Season 7 -16 episodes (2021-22)
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Created by: Dave Erickson, Robert Kirkman(based on the series of graphic novels by)
Starring: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay García, Austin Amelio, Jenna Elfman, Keith Carradine, Rubén Blades
Rated: TV-MA
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Plot
A Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
This season follows Morgan's group scattered across the landscape of Texas as they try to survive the nuclear fallout from Season 6.
Verdict
I don't know why this and The Walking Dead like to split up the characters so frequently Maybe it's just to help create more stories and for the inevitable reunion, but most of this season feels scattered as the season is wasting time until the last half where it kind of becomes interesting. The driving force for most characters is the perfect community. You'd think by this point they'd realize it doesn't exist. The subplot in the second half of the season for Alicia is stupid. This season ends well in the sense that it wraps up the story line at hand and gives a preview of what will happen next season. What actually happens seems recycled. The main characters continually topple different communities. In this season they must because otherwise what would be the story this season?
Skip it.
Review
Much like The Walking Dead, this is a group of people looking for paradise despite the obstacles they encounter. With a nuclear explosion at the end of last season, I wondered how this season would handle the fallout. It manages to mostly sidestep the issue. While there are plenty of masks and radiation suits in place, there's also a community that is far enough away to suffer no ill consequences.
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| Domingo Colman plays Strand |
Strand (Domingo Colman) has done a lot in what seems like a couple of years. I have no idea how. He's always been charismatic and ambitious. This season has leaned into those traits to make him a villain as he is the dictator over a large community.
The first half of the season bounces around between the groups, which makes for a disjointed season. Morgan (Lennie James) somehow built a car in the fallout while going outside just a few minutes a day. This show often skirts logic for story and plot.June (Jenna Elfman) and John (Keith Carradine) and surviving in a bunker. The only reason everyone is split is so that the show can bring them back together.
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| Lennie James plays Morgan |
Everyone is looking for "PADRE," a magical, wonderful place where the survivors can finally thrive. It seems ridiculous that these characters are still looking for such a place after all this time. With so many characters in different areas, we don't focus enough on any one group. What made the first season of this show compelling was the fact that we focused on one family trying to survive the apocalypse. This season tries to do too much with all the characters we've collected during the series. This season feels a need to outdo and increase the numbers.
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| Alycia Debnam-Carey play Alicia |
This season doesn't really tell a story, it just sets up and then reveals big surprises. I'm not sure we really needed the first half of this season. Alica's (Alycia Debnam-Carey) story is the most interesting this season but her friend that helps her this season is a trope I spotted a mile away. The show drags it out for so long, well past the point that viewers should know exactly what's going on. I half expected a character to draw a diagram for viewers just to drive home how stupid the writers think we are.
The culmination of this season is just silly. Strand's reasons for becoming a villain are flimsy. That's a precursor to Alicia trying to rescue him from his poor decisions. The show didn't substantiate any of that. It's a push for the dramatic without doing any of the work.
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