3. 1 x 03. Zombie Hurricane

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast

3. 1 x 03. Zombie Hurricane
1 x 03. "The Dog."
Quinn, Stephen, and Bruce discuss episode 3 with guest Shawn Igou, who visited us at Parish Press. We agree that this is our favorite episode so far.

And what do the zombies repesent this week? Bruce thinks they represent a disaster like a hurricane, with the national government stepping in to solve the crisis when other institutions fail. At the end of the episode, after the group makes it through the difficult night, the military sweeps in to save the day. Quinn says that if this were a typical zombie movie, the movie would be over at this point. But in the very end of the episode, we see a soldier drawing x-code, made famous in Hurricane Katrina, on the wall of the house next door. It's hard to imagine anything good coming from such an ominous ending.

The action is beginning to intensify. The effects of the zombie virus are beginning to spread. A couple of episodes ago, there were rumors on the Internet about an outbreak affecting 5 states. By this episode, the news has become public, and governors in 11 states have declared states of emergency. LAX and the Denver airport have closed down; other airports probably have, too. Most institutions are trying to keep operating, but the cracks are beginning to appear in the façade of civilization. Bruce thinks they should be filling the bathtubs with water, along with the trash cans in the back yard. Most worrisome at this point is the collapse of the health system. When Nick was in the hospital in episode 1, the hospital was still functioning normally; even when the man beside him coded, the staff whisked him away quickly and professionally. Now just a few days later, the group goes to a hospital to get Griselda's broken ankle tended to, but they find police surrounding the hospital shooting the walkers on their way out. Worse yet is the state of the hospital itself. We can see in the background the signs that it has been overrun by the walkers. We consider the way various characters are developing during the growing crisis. We agree that right now Daniel Salazar is the most ready both mentally and physically, with his mysterious past in El Salvador during its the civil war. Bruce hopes they develop the character of Alicia--Alycia Debnam-Carey, the actress who plays her, also plays Lexa on the series The 100. Her character Lexa is the Queen of the Grounders and a real bad ass. We hope they'll let Alicia live up to her potential.

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