Join us as we discuss Fear the Walking Dead season two episode one: Monster. In this ‘sode’ we learn Travis is a pied piper for zombies and we learn lots of pirate speak. Enjoy!
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Show Notes
Thanks to http://reference.yourdictionary.com/resources/pirate-terms-phrases.html for the pirate terms.
Randy Mentioned Rum Ham, so we have to put this:
Pirates of Penzance was brought up. You’re welcome…
And you can’t bring up Modern Major General without sharing Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 cold open… You’re welcome.
Recap
Cold Open
Operation Cobalt is in full swing. nick, alicia, ofelia, daniel and strand head for the yacht, while madison, travis and Chris stay on the beach. Travis and Madison are fighting for their lives and Nick is moping over his dead mom (man, teenagers are moody in the zombie apocalypse). Nick shows up in the “nick” of time (see what I did there?) and rescues them. A water zombie meets his gruesome end via propeller blade. Apparently, when Strand told everyone to pack your duffle with only what they need to survive, he should have specified “no dead moms, Nick.” Everyone stands on the yacht watching LA burn, as some eerie synth music takes us to the opening credits.
Really good use of music
Pirate Terms:
Duffle – a pirate’s belongings
Run 1
While everyone is hanging out on the Yacht, we learn it should be able to go 3,000 miles (if they don’t stress the engine). They drive by some stranded buccaneers down on their luck and just keep driving. Strand says, “if i stop the boat, it will be to drop folks off, not take them on.” We also learn, the group is going to San Diego Comic Con. Landlubber Alicia has been given the responsibility of trying to communicate with the outside world with no guidance at all such as: don’t tell people where we are, don’t tell people where we’re going, oh, whatever, just go crazy kid! Madison decides to go bitch at Travis for literally no reason at all because at the end of the conversation she says she is on his side. Alicia with the radio, which has precious battery life that we don’t want to waste on anything other than necessary communication, decides to listen to music. It’s then that we she discovers the world’s last radio DJ is the one responsible for spinning those tunes.
Would you have left the people?
What is in San Diego?
Pirate Terms:
Buccaneers – Name for a pirate
Landlubber – A person who is not incredibly skilled at sea
Run 2
We see Chris sitting over his mother’s corpse, kissing her and stuff. He walks out and fishes with that old salt, Daniel. They share a moment together until Daniel catches an eel and beats the shit out it with a souvenir bat he got from an Oakland Athletics game. Nick runs into Ofelia in the hall and tells her her wound looks terrible and she should pour some vodka on it and get three sheets to the wind. Alicia continues to get to know the Disc Jockey and Travis and Daniel have a conversation as Daniel cleans up the bloody massacre that will be remembered as: Eel Smash Smash.
Poor eel. I can only imagine his final thoughts… “Hey! All humans are dead. That means when we see food dangling in the water, it’s not some human trying to yank us out of the water and beat the shit out of us. Ooo. There’s some food now!”
Nick is really into his mom
Pirate Terms:
Three sheets to the wind – Drunk
Old salt – A sailor that has a great deal of experien...
