Z nation

First thing’s first watching the last 15 minutes of Men in Black after having a 5-minute-long freakout about not being aboe to find the remote was real nice

Fair warning this is like 80% Murphy I’m sorry I love my man

THE EPISODE HAS BARELY EVEN STARTED AND I’M ALREADY GRINNING

George’s double-bladed knife is so cool

Doc literally yeeting a zombie brain out is the best visual ever

The password scene is the right amount of dumbass comedy that cracks me the fuck up

“Looks like a nice place to get murder-porned” B Y E GSHSHSB

Awww George and Doc consider each other friends :’) i mean we been knew cuz of context clues n all but it’s so nice and wholesome to hear them say it

Me too Doc

DOC WITH THE GO-GO DANCER I’M GONE

These outfits are rockin

The duel girl is a fucking beaut

THEERE’S MY BOY

She leaves him alone for a couple months and he’s already batshit

THE BRICK

My sister’s disappointment in Murphy meanwhile I’ve never loved him more

ok I already know this was pointed out but Warren grabbing the money is the funniest fuckin thing

OH MY GOD

WESSON JUST GAVE HIM A KISS ON THE CHEEK

AND MURPHY SLAPPED HIS ASS

DEADASS THIS MORNING I THOUGHT “what if Limbo is the episode where bi murphy gets fulfilled” AND IT HAPPENED

I CANNOT BREATHE

BYE

I’M GONE

I’M REPEATING MYSELF A LOT BUT I’M JUST EXTREMELY SHOOK

Murphy calling George Jack oh my god

Wesson’s a whole cutie

HIT THE HEAD SHSHSHHS

Murphyy calling Warren “baby” is everything to me

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT PUNCH THE LAWYER

Murphy purring oh jesus chrisy

Just Murphy’s mannerisms this episode. This issuch a highlight for him i’m getting so damn fed

MARJORIE!!!

How many drinks has he poured?

The intense eye contest Warren and Murphy where having

OH THEY KNEW EACH OTHER

FuCK Zona sent Roman

I KNEW THAT MOTHERFUCKER WAS SHADY

wait is Pandora from Zona too or is she just a rlly resourceful Talker??

“JORGE”

IS THE RUNNING GAG JUST GONNA BE MURPHY FUCKIN UP GEORGE’S NAME EVERY SINGLE TIME BC I’M HONESTLY DOWN FOR IT

Oh my god George reading right through Murphy is both the best thing and the saddest fuckin thing

He looks like he can see right through her and that whole “everyone treated you like a freak even pre-z” thing is?? Fucking killing me?? wHO THE FUCK HURT HIM??

Now that he’s confirmed bi it has a whole nother meaning bitch i’m sad

LMAO WARREN ALMOST SPAT OUT HER DRINK WHEN GEORGE CALLED HIM BRAVE

OH 10K FOUND THE CROSS THINGY

Wait wasn’t he at 9,000?? I’m confused

“How many bars you got in this place anyway??” You and me both, Doc

Murphy’s lowkey drunk as shit

IS THE PERSON IN THE TRUCK ADDY

They rlly out here tryna break my heart with the Lucy thing huh

ALSO THEY HAVE TELEPATHY NOW

Red Bi culture is being able to telepathically communicate with your fellow bis

YES IT WAS

OH MY GOOD LOOK AT MY PRINCESS

LOOK AT HER

JESUS HOW MANY DRINKS ARE BEING POURED IN THIS EPISODE

THAT ADDY-DOC REUNION IS EVERYTHING I HOPED AND DREAMED FOR

That Addy-Murphy conversation hurt me why

Oh wow that’s,,,something

Wait how come that hasn’t come up?? And what’s the object?? All I saw was a piece of fabric

This is so sad oh my god I’m gonna cry

OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM SASSING EACH OTHER

Awww that little forehead kiss

MY SISTERS ARE BACK TOGETHER YES

That hallway scene is me and my sister going out at 2am

“You’re food I’m not”

Doc is so fucking nice

Keith is so expressive shshgdw

Oh wait wasn’t Addy pro-talker

Talker baby oh my god

Drunk Addy is both sad and hilarious

It reminds me of Warren in the episode after charlie’s death

???? Damn she got so defensive?? im scared

SHSHVD DOC CRUSHING ON THE GO GO DANCER I

wait what did that even mean???

“Friends don’t have friends for lunch!” Is still such an iconic line

Addy ain’t doing so well oUCH

What about Addy’s truck?? Any bizkits in that one

Talks while fighting are so?? Good??

AWWW THEY HUGGED

Honestly I can’t even be mad that Addy’s being so harsh. She’s been through a lot.

OH MY GOD MURPHY AND DOC’S DRAMATIC ENTRANCY JUST CLEARED MY SKIN

THAT DRAMATIC ASS WALK BYE

Ohhh cowboy hat ain’t Cooper

“Moby Prick” is such a good insult

Awww he got his kiss from the go go dancer

AHAHA I LOVE HOW MURPHY AIN’T CHEATIN NOW OUT OF ALL THE TIMES HE’S CHEATED

Doc when Murphy wouldn’t help him cheat:

“You’re messin’ with my mojo”

Aww baby still can’t shoot.

“SHIT! SHIT” mood

DANTE HIDING IN THE DIRT MESSED UP MY RESPIRATORY SISTEM

NO JOKE I’M SICK AS HELL AND LAUGHING TOO HARD MAKES ME HAVE A COUGHING FIT

BUT MAAAAN WAS I WORTH IT

Addy is just as suspicious bout Roman as me

Ohhhh damn I hope Marjorie’s okay or I’m having w fit

I’m watching this one with my sis so I’ll feature her sparse commentary too lol (hers will be in italics and quotes)

THE BOOKS :(

“Addy wya” mood

The teamwork during the zombie killing scene is top notch

“Ooh, damn Dr. Krinkle” Lmao

“And why didn’t the Black Rain bring them back” FINALLY SOMEONE’S ADDRESSING IT

Oh d a m n those 2 years CZ was away sure did him some god

Honestly this episode’s giving me so much anxiety bc after the stunt they pulled with Sarge I no longer trust this show

OH MY GOD KAYA’S ALIVE THANK GOD

Simon calling Kaya “mama” is the cutest thing ever don’t look at me

OH MY GOD JZ AND NANA ARE ALSO OKAY THIS IS A GOOD SAY

SHIT THE ZOMBIES

Oh we at altura

wait his “hand” lowkey looks like a hood oh my gOD THEY DID THAT

EW HIS HAND WOUND

Wait his left hands the one he played the knife game with right???

If he were to use his left hand that’d become his trigger hand lmao

“Be safe, brother” HSHAHSHS

I LOVE A Z-SLAYING DUO

“Talkers” I TOLD YOU IT WAS PANDORA

L i s ten it could’ve been Dante and Limbo too ngl but this amount of chaos lines up perfectly with Pandora fight me

Kaya just,,,waltzed right past that zombie lmao

“I’m going into Nana mode”

Eesh. Poor Cara. Homegirl’s gonna get mercied

Ohh so people who get bitten now start to highkey go Z until they get bizkits.

MERCY CARA FOR YHE LOVE OF GOD

I love how it’s a well-known fact that Warren has never had qualms with mercying people. It doesn’t matter how much she loves them, she alwasy pulls through with it and it’s such a good thing that character trait has been so consistent bc that’s the very first thing she does on her very first scene.

George has such a personal and emotional way of giving mercy oW MY HEART

Ngl that knife going in was rlly gross shhshw I got the heebie jeebies

“Oh shit!” Me all day everyday

I love how the books are just as significant as the people here. It reminds me of Farenheit 451 in the sense that “there’s a man behind every book” n all that

“They killed all the books” is such a beautiful way to put it

I can rlly feel the “oh my god I can’t believe I failed” coming from George

There’s another good Roberta trait: her determination!! Homegirl has never stopped fighting, neither does she allow the people she loves to do so if she believes they serve a purpose. We’ve seen it before with Murphy, and we’re seeing it again with george.

“Gorilla grape flavor. My boy is this way” ngl I snorted

Awww the way they hugged each other before opening the door!!

“Come here you damn Z-Bomb!!”

oH da M N THE Z BOMB

I know for a fact Doc survives but I’m still for the KZ’s??

Doc saying “ no no don’t worry about me!! I’m good” while looking like a disaster is a mood

WHOLESOME FAMILY REUNION IS WHOLESOME

Aww he’s trying shooting again :( and he missed :(

OH WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE

The electric zappy thing reminds me of the psycho ladies from s3

WaIT IS THAT THE BIZKIT FACTORY

Oh wow henry actually revealed the fact that hes dead

Warren’s determination is contagious in the best way possibke

Altura!!

Oh no what did 10k just walk into

Homeboy better have a knife or something

Wait no he probably does remember s1

HAHA I CAN’T TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY WITH THE HOOk

YO HE JUST SHot THE GUY WHAT

I’m getting flashbacks to farenheit 451 again

YES THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP ESTES IN CHECK

“Alright buddy we’re going on a trip!” MY HEART

SHIT HE’S STUCK IN THE TRUCK

Ohhh I bet the truck’s gonna take him to Limbo

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

tHE SPRAY PAINT CAN REMINDED ME OF ROACH AND OH MY GOD I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK

Makes me wonder how many books ARE actually left in the world…

“Yea I think you were nicknamed georhe for a reason” i get the symbolism behind it but I deadass said aloud “uhhh bc her name’s Georgia??”

I love Doc cheering up his new daughter :’)

The pocket constitution is so cute oh my god

LMAO 10K JUMPING OUT OF THE TRUCK JUST REMINDED ME OF THAT ONE VINE

OH NO THE HOOK

Rip 10k’s hook. You had a nice run.

This is like when when Murphy got yeeted off of Dante’s van but more gracefully

This music is so nice wow

Those trees are beautiful oh my god

I love this scene sm. People just rebuilding humanity is so beautiful.

AAAAAAA HER

IT’S HER

I’M SCREAMING BITCHCHCHHCHXHDHS

I’M SO READY

AGAHA LIMBO

THE GO-GO DANCER LOOKIN WOMAN GAVE ME WAR FLASHBACKS

MURPHY THROWING THE MONEY WAS SO FUNNY

“They’re our friends!” “Friends don’t have friends for lunch!”

Why yes I do!

Doc is the person 10K goes to when it all gets to be too much. He never asks for context when 10K just wants to sit with him in silence. Sometimes 10K will tell him things, and Doc offers him no advice, simply compassion, and that’s enough.

Addy likes cheering 10K up. She cracks jokes with him and teases him, something he accepts way more readily when it comes from her or Doc than anyone else.

Addy and 10K never sleep at the same time. They frequently have nightmares, so they’ll take alternating watches when the group camps for the night and the one on watch will sit near the other, ready to wake them as soon as they start twitching or crying in their sleep. Doc is the only other person they trust to wake them.

Addy and 10K will sometimes sit back to back, on days when their memories get too intense and they need to know that someone has their six.

Doc scavenges ammo with an eye to what 10K needs. Ammo’s supposed to be pooled for the group, but no one ever says anything.

Addy and Doc share many of their tales of sordid exploits with 10K, allowing him to vicariously live a ‘normal’ teenage life through their memories. He doesn’t regret never having experienced it for himself, however, because the apocalypse gave him a purpose in life and brought him together with his new family.

Doc sneaks 10K booze, and Addy takes it away. 10K appreciates both actions, because it’s how the two of them show they care

Addy lightly smacks 10K sometimes when he says something ridiculous (usually something self-effacing or depressing) and Doc will say “Now, now, don’t hit your brother, Addison. I will turn this apocalypse around”

Z Cast: “So, Addy’s apparent bisexuality garnered a lot of positive comments on social media.”

Anastasia: “Yeah, it did, wasn’t that so neat?”

Z Cast: “Yeah, and a lot of it was from younger bisexual viewers. In fact, I encouraged Jodi to allow you guys to say the word “bisexual” because I think it’s important, labels are important to a lot of people, especially in the coming out process. And bisexuality is, the “B” is often the invisible B, gets ignored a lot, so I think if Addy is allowed to say she’s bisexual it’s an empowering moment for a lot of people who are marginalized. But that’s just my opinion.”

I cannot speak to the quality of shows as I like a lot of stuff that is apparently quite bad, but I thoroughly enjoy it! It is about this guy;

Alvin B. Murphy, otherwise known as The Murphy, is a humongous asshole (I say that with love) who was a prisoner (in jail for mail fraud, smh) that had an experimental vaccine tested on him which worked, sort of. He now looks like this;

The whole main story line is a group of survivors working to get him to a CDC lab in California so that the scientists there can synthesize a cure from his blood. The group (Delta-xray-delta or Operation Bitemark) consists of;

The Leaders

Charles Garnett is a giant, ex military puppy dog who tries to act like he’s not amazing at killing Zs, but he really is.

Roberta Warren is a sassy, ex-military murder machine is who is also super adorable at times.

The Doctor

Steven “Doc” Beck is an amateur pharmacologist (read: druggie) and has watched a lot of ER.

The Second in Command

Addison “Addy” Carver is Warren’s right hand when the situation calls for it. She has the most badass weapon and is CANON BISEXUAL.

The Sniper

Ten Thousand (10k) is a boy who named himself for the amount of zombies that he’s going to kill. He’s by far the youngest of the group, and although he’s a finely honed killing machine, he can be relatively innocent because he was young when the apocalypse happened and was raised in a survivalist family prior to it.

The Loyal

Mack Thompson is Addy’s wasteland husband, completely loyal to her. He’s adorable and would kill everyone on Earth if it meant saving Addy

The Survivor

Cassandra is a survivor who had to do horrible things in order to get to where she is today. She fights back against a past abuser, and the group helps her with that. She’s deadly and does not trust people very well (Is also mostly immune to tasers)

The Hacker

Simon Cruller “Citizen Z” is what remains of the NSA at Camp Northern Light. He supplies information to Operation Bitemark via every radio frequency available, by hacking all of the satellites.

He also has a dog named Pup

The Bounty Hunter

Javier Vasquez is an ex DEA agent who says that he’s only with the group for the bounty on Murphy. He’s sarcastic and a little bit more ruthless than most of the group.

I can’t say much more without spoiling it (can’t say anything about season 2, tbh), but there’s a lot of Major Character Death, and it’s delightfully quirky at times. It’s a zombie show that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and it definitely doesn’t give two shits about science. But I personally love it, especially for moments like this;

I thought Dana was a creep and that Addy was uncomfortable with the flirting. It turned out Addy was crushing on her and the whole group noticed! Those knowing looks were priceless and how Addy looked at her while they drove away.

Addy Carver started off as a survivor of an encampment overrun by zombies in the pilot episode of Z Nation and evolved over the course of the first two seasons to become Roberta Warren’s second in command.  She’s a well-written character and is played charismatically by Anastasia Baranova.

So what makes Addy so awesome?

She’s Devoted to the Mission

Addy was much more devoted to the mission than her boyfriend, Mack, in season one. She made the decision to stay with the group, which forced him to stay, too. Mack was more interested in their survival, but Addy wanted to believe in something. Though her dedication wavered (see further down below), in Season 2 she’s firmly back in the mix as Warren’s second in command.

Of course, trying to keep the mission going is not always easy. Especially when dealing with Murphy .

She’s Determined To Not Just Survive, But Live

From her appearance (dangly earrings) to snarky jokes to pep talks, Addy is clutching live with both hands and holding on. In season 1, she held fast to the mission and the hope that Murphy is the cure. She also relied on her relationship with Mack. In Season 2, she’s beaten back a lot of her inner demons to more fully embrace her role in the group and find moments of happiness on the journey.

She’s a Tech Genius

Though it’s a group effort to get Murphy, the only known survivor of the zombie bite, to the CDC, if not for Addy Team Bite Mark wouldn’t have had access to Citizen Z at the NSA station, Camp Northern Light. She’s come up with all sorts of unique ways of contacting Citizen Z for vital information such as zunami warnings and the coordinates of their final destination.

 Even her ZWhacker has come in handy.

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She Stands Up for Other Women

When Cassandra sacrificed herself to save Addy, the group was ready to move on. Addy was a friend of the core group, but Cassandra was a mysterious newcomer. Addy refused to leave Cassandra behind to be enslaved by “the family.” With Warren backing her up, Addy argued against the men in the group to rescue Cassandra.

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She has the Zwhacker

Addy’s love affair with her zombie weapon of choice is second only to Daryl. Dixon’s love of his crossbows. The Zwhacker has been her defining weapon throughout the first two seasons. No other character on the show has a weapon that defines them so perfectly. 

She’s the Snark Queen of the Zombie Apocalypse

Addy has a snarky comment for just about every situation the zombie apocalypse can toss at her. 

She’s a Survivor with PTSD

Addy was haunted throughout most of season 1 by terrifying visions and panic attacks. When separated from the rest of Team Bite Mark, she ended up facing the source of her PTSD.  With her boyfriend, Mack, at her side, she faced the terrible thing her mind had tried so hard to erase.  (You can read my recap of the episode here, and my analysis of her PTSD related visions).  Though her PTSD caused her a lot of pain in the first season, she doesn’t let it define her.

She’s Not Perfect

After facing her demons, the many losses she’d endured throughout the apocalypse wore her down. It was her desire to not see anyone else she loved die that caused her to fall under the sway of a very charismatic leader of an all-woman survivor camp. Helen offered a way out of the endless cycle of death.

Though Addy’s choices were controversial with the viewers, it was easy to understand why Addy would want to escape the constant struggle of the road. Seriously, who wants to see their loved ones die?

She’s a Fighter

Addy is always in the mix. She doesn’t hang back. She doesn’t hide behind anyone else. She fights alongside everyone else and is a fearsome zombie killer. 

She’s Bisexual

Addy and Mack were a committed couple in the first season of the show. They’d been together since the first night of the apocalypse and it was clear that Mack’s true devotion was to Addy, not the mission. She loved him, too, but her PTSD started to weigh on her. She didn’t want to lose him to the apocalypse. The choices she made caused a lot of complications for the couple.

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In the second season, Addy stepped into the role of second and command and cultivated a new look, a new attitude, and a new perspective on life. It became clear that she was open to finding a new relationship. Also, it became very clear she has a thing for blondes!

Though the kiss was deleted from the final episode, it was pretty clear throughout the episode Corporate Retreat that Addy was drawn to Dana and vice versa. This was a very positive portrayal of bisexuality. Kudos to the show!

Anastasia Baranova told the ZCast: A Z Nation Podcast that it was her idea for Addy to have a female love interest. Also, as a bisexual woman, she had purely “selfish reasons” for the request. You can hear her talk about Addy’s bisexuality here.

She’s Compassionate

Whether taking care of victims of radiation poisoning, rescuing other team members, finding condoms for 10K and pep talking him on his love life, or giving an infected person mercy, Addy is compassionate. She cares deeply about people and it shows. It’s not always easy to be a good person in the apocalypse, but she has a moral center that keeps her strong.

In the end, how could you not love this beautiful, badass zombie killer!

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Roberta Warren- The Leader

Skills: Takes no shit, momma bear extraordinaire, inspirational speeches, can machete through any problem, probably gives the best hugs, all around Apocalypse Queen.

Addison Carver- 2nd in Command

Skills: Expert with a Z-whacker, A+ snark and genre savvy, eyebrows so perfect they could kill a man, master of brute force z-carnage, bisexual badass.

Dr. Sun Mei- Virologist