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Fear the Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 7 Shiva

Play trailer Fear the Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 7 Shiva Aired May 22, 2016 Drama Horror Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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71% Tomatometer 14 Reviews
The family faces their biggest test yet; Nick, Madison, Travis and others try to stay close to each other.
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Fear the Walking Dead — Season 2, Episode 7

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Mid-season finale "Shiva" shakes up Fear the Walking Dead, tossing relationships into a scary and unique new climate while setting the stage for a biting cliffhanger.

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Simon Abrams New York Magazine/Vulture 05/23/2016
3/5
"Shiva" is a collection of interesting ideas in need of better execution, but its central conceit is strong: How does a family unit survive such a profound, life-threatening crisis? Go to Full Review
Danette Chavez AV Club 05/22/2016
C+
With its midseason finale, Fear The Walking Dead scatters its "heroes" to the wind. "Shiva" grew on me when I rewatched it, though I'm not sure the execution was on par with its loftier ambitions. Go to Full Review
E. A. Hanks New York Times 05/22/2016
Fear the Walking Dead has settled for merely telling us that Madison and her family are in danger, rather than showing us. Go to Full Review
M. King Adkins PopMatters 06/01/2016
7/10
Fear the Walking Dead has both created a point of suspense to maintain interest in these characters, and opened up the possibility for a series of individual stories. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey Lyles Lyles' Movie Files 05/31/2016
5/10
Given the option to choose the most likely scenarios to keep viewers anxiously awaiting its return, the show runners took the opposite approach. Go to Full Review
Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant 05/24/2016
It's clear the intent of the finale was to shake things up and to inject a spark of conflict into the drama, but maybe the transparency of that intent is why it felt so perfunctory. Go to Full Review
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Episode Info

Synopsis The family faces their biggest test yet; Nick, Madison, Travis and others try to stay close to each other.
Executive Producer
Robert Kirkman, Dave Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert
Network
AMC
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 22, 2016
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