"Brother's Keeper" is the twelfth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series Fear the Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on September 24, 2017.
| "Brother's Keeper" | |
|---|---|
| Fear the Walking Dead episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Alrick Riley |
| Written by | Wes Brown |
| Original air date | September 24, 2017 |
| Running time | 41 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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Plot
editTroy lives off the land while continuing to write in his journal. He revisits the scene of the helicopter crash, finds a grenade launcher and buries the rancher Walker had disfigured. Troy visits Nick in the night and warns him that the ranch will be destroyed. Jake asks Alicia to leave with him and questions their relationship when she refuses. Nick and Jake set out to find Troy and discover him using the grenade launcher to guide a herd of walking dead toward the ranch. Troy explains that the herd will force the people into the desert, as he was, and only the fittest will survive. Jake holds Troy at gunpoint but hesitates on learning that Nick killed their father and Alicia kept it secret. Jake is bitten and dies following an amputation, and Troy mourns his brother, saying he brought the herd to regain their legacy. A wall of trailers and RVs is hoped to turn the herd, but it fails and the ranchers and natives evacuate to the bunker-like pantry.
Reception
editOn Rotten Tomatoes, "Brother's Keeper" garnered a 100% approval rating, with an average score of 8.00/10 based on 6 reviews.[1] David Zapanta of Den of Geek rated it 4/5, stating, "if [the] season were a Choose Your Own Adventure book, every plot choice would hinge on the Clark family making a bad situation worse", and deeming Alicia Clark one of the "more fully realized characters" of the season.[2] Steve Ford of TV Fanatic gave it a 3/5, writing that it "could have been so much more than it was" as it retreaded what The Walking Dead did in a prior season, although Fear "handled it better" and "the story progression felt much more natural".[3] Nick Romano of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "For an hour, the narrative and character flaws of episodes past seemed like a distant memory", praising the show's "ability to build tension from the opening sequence to the finish".[4]
Ratings
edit"Brother's Keeper" was seen by 2.08 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 1.99 million.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3, Episode 12". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Zapanta, David (September 25, 2017). "Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 12 Review: Brother's Keeper". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Ford, Steve (September 24, 2017). "Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 12 Review: Brother's Keeper".
- ^ Romano, Nick (September 24, 2017). "Fear the Walking Dead recap: 'Brother's Keeper'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Porter, Rick (September 19, 2017). "Sunday cable ratings: 'Outlander' and 'The Deuce' steady with second episodes". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ Porter, Rick (September 26, 2017). "Sunday cable ratings: 'Outlander' hits total-viewer high, 'Fear the Walking Dead' ticks up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.