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Fear the Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 1 Pilot

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Fear the Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 1

Pilot

Aired Aug 23, 2015

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Horror

Sci-Fi

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A dysfunctional blended family is forced together when they realize the onset of the undead apocalypse is upon them.

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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.

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Noel Murray

Rolling Stone

08/24/2015

"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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Jonathon Dornbush

Entertainment Weekly

08/24/2015

The premiere is a slow build, steeped in some disappointing cliches, but it seems to be taking some specific steps to stand on its own.

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Josh Modell

AV Club

08/24/2015

B-

A show without a popular mythology already in place probably wouldn't have taken the chance on scene-setting that this episode does, slowly introducing the characters and barely hinting at the mass-scale horror to come.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

03/06/2020

"Pilot" suffers because it feels like an hour-long D.A.R.E. special about the dangers of doing drugs.

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Alexis J.

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06/26/2018

[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.

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Keith Reid-Cleveland

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06/26/2018

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Synopsis

A dysfunctional blended family is forced together when they realize the onset of the undead apocalypse is upon them.

Executive Producer: Robert Kirkman, Dave Erickson
Network: AMC
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 23, 2015

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