First Aired September 4th, 2016. The episode opens with a wedding reception in a hotel, during which the bride’s parents prepare to evacuate the guests because the outbreak is spreading. The bride’s father dies from a stroke and then bites his daughter, while the hotel manager Elena (played by Karen Bethzabe) locks the remaining guests…
First Aired August 28th, 2016. Nick (played by Frank Dillane) watches as a young man in his new community voluntarily walks into a large field of walkers to be eaten. He comforts the man’s daughter as the community watches on, chanting in Spanish. Luciana (played by Danay Garcia) forces Nick to put on walker blood…
First Aired August 22nd, 2016. Nick (played by Frank Dillane), still covered in walker blood, wakes up after spending the night in the home of a woman after abandoning his family. While she and the orphan she is caring for leave for sanctuary, Nick ventures off alone. He camps out for a night in a…
The Chronicles of Origin Aron Taylor’s new series Chronicles of Origin is a six-part sci-fi epic that contains over 400,000 words and was impressively written in just 90 days. It was always known “they” were out there, and now the fate of the human race is uncertain as Earth is visited by a dark force….
The Golden Throne Series The Glorious Dawn has existed for centuries in peace, but the assassination of king Tunus plunges the realm into civil war. The Golden Throne books by Eli Freysson detail the account of the years-long war, each book is told through the perspective of a different character telling their experiences in the…
Warning: minor spoilers for season 3 of The 100 and season 4 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Two different shows, two different takes on the hive mind trope. One comes from an A.I. that interfaces with humanity by downloading people’s brains (The 100, season 3), the other an ancient inhuman (an alien-human hybrid with powers,…
First Aired April 17th, 2016. Two children are shown playing on a beach as walkers get washed ashore, but a fence along the shoreline keeps them safe. Meanwhile, the group aboard the Abigail learns that San Diego was destroyed while looking at the log from the sunken boat Nick (played by Frank Dillane) found. Strand…
First Aired April 10th, 2016. Madison (played by Kim Dickens) watches her children transported to Strand’s (played by Colman Domingo) boat amid explosions from nearby missile attacks. Everyone left on the beach is soon attacked by a horde of walkers until her son, Nick (played by Frank Dillane), returns in a lifeboat to rescue them….
First Aired April 3rd, 2016. Rick (played by Andrew Lincoln) gathers a group to get Maggie (played by Lauren Cohan) medical help at Hilltop. Meanwhile, after a long search, Morgan (played by Lennie James) finds an injured Carol (played by Melissa McBride) who refuses to return to Alexandria. Rick’s group in the RV encounter a…
First aired March 27th, 2016. Carol (played by Melissa McBride) is shown packing supplies as she prepares to leave Alexandria. Tobin (played by Jason Douglas) unexpectedly drops by and later that night while he sleeps, she sneaks out. Maggie (played by Lauren Cohan) starts building up Alexandria’s defenses, fearing another attack. Daryl (played by Norman…
First Aired March 20th, 2016. Morgan (played by Lennie James) completes work on a cell he’s been building, reasoning imprisonment is a better alternative to killing. The Alexandrians’ everyday lives and routines are shown through a montage, signaling a brief period of peace. Denise (played by Merritt Weaver) asks Daryl (played by Norman Reedus) and…
First Aired March 13, 2016. Carol (played by Melissa McBride) and Maggie (played by Lauren Cohan) are shown being captured by Negan’s people. Their leader, Paula (played by Alicia Witt), keeps them prisoner while deciding what to do about Rick (played by Andrew Lincoln) and the others. They’re tied up and taken to a safe…
