Tara Nicole Weyr directed this week's episode of Fear TWD. She does an amazing job with the direction and visual storytelling, the camera work and cinematography are all quite great. The sound editing and musical score is fantastic. Though an impressive production, the good things sadly stop there. The writing is flawed and unbearable at times, the dialogue are mostly unrealistic but meets the showrunners standard. At least the sets are improved in this episode, using some nice scenery and locations instead of its B movie sets that is the nuclear wasteland.
Against the advice of the group, Sarah searches for Wendell, and in the process encounters a dangerous survivor who forces her to take part in a search of his own. That's the premise of the episode and well it's nice to see Emile's twin brother getting some screen time before his cameo in episode 2. Having Sarah be the focus and perspective, thus putting characters like Luciana and Al on the bench along with everyone else who escaped via the helicopter, honestly it sickens me. Sarah is a decent character and Mo Collins does a good job but honestly in terms of Fear TWD and its characters, choosing Sarah instead of Luciana is just wrong on so many levels. Sarah is a good side character but she's far from a leading character. I have wondered what happened to Wendell, but making an entire episode focused on Sarah trying to find him is just bad because of how it's only her and not others. Are they even main characters anymore? Or just guest appearances.
"Breathe with Me" was overall a decent episode, but it didn't meet my expectations. It was better than the previous two episodes but that doesn't say anything, all the problems that this season is having still exists in this episode. For a serialized TV show, this episode shows once again how this season have failed immensely on that level. But on the technical side of things, is where the episode shines with great cinematography and direction. Though a decent episode: the writing, pacing and showrunners anthology format drags the rating down immensely. I also want to address my opinion regarding the focus and plot of this season, so far. The truth? There are too many characters and the showrunners have only added, there is no real tension or unpredictable nature in the show anymore. So many of the interesting and main characters gets almost no screen time. Focusing solely on Victor Strand and his community and Morgan Jones, their rivalry, their feud. Would have been great storytelling, but the writers and showrunners are unable to succeed in the execution. I need to bring up something... Again. Why don't they just leave, it's confirmed by now that they can. Showrunners, don't go through with an idea when you haven't fully thought it out yet. It makes for a terrible TV show. Also the car crash, wow that was bad.