Fear the Walking Dead: The Dog

"The Dog"
Series Fear the Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 3
Air date	September 13th, 2015
Writers	Jack LoGiudice
Director	Adam Davidson
Producers	Craig Forrest; Bill Johnson; Ron French; Jack LoGiudice; Marco Ramirez; Adam Davidson; David Wiener; Robert Kirkman; David Alpert; Greg Nicotero; Gale Anne Hurd; Dave Erickson; Kenneth Requa
Starring	Kim Dickens; Cliff Curtis; Frank Dillane; Alycia Debnam-Carey; Elizabeth Rodriguez; Mercedes Mason; Lorenzo James Henrie; Rubén Blades
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"The Dog" is the third episode of season one of the survival horror television series Fear the Walking Dead. The series is a prequel spin-off of the critically acclaimed program The Walking Dead and chronicles the stories of the first days of the zombie apocalypse. The episode was directed by Adam Davidson with a script written by Jack LoGiudice. It first aired on AMC on Sunday, September 13th, 2015 at 9:00 pm.

Cast

Starring

Actor	Role
Kim Dickens	Madison "Maddie" Clark
Cliff Curtis	Travis Manawa
Frank Dillane	Nick Clark
Alycia Debnam-Carey	Alicia Clark
Elizabeth Rodriguez	Liza Ortiz
Mercedes Mason	Ofelia Salazar
Lorenzo James Henrie	Chris Manawa
Rubén Blades	Daniel Salazar

Guest Starring

Actor	Role
Patricia Reyes Spindola	Griselda Salazar

Co-Starring

Actor	Role
Steven Allerick	Guardsman #2
Noah Beggs	Peter Dawson
Cynthia Rose Hall	Guardswoman
Cici Lau	Susan Tran
Jim Lau	Patrick Tran

Notes & Trivia

• Fear the Walking Dead was created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson. It is based on a series of graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.

• "FTWD: The Dog" redirects to this page.

• This episode is rated TV-MA (LV). This program contains violent content which may be too intense for some viewers. Viewer and parental discretion are advised.

• This episode had a viewership of 7.185 million people.

• This is the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead to air in September, 2015. There was no episode of the show that aired on September 6th.

• "The Dog" aired in the United Kingdom on September 13th, 2015.

• Casting for Fear the Walking Dead is by Wendy O'Brien, CSA.

• Main title theme by Atticus Ross.

• The original broadcast of this episode aired with a sneak preview of the season six premiere of The Walking Dead.

• Production designer Michael S. Bolton is credited as Michael Bolton in this episode.

• This is the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead with Tad Dennis as an editor.

Allusions

• The game that the Clark family is playing in the beginning of the episode is Monopoly. Monopoly is a popular board game designed by Parker Bros. back in 1903. It involves players moving pieces across a grid track and purchasing properties on various player spaces in order to form a monopoly, thus earning more money and valuable real estate than other players.

This is the one...

• This is the one where the Salazar family take up shelter at the Clark household.

• This is the one where Griselda Salazar breaks her ankle while escaping from the family's barber shop during the riot.

• This is the one where neighbor Peter Dawson becomes a zombie and eats a dog.

• This is the one where the Clarks discover that neighbor Susan Tran is a zombie trapped inside her garden. Husband Patrick Tran returns home and finds her and is nearly eaten until the National Guard shoots Susan.

• This is the one where Nick runs out of pain killers and goes scoping around the neighbors house looking for drugs.

Crew

Paul Haslinger - Composer Tad Dennis - Editor Michael Bolton - Production designer Michael McDonough, ASC - Director of photography Craig Forrest - Producer Bill Johnson - Producer Ron French - Producer Jack LoGiudice - Consulting producer Marco Ramirez - Consulting producer

Adam Davidson - Co-executive producer David Wiener - Co-executive producer Robert Kirkman - Executive producer David Alpert - Executive producer Greg Nicotero - Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd - Executive producer Dave Erickson - Executive producer Kenneth Requa - Associate producer

See also

Fear the Walking Dead

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The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead The Walking Dead pages The Walking Dead images The Walking Dead seasons

The Walking Dead episodes The Walking Dead characters The Walking Dead cast & crew The Walking Dead miscellaneous

External Links

Episode links

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"The Dog" at TV.com guide "The Dog" at Themoviedb.org "The Dog" at The Walking Dead Wiki

Series links

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