Fear TWD Finale Recap: Bedlam, Bloodbath and Beyond 

that the soldiers had orders to “mercifully terminate” the civilians they were protecting, we knew that this week’s first season finale wouldn’t be pretty. But just how ugly did it get? Read on…

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HIT THE ROAD | As “The Good Man” began, Travis and Maddie were packing furiously to get the hell out of Dodge. “We’re driving East,” Maddie told Chris and Alicia. As for Corporal Andy, since he had “given us all he can,” Daniel might have snuffed him out, had Travis not intervened and the soldier not promised to help get them into Exner’s compound to retrieve Griselda (RIP) and Nick. Ofelia was willing to leave with the group, but make no mistake, she was still pissed about not only what her father did to Andy but what he did in El Salvador as well. “You lied to me,” she marveled, “my whole life.” Before the gang took off, Andy — having read the writing on the wall — took advantage of a private moment with Travis to plead for his life. And good for him — he picked the right softie to turn to, because Travis did indeed release him.

TAKE YOUR PICK | Meanwhile, as Exner packed up the medical facility for transfer to Edwards Air Force Base, Liza tried — and failed — to convince the doctor to take not just herself and Chris but the whole gang at Travis and Maddie’s. “What is family now?” Exner asked (more like “challenged” than “asked,” really). “Be brutal.” Between a rock and a hard place, Liza requested that at least Travis be allowed to go with her and Chris. When Travis, Maddie and Co. arrived at the compound shortly thereafter, Daniel introduced the guards to that arena full of walkers that he’d released. (No more complaints about there not being enough zombies on this show, then, eh?) When all hell started breaking loose, Nick and Strand made their move and busted out of their cell.

UP A CREEK | Though Nick and Strand were no longer locked up, how they were going to get out of the facility alive was another question altogether. (Not such a big question, mind you, that Strand — total badass that he is — didn’t stop to retrieve his diamond cufflinks from the dying soldier to whom he’d given them in exchange for Nick.) When at last Maddie and Travis found Nick, he and Strand were trapped on the other side of a locked door with walkers approaching fast. It looked grim… until, out of nowhere, there was Liza with her keycard saving the day! As soon as they all caught their breath, Daniel and Ofelia wanted to know where Griselda was, and Liza was faced with the thankless task of letting them know that she had passed away.

DO OR DIE | Beating a hasty retreat, the group encountered Exner, who suggested a safe way out for them. “But there’s nowhere to go,” the doctor said (and it sure looked like she was about to commit suicide, no?). Though Maddie still wanted to head East, Strand wanted to go West, where he had a home. “I’m prepared,” he said. But none of them were prepared for what they found when they got to the parking lot where Travis and Maddie had left Chris and Alicia with the SUV. Not only had the kids lost the vehicle to soldiers who wanted it for transport, but there was Andy, gun in hand, ready to take revenge on Daniel. Only the soldier didn’t shoot his torturer, he shot Ofelia! In the aftermath, Travis charged Andy and beat him to within an inch of his life.

HOME, BITTERSWEET HOME | As the episode neared its conclusion, the survivors drove through the ruins of L.A., ultimately arriving at Strand’s ultra-swank pad overlooking the ocean. (Did you expect any less from Mr. Cool?) Nick confided in Maddie that the uncertainty she — everyone, really — now felt was ironically how he’d long felt as a junkie. The morning after, Liza assured Daniel that Ofelia could survive her gunshot. Strand informed Nick that his plan was to stay in constant motion — by floating away on his yacht, Abigail. And after revealing to Maddie that she’d been infected, Liza asked her — using Maddie’s own words — to shoot her. “We can treat it,” Travis insisted. If only. “Tell Chris I did it,” Liza said. And, once she’d obtained Travis’ promise to protect their son, her ex put a bullet in her head.

So, what did you think of the finale — and the season? Will you be looking forward to Season 2? Hit the comments!

The finale finally got things progressively going in the right direction, but the webisodes for the flight are ridiculous. They’re barely a minute and a half long. By the time next week rolls on you’ll forgotten what the last week was. Dragging it out for 16 weeks is again just ridiculous.

Don’t watch them and try to wait until they’re all released. I’m rooting for the asian girl!

Well that slow build paid off. Wasn’t expecting Liza to die but you knew one of them would. Would be intrigued to see a season at sea and pulling into random ports. Solid debut season

Alright…good finale. Now I’m sucked in for Season 2. California coast scenery is stunning.

Where did they get the SUV from? Daniel and his family came to Madison’s house in the back of Travis’ truck, so where did they get the 3rd car? Sorry but little things like that bug me!

Story is decent. I do not care for much of the characters. I still unsure if I will watch Season 2.

Hmm… the season finale made up for the boringness, but I need to watch the last fews mins to confirm this. I missed them watching the Strain. Anyway I don’t know if I’ll be watching next season. I never got fully invested in the characters or the plot.

At the end of the finale, did anyone else catch the ocean being colored slightly different? Once the camera stretches across the ocean, it turns a slightly black & orange in certain areas.

I wonder if it might lead to the water being infected in season 2 when they aboard Abigail?

I DID! I was like… what the heck is wrong with the water? My family thinks is blood from the river or something. Damn that was a good ending.

Pretty sure that’s just seaweed floating under the ocean surface.

I agree; there was a LOT of red in that water, too much to just be seaweed. It’s definitely supposed to mean something…

Ok the season finale was probably the best episode of the season. The ending was really good. I might tune in next season. At least peek at it.

I do not get what everyone loved about this episode. Still nothing about how the world was falling or even the state of the outside world was revealed (it can’t completely be gone as the National Guard wouldn’t just be operating in a vacuum and Edwards Air Force Base was still operating), the soldiers acted incredibly stupid in trying to fight the walkers (firing full-auto with no head shots), and the group basically got everyone on the compound killed just to save a few of their own.

“Still nothing about how the world was falling or even the state of the outside world was revealed”

in other words, the only way to satisfy you is if we are told everything as quickly as possible.

I thought the finale was pretty good and the season overall was just okay. Probably the best episode of the season. It got me more interested in the characters. I figured someone would die in but I’m sad to see Liza go. I find Strand to be an interesting and shady character. I would like to learn more about him. I’ll be back for season 2.

Figures. You couldn’t kill off Salazar’s daughter just when he found out his wife died, and you couldn’t break up the core family of four just yet, and Liza had nothing without Chris so it was really the most logical death.

It was for me the best episode of all the season and I just love Strand :)

I’m sorry to see Liza die but her development as a character wasn’t very good and for me she was the weak link.

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