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Talking Through Date of Death
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It’s the penultimate week for Fear the Walking Dead, but “Date of Death” is not the penultimate episode. Not exactly. It depends on if you consider the two next week to be one episode or not. Personally, I think it will also depend on how they play out. Sometimes two episodes can feel like one really long one, and sometimes, they really are two separate episodes. Since my crystal ball is still on backorder, I guess we will have to wait until this coming Sunday to find out. In any case, “Date of Death” was a vast improvement over the previous week, at least for these two podcasters. This episode gave us the backstory on what happened with Travis and Chris after the ill-fated trip to the chicken farm. I rather feel bad for Lorenzo James Henrie because he seems like he would be so much fun, but I absolutely detest his character. I guess that means he’s doing his job well.
I don’t really have too much to add to our discussion here, but I can always repeat the things that bear repeating. Like how I’m glad that Travis is rid of the bro-migos, at least for the time being, but I feel bad for Travis that it was at the expense of his son. I do not feel bad for us. And how, unfortunately, I think that Travis lost Chris when he made the mistake of not bringing him back to the rest of his family. When he made that decision, he wasn’t being a parent to Chris, he was trying to be his friend. This backfired when Chris found new friends who wouldn’t also try to parent him. No one wants friends who boss you around all the time. I still think if Travis had not done what Chris wanted and had made the decision with his parent brain on instead, he would have taken Chris back to the rest of the group and they never would have been in that situation. But then we also wouldn’t have this drama for Travis.
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