As with all "Fear The Walking Dead" episodes, hokey "Morgan" continues with his sickly sweet hokey behavior, modified at times, by unexplainable bouts of evil "Dastardly Snidley Whiplash." Every variation in Morgan's multi-personality disorder screams for us audience to root for him being eaten. Yet, Morgan's genuine faux personality of "Grasshopper" of 70s "KungFu" TV infamy, seems to extricate him from every possible delectable zombie dinner opportunity. Every time it seems like we are finally going to see this very unsympathetic character eaten - he gets away! "When is Morgan going to be eaten?" I cry! So, the zombie franchise suckers me in again to wait for next week's episode. Like Lurch of Addams Family used to moan "uggghhhhhhh."
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Ten little Indians
yvolpe-9755927 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
A story about kids stranded on an Island they become vicious survivor's. So this is the mystery of Padre revealed. Shrike and her brother run Padre and had adults believe in this mystery character who was their dad a military man who died trying to save his kids. Strike is another teenage young adult but the real leader with a distorted sense of destiny. Madison uncovers Padres identity she followed orders now she takes the fall for Shrike got her to believe that Padre was a man when it was her and her brother. Strike is another survival monster where the end justifysvthe means. She only want kids to recreate a future. There are holes in this storyline.
A decent episode
justdan202327 May 2023
As I've said in the title, the episode's decent. It's not as good as the last episode, but it could've been a lot worse.
First, we have to talk about the script. Some of the lines are just reused and reused, over and over again like please, writers, be a bit creative, won't you? And there are some illogical, stupid moments that I can't really get my head around.
And then there's the directing. Some of the scenes of the episode are just them standing too casually, even when in an *intense* scene. You know what I'm talking about if you've watched the episode. Maybe I confuse this with the acting, but I guess the directing had a little part of it too. At this point, if they keep standing so lifelessly and awkwardly like that, they'd be more dead-like than the walkers do.
But of course, there are some good scenes too, and the soundtrack throughout the first half of the episode is better than expected.
Overall, I think that this episode has a lot of flaws but it's not so horrible that you'd be loathing it. So far, my hope for a good final season is still wavering, but the next episode will be about Morgan going back to King County, a memorable place in TWDU, so let's see if that will end up as a good episode or not.
First, we have to talk about the script. Some of the lines are just reused and reused, over and over again like please, writers, be a bit creative, won't you? And there are some illogical, stupid moments that I can't really get my head around.
And then there's the directing. Some of the scenes of the episode are just them standing too casually, even when in an *intense* scene. You know what I'm talking about if you've watched the episode. Maybe I confuse this with the acting, but I guess the directing had a little part of it too. At this point, if they keep standing so lifelessly and awkwardly like that, they'd be more dead-like than the walkers do.
But of course, there are some good scenes too, and the soundtrack throughout the first half of the episode is better than expected.
Overall, I think that this episode has a lot of flaws but it's not so horrible that you'd be loathing it. So far, my hope for a good final season is still wavering, but the next episode will be about Morgan going back to King County, a memorable place in TWDU, so let's see if that will end up as a good episode or not.
S8.E3 - Dumb But Somwhat Entertaining [6.5/10]
panagiotis199316 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
(S8. E3) My Reaction / Review for Fear The Walking Dead Season 8 Episode 3 ''Odessa'': Episode 2 was mediocre and I gave it a rating of 6/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. I wonder if they will find a cure eventually? Another episode with these annoying kids? Why the writers keep torturing us? These kids are annoying and they cant act. Also the fact that these kids behave like adults is kinda cringey. Where is Victor? Where is Alicia? Daniel is the leader of this group? Last time I remember Daniel thought he could find his dead daughter, he had memory loss and dementia but now he is a leader? Such nonsense. Shrike's brother is Padre? That's a nice twist but its kinda dumb that everybody was following these kids, Ben and Shrike. Padre is not that spooky after all. The Padre storyline is a huge failure. Overall a dumb but somewhat entertaining episode. My rating is 6.5/10.
Astonishingly terrible.
simianfriday26 May 2023
This show just gets worse and worse every single episode. I love to hate it.
The PADRE storyline is one of the worst storylines in any of the Walking Dead shows thus far - and that's really saying something because there have been some tremendous stinkers over the years. The dialog is so horribly written that almost none of the conversations even make sense. Each "shocking revelation" in this episode literally had me laughing out loud at how incredibly dumb it all was. Everything feels like it was written by AI.
At one point one of the new characters, Crane, freaks out because his dad left his binoculars on a boat. He grabs them and says "I've gotta take these to him!" His sister, Shrike, says "why?" - His response? "Because how will he see what's coming without them?" - This is just a taste of how bad the dialog in this show has become. I've got old stories I wrote when I was still in grade school that are better than this absolute dreck.
Last season Daniel was suffering from serious dementia - he could barely remember anything, could hardly function without Luciana tricking him into doing things, and was, at best, a burden on everyone around him if not a dangerous threat to them. This season he's the leader of a group of parents searching for the kids that were stolen from them by Madison (for PADRE). His dementia seems to have been completely cured. This is explained via a throwaway line - Daniel is slurping on a drink and he says "yerba-maté - it's good for mental focus." Wow. Just wow. I can't believe nobody ever tried using yerba-maté to literally *cure* dementia before. Absolutely brilliant writing.
It just keeps getting worse from there. The writers on this show should never be allowed to work again.
The PADRE storyline is one of the worst storylines in any of the Walking Dead shows thus far - and that's really saying something because there have been some tremendous stinkers over the years. The dialog is so horribly written that almost none of the conversations even make sense. Each "shocking revelation" in this episode literally had me laughing out loud at how incredibly dumb it all was. Everything feels like it was written by AI.
At one point one of the new characters, Crane, freaks out because his dad left his binoculars on a boat. He grabs them and says "I've gotta take these to him!" His sister, Shrike, says "why?" - His response? "Because how will he see what's coming without them?" - This is just a taste of how bad the dialog in this show has become. I've got old stories I wrote when I was still in grade school that are better than this absolute dreck.
Last season Daniel was suffering from serious dementia - he could barely remember anything, could hardly function without Luciana tricking him into doing things, and was, at best, a burden on everyone around him if not a dangerous threat to them. This season he's the leader of a group of parents searching for the kids that were stolen from them by Madison (for PADRE). His dementia seems to have been completely cured. This is explained via a throwaway line - Daniel is slurping on a drink and he says "yerba-maté - it's good for mental focus." Wow. Just wow. I can't believe nobody ever tried using yerba-maté to literally *cure* dementia before. Absolutely brilliant writing.
It just keeps getting worse from there. The writers on this show should never be allowed to work again.
LMFAO! LOL Seriously
brandoncallen-5893016 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Absolute complete garbage and non-sense. I agree with so many of these reviews. The shift of power every 5 seconds is comical, this should be something that is rarely used so it's more effective but instead they have the guns, no they do, no we do. Back n forth fifty different times. The backstory is stupid and does not make me sympathize one second for stupid Padre. Also just like in another users review, none of the good guys can just pull the trigger on a bad guy, Dove freaking out on Madison was so freaking stupid and Padres sister Shrek or whatever the hell they call her is a dumb ass character and the actress playing her should go back to acting school and I'm sorry but she looks like an angry troll doll.and the excuse why Daniel who was getting dementia SEVEN years ago is suddenly smart as a whip from drinking some freaking juice LMFAO,,LOL, and I guess it was supposed to be some big moment when Madison finally asks about her kids and June just simply says, "You wouldn't recognize them." Boring lazy ass writing, these writers should be ashamed.
I could write ten times better than this, like so many others om a die hard walking dead buff, I used to have big dinners and family get togethers every Sunday to or these shows so I guess I continue out of some kind of nostalgic loyalty. Morgan must have bipolar or schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder or something, nobody goes back and forth like him, anyhow I pray to God that the writers for Dead City and the one with Daryl have better writers than the ones writing this garbage.
I could write ten times better than this, like so many others om a die hard walking dead buff, I used to have big dinners and family get togethers every Sunday to or these shows so I guess I continue out of some kind of nostalgic loyalty. Morgan must have bipolar or schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder or something, nobody goes back and forth like him, anyhow I pray to God that the writers for Dead City and the one with Daryl have better writers than the ones writing this garbage.
The Real PADRE
ZegMaarJus7 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
This Episode begins with Madison, she got captured by PADRE. Madison got reunited with June. We go back 12 years ago. Shrike and her brother Ben say goodbye to their father Krennick. June knocked down Shrike. June shot two guard of PADRE to death. Shrike reveals that she is PADRE his daughter. Madison got reunited with Daniel, he is still alive. Finch is still alive, after he has been bit by a walker. Krennick got bit by walkers, he died. Krennick was PADRE. Krennick died, his daughter Shrike and son Ben became PADRE after that. Shrike and Ben are PADRE. Dove discovered that Madison is responsible for her mother's death. Nice Episode of Fear the Walking Dead Season 8, so many action during this Episode. Nice storyline!
Pure Crap
scheisty69@yahoo.com29 May 2023
The subject-line says it all. But if you are simply a glutton for terrible writing, plot holes, outrageous story-line contradictions and inconsistencies, then this is the show for you.
I only continue to watch this phenomenal failure out of loyalty to the original show and with the sincere hope that the plot of Fear somehow circles back around to Rick, Michone, and the original TWD story. Anything short of that could most certainly be the catalyst to the mass psychological break in those who once considered themselves fans of the genre, especially after the complete crap-fest that was TWD: World Beyond.
I only continue to watch this phenomenal failure out of loyalty to the original show and with the sincere hope that the plot of Fear somehow circles back around to Rick, Michone, and the original TWD story. Anything short of that could most certainly be the catalyst to the mass psychological break in those who once considered themselves fans of the genre, especially after the complete crap-fest that was TWD: World Beyond.
What a let down after last episode
grlym-468493 June 2023
Ok, so episode 1&2 start e with a crazy aggressive pace. Pulling no punches.
Episode 2 was crazy extreme by the shows standard. And then this happened.
Literally the flip a coin every second to get ho gets to point the guns at whom. There is like 10 changes if power with z or credibility as to how any of it happens. Then the back story is dragged out crazy long. And was a complete underwhelming story.
There is arbitrary killing, murder, child victimization, but none of the good guys can pull the trigger in the main 2 bad guys????
This episode was so sad and boring. Not sure why they didn't at least edit out 15 min to keep the same pace as last episode. Plot would have been still underwhelming. But it might not have been as bad.
Episode 2 was crazy extreme by the shows standard. And then this happened.
Literally the flip a coin every second to get ho gets to point the guns at whom. There is like 10 changes if power with z or credibility as to how any of it happens. Then the back story is dragged out crazy long. And was a complete underwhelming story.
There is arbitrary killing, murder, child victimization, but none of the good guys can pull the trigger in the main 2 bad guys????
This episode was so sad and boring. Not sure why they didn't at least edit out 15 min to keep the same pace as last episode. Plot would have been still underwhelming. But it might not have been as bad.
Didn't know it was April 1st
fountasalexander25 May 2023
Good April fools joke FearTWD...
So where's the real episode?
Wait, it's not April 1st?
THIS is the episode?
This show is such a joke.
Strand is no where to be seen, alright I guess we'll just never see him again, no worries, cheers bro.
Same deal with Luciana, alright all good I guess we'll just forget about her?
The whole PADRE storyline is incredibly stupid and I do not care for it one bit.
Some of the acting is just god awful and oh my the dialogue isn't much better.
Here's some pros and cons of this fabulous, interesting episode,
Cons: everything I've already stated.
Pros: at least that's one less FearTWD episode, only 9 more to go!
I'm dead inside.
Wait, it's not April 1st?
THIS is the episode?
This show is such a joke.
Strand is no where to be seen, alright I guess we'll just never see him again, no worries, cheers bro.
Same deal with Luciana, alright all good I guess we'll just forget about her?
The whole PADRE storyline is incredibly stupid and I do not care for it one bit.
Some of the acting is just god awful and oh my the dialogue isn't much better.
Here's some pros and cons of this fabulous, interesting episode,
Cons: everything I've already stated.
Pros: at least that's one less FearTWD episode, only 9 more to go!
I'm dead inside.
The inconsistency continues
AustinCinemaReviews10 June 2023
After a promising second episode, "Odessa" falls in line with the first episode of the season. We finally get some backstory about who and what Padre really is and it's less then interesting. All of the flash back sequences were extremely dumb and almost felt parody like. We get what should have been a big and emotional reunion in this episode from 2 Fear OGs but instead it felt less then important and rushed. It continues to seem like the writers only try when they want to and when they don't, it's almost like they mash random words and plots together hoping they'll stick. The change in motives every 5 minutes for certain characters is beyond puzzling and starting to get annoying. First with Moe in episode 1 and now Dove in this episode. I hope they pick it up and start finding a more consistent pace for the remainder of this season because if they don't, we could be in for a long ride.
"Odessa" gives us a backstory for PADRE but now I just wish it would have remained a mystery, a decent episode
Holt34429 May 2023
Ron Underwood directed this episode of the final season of Fear TWD, his direction and visual storytelling was good. The cinematography and editing were great, with some nice transitions. The episode looks great, nothing wrong there, with some great shots and camera angles. The sound editing and musical score is fantastic.
Mo's hunt to prove PADRE's true intentions has her in over her head as she's drawn into the larger web of secrets.
"Odessa" is the third episode of the eighth and final season, it's an average episode, both good and bad at times all depending on how much you want to criticize. Episode three has more of June and actually a Kim Dickens who seems to care of her performance, it's better but far from the same quality she gave her performance in S1-3. One performance I just can't get behind is Maya Eshet as Shrike, I just find her performance to be wooden and far from terrifying. We also get to see Daniel Salazar again, seeing Ruben and Kim share scenes again made me smile but the dialogue is poorly written like most of the dialogue in this is. Good direction though and the actors make it bearable. I still find the whole plot to be quite ridiculous, PADRE is a cartoonish group and haven't improved, Shrike's flashbacks are unnecessary and worsens the pacing. Something Erik Kain of Forbes wrote was quite interesting, how Mo is 8 years old but is played by a much older actress and the funny thing is how an eighth year old is acting out of character like a twelve year old, I like the actress who plays Mo though as I think she's doing a good job with what she's getting. The walkie talkies, unrealistic amount of batteries and bullets is another thing to criticize. Yet, this was a decent episode of Fear the Walking Dead, with an ending leaving you wanting more. There's hope that they'll make PADRE into a less cartoonish group, but the ridiculous clothing will probably remain during the season. Their backstory started out interesting but fell flat.
Mo's hunt to prove PADRE's true intentions has her in over her head as she's drawn into the larger web of secrets.
"Odessa" is the third episode of the eighth and final season, it's an average episode, both good and bad at times all depending on how much you want to criticize. Episode three has more of June and actually a Kim Dickens who seems to care of her performance, it's better but far from the same quality she gave her performance in S1-3. One performance I just can't get behind is Maya Eshet as Shrike, I just find her performance to be wooden and far from terrifying. We also get to see Daniel Salazar again, seeing Ruben and Kim share scenes again made me smile but the dialogue is poorly written like most of the dialogue in this is. Good direction though and the actors make it bearable. I still find the whole plot to be quite ridiculous, PADRE is a cartoonish group and haven't improved, Shrike's flashbacks are unnecessary and worsens the pacing. Something Erik Kain of Forbes wrote was quite interesting, how Mo is 8 years old but is played by a much older actress and the funny thing is how an eighth year old is acting out of character like a twelve year old, I like the actress who plays Mo though as I think she's doing a good job with what she's getting. The walkie talkies, unrealistic amount of batteries and bullets is another thing to criticize. Yet, this was a decent episode of Fear the Walking Dead, with an ending leaving you wanting more. There's hope that they'll make PADRE into a less cartoonish group, but the ridiculous clothing will probably remain during the season. Their backstory started out interesting but fell flat.
Odessa is dumb
renaudbrianna-7549113 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Okay my main issue is that once Dove/Odessa finds out what happened to her mom she puts all the blame on Madison when Madison warned them and PADRE IS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY KILLED HER MOM?! Did I miss something I feel like I did. Why didn't Madison explain herself and say that padres people are the ones who actually killed her. Yet Dove goes with the people who killed her mother. So stupid bad writing and unrealistic. Why don't you just kill the siblings who are padre they had so many reasons and chances to? Did I miss something again why didn't they, they are bad people. The whole protecting kids by stealing them from their parents being the reason for them doing that is not a good reason and stupid. No wonder this show had such a bad rating it went so downhill. And the only time they really show gore is with animals which again walkers wouldn't be able to get any animals but a turtle.
Poor Dialogue, and really weird looking actors
nqztznyj30 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Yeah, I can't stand looking at this actress who plays the evil sister it's very distracting to look at somebody who has bizarre features like this and I would apologize but you just made me look at the weirdly old yet feminiine looking actor who was supposedly playing a 15-year-old boy and that was super distracting - We're already distracted by the violence and the story we don't need alien looking actors as well. And if you take anything to heart, maybe put some more attractive people on there there's another ugly people in my real life where I don't really need more. I like the willing suspension of disbelief doesn't have to be outrageously good Lookin just not horrifically ugly thank you. I only went on and on because there's a 600 minimum character which is stupid.
All the mystery surrounding this group and who was behind it, which had been built up since the end of the previous season, is broken in a ridicul*us way
fernandoschiavi3 May 2024
When it was announced, "Fear" was marketed as a series that would address the beginnings of the apocalypse within the universe of "The Walking Dead," and one of the main things fans expected to see was the origin of the virus and the potential cure. However, as the seasons progressed, the series strayed from this concept and shifted its focus more towards survival.
Over the years, "Fear" significantly lost its audience. At its launch, the series had achieved a record viewership worldwide, even surpassing the main series and the more recent "The Last Of Us." However, due to the questionable quality presented over the seasons, the audience gradually abandoned the series, leading up to this 8th and final season. In essence, it took the series about eight years to answer a question, and it chose its worst phase to do so, as the main series, which carried the highest viewership in this universe, has ended, and the viewership of this spin-off is the lowest of all. Thus, they answered a question that few will know the answer to and that will not affect the main series, since it has already concluded.
Besides these issues, the idea that a cure was discovered by a nurse who isn't a scientist, and with a group that lacks half the resources of a CRM (Civic Republic Military) or Commonwealth, is a huge and forced convenience. Moreover, if this cure is not addressed in upcoming spin-offs, all of this will have been in vain.
A positive aspect highlighted in other episodes was the fact that the season had fewer episodes, which helped the plot to have more substance and pace, something this chapter seems to have failed to capitalize on. Many of the scenes seem disjointed and unresolved, as if during editing many were cut. For example, the scene where Mo (Zoe Merchant) and Dove (Jayla Walton) suddenly find themselves walking in the forest and investigating the schemes of PADRE, and how they got there and why they decided to investigate, especially Dove, who in previous episodes seemed satisfied with PADRE's actions, remain unanswered during the episode.
Additionally, the poor handling of the time passage between the previous episode and this one, which seems to be a direct continuation but simultaneously states it takes place a few days later, makes the episode quite confusing.
The reunion of these two major characters was a huge disappointment and a waste of potential; the episode does not sufficiently explore their relationship, something that could be better explored in future chapters and has great potential, but "Odessa" squanders this golden opportunity for much of the time. Fortunately, this episode saw the return of one of the best and most beloved characters of the series, Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades). A character who has been winning over audiences since the first season, and rightfully so, as the actor is always very charismatic and his Panamanian accent adds even more charm to the character.
Moving from one of the episode's positives to one of its major negatives, we encounter a series of unnecessary suspenseful elements that the episode introduces. One of them is the entire mystery behind the character Dove, who had until then been very underexplored, resulting in a lack of connection between the character and the audience.
The episode creates situations to place her in specific locations at exact moments, and from there, it generates clumsy suspense around the character's parentage. The episode thinks it's developing an interesting plot for the character by putting her in conflict with everyone in search of her true identity and origin, but it fails because it executes this idea in such a weak and generic manner.
Another poor reveal in the episode concerns the identity of PADRE. All the mystery surrounding this group and who was behind it, which had been built up since the end of the previous season, is broken in a ridicul*us way. This third chapter is filled with flashbacks that serve to explain the origin of this group, and it could not have been more cliché. The episode tries to deceive us by working with the idea that the man leading PADRE might be Krennick (Michael B. Silver), the father of Shrike-Sam (Maya Eshet). But we later discover that Krennick died trying to save his children Sam and Ben (Daniel Rashid), and that the mysterious man behind PADRE is Ben, and that he and his sister developed and shaped what PADRE would become. All the flashbacks serve to deceive us and briefly tell the story of PADRE, but this is shattered by a terrible revelation that diminishes the merits of this group and their level of threat, because discovering that the great mysterious leader is nothing more than a teenager pretending to be someone he is not, completely nullifies the mystery and threat that had been built up around this group.
"Odessa" is by far the worst episode of the season so far. It has the weakest script, the worst editing, and technical work. It is filled with events that, instead of enhancing the story, diminish it, destroying some of the good ideas that had been built up until then. Episodes like this, with such empty and clichéd stories, led to the downfall of "Fear the Walking Dead." But despite some flaws, the episode still moves the story forward and maintains the season's fast pace, giving us hope that this arc around PADRE might be concluded in this first part of the season, leaving room for the last six episodes of the series to tackle a new plot. We just have to wait and see if the next three episodes will conclude this arc in a worthy or forgettable manner. The season suffers a significant drop in quality overall with this episode, but the hope for a good season and good episodes still persists, depending on whether the next ones are as good as the first two or as bad as this third one.
Over the years, "Fear" significantly lost its audience. At its launch, the series had achieved a record viewership worldwide, even surpassing the main series and the more recent "The Last Of Us." However, due to the questionable quality presented over the seasons, the audience gradually abandoned the series, leading up to this 8th and final season. In essence, it took the series about eight years to answer a question, and it chose its worst phase to do so, as the main series, which carried the highest viewership in this universe, has ended, and the viewership of this spin-off is the lowest of all. Thus, they answered a question that few will know the answer to and that will not affect the main series, since it has already concluded.
Besides these issues, the idea that a cure was discovered by a nurse who isn't a scientist, and with a group that lacks half the resources of a CRM (Civic Republic Military) or Commonwealth, is a huge and forced convenience. Moreover, if this cure is not addressed in upcoming spin-offs, all of this will have been in vain.
A positive aspect highlighted in other episodes was the fact that the season had fewer episodes, which helped the plot to have more substance and pace, something this chapter seems to have failed to capitalize on. Many of the scenes seem disjointed and unresolved, as if during editing many were cut. For example, the scene where Mo (Zoe Merchant) and Dove (Jayla Walton) suddenly find themselves walking in the forest and investigating the schemes of PADRE, and how they got there and why they decided to investigate, especially Dove, who in previous episodes seemed satisfied with PADRE's actions, remain unanswered during the episode.
Additionally, the poor handling of the time passage between the previous episode and this one, which seems to be a direct continuation but simultaneously states it takes place a few days later, makes the episode quite confusing.
The reunion of these two major characters was a huge disappointment and a waste of potential; the episode does not sufficiently explore their relationship, something that could be better explored in future chapters and has great potential, but "Odessa" squanders this golden opportunity for much of the time. Fortunately, this episode saw the return of one of the best and most beloved characters of the series, Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades). A character who has been winning over audiences since the first season, and rightfully so, as the actor is always very charismatic and his Panamanian accent adds even more charm to the character.
Moving from one of the episode's positives to one of its major negatives, we encounter a series of unnecessary suspenseful elements that the episode introduces. One of them is the entire mystery behind the character Dove, who had until then been very underexplored, resulting in a lack of connection between the character and the audience.
The episode creates situations to place her in specific locations at exact moments, and from there, it generates clumsy suspense around the character's parentage. The episode thinks it's developing an interesting plot for the character by putting her in conflict with everyone in search of her true identity and origin, but it fails because it executes this idea in such a weak and generic manner.
Another poor reveal in the episode concerns the identity of PADRE. All the mystery surrounding this group and who was behind it, which had been built up since the end of the previous season, is broken in a ridicul*us way. This third chapter is filled with flashbacks that serve to explain the origin of this group, and it could not have been more cliché. The episode tries to deceive us by working with the idea that the man leading PADRE might be Krennick (Michael B. Silver), the father of Shrike-Sam (Maya Eshet). But we later discover that Krennick died trying to save his children Sam and Ben (Daniel Rashid), and that the mysterious man behind PADRE is Ben, and that he and his sister developed and shaped what PADRE would become. All the flashbacks serve to deceive us and briefly tell the story of PADRE, but this is shattered by a terrible revelation that diminishes the merits of this group and their level of threat, because discovering that the great mysterious leader is nothing more than a teenager pretending to be someone he is not, completely nullifies the mystery and threat that had been built up around this group.
"Odessa" is by far the worst episode of the season so far. It has the weakest script, the worst editing, and technical work. It is filled with events that, instead of enhancing the story, diminish it, destroying some of the good ideas that had been built up until then. Episodes like this, with such empty and clichéd stories, led to the downfall of "Fear the Walking Dead." But despite some flaws, the episode still moves the story forward and maintains the season's fast pace, giving us hope that this arc around PADRE might be concluded in this first part of the season, leaving room for the last six episodes of the series to tackle a new plot. We just have to wait and see if the next three episodes will conclude this arc in a worthy or forgettable manner. The season suffers a significant drop in quality overall with this episode, but the hope for a good season and good episodes still persists, depending on whether the next ones are as good as the first two or as bad as this third one.
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