Thoughts based on the first episode.
I like zombie movies, especially the old ones. And what the more recent films of the genre don't pay attention to is the fact that zombies are dumb, they are slow. "Night of the living dead" [minor spoiler ahead] ends with humanity prevailing (in a way), and it's not surprising, decaying slow-moving corpses are a threat that can be dealt with. [end of spoiler] But I guess it doesn't make for a good movie or a long-running series. And film makers would rather have a grittier, tougher, depressing ending, that would make it clear that humanity is doomed and they are willing to toss all logic aside. But I've never felt it, because it doesn't make any sense. It's like a cliche now, and I'm sick of it. [minor spoilers for 28 days/weeks later ahead] 28 days later had an amazing ending. But the sequel had to go and ruin it: "Yeah! Zombies are everywhere, humanity is doomed, look at it! Are you depressed yet, are you?! Isn't this cool and exciting?" No! Quit it. [end of spoilers]
My point is, Fear the Walking Dead shows the start of the epidemic from a social standpoint and it does it well. It seems realistic. I watch it and I think "yeah, that is probably how it would have happened". Not fast with lots of screaming and people running around, but with lots of confused people not knowing what's going on. The government doesn't know how to deal with this problem, no one does.
This show finally dares to answer the question: if zombies are slow and dumb - how are they in power? Even when people see a walker, they don't fully comprehend it, they can't believe their eyes. They have never seen a zombie-movie, there's no such thing as a walker yet. No one knows the true gravity of the situation, they don't know what awaits them, they don't know there is going to be an apocalypse.
And that's why it's interesting for me to watch.
I also continue hoping for a zombie movie sequel taking place after the apocalypse, where survivors would have to deal with the guilt of things they've done, trying to rebuild society, scientists trying to figure out what caused the epidemic (with possible flashback). But I don't think it'll happen, because the majority apparently thinks it's boring. And it's a shame. Oh, well.

I tried this TV-show because it's connected to Walking Dead and people advised me. Watched 4 seasons & I can say, it's quite boring comparing to Walking Dead which itself didn't go well after several seasons and became like a cheap soap opera. When I was watching Walking Dead (First few seasons) I couldn't wait for next episode, it was so interesting, I remember I watched whole season in one day, however with Fear the walking dead I never had such feeling, I didn't care what was going to happen in next episode. Story is boring & slow, characters are stupid & another aggravating thing with this TV-show is that director likes to kill main characters left and right. In the middle of 4th season 4 main characters already got killed.

I thought this show was and is great but I think sometimes the writers get confused about what's real and what the viewers would imagine what would be real if things were to happen today and being in LA, it gets confusing then slow like a lot of shows where they out of ideas that's why they all slow their 📺 down until they come up with a 🧠 storm or ✂️ the show short and give you a family!