6. 1 x 06. Five Days at Walker Memorial

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast
Fear the Walking Dead 1x06. "A Good Man"
Podcast episode 06.  Five Days at Walker Memorial

Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce R. Magee discuss the season finale. We agree that is is a great end to the season. The growing tension from the season comes to a climax in this episode. 

We finally get a big herd of walkers, which attack the army base and hospital.  Also Travis reaches his limit, and we see the violence that has been brewing beneath the surface.  Our metaphor for the week centers on what happens as the army leaves the sick and the medical staff behind during the evacuation.  Dr. Exner makes a grim decision when she uses the bold gun to kill the patients who have been left behind.  

Following Katrina, a similar situation occurred at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, when the doctors and staff at the hospital kept their patients going as best they could for five days, with charges of euthanasia emerging afterward.  We speculate about the 2nd season and hope they won't spend too much time at sea.