I didn’t hate the SF but it was not great. Not very well written, weak villain, chock full of silly plot contrivances, but well acted. Only one episode of 4B impressed me – the one with Alicia and Charlie in the hurricane.
The group was never actually going to go to Alexandria. That was always just Morgan’s arc.
This last half of Season 4 has been all about setting up the new Fear after they deconstructed the old one in the first half. I really liked the first half of S4 and the mystery of what had happened to make Alicia, Nick etc. into feral predators and to Madison herself. The back half has been inconsistent, weird and awkward but it seems that the writers have got the series to where they want it to be. There’s a new and more likable Team Family, a new setting and a new mission of helping people. I like most of the new characters and plan to check S5 out to see how it goes.
For all of you hoping for the return of Madison, I’m almost positive that won’t happen. Too bad - Madison wasn’t very likable but she was interesting and I liked the old Fear. But the TPTB must have concluded that the series wasn’t working and decided to reboot it completely. In fact they’ve almost created a spin-off with just a few of the original characters. Everything is different and I can’t see any place for Madison on the new Fear, nor Daniel. The series has moved on.
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