# Fear the Walking Dead: episodes 3.09 - 3.16 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036 "2017-09-11T00:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/1 "2017-09-11T00:27:09Z")
**Fear the Walking Dead** is back tonight with a double episodes. I’m just going to do 1 thread for the 2nd half of season 3 since there really weren’t enough posts the during the 1st half to justify individual episode threads. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/2 "2017-09-11T04:38:58Z")
That Maddie is a real bad-ass…i love her character… I think Nicks days are numbered though, I loved him last year ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/3 "2017-09-11T14:48:48Z")
You just know that Troy will come back to haunt them in some way…and it’ll be interesting when Strand & Maddie & Walker get to the dam and run into Daniel again. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/4 "2017-09-11T20:19:40Z")
I watched about 30 minutes and was not too excited about it. Was kind of tired, and when I saw it was 2 hours I decided to go to bed and watch the rest of it later. The gun battle was filmed in so much darkness that I could hardly see what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/5 "2017-09-12T02:41:30Z")
How far are we into the zombie apocalypse now? The Southern California-Baja California border area (especially the Mexico side) sure has a lot more survivors (& organized communities) than Georgia did at the equivalent point in the timeline. Wasn’t the guy running the damn before Salazar actually the Mayor of Tijuana instead of being an ordinary crime boss? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/6 "2017-09-12T03:50:44Z")
I really don’t like the subtitled part…the actors seem good enough to get across they are Hispanic without speaking spanish…I guess for realism it’s necessary ,though ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/7 "2017-09-15T12:16:27Z")
Thank you for saying the lighting was too dark! Does anyone remember when they showed the water earlier in the season and it was like a quarry and filled? I am assuming it can rise and fall due to the aquifer? Just struck me as odd. Also the size of the well they were digging looked like it changed sizes. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/8 "2017-09-21T23:00:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I really don’t like the subtitled part…the actors seem good enough to get across they are Hispanic without speaking spanish…I guess for realism it’s necessary ,though Just having them speak spanglish accented english would likely trigger sjws. Less hassle using subtitles ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/9 "2017-09-27T13:37:52Z")
No thread for the episode on 9-23? Maybe everyone disliked it as much as I did… The show had cranked things up a notch, and I was pretty happy. Since it started up again, it’s kinda back to where it was in S1 and S2. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/10 "2017-10-01T00:58:23Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > No thread for the episode on 9-23? Maybe everyone disliked it as much as I did… > > The show had cranked things up a notch, and I was pretty happy. Since it started up again, it’s kinda back to where it was in S1 and S2. I’m disappointed at the entire premise of the show. I was led to believe that the show would be like TWD only with more focus on the breakdown of larger society…how the disease started, is there any civilization left fighting against the disease, etc. I wanted to see what, for example, the President of the United States and other world leaders were doing. This show is just like the TWD only it focuses on another group of rag tag survivors. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/11 "2017-10-01T02:23:36Z")
We are two weeks behind watching it, which says something for how interested we are. Strand is an asshole who tries to take advantage of everything, a con man. I do wish that he will be whacked. I don’t have much hope. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/12 "2017-10-01T03:32:35Z")
Two weeks ago was interesting, the one with Madison, Strand, Walker, Daniel and Lola. Maybe because it didn’t have any of the KIDS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/13 "2017-10-02T01:14:20Z")
I watched the premiere of **Star Trek: Discovery** last week and didn’t get around to watching last week’s episode of FtWD until tonight. Still haven’t gotten around to signing up for CBS All Access. > [@UltraVires](#): > > I’m disappointed at the entire premise of the show. I was led to believe that the show would be like TWD only with more focus on the breakdown of larger society…how the disease started, is there any civilization left fighting against the disease, etc. I wanted to see what, for example, the President of the United States and other world leaders were doing… That about sums it up (though I’m sure Mount Weather is filled with a bunch of VIP zombies aimlessly shuffling around). They basically skipped over most of the fall of civilization in between the 3rd & 4th episodes of season 1. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/14 "2017-10-02T02:26:51Z")
Justs starting to watch this week’s episode. How come when a zombie horde comes they don’t use the old “cover ourselves in walker guts” trope that they’ve used a million times? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/15 "2017-10-02T19:16:20Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Justs starting to watch this week’s episode. How come when a zombie horde comes they don’t use the old “cover ourselves in walker guts” trope that they’ve used a million times? Because that would make them basically immune to zombie depredations. They could go wherever they want, whenever they want, gathering supplies, enjoying tourist attractions, and popping off random zombies for grins and giggles. It would be the salvation of humankind. So of course, this trick having been introduced by the writers in order to carry our heroes through some otherwise-inescapable fate, said writers now hope that we’ve forgotten all about it. Talk about straining my suspension of disbelief! Then there’s the little electronic squeaker that Strand tosses out to divert the zombie herd away from their truck. Of course it makes such an attractive noise that the zombies (even in their advanced state of decay wherein eardrums are unlikely to be responsive to faint high frequency sounds) completely ignore the rumbling of the diesel engine and the totally audible shifting of the gears. Uh-huh. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/16 "2017-10-02T19:32:42Z")
So, out of all the people who headed down into the underground bunker / pantry, only Alicia made it out alive? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/17 "2017-10-02T19:34:11Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Then there’s the little electronic squeaker that Strand tosses out to divert the zombie herd away from their truck. Of course it makes such an attractive noise that the zombies (even in their advanced state of decay wherein eardrums are unlikely to be responsive to faint high frequency sounds) completely ignore the rumbling of the diesel engine and the totally audible shifting of the gears. Uh-huh. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/18 "2017-10-03T04:03:42Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > So, out of all the people who headed down into the underground bunker / pantry, only Alicia made it out alive? So it would seem. But she learned a valuable lesson: after all that wasted life, make sure you turn down help when it actually does arrive. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/19 "2017-10-03T12:41:47Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > So, out of all the people who headed down into the underground bunker / pantry, only Alicia made it out alive? It settles the questions of “Who owns the land?”, and of “How long will the aquifer last?” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036/20 "2017-10-03T12:46:06Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > So it would seem. But she learned a valuable lesson: after all that wasted life, make sure you turn down help when it actually does arrive. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-episodes-3-09-3-16-open-spoilers/796036.md?page=2)