The Television
Tater on TV: Tales of the Walking Dead
My review of the new Walking Dead Universe show on AMC
Tales of the Walking Dead premiered last night on AMC. It is an anthology series set in the Walking Dead universe. There will be six stand-alone episodes. I usually only write a review after the pilot episode, but since each episode will be a new story I will likely do a short review for each one.
Episode one, Evie/Joe, tells the story of Joe(Terry Crews), a reclusive prepper, who leaves his bunker over a year into the zombie apocalypse to search for a female prepper he met online in the before times. He ends up unwillingly traveling with Evie(Olivia Munn) who is also leaving her safe place to search for someone from her past.
Most of the episode is sort of a road trip story. Joe and Evie start as opposites who annoy each other. As the trip continues and they fight the dead together they grow to like each other. I thought Terry Crews and Olivia Munn were an odd choice to pair up for a zombie story, but it worked. The best part of the show was their growing friendship and interaction.
I thought the episode did a good job of showing how different people reacted to the end of the world. Joe was happy living alone in his bunker with his dog and only left when his dog…
