trying to survive in an apocalyptic world. Once they arrived in Alexandria, things started to slowly change and I kinda lost interest. I still continued to watch but it just wasn't the same. It lacked the intensity it had when it was just the initial group and since there were so many characters they had to jump from one story to the other so it also lacked continuity.
This show also started with a small group of people so I was excited of the possibility of what it could be. Unfortunately as much as I wanted to like and connect with the characters I just didn't. Most of them are unlikable and the writing is just not good! The way they act doesn't make sense. In an apocalyptic world you have two options: stay together and keep each other safe or die. There's nothing in between. They all act like spoiled kids. Parents are fighting, kids are fighting, they come and go as they please and they always "want" to do the right thing but they never do. It's just annoying to watch.
Then came this episode. The one that finally convinced me it's time to drop the show. I just finished watching this episode and I have just one question: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??? This guy left his family because he actually prefers the company of the dead. Am I supposed to be impressed that some people think a rotting walking dead body is "not a monster"? Why exactly? When he was a drug addict he did the same thing but at least then he knew the chances are his family would be safe (didn't really worked out for him since his dad died in an accident but still). Leaving them now means he may never see them again. And for what? So he could go to a place he knows nothing about, knows no one and doesn't even speak the language? Seriously?
It was excruciating to watch! This guy just walked and walked and walked the entire episode. I was actually hoping to see him die... at least so he would put ME out of my misery. I can tolerate stupidity or boredom, not both. Sorry but that's it for me. I'm out!
In which a delusional dude takes a looong walk...
yetanotherstephanie115 October 2020
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