Travis was fears Rick, killing him off so early was a huge blow to the show.

It's funny how the whole premise of the show was hey were gonna show yall where the zombie virus started. That only lasted all of 2 episodes then they just became the walking dead 2.0

So unfortunate that he was killed off. Loved the first 2 seasons but it lost me when a lot of the main characters were killed off in poor ways. Nick too. That’s when I stopped watching and felt the show lost its magic.

They completely wasted him…and I felt bad for him when his son picked a group of strangers who left him to die.

Dude got the impossible death by quickscope in a helicopter moving in high speed in air middle of the dark night

Travis’s scenes when we got to see his more violent side were so entertaining. I find that it’s always the characters that try the hardest to retain their humanity that end up up becoming the most savage. Awesome video

His death was SO OUT OF NOWHERE Zero build up

I don’t think he was the Rick of the group, Madison was painted as the leader from the start, i think of him like a mix of Dale and Abraham, he was a the moral compass and the “tough Guy”

They didn’t have to kill him off. Just separate him from his family then later on seasons bring him back.

Good video. FTWD was a massive waste of potential in its own right, but I feel Travis is really the embodiment of that.

I agree! Same with Nick too. I’ve always said they left the wrong members of that family alive.

This dude was going down a DARK path. Shame it got cut off so fast. This show was so perfect

I think the reason why Travis was killed off was because if my memory is correct. The actor who portray him was offered more money to play another TV show.

I guess I don’t blame Cliff for chasing the bag with Avatar Way of Water. But still loved the character and wish he stayed.

Travis was definitely my favorite in the earlier seasons. His battle with being a moral compass while trying to protect his family. I remember when I first watched this episode and thought how much of a waste this death was. Fear the walking dead died with Travis and most definitely Nick. Thank you for posting this video

Feels like The end of Season 3 was basically the end of the show, and Season 4 started a spinoff😂

Yeah, I’ve watched the first four seasons of FTWD, it feels like they focus majorly of early season on Nick. Like Nick were meant to be the focus on the show.

Irony of the Rick surviving things... blown up, shot, stabbed, rebar, helicopter crash, and falling from a helicopter. lmao

Travis and nick were some of the best characters my final straw was john thats when I couldn't be botherd investing into the show. Enjoying a good character just for them to kill them of in unremarkable boring ways.

This was the only cast member I tuned in for. When he made that high altitude no opening exit, I did too.

I also felt like it got cringey at times. i miss how dark this show started and then it felt like the walking dead with the boomerang writing :/ I think he was complex and they could have used him.

One of the few likeable early seasons character

It may be an unpopular opinion, but I actually liked how his death was played out. One minute there, the next he's gone with no buildup. It felt realistic. No drama or long and drawn out emotional time to take in the fact that he was dying. Just a moment of silence to realize what just happened, followed by him plummeting to his doom with no real time to digest it. Because in reality, in a real zombie apocalypse, this is how 95% of people would die. Just there one minute, and the next minute, dead. It just left me in a state of shock with my mouth wide open. And so unexpected too because it was such a high-value character. I can't fault the producers FOR killing him off because Cliff Curtis wanted off the show as far as I'm aware. But it was definitely a ballsy move to kill him off in such a sudden and not drawn out way. But I truly think it worked well.

Facts they definitely wasted him nd i couldn’t stand his selfish wife and crazy son

I looooved Travis on FTWD. But I knew he wouldn’t be on there long since Curtis is such an in-demand actor. He was phenomenal. Gladly would have loved to see him switch long-term stories with Madison (who’s terrible)

Once they killed him he is never mentioned again and Madison only thinks about her kids and never once gave a thought towards Travis once he died.

They origonally wanted to turn him into a badass surivvor. But then AVATAR came along

Def should’ve left his death more open ended so he could come back Idk, Madison and him could have a Rick/Shane dynamic

I agree, that they killed him too soon. but in my opinion the largest mistake they made killing a character was nick.... he should have been alive a lot longer.

Him falling out of the helicopter was so abrupt.

Wasted potential seems to be the name of the game in FTWD

Yeah season 2 have barely got started and they killed travis. I just stopped watching at that point cuz I knew where all this was going again.

Lorenzo James did amazing with Chris’ psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies, love him or hate him

I agree Travis and nick where the heart of the show

This was a great video! I'm looking forward to more.

They killed off the two most likeable characters with the father and the drug addict

Him and Nick were the hearts of the show...

Almost every walking dead character was wasted. They stopped caring about good writing. That’s why Nick left as well. Most characters weren’t developed properly. Jesus, Tara, CARL even. Carl was criminally wasted

I absolutely loved Travis, a badass with a heart of gold. The show really died without him and the heroin addict GOAT Nick.

For such a good character they killed him off like he was a side character. He gets shot in the neck and just falls out of a helicopter

Travis reminds me of a mashup of Rick and Dale of his character imo

Honestly i don't know wtf they were doing during those earlier season when they killed off several of there Main characters i.e Nick & Travis. An it didn't help the fact that they have to bring over people from the original series, like as if Fear the walking dead is compensating for one thing and that is they needed recognizable characters cause they dropped the ball. If that was the route they are taking they might aswell killed of all our characters by season 3 or 4. Showing that in the walking dead universe not every group of are main protagonist could survive in the apocalypse in a bittersweet ending.

Travis was a great character and I really liked Troy when Troy died I stopped watching for a while.

FTWD season 1-3 had so much wasted potential, genuinely could’ve been better than the main show imo

The soul of the show left with Travis and Nick

I watched until the end of Season 3 and then called it quits. Killing Travis so early on when he was being so highly developed, and very likeable was a bad move you could feel the effects from seasons later.

The problem is, the salary he was probably earning wasn't great on ftwd compared to the money he'd make on Avatar, so money could've been a deciding factor

Yeah I remember being like wtf. The only reason I kept watching until season 5 was because of Morgan, but even he couldn't keep me intrested. I reached half of season 5 and quit.

I like how the guy was not comfortable with guns but they didn't make him a complete coward due to that.

Travis, Nick, and John Dorie are characters that should've lived longer in FTWD, their deaths was so unnecessary and out of nowhere that they should've separate them from the group and come back on the later seasons, like they did with Maggie and Madison.

Holy FUCK did they mess up, it was so shocking that I thought he lived falling out of the helicopter, I was waiting season's for this man to come back because of his little sense him dying made. One of the first and most avoidable failures of the show.

Went out with a whimper, definitely cut before his prime stride

Nobody is dead until you see a walker or a corpse

well i dont think he could of since the actor had other projects he wanted to do

They killed off all of the interesting characters. Nick and trav were the best part of the show.

Your right he was just starting to get the hang of it and they kill him off. They messed up.

Finally! Was waiting on someone bringing this up. Killing him off was a horrible decision. Made me quit watching as it was so dumb

the producers be like: OH, BUT SHOCK FACTOR!!! 🤓

Daniel, Strand and Travis started as my favourite characters. There was so much to work with. But the writing fell to bits before our eyes. Nick though, urgh, never the lead character.

I could see how he would impact the rest of the seasons after his death

Man when they kind of made him little bit psycho. That was pretty cool built up for Travis. Also that conclusion sounds tight. It reminds me of Thomas Wayne vs Martha Wayne[ Batman ] too sad Avatar came while FTWD was filming. ps [ bleep ] Chris. Lol.

I hated for Travis that his character *needed* Chris to die.. and it only got worse when he himself was tossed into a ditch like trash. That was enough of that show for me.

He could do to skulls with his own fists what Negan could do with a bat.

The common thread in the walking dead series is stupidly killing off characters with potential and focusing on the lame ones.

Daniel is and forever will be the goat

He was my favorite character in ftwd

Yea I remember thinking how pointless his death was and kept watching. Once Nick was killed off the show went completely downhill

Travis and John Dorie would've 100% carried FearTWD if they lived till the end of season 8

You mean the wasted potential of FTWD.

Weird question, but are you based in Sheffield? You have the exact same name as someone I know. Good content, though!

Well said. Travis was awesome.

After season 1 this show was basically FTWD 2.0. Should have used way more time on the outbreak phase instead of rushing trough it like they did. Then they killed Travis and Nick and it died out.

I am more shocked they didn’t bring him back in the last season

The whole first 3 season were wasted effort just for it to go to crap

I feel like Madison should’ve at least found Travises walker

Better to kill him off in season 3 than have the new showrunners ruin his character and turn him into a monologue-machine in season 4 and beyond. The random death added some much needed realism imo.

i mean lets just face it they killed off every good character in that show and it feels like they only did it because everyone complained that all the good characters in twd never die

I'd argue killing Travis saved the character. Scott Gimple would have reduced him to a shell of his former self from season 4 onwards.

Boils down to AMC being complete ass, everything they touch they turn it to shit

I thought Travis was a very good character. Thought he was on track to be very similar to Rick but with his own uniqueness. However, i also really like the season 3 story arc which may not have worked super well with travis so 🤷

Damn you Avatar!!

Travis and Troy were the two most under utilized characters in Fear.

Even tho Seson 3 is GOATED Travis death was the most shocking shit I've ever seen and I hated it at the time. Thankfully Troy Otto existed the GOAT and he saved the season for me. Travis Really felt like he was the Main Character of the show. To have him die like that was so random lol this entire show is just complete wasted potential

If only he didn’t sign up to do avatar 2 😭

Kim Dickens is billed first in the credits of the show for a reason. Travis was never the "Rick" of this show. There was never supposed to be someone like him. Everyone misses the point of the first 3 seasons' story : Madison becoming a villain. Travis dying just propelled that further. Still sucks AMC ruined the show. Dave Erickson could've delivered something deliciously dark to balance out TWD's hope filled bullshit. Great video though! Also, the decision wasn't forced on the writers. Erickson decided to go for it to push Madison. All the fans kept saying Travis was the lead so he put all of you in your place lol Erickson's said they had plans to write around Avatar, they just chose not to. Hence Cliff returning in the finale.

I literally stopped watching the show once he was killed off in the pit. Stupid waste of character.

I’d say ftwd was a huge mistake in general

The show was compltelty botched from season 4 onwards, travis dying wasnt a good move but killing nick was the final stray for the show.

Cliff Curtis.

FTWD needed the main cast to stick around longer. Instead; it devolved into a fever dream of a TV show. They 100% need to fire everyone involved; it quickly became a TV show for aspiring writers to show exactly why they shouldn't be. It was as if a bunch of FAT FAN GIRLS started writing the show. This happens in most TV shows; good writers/producers kick the show off, then they pass it to new young writers so they get experience....except not a damn one of us cares if they get experience; we want a good TV show. The correction to this is to not fire the original show runners when they make a hit. Notice how it quickly went from FTWD to 'The Morgan Show'? Somebody needed to be smacked upside the head for that one; but instead it all just comes off as being about edgy sh** tier writers putting in what they want to see, whether it makes sense, flows, or is even remotely possible. Good thing that got that diversity hire in; otherwise we'd only have had to see him be useless in TWD.

Definitely shouldn't have killed Travis.

I loved the first few episodes each episode felt like a movie the writing was so good then we are in a Ocean and i realized the show was starting was already starting to get bad and stopped watching

Bro after Travis died the group got done so dirty

TWD was supposed to be POST apocalypse, FTWD was supposed to be DURING/PRE apocalypse. IMO when they went to Mexico and then Travis died the show went downhill. I was interested in "how" it started and during but AMC turned it into TWD 2.0

I stopped watching the show when they killed him off. Travis was the best thing about the show.

was it even Avatar he left for, I thought he left to be in that shit movie The Meg?

This show had so many faults. It had potential at first, and i was all for it. But after season 3 i started losing interest, i tried to stick around, hoping it would get better but by season 6 i couldnt even sit thru an entire episode. It was completely un watchable. And i was done.

Travis was my favorite character is why I stopped watching the show like he was the main character. I hate the Daughter she’s annoying especially the face expression she makes.

Where i gave up on it tbh.

The actor wanted to leave the show