Tales of the Walking Dead

Our recap of 'Tales of the Walking Dead' Season 1, Episode 1 — 'Evie/Joe' — reveals how a tag team was made of Terry Crews and Olivia Munn.

So as Sandra went full-on Fatal Attraction running around with a knife, Evie was able to defend herself and free a tied-up Joe just in time for him to hurl a weapon into his would-be girlfriend’s chest. Harsh words exchanged, Joe took his leave of Evie, and finally made his way to the home of his mystery woman. During a pit stop, Joe invited Evie to read his journal for clues as to the exact whereabouts of his mystery woman’s home. Furious, Joe lashed out at Evie, going so far as to declare himself Team Steve. In turn, she called Joe all the way out. Suddenly lonely, Joe decided to hop on his souped-up motorcycle and take a road trip in hopes of meeting a fellow doomsday prepper with whom he’d been flirtatiously corresponding online prior to the apocalypse. Once the first of the Tales of the Walking Dead was told in Sunday’s “Evie/Joe,” a single question loomed large: Did the premiere of the anthology series — the third spinoff of the AMC drama that wraps its 11-season run this fall — leave you eager to return for a second story…

The 'Tales of the Walking Dead' anthology serves up standalone stories starring Terry Crews, Olivia Munn, Samantha Morton and more.

It’d be an exaggeration to say “Blair/Gina” feels nothing like The Walking Dead. As the pair find themselves mired in an apparently endless cycle of death — leaving the office shortly before four each day to find themselves offed by five, all so they can find themselves back at the office shortly before four again — they encounter no shortage of blood and gore, and even get bitten a few times themselves. Unfortunately for Tales of the Walking Dead, it’s also the premiere, and therefore the installment that bears the most responsibility to convince a curious viewer to keep watching. For my money, though, the true standout of Tales of the Walking Dead so far is “Blair/Gina,” about two squabbling coworkers during the early days of the outbreak. Though much of its run time is occupied, inevitably, with a bloody lesson about the dark side of man, its quieter moments grasp at the devastating impossibilities that Dee faces in trying to raise a child, 9-year-old Lydia (Scarlett Blum), in a universe so defined by danger and despair. But it’s the chapter that feels most like a cynical branding calculation: The Walking Dead + famous people = attention, even if the show has nowhere interesting to direct that attention once it has it. It’s a human-sized heartbreak in the midst of world-ending chaos, a reminder of what’s at stake amid all the gloom and doom.

There is a version of tonight's episode of Tales Of The Walking Dead that I might have actually enjoyed.

A grab bag of all these fractured, half-baked (heh) ideas rolled into a Frankenstein’s monster with no narrative substance and only the charm of Terry Crews to sustain it. But then they leave the well-stocked and fortified bunker instead of, I dunno, taking advantage of the safety and bounty it provides. What was the point? There was just so much unbearably cheesy conversation we had to sit through between Evie and Joe I had to try not to throw up in my mouth. And again, even when you do and even if you’re super stoned, you’re not going to be totally at the mercy of a small woman when you’re the same size as Terry Crews. It’s not even remotely realistic or plausible. In the spirit of optimism, let’s start with . . . I think the red flags maybe should have started popping up for Joe when she showed so much interest in him one month after her husband died. But no, the bike gets stolen. There is a version of tonight’s episode of Tales Of The Walking Dead that I might have actually enjoyed. But I guess in the writer’s room at Walking Dead HQ that’s how everyone thinks pot brownies work. But those good moments only help underscore what a waste the rest of the episode ended up being. I can only shake my head and wonder how it was ever greenlit in the first place.

As the original TWD prepares to air its final episodes, AMC's zombie apocalypse universe has spawned a new show & flexed some new muscles.

I think it’s time for some of these spinoffs to happen and for some of these characters to get a little bit more screentime. It’s a true universe, and a big part of it is like, hey, Terry, you’re going to be the Hulk in this thing, you know what I mean? My first movie was called The 6th Day, and it was with Mike Rooker, who literally was the guy that told me how to stand and how to look and do my thing. I love a great villain that’s a woman and a mother, and you know, I’m a mother. Even with me, I realized that if I didn’t open up and if I didn’t get help, I was going to die, you know? When I finally found out how to open up and how to kind of get in touch with who I was and my feelings and the whole thing, it was a world changer, man. But, I have to say, there seems to be a lot of you in Joe, the more vulnerable side … POWELL: You know, I would have to leave that to Mr. Gimple. He’s the master of the universe at the moment. “It’s a true universe, and a big part of it is like, hey, Terry, you’re going to be the Hulk in this thing, you know what I mean?” declares the genre leaping America’s Got Talent host “I’m like, whoa!” It’s the fact that they did a brilliant job of establishing me in the world, and we all know, if you ever watch Walking Dead, that if anything ends hopeful, all of a sudden there’s going to be a twist. And man, there are really, really dark times ahead, and that’s what I’m waiting to really portray, and I think this whole episode does a beautiful job of establishing us, and now it’s time to put us in the fire, you know what I mean? He knew this was going to happen, and he was right, but the problem is that no man is an island.

Six different stories. One dead world. Tales of the Walking Dead is AMC's episodic anthology series from The Walking Dead Universe, consisting of six ...

"Why'd you think I left?" You and your delusional mission." "I should have ditched you before! "The universe. In a way." "But meeting?" "Puppies and poetry. "Why did you leave your place?" "You made it. And everybody else didn't. The hell you doing?" "You got me," Joe wrote back. "I feel insane," Joe answered.

In the real world, Evie (Olivia Munn) and Joe (Terry Crews) would not get along and would probably avoid each other like the plague. They have very different ...

He had a safe place to call home and had prepared for the end of the world before it actually happened. But you got me. Once you get me to wherever I need to go, you can take off. Obviously, I was prepared.Sandra Now, I don't want you to feel that, when I leave, that you got a raw deal. That was easy. We also have a ton of weed plants. No one ever thinks bad things will happen. Look, I don't want to be too Pollyanna, but if there was ever an ideal situation to have your bike stolen, I mean, this is it. There's a greenhouse on a greywater system, with lots of organic vegetables. Evie: Well, then you just became my involuntary chauffeur. Evie: This couldn't have happened at a better time.

Let's meet the all-star cast from the new zombie anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead, including new and familiar faces.

Unlike her boss, Gina has been paying attention to the signs and she knows something horrible is about to happen. She’s also very close to realizing her lifelong dream of publishing a novel. Jillian Bell is a comedian and her comedic talents come here out as the world starts to collapse while she’s at work. An avid TV and movie fan, her perennial favorites are The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, true crime documentaries on Netflix and anything from Passionflix. You’ve Got Mail, Ocean's Eleven and Signs are movies that she can watch all day long. Where else have you seen Samantha Morton? Samantha Morton is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominee. Dr. Everett has been studying the patterns of Homo Mortis for years. The last person she wants to be stuck with is her insubordinate employee, Gina, but when push comes to shove it’s all about survival. Crews has been in everything from comedies like Bridesmaids to dramas like Training Day to action roles in The Expendables franchise. He’s ready for the long haul in the zombie apocalypse, but he’s hoping to connect with a fellow prepper, which inspires his new mission. His most memorable roles include Julius in Everybody Hates Chris, The Newsroom and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He’s also hosted America’s Got Talent since 2019. Where else have you seen Olivia Munn? Tales of the Walking Dead is a mini-reunion for Crews and Munn, who worked together in The Newsroom. Munn has been in everything from Magic Mike to X-Men: Apocalypse and she appeared as herself in Ocean’s Eight. She has also done a lot of voice work, too, lending her voice to characters in shows like Hit-Monkey and Mission Force One. You never know when an emergency could strike and that’s why doomsday preppers like Terry Crews’ Joe are always prepared.

Instead of taking bold narrative choices, 'Tales of the Walking Dead' opens with a tragically pedestrian episode.

But let’s go back to the technical issues for a bit. After gagging Joe instead of killing him, Sandra wipes off the clown makeup, steps outside, and invites Evie in for shelter and a drug brownie. Thankfully, Evie and Joe make it outside and slam the bunker door shut. After a while, a man was able to enter and attacked, forcing her to kill him. As the two continue to bond/flirt, she gives Joe a brownie to eat before asking if she can freshen up. Joe grabs Evie’s gun and attempts to shoot him only to find that the weapon wasn’t loaded. He notices security cameras rigged up in the trees and begs his friend ( Sandra) to let him in. The next day, Joe is turning on the bike (conveniently disengaging the kill switch) when Evie calls for him to come back inside. When he tells her that the vehicle has a kill switch, she forces him to drive her where she wants to go or be shot. Although it’s been over a year since she last saw her husband, Evie believes that the universe brought Joe into her life so she could find Steven again — or at least his paintings to see if he still loved her or not. Joe then hands over his poetry/transcript book and asks if she can help locate his friend since she knows the area. After taking them all down (and Joe saying how impressed he is with Evie’s martial arts skills), she finally lets him out of his handcuffs.

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Along the way, he gets trapped by Evie (Olivia Munn), a fellow survivalist. She's more in the crunchy granola vein, not eating meat but growing her own weed.

All of these storytelling methods suggest that the stumbling biters are going to be even less of a factor than they sometimes are during the other three shows. But the performances are entertaining enough to make up for some fractured storytelling and weird, overly positive vibe. But when a catastrophic accident happens, they both are surprised to find themselves back in the office with the chance to make different choices. Our Take: It feels like the theme of Tales Of The Walking Dead is how the zombie apocalypse brings unlikely pairs of people together. Fear The Walking Dead is still going strong, and there are three other series in the works (World Beyond only lasted two seasons). Now Scott Gimple and company have created an anthology series that can tell lots of different stories that happened during and after the zombie apocalypse. So she takes him with her at gunpoint, and as they go on the road, singing Charlie Pride songs and fighting walkers, they learn to trust each other, which comes in handy at an opportune moment.

Tales of the Walking Dead's first episode, "Evie/Joe," pairs up the dynamic duo of Terry Crews and Olivia Munn. The actors have great onscreen chemistry.

They begin their travels in Ohio and travel to Michigan, where the people they seek live. After a very rocky start, they come to a common ground and continue on their journey. He decides to seek out a gal he met online and only knows as USHLDBSCRD.

Tales of the Walking Dead is the latest spinoff in The Walking Dead universe. With the flagship series set to end in November 2022.

It is a great example of how life would actually be in an apocalypse. The chemistry between Crews and Munn alone makes this episode worth the watch. With the flagship series set to end in November 2022, AMC Networks has big plans for this universe, and the new spinoffs will open the small world of TWD worldwide.

Samantha Morton will reprise her role as Alpha (aka Dee) in the show, while new cast members include Terry Crews, Olivia Munn, Jessie T Usher, Parker Posey, and ...

Tales of the Walking Dead season 1 episode 1 is called ‘Evie/Joe’, bringing Munn and Crews on board in the titular roles. The Tales of the Walking Dead release date for season 1 episode 1 is right around the corner. Original series The Walking Dead is broadcast on Disney Plus via the Star banner in the UK, so some think that the spin-off will follow suit.