# Z Nation season 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332 "2016-09-19T06:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/1 "2016-09-19T06:17:28Z")
They came back with yet another awesome episode. 5K was cute, Cassandra caring for Lucy= hysterical!!! And I was a tiny bit scared about The Man coming around except seeing his icky feet in sandals distracted me. It was better than any of the Fear The Walking Dead episodes so far. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/2 "2016-09-19T23:37:04Z")
It was confusing as fuck if you missed Doc’s little “hey guys this is a flashback” thing at the beginning. Which is an odd choice for a season premiere. And that guy they added to the cast last year was mysteriously missing when he should have been there in the timeframe this had to have happened in. “It was better than any of the Fear The Walking Dead episodes so far.” In your opinion. In mine… lol no. It’s better than when the show started, but it’s still the “bad” zombie show. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/3 "2016-09-20T00:21:23Z")
loved the redshirt bit, could see that one coming a mile away ---
**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:** [December 20, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/4 "2016-12-20T03:47:34Z")
Bumping this to solicit further commentary. The more I grow to dislike Walking Dead, the more I’m enjoying this disarmingly goofy series. What say you all? ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/5 "2016-12-20T14:42:00Z")
I’m a fan of both Walking Dead series and Z-Nation. TWD gets so relentlessly depressing I sought out Z-Nation as a way to balance that. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/6 "2016-12-21T22:06:17Z")
I’m finding _Z-Nation_ to be a far more enjoyable watch than _The Walking Dead_. It’s certainly a far more imaginative show and oftentimes the drama is more compelling. _TWD_ is just one damn misery after another and even after the current “Negan” arc, the gang is just going to meet _another_ set of psychopathic antagonists (anyone care to speculate they _won’t?_). Lather, rinse, repeat. Meantime “the” Murphy is actually trying to accomplish something _positive_ in Spokane, even if he and Warren disagree on means and ends. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/7 "2016-12-21T22:09:23Z")
I’m another fan of _Z-Nation_ who finds it compares very favorably to _The Walking Dead_. _Z-Nation_ is just better-written. And the characters dynamics are enjoyable–much less predictable than what TWD dishes out. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/8 "2016-12-22T03:14:23Z")
Ahh, agreement and affirmation! Yes, what the last three posters said. I’ll probably still watch TWD and maybe FTWD too, since I’ve got plenty of room on the DVR so I can save them up and watch when the mood strikes. And, I guess I can admit it, because they give such opportunities to bitch! I don’t think I’m the only one. I notice that the weekly threads for TWD and FTWD get lots of attention, much of which involves complaints. But Z-nation can’t even support a single thread for the _entire season!_ I submit this is due to the fact that there are fewer ways and less incentive to express enjoyment than to bitch. And I’m as culpable as anyone. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/9 "2016-12-22T05:09:23Z")
I really enjoy the show. When I saw that the last episode of the season was titled “Everybody Dies in the End” I was actually kind of giddy. They might actually kill everyone off!–there isn’t the same feeling of some characters are ‘safe’–not one hundred percent. And honestly, between Murphy and Doc and I get at least one good guffaw out of each episode. Several have been pretty sad or pretty gory/scary too. It just doesn’t feel at gut-wrenching as TWD does anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-season-3/766332/10 "2016-12-23T20:46:28Z")
I enjoy Z Nation waaaaaay more than Walking Dead. And Kellita Smith is very attractive. MiM