To be honest, I really enjoy Walking Dead, but I think FTWD is terribly written and poorly casted. If not for Walking Dead relationship, I'd have stopped watching. But now its more like I do a mystery science theater 3000 every night I watch it. Just heckle it the entire time reflexively. (Forgive me governess, I usually take your side)
I don't get any of it really. I thought at first the heroin addict son would be the big unbelievable dead-weight of the show, but it turns out his family is so tragically dumb and incompetent in an unbelievable way, that he ends up being the most sane/competent of the bunch. Makes you wonder if he took up heroin to forget about that family of his...
Chris's MO is basically being a giant 5 year old, puts himself and entirely family at risk multiple times each season, has to be saved, then cries and punches his dad, then immediately starts the process all over again. The "I need to be here" in the street riots, brooding over his moms corpse as his living family is fighting zombies 10 feet away...at least he tries to off himself later, only to have his family again risk their life to save his sorry ass...does he learn? Nah, his brat-powers are too strong for that.
Alcia wears short shorts, plays dressup, and chats with pirates (she's sooo into boys) on the CB all night.
Why after finding out Alicia was using the CB did Strand let her keep the CB (she promptly did it again)? I just don't get it.
And who was Daniel Salazar pointing that shotgun at off the back of the boat so strangely. That raft of survivors that was out of range, and posed no threat whatsoever?
I want to go on with the negativity but I'll just stop there. Sorry for those enjoying it, it's apparently just not doing it for me.
Some observations on episode two
and if they really wanted you it would take them hours at most to scan the moorages around the island.
Sloppy writing. I got no tension from the "Pirates are chasing us" because it was hard to tell WTF was going on. Just like when Madison in ep1 had to "hurry to the school to get meds for heroin-son". Then it turns into an afternoon stroll at the school makes some friends, almost gets killed..what tension? Oh, we wrote that the day before, forgot...we can't keep it in our head between writing days.
5) The ranger/jim jones cult husband mentions all the national parks being destroyed, why? by whom? these areas are sparsely populated, the numbers of people in Joshua Tree? give me a break, that's not overwhelm levels.
100% agree, it jarred me while watching it. Like someone was making up the backstory off the top of their head or something.