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50 Fun Facts About Fear the Walking Dead

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1

Who created Fear the Walking Dead with Robert Kirkman?

Erickson ran the first three seasons before Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg took over.

2

In which city are the first seasons set?

The later seasons move the action to Mexico, Texas and finally Georgia.

3

Who plays Madison Clark?

Dickens left after season four and returned as a regular for the final season.

4

What is Madison Clark's job before the apocalypse?

Her fiancé Travis teaches English at the same high school.

5

Who plays Travis Manawa?

The New Zealand actor was the male lead for the first three seasons.

6

What is Nick Clark recovering from when the series begins?

Frank Dillane played him for four seasons.

7

Which actress plays Alicia Clark?

She was a regular for seven seasons and returned as a special guest in season eight.

8

Who plays Victor Strand?

He directed an episode in season four and is credited as a producer on the final season.

9

Daniel Salazar, played by Rubén Blades, was once a member of which group?

He is a barber whose family fled El Salvador.

10

Which Walking Dead character crosses over to lead the show from season four?

Lennie James had played him since the 2010 pilot of the original series.

11

Which former Savior, played by Austin Amelio, joins the cast in season five?

He came to Texas hoping to find his ex-wife Sherry.

12

What is John Dorie's profession?

Garret Dillahunt played him; Keith Carradine later played his father.

13

Which character does Jenna Elfman play?

She first appears using the names Naomi and Laura.

14

Maggie Grace's Althea is what by profession?

A six-part web series, The Althea Tapes, shows her interviewing survivors.

15

Where did Grace Mukherjee work before the apocalypse?

Karen David joined the main cast in season five.

16

Which group does young Charlie spy for in season four?

Alexa Nisenson's character later defects to Morgan's group.

17

Who leads the scavenging group that besieges the stadium in season four?

Kevin Zegers played him, with Evan Gamble as his brother Ennis.

18

Colby Minifie's Virginia leads which network of communities?

Zoe Colletti plays her daughter Dakota.

19

Season six villain Teddy Maddox, played by John Glover, is what?

John Dorie Sr. arrested the serial killer back in the 1970s.

20

What is the name of the nuclear submarine featured in season six?

The AMC+ special Dead in the Water tells the story of its crew.

21

What is PADRE in the final season?

Its leaders Sam and Ben Krennick go by the bird names Shrike and Crane.

22

Which character returns in season eight after apparently dying at the end of season three?

Daniel Sharman's character now has a daughter, Tracy.

23

What is the name of the Otto family's season three stronghold?

Dayton Callie's Jeremiah Otto is its racist patriarch.

24

Which community does Luciana Galvez come from?

Danay García later directed an episode, the fourth cast member to do so.

25

What was the project's working title before it became Fear the Walking Dead?

Kirkman confirmed the final title in March 2015.

26

On what date did the series premiere?

It debuted simultaneously on AMC in the US and AMC Global around the world.

27

How many episodes were in the first season?

AMC had ordered the show with a two-season commitment.

28

How many total episodes did the series run?

It ended on November 19, 2023 after eight seasons.

29

Who took over as showrunners from season four?

They stayed through the final season.

30

Where were most of the first-season episodes filmed after the pilot?

Adam Davidson directed the pilot and the next two episodes.

31

In which Mexican state was season two filmed?

Sea scenes used a horizon tank at Baja Film Studios in Rosarito.

32

Which Texas baseball stadium served as a season four location?

It is in Round Rock, near Austin, where the season was shot.

33

Where did production move for the eighth and final season?

Scenes were shot at the De Renne Georgia Library at Wormsloe Historic Site.

34

Who composed the score for the first three seasons?

Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans replaced him from season four.

35

Who composed the original title card music?

It was replaced along with the rest of the theme when season four rebooted the show.

36

How many viewers watched the US series premiere, a cable record?

The first season averaged 11.2 million in live-plus-3 ratings, the highest-rated first season in cable history.

37

The web series Flight 462 is set where?

Its characters Alex and Jake appear in the season two episode 'Ouroboros'.

38

How many parts did the Flight 462 web series have?

It aired as promos during season six of The Walking Dead.

39

Which web series follows a survivor named Sierra helping an injured woman named Gabi?

It ran as promos during The Walking Dead's seventh season.

40

Which comic did Mel Smith claim season two plagiarised in a 2018 lawsuit?

AMC settled in March 2019 after a judge refused to dismiss the case.

41

Which Walking Dead star guest-starred as Rick Grimes in the season four premiere crossover?

Melissa McBride and Tom Payne also appeared as Carol and Jesus.

42

The Hollywood Reporter described season four as what kind of show 'by design'?

Each episode of the season had a different title card.

43

Which episode of season four did Victor Strand's actor direct?

He announced it in April 2018.

44

What is Morgan's PADRE code name in the final season?

Madison is Lark, Strand is Anton and June is Blue Jay.

45

What is the name of Morgan and Grace's adopted daughter?

Named after Morgan, she is taken by PADRE and given the name Wren.

46

In season eight, Luciana takes up the call sign of which former trucker?

Clayton's supply operation left goods for desperate survivors.

47

Which episode of season eight marks Lennie James's final appearance as Morgan?

The character had debuted in the 2010 pilot of The Walking Dead.

48

How many episodes made up the final season?

It was split into two six-episode halves, with the second premiering October 22, 2023.

49

Who plays Strand's German husband Frank in the final season?

Strand's adopted son Klaus is played by Julian Grey.

50

How many years pass between the seventh and eighth seasons?

The time jump puts the survivors on PADRE's island.

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