We're late this time out AGAIN, but for this episode 83 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Brian and LT talk through Season 6 Episode 16 of Fear the Walking Dead, the season finale, titled The Beginning, which was written by co-showrunners Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss and directed by co-executive producer Michael E. Satrazemis.
We ended up recording the episode over two nights. We started late on Wednesday night, so we finished it on Thursday night. During the two recordings, I started thinking about what I thought didn't make sense, so I watched the episode a second time and did a detailed analysis of how the timeline of the end of S6E15 USS Pennsylvania fits with this episode. The answer: For the most part, it doesn't. There are several examples where either not enough time has passed, or too much time has passed, and there are also some distance issues that aren't related to where the warheads landed. You'll have to listen to the podcast to get more information.
We thought that, although creepy, the writers got Teddy's true motives and actions right on the money, and the scene with Teddy, Dakota, JD Sr and June, we enjoyed Strand (how it was written anyway), Dwight and Sherry, Daniel figuring out Rollie was the mole, and Morgan and Grace finally sharing their feelings once and for all were all highlights. Also, with a radioactive, Chernobyl-like Texas, the showrunners have laid out for what looks like what could be an interesting Season 7.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:40 Feedback on Previous Episodes
00:19:27 About The Beginning
00:20:11 Ratings
00:21:54 Awesome Sauce
00:37:00 Weak Sauce
01:21:49 What Sauce
01:58:50 Sad Sauce
02:07:17 Listener Feedback
02:23:09 Our Notes
02:24:42 News, Ratings and Info
02:28:30 Wrap Up
We didn't have the ratings for S6E15 USS Pennsylvania when we recorded last week but we posted them on the blog post. We'll post them again. Last week, the episode received an all-time low of 0.17 in the 18-49 demographic, with 872,000 viewers, down from the S6E14 Mother's 0.23 and 940,000 viewers, which was the all-time viewers' low at the time. The season finale got a 0.20 in the 18-49 demographic but was up in total viewers with 1.045 million viewers. I speculated that it was because the episode did better with 25-54 and 50+ viewers, but I didn't have the ratings for those demos. Unfortunately, I did not have any ratings information for Talking Dead, though it returned for the season finale.
