So how do you follow being hailed as the-guy-that-saved-the-guy-that-saved-everybody-from-the-Saviors? You save face, and Walk the Earth (or maybe you realize that the annoying pop ins won’t stop, and make a run for it – but the Walk the Earth rap sounded more noble).īy the time Morgan meets John, he’s done the long road right but only happens open the Walker that happened upon John’s monologue. It was nice to see Rick ( Andrew Lincoln), Carol ( Melissa McBride), and Jesus ( Tom Payne) take turns signing in – even without the guess-the-voice formal Here is Your Life announcing – all to remind Morgan (and viewers) that his contribution to TWD did matter (and that TWD still matters). Of course, it wouldn’t be TWD without some send-off sermonizing – with opposite intent – by a Greatest Hits of Morgan matches. First things first, though: the warm-up stretch.įear the Walking Dead‘s break with its past came by way of Morgan’s formal break from its namesake series. The fact that I didn’t want John’s intro monologue leading to a bad end meant that I found him instantly endearing – and that’s as good a start for any character, anywhere.īy the grace of the Script Gods, however, he had an audience in (well timed) self-exiled Morgan Jones ( Lennie James) – and our in-house spin-off course break was underway, on a decent pair of legs. I like Garret Dillahunt quite a bit, actually so it seemed unlikely that his recognizable John Dorie role would be in any immediate jeopardy (as long as I suppressed thoughts of how the Scream franchise established each installment). The very first scene was a winner – voice practice as a great reason for a character introduction to come with backstory monologue. I’d call that a thing done right, right there.
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One example would be a demonstrably free hand to reinvent itself and ‘What’s Your Story?’ introduced viewers to what almost seemed like a third spin-off series, within a spin-off series in-progress.
It does merit saying, however, that a downturn to its forebear might grant Fear the Walking Dead a new driftwood status – for TWD fans left treading water – but don’t let that take away from what FTWD has been doing right, on its own.
Fear the Walking Dead: What’s Your Story? & Another Day in the Diamond ReviewĪMC‘s Fear the Walking Dead, season 4, episodes 01 & 02, ‘What’s Your Story?’ & ‘Another Day in the Diamond,’ might have reintroduced a show that once benefited from a derivative title, but has since grown into a good show, in its own right – some convenient contrivances, notwithstanding.
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