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The episode begins with a montage set to music. We see a darkened Capital tower (US Bank Tower?) in downtown L.A.. We see the darkened freeways and neighborhoods. The whole city is dark except for some burning fires. The camera finally ends up at the arena packed with the 2,000 infected. Walkers bang on the padlocked doors. They are almost bursting out – and they probably will before the end of the episode.

Madison is at home packing. Travis walks in carrying a box. Chris and Alicia walk in and Travis and Madison tell them to pack their stuff and get ready; we’re going. Alicia says she thought we were — winning. Travis says no, the soldiers are retreating, so Travis’ plan is back to ‘Plan A’, go east to the desert. Continue reading “6. The Good Man, Season One, Episode Six. Original Air Date = October 4, 2015”

Opens with a US flag in one of what looks like a holding camp.

‘Fire, earthquake, flood,’ says an older black guy wearing a nice suit. He looks at Doug Thompson in the cell that they share. ‘You are a buyer. I am a closer.’  Can’t close insurance though. When the man is gone, kids and family are left alone. The wolf comes to the door. No one is covered for that.  He takes a photo from Doug of Doug’s wife, Maria.  He insinuates that Maria will use her body to get another man to help her get through this apocalypse.  Doug falls apart and the military takes him. The black guy set him off on purpose, but we don’t know the purpose. Continue reading “5. Cobalt, Season One, Episode Five. Original Air Date = September 27, 2015”

As the episode begins we hear “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed.  As it plays, we see Nick in a dirty swimming pool floating on an inflatable raft, wearing his sunglasses. Travis is jogging down the street. Others are taking care of Griselda’s foot – which looks really bad. Chris is on the roof of Madison’s house video recording what’s going on outside on their street. He says people are leaving and going east. They’re going to Bakersfield, and Las Vegas. Chris says they’re on Day 9 now, since the lights went out. The military, the National Guard, has moved in and taken control of this particular section of the city. They’ve put the residents behind a chain link fence. “They are protecting us,” he says. “They know when it’s feeding time at the zoo.” He says that everything outside of the fence is dead. Then Chris sees something outside the fence.  Lou Reed sings, ‘you just keep me hanging on.’ Continue reading “4. Not Fade Away, Season One, Episode Four. Original Air Date = September 20, 2015”

Chris is peering out the window of the barber shop – he sees the continuing riot outside. A man in a hood walks up to the door and sees Chris. He’s got red-rimmed, opaque walker eyes. Chris is startled and moves away from the window.

At Maddie’s – sirens can be heard, as she dims the lights and looks at the drugs she got for Nick. Alicia is at the window and looking across the street. ‘What was that sound?’, she asks. ‘What did Mr. Dawson do?’ Alicia asks. Maddie isn’t sure. Nick is worried about how much of the oxy is left. Maddie says not to worry, there’s enough to get them to the desert. Hard to tell if Nick is trying to ration them out or if he is trying to get high. As he’s crushing up the drugs, he says he’s the expert about drugs, not Maddie. Continue reading “3. The Dog, Season One, Episode Three. Original Air Date = September 13, 2015”

Opens with Artie alone in the school, walking the halls with his walkie talkie. The school is deserted.

Alicia is walking alone in the middle of the street, earbuds in, skate borders zooming by her. She’s now outside Matt’s house. The front door is ajar. Helicopters buzz above. She decides to go in. She calls out for Matt. He doesn’t answer. Nice house!  She sees a bouquet of flowers on the floor, and a table and lamp overturned. She looks around and calls out for Matt again. She hears moans and looks at something we can’t see, and says ‘oh my god’. Continue reading “2. So Close, Yet so Far, Season One, Episode Two. Original Air Date = August 30, 2015”

(day one) Nick wakes up just like Rick, only he’s drug addled, not in a coma.

He kind of zombie walks down the stairs, jerking and hesitant – foreshadowing?

Nick hears noises, sees dead people in corners, freaks out and picks up a sharp object so he can defend himself. He’s looking for his druggie buddy, Gloria, and when he sees her from the back, he’s momentarily relieved. He tells her they have to go. She’s eating some guys face, and not in a good way, and turns to face Nick. Nick sees her bluish, opaque eyes and gore dripping from her mouth and freaks out a second time. She slowly stands up, focused now on Nick, and when she takes a step toward him, he runs as fast as he can out of the church/drug den and promptly gets hit by a car. Continue reading “1. Pilot, Season One, Episode One. Original Air Date = August 23, 2015”