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Fear The Sea Zombies!
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Last year, as they entered their first season homestretch, the writers of “Fear the Walking Dead” tried to figure out what to do with the show’s survivors. There was a vague plan to hole them up on the coast in the home of a mysterious wealthy character named Victor Strand as the zombie apocalypse unfolded. But from there … what? Drive north? South? Head for the desert?

Then, the series showrunner Dave Erickson recalled, “we said, ‘What if he had a yacht?’”

From that spark came a blueprint for a very different “Fear the Walking Dead,” returning to AMC on April 10. A tense urban drama in its six-episode first season, this West Coast spinoff of “The Walking Dead” is taking to the high seas for Season 2, uprooting both the story and the production as it sets sail on a yacht. The boat will be the main setting for many episodes, which take their cues as much from thrillers like “Dead Calm” and “Knife in the Water” as from horror fare. There will be zombies, of course, but the greatest menace will be marauders and other seafaring survivors.
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But Who’s Steering the Ship?
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“Fear the Walking Dead” remains a family drama at its core, following a blended clan headed by Madison and Travis (Kim dikkens and Cliff Curtis). But the show is also shifting its focus toward a character who arrived near the end of Season 1. “The fundamental enigma of the season is Victor Strand,” Mr. Erickson said.

A slick-talking man of means, Strand rode into the story on a wave of florid diction, verbally dismantling a fellow prisoner in an internment camp before taking a shine to Nick (Frank Dillane), Madison’s heroin-addicted son. “He wraps himself around you with his words,” Mr. Domingo said. “They are his greatest weapon.”

Whether the character has a hidden agenda will be an ongoing subplot, as will be his efforts to keep control of his boat. Mr. Domingo went to yacht school before the season, so he could look comfortable at the controls. But he also learned that the owners of such ships, generally being wealthy enough to employ crews, often don’t actually know how to pilot them. This fact will come into play, he said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/a...-the-walking-dead-overhauled-itself.html?_r=1
 
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I am here for them bumping up the Strand character. Him, the old Vato dude and the chubby conspiracy theory kid were the best things about last season.
 
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