We saw on tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead that Morgan appears to be gradually distancing himself from everyone else, hallucinating dead Gavin and questioning his own commitment to violent pole-fighting. Now, on the new trailer for Fear the Walking Dead, we see where this mental journey is going to take him. And it looks like a zombie water park.
While Fear has so far been set in an earlier time period than The Walking Dead, it looks like season 4 will catch it up to the regular timeline. The zombies look more like the walkers we’re used to rather than mere infected, and Morgan seems to be the badass zen stick fighter we know him to be now. References to a battle back east sound like they back that up, unless the show is messing with us and he’s referring to something out of timeline that we never saw.
For many of us who started with The Walking Dead, investing in a new show with totally new characters in a setting that requires ignorance of the walker threat was, at first, an uphill proposition. But seeing Morgan ready to beat some sense into everyone with sticks…well, that screams second chance. And this viewer is going to give it one. After all, if Jericho and Blade Runner 2049 taught us anything it’s that Lennie James knows how to survive the apocalypse like a boss.
Per AMC: “In season four, we will see the world of Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her family through new eyes — the eyes of Morgan Jones (Lennie James), who is joining the story from the world of The Walking Dead. The characters’ immediate pasts mix with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, foes and threats. They fight for each other, against each other and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart. There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; and the heroic, mercenary and craven, all crashing together toward a new reality for Fear the Walking Dead.”
Are you excited to see new characters mix it up with the familiar cast? Let us know with your comments below.
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Lots of love for Lennie James:
- Why he should have been in the Snatch TV show.
- If you missed him in the Blade Runner sequel, here he is.
- AÂ reminder of how much ass he kicks.
