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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 11

October 28, 2020May 7, 2023 1 Comment

Sisters of Mercy is another classic episode of Z Nation. Team Murphy is whole again, at least for a little while. Addy and Mack stumble upon the rest of the group in what looks like the bowels of an industrial complex.

The team finds a ride and starts heading west again. Once on the open read, they encounter a zombie child.

Shortly after, they encounter a very similar young man, this time alive. He tells Warren he’s walking to the city to meet his dad. Warren tries to talk him out of it, but the only thing that gets him to get in the truck is the promise of a ride into the city, if he’ll help them find some food.

The kid leads Team Murphy back to the Sisters of Mercy, which is where we find out just how f*cked up surviving the Zombie Apocalypses can be. There are no men allowed inside the compound, and Warren, Addy, and Cassandra quickly find out that the kids walking to Salt Lake City are basically being put out to die. No male older than 13 is allowed to stay.

One of the bits of awesomeness from this episode is the Zombie Bear of punishment. You don’t want to be punished by the Sisters of Mercy.

Sisters of Mercy Scoring

Sisters of Mercy ends with a little bit of a shock, as Team Murphy loses one of their number to the sisters, but this was a great episode that scored a 82/100, making it Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 10

October 27, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Going Nuclear gets back to what Z Nation cores strengths are. There are zombies, fun character development, and the survivors need to solve a problem to survive.

Going Nuclear, as the name implies, revolves around Team Murphy stumbling on a power plant that is about to go boom. Time is short, and there isn’t enough fuel to get everyone out of the blast zone.

The only way to survive is to stop the power plant from Going Nuclear. This turns out to be a kick in the nards for 10K, as he’s forced to relive the difficult memory of giving mercy to his father after he turned.

Going Nuclear Scoring

Thanks to the selfless sacrifice of the plants manager and original designer, Team Murphy helps save the day, but there is a high cost to be paid by the locals. Going Nuclear scored a 79/100, making it Worth Your Time.

We have two zombie kills as candidates for Best Zombie Kill. Ammunition is running short, and that means its time to break out the class tools of war, the hoe, and the machete. You know, classic weapons. Let me know in the comments which kill you think should win.

Cassandra’s Hoe Kill

Cassandra Working Her Hoe

Warren’s Machete Kill

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Season 1, Episode 4

October 25, 2020April 30, 2023 Leave a comment

The Wrong End of a Telescope is the fourth episode of the season. I’m hoping its a strong episode, because the last two have been in Rainy Day territory, and I have to be honest, I expect more from anything that carries The Walking Dead name.

The Wrong End of a Telescope picks up on the far side of the Blaze of Glory. Team Iris/Hope is on the march, trying to figure out where their father is.

New York State

They know he’s in New York State, just not where, and unfortunately for them, New York State is a big piece of land.

To be exact, there are 54,556 square miles to cover. That is a lot of ground for a few kids and two adults.

The Team holes up in an abandoned high school. Because what building has lots of rooms for zombies to hide in and might have been used to house refugee who then were turned? Aren’t high school gyms full of cots during natural disasters?

So far we are ten minutes into the episode, and haven’t seen a single Empty yet. What does the team do? They decide to split up to explore, but at least they are pairing up. Still, separating the group in unknown territory seems like a bad idea.

Where Is The Anxiety?

I hope I’m not being too critical, but the atmosphere is still off. The survivors don’t seem to have any anxiety.

We are not fifteen minutes in, still haven’t seen a zombie. The people who produced this know the show has “The Walking Dead” in the title right?

Okay, we are now at the eighteen minute mark, and we finally see a zombie!!! And maybe something worse than a zombie, because whatever was crawling out of the room just got pulled back in. I’m guessing that whatever eats zombies, is likely dangerous to the survivors as well? Right?

Finally, there is a little bit of apprehension building. The survivors are in the high school, and something is in there with them. Which would be awesome, but the episode immediately cuts to a long cut scene of Hope and her dad.

There is too much backstory!!! We don’t need to know every characters life story in the first few episodes.

The Killing Room

Felix and Elton have found what appears to be a killing room for Empties, and Felix wants to get out. He doesn’t know who or what is killing the zombies, and it sounds like he doesn’t want to stay around long enough to find out.

Just when things were getting good, and we see a wolf snarling at Huck and Hope, we get forced to watch Irish and Silas practice ballroom dancing. I have nothing against ballroom dancing, but the blending of the last school dance, with them dancing, just ruins the mood. Aren’t I meant to feel like they could get eaten at any moment?

Hope and Huck slip around the angry doggy while Felix and Elton decide to go into the basement to get back to the gym where Iris and Silas are. At least Hope and Huck find some supplies, even if they had to killer an Empty to get them.

There are only fifteen minutes left, but things are finally picking up. Something is in the vents, and when it starts to grown I actually had a small jump scare.

Zombies In Lockers

Iris and Silas are in the gym basement, where apparently a lot of zombies were put in lockers? Lucky for Silas and Iris, they happen to end up just on the other side of the door where Huck and Hope are. This is right about where Silas looses it, and decides its better to beat a zombie to death with his bare hands than use his big freaking wrench.

The team is now reunited, just in time to see Silas lose his sh*t. We still don’t know exactly what he did, but the narrator did say even his mother testified against him, so it must have been bad.

While the main group is getting ready to get back on the road, Felix and Huck are working over Elton, trying to get him to join there “Go Back” movement.

The episode had a slow start but picked up as it went on. I’m giving The Wrong End of a Telescope a 71/100, and hoping next weeks episode is even better.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Brave	70
1	2	The Blaze Of Glory	50
1	3	The Tyger and the Lamb	65
1	4	The Wrong End of a Telescope	71
1	5	Madman Across the Water	60
1	6	Shadow Puppets	60
1	7	Truth Or Dare	60
1	8	The Sky Is a Graveyard	62
1	9	The Deepest Cut	55
1	10	In This Life	50

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Human Flow	85
1	2	Drive	80
1	3	Summer School	70
1	4	Alone	82
1	5	Diner	86
1	6	Heist	90
1	7	The Tunnel	83
1	8	The Stadium	91
2	1	The Cold	95
2	2	Prelude	80
2	3	Card Game	91
2	4	Cold War	83
2	5	White Horse	88
2	6	Currency	69
2	7	The Lodge	75
2	8	The Plane	99

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 7

October 24, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Welcome to the Fu-Bar reunites some old friends. The arms dealers from Episode 1, Puppies and Kittens. They’ve somehow managed to survive, and make it from the east coast to Kansas, while liberating a truck full of weapons in the process.

Welcome to the Fu-Bar has one of my favorite horizon pics. As Addy and Mack are thinking about making a run for it on their motorcycle, they see a vast horde, kicking up a massive dust storm in the distance.

Team Murphy finds themselves in a trading town. Warren tries to drink away her sorrows, while 10K plays a fun game of shoot the zombie target, trying to win a 50 cal.

While Team Murphy is distracted with booze and the shooting tournament, Citizen Z tries to warn them, but no one is listening. The horde is coming.

Things rapidly go to hell, but it was kind of worth it because 10K gets what I think is his first kiss? It’s on the cheek, but its still part of any young man’s sentinel life events.

Welcome to the Fu-Bar Scoring

As the trading post is overrun, Warren comes out of her funk, kicks some *ss, and Team Murphy is back on the road. Mack and Addy are still out on their own however. This was another solid Z Nation episode and scored an 83/100.

Now for the big question? Who wins the Best Zombie Kill this episode?

Sketchy McClain‘s Six Gun Action

Sketchy showing us why he’s still alive. He’s got some real six gun skills.

Sketchy might be, well sketchy, but he knows how to work those wheel guns!

10K Long Distance Mercy Shot

Side Meat gets mercy.

For those people out there asking, “Is this a zombie kill?” Sadly for side meat he’s already been bit at this point. So when 10K shoots him it is both a zombie kill and mercy on multiple levels.

For me, the wheel gun action wins. Let me know if you agree in the comments.

Welcome to the Fu-Bar Scoring

Welcome to the Fu-Bar scores 83/100, making it Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 6

October 23, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Resurrection Z is an intense episode.

It starts out with an introduction to the Resurrection Church and their twisted cult leader Jacob before segueing over to Team Murphy as they roll up to a protected enclave.

Garnett served with, and saved the camp commanders life, which buys them a free meal and a safe place to stay. At least until some of the exiled members of the Resurrection Church are allowed to reenter. They say they realized they made a mistake joining the cult, but once inside they make themselves into zombies, spreading chaos throughout.

Resurrection Church Member Making Himself A Zombie

There are no weapons allowed inside the safe haven. That has disastrous consequences once the zombie suicide crew puts their plan into action.

Team Murphy scrambles to get away as Garnett and Warren get their booty call interrupted. Damn Zombie Hordes! This leads to the first of the two candidates for Best Zombie Kill. The second follows closely after, as Addy and Mack are trying to survive the outbreak in the dining hall. Vote in the comments below.

The end of the episode has several major revelations. Murphy isn’t just a zombie bite survivor! Whatever was in the vaccine did more than just protect him from the viris. He’s something more. The zombies don’t react to him, and it even looks like he can communicate with them. He proves this with the old, I’ll risk having my flingers bitten off trick. There had to be a better way to prove he’s something more than human right?

Sadly, we lose the first member of Team Murphy at the end of the episode. This was a hard for me. The lost Team Member was one of my favorites. Thankfully I didn’t stop watching!

Garnett Head Smash:

Garnett Smashing a Zombie’s Head In

Addy Mixer Kill:

Addy with a Mixer Kill

My vote is for Addy on this one, let me know if you agree in the comments.

Resurrection Z Scoring

Resurrection Z was a pivotal episode and scored an 81/100. This puts it firmly in the Worth Your Time category.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 5

October 22, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Home Sweet Zombie takes place in Warren’s hometown, making her face the realization that her husband is dead, all while a hurricane bears down on team Murphy. While Warren and Garnett are fighting for their lives, Doc, Murphy and Mack try and save a strangers life.

Murphy realizes something is changing. Just like puberty, he’s surprised when he starts to see his body change. Keith Allan, who plays Murphy, really shows his emotional range in this episode.

It says something about his acting that he makes you feel bad for the Zombie after its given mercy.

Doc meanwhile gets to play, well, Doctor. Doc always makes me smile.

Doc relieving pressure on the brain, the hard way.

Warren goes through an existential crisis, but pulls through, while 10-K and Cassandra having a bonding moment over surviving being tossed about in a car.

The Zombie kill of the week was a no brainer this week, because there wasn’t a ton of kills in this episode.

Garnett Double Ax Kill:

Home Sweet Zombie Scoring

Overall this was a good episode, but not as good as some of the others. It scored a 75/100, which still puts it in the Worth Your Time category.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 4

October 21, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Full Metal Zombie sees our stalwart band of survivors on the road, facing the harsh realities of what it means to be a survivor in a post Zombie Apocalypse world. The team is focused on getting Murphy to a CDC lab in California, and if Citizen Z’s data is correct, there might be a military unit with a helicopter nearby.

It turns out to be a risky venture, but more importantly, who wins the Best Zombie Kill for the episode. Let me know in the comments below.

Option 1: Lt. Roberta Warren

If you like a little old school machete work, you’ll probably vote for the machete blow.

Option 2: Combined Kill between Garnett and Addy

I’m going to say Addy did most of the work, all Garnett did was pull the pin, and I’m not sure if it was an accident or if he did it on purpose to be honest.

Season 1, Episode 4, Kill 2

Let me know in the comments who gets the Best Zombie Kill, for me, I’m going old school machete.

Full Metal Zombie Scoring

Full Metal Zombie was a solid episode and scored a 81/100, making it Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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ZOMBIE SERIES – Z NATION, SEASON 1, EPISODE 3, Philly Feast

October 20, 2020May 7, 2023 1 Comment

Philly Feast gives us Cassandra’s backstory. It also gives us a good picture of just how bad things are in Z Nation world. How bad? Well, let’s just say you aren’t going to want to have a Philly Cheesesteak post ZA.

There is a lot to love in Episode 3, Philly Feast. The first is the attention to detail. I’m pretty sure we see a bit of armpit hair when Cassandra takes her shirt off. Sure, it could be that she’s just adopted the European practice, but I’m going to give Z Nation credit for gluing it on there, because who has time to shave their pits when zombies are trying to eat you?

The second was Citizen Z sharing a steak with his new dog friend, and the way they used that steak flipping to segue into the Family’s camp, which is where most of the action in Philly Feast takes place.

The third was seeing the Liberty Bell turn into a zombie killing projectile, which is also this episodes Best Zombie Kill:

Best Zombie Kill: Liberty Bell Zombie Killer

If you carefully in the lower right of the image, you can see the legs of the first zombie taken out by the Liberty Bell.

Philly Feast Scoring

Overall, Philly Feast is a solid episode and scored an 80/100, putting it in the Worth Your Time category.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 2

October 18, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Fracking Zombies keeps up the fast paced action and expands the story on multiple fronts.

The crew escorting Murphy is focused on making a gas run, trying to fill up a tanker so they have all the fuel they need to make the long journey to California.

but for me the more powerful half of the episode revolved around Citizen Z. He’s been alone in the artic for a year and the isolation is getting to him. When he sees what appears to be another survivor, his heart swells with hope and joy.

The real star of this episode is the

The Best Zombie Kill is a toss up between Doc killing a zombie with his knife and Citizen Z doing his flying leap to kill a zombie dog. Let me know which one you think should win. The flying zombie dog kill would have been a clear winner, but we don’t get to see the whole thing.

Citizen Z about to make a flying leap attack on a zombie dog.

For those of you thinking that 10K with his slingshot of death should win Best Zombie Kill, I’m sorry, you’ve been robbed.

Fracking Zombies Scoring

Fracking Zombies was another great episode and scored 80/100, making it Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 1

October 18, 2020May 7, 2023 Leave a comment

Puppies and Kittens is the start of something awesome. Z Nation honestly has one of the best first episodes ever. The world is overrun by the Undead and the people working on a vaccine are about to get overrun. This single event drives the next five seasons. Murphy has been bitten, and he hasn’t turned.

Puppies and Kittens kicks of the series, and the season with non stop action, while setting the groundwork for the next five seasons. The initial zombie horde scenes are first class, and one of my all time favorite scenes of any zombie show is when the dead wash up along the riverbank, and the survivors at the camp don’t quite realize how bad that is going to end up for them, for about 30 seconds:

Episode 1 introduces us to the heart of the Z Nation cast as well. It is the apocalypse, and some people will come and go, but all the major players are introduced in Puppies and Kittens. Yes, there are other players in the game, but these are my favorites:

Murphy:

Murphy is the convict turned successful zombie vaccine survivor. The nations, even the worlds, chances of long term survival are flowing through is veins…maybe.

Keith Allan plays Murphy like an expert at a piano, always striking the right note at the perfect moment. Murphy is a very flawed man, and while he has moments of redemption and growth, he is who he is.

Doc:

Russell Hodgkinson, if you’re reading this, you are my all time favorite character of the series. You bring the fun, funny, and awesome to every scene you’re in.

Doc always has just a little more story to tell, shedding a bit more light on what has been an interesting, complicated life. I hope I bump into you at an airport someday so I can thank you for how many times you’ve made me smile and laugh.

Lt. Roberta Warren:

Lt. Roberta Warren is the rock of the survivor group. She’s smart, hard as nails, and knows how to mercy the undead while never losing her compassion.

Lt. Warren is what we all want and need in our survivor group. She is a utility player who thinks on her feet and can shift from strategy to hand to hand combat without breaking a sweat.

Citizen Z:

Citizen Z is my second favorite character of the series. I’m sure it has nothing to do with him being a computer geek fighting the good fight from behind his keyboard, and I somehow identify with that.

Citizen Z is the lone survivor of an NSA/Military communications base in the far north. He stays behind to make sure that Murphy is in transit, only to find that his comrades leave him behind, and save his life in the process. Citizen Z has the full capability of the United States intelligence systems at his fingertips, and he uses it to full effect to help the survivors try to get Murphy to safety.

10K:

What does a sniper do when his unit has been devoured and he’s all alone? He goes on a target hunt to try to get his number to 10,000 kills, that’s what he does.

Puppies and Kittens Scoring

Puppies and Kittens kicks off an awesome series and scores 95/100. If you are not watching Z Nation yet, you need to be!

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

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