Im a big supporter of mowing people down when the dramatis personae gets out of hand.

Id say thats a pretty good excuse.

Its logical story progression, though, since Nick hasnt had a fix in a while.

In other words, I wanted Alicia to go face zombie Matt.

This episode needed some more scares.

What we do get in zombie action is courtesy of Principal Art, who I genuinely felt sorry for.

The Tobias-Madison team-up was fantastic, although I could bitch about Tobias ridiculously small knife for days.

This kid could use some lessons from Michonne, am I right?

Luckily, Madison is able to save the day.

But you have to keep us on our toes somehow, right?

Thats why I expected him to die almost immediately in this episode, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Could he prove to be this shows Carl?

Does he even have any more screen time?

He seems to ride off into the horizon pretty convincingly by the end.

Wouldnt mind seeing him again, though.

A teenager, in fact, but somebody has to love the kid.

This is where we meet the Salazars, a Salvadorian family who reluctantly take Travis and his family in.

We do get a few seconds of Travis telling Madison over the phone to leave LA without him.

Id like to see what aWalking Deaddesert looks like, though.

Maybe its not that cool.

Point is that their escape isnt happening any time soon.

Hopefully, with some deaths along the way.

Walking Points:

Can we just talk about that birthday party for a second?

I really loved the comic relief in the middle of a pretty grim episode full of blood and vomit.

Im really sad that little girl didnt get to celebrate her (probably) very last birthday.

Im twice as sad that shes going to have to grow up without a mommy.

But that bouncy house seemed to deflate (LOL) the tension quite a bit.

First supply run ofFear the Walking Dead, brought to you by Tobias and Madison.

It seems that every inciting incident in this universe occurs because of a supply run gone wrong.

I hope to see way more social media next week, e.g.

people tweeting about overrun areas, safe houses, military response, zombie selfies, etc.

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Rating:

4 out of 5