LAPD try to contain the masses (Photo : Screenshot from Fear The Walking Dead)
After two episodes, fans of AMC's The Walking Dead have reason to rejoice as its recently aired spinoff series, Fear The Walking Dead, is turning out to be just as epic as the original, introducing a slew of new characters in a pre-apocalyptic setting.
For those who can't wait for sixth season of The Walking Dead, here are five reasons why you should start watching its brand new cousin.
See Los Angeles in chaos
While The Walking Dead takes viewers on a horrific ride through the wasteland that is Atlanta, Georgia, Fear The Walking Dead is set in urban Los Angeles just moments before it all went to zilch.
Watch the picturesque California suburbs and well-mowed front yards crumble before your eyes as citizens begin to transition into the undead.
Chaos runs rampant through the streets as humans are uncaged into a city of lawlessness. You can't rely on the authorities, they're just trying to survive as much as you are.
On the streets of LA, trust only the people closest to you.
New cast of characters means new stories to be told
In stark contrast with Rick Grimes and company, Fear The Walking Dead isn't limited to just a handful of people. Oh no, the majority of the population have not turned yet and there's still a mass of people running around the city just trying to survive.
This is evident with the lack of silence that we are used to in The Walking Dead. The new series is loud, chaotic and unpredictable.
A new family is at the heart of the show -- Nick, a twenty-something with a drug problem, Madison, the overprotective single mother, Travis, the wannabe daddy boyfriend, and Alicia, the snobby teenage sister who seems to have taken over Carl Grimes' mantle of 'most annoying character' in Walking Dead's zombie-filled world.
Witness the zombie apocalypse unravel before your eyes
Whereas The Walking Dead puts viewers smack dab in the middle of a zombie-apocalypse where the world is literally riddled with Walkers Fear The Walking Dead is set just before disaster strikes.
For the most part, life is normal in suburban LA, and people are getting on with their daily lives. Yes, there's a Walker here and there, but the general public is still largely oblivious to them.
You'll see people here still trying to reason with their friends and loved ones who recently departed, which, we all know how that turns out.
In post-apocalyptic Atlanta, newly turned Walkers get the ol' knife in the head treatment. Here, they are met with screams of "Hey! What are you doing?" and "Don't come any closer!"
More interestingly, food, weapons and supplies are still widely abundant as the masses scramble to stock up on goods and head for the desert.
The spinoff has great potential
Fear The Walking Dead has the potential to be just as good as the original, if the show's writers and producers play their cards right.
At the very least, it's an extra hour of television focused on The Walking Dead's bleak and lifeless present and future. In a show that's not exactly about zombies but about human nature, there are plenty of humans that can and will interact with each other in the spinoff.
Who knows? Maybe we'll get to see how characters like The Governor are developed, how and why they turn into the 'human beings' they become later on in the story's timeline.
Perfect lead up to Season 6 of The Walking Dead
Lastly, Fear The Walking Dead ends where The Walking Dead begins, in a figurative and literal sense.
AMC ordered six episodes of the first season of the spinoff, with the final episode airing on October 4.
Season 6 of The Walking Dead premieres on October 11, a week right after the spinoff's finale and just in time to check back in with Rick Grimes and company as they try to manage the Alexandria Safezone.
