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Critic Consensus: The pilot episode of Fear the Walking Dead does a solid job of establishing its characters and milieu, and provides enough tense moments to please diehard Dead-heads.
Episode Info
Cast
as Daniel Salazar
as Travis Manawa
as Madison Clark
as Nick Clark
as Alicia Clark
as Griselda Salazar
as Strand
as Liza Ortiz
as Ofelia Salazar
as Chris Manawa
as Ofelia Salazar
as National Guard Driver
Pilot Photos
Critic reviews for Pilot
Fear the Walking Dead, slow in its pilot but promising, needs to decide which version of this story it wants to be.
[It] is such a fascinating show, taking us back through the eyes of a family before the entire world descends into unimaginable chaos...I personally find it more terrifying than TWD.
With the premiere of the prequel series, we're taken into previously unseen parts of The Walking Dead's universe as we're shown the events that occur just prior to the zombie outbreak in a completely different part of the country.
Fear the Walking Dead takes ample advantage of its large setting and new blood. From churches and alleyways to beaches and freeways, the slow-boil large landscape aspects of the story are exciting.
All told, this isn't the strongest series premiere I've ever seen. The Walking Dead's first episode is much better and more memorable. But it's not bad, either.
"Pilot" is nowhere near that good [as the original's pilot]. But it is strong enough to suggest a bright future for this spin-off.
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