Last Night's TV: Fear the Walking Dead, The Good Wife, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: Fear the Walking Dead, Homeland, Once Upon a Time, The Good Wife, The Affair, The Leftovers TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Fear the Walking Dead Ups the Stakes AMC BECAUSE: The main complaints regarding FTWD's premiere season have been, 1. That it moved a little slowly, and 2. That main good guy Travis was a bit of a waffling wuss (and you just know that in a less apocalyptic setting, he is full of Dad Jokes). So the FTWD finale went ahead and covered those issues, twofold: 1. A Super Bowl arena's worth of walkers were unleashed on the shadiest soldiers in L.A. resulting in some major action; 2. Travis straight-up shot his ex-wife in the head when it was revealed she'd been infected (okay, and with her explicit permission... he's still a Good Guy). READ OUR RECAP Homeland Showtime WHAT HAPPENED: When Carrie is kidnapped by Hezbollah soldiers in Sunday night's premiere, she sasses, "I'm flattered to be considered such a threat." Because in the two years that have passed since season 4's finale, Carrie has built a calm little life for herself in Germany, working for a billionaire and dating yet another ginger. But the drama -- it follows. Saul shows up in Berlin as a result a Snowden-like data breach, and then there's Quinn, who's roaming around, happily pipe-bombing anyone he's asked to. EW recapper Shirley Li says, "There's a stark contrast between Carrie and Quinn now... but both are similarly deluding themselves into believing in what they're doing." There's no way Quinn is cool with his mercenary missions, and Carrie is surely salivating to get all up in Saul's German biz-ness, no matter how much she says she just wants to "do good." By the end of the premiere, after being returned from her little trip down Hezbollah-memory lane, it's looking like she might just get the chance. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Homeland's rather successful season 5 premiere has caused Grantland to have a sort of reckoning with the general criticism of Homeland being inconsistent following its Emmy-winning first season; maybe it was never Homeland -- maybe it was us. The series' aim has always been to shock and awe, and that it has done consistently, no matter if it was doing its very best version at all times. Grantland posits, "The Homeland that returns on Sunday night is older and wiser ... it is decidedly at peace: with itself, with its abilities, and with the sort of story it's best suited to tell." That would be the story of Carrie Mathison, her dude Saul, their slippery lives in the CIA, and that, no matter how hard she tries, the lady just can't help but dive right into the messy, Chardonnay-stained fray. READ OUR RECAP Once Upon a Time ABC WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: This fall TV season sure does like a flash-forward, and Once Upon a Time is no exception. We know that Emma will soon go full Dark One and Sunday night's episode starts the process of explaining what happened over those six weeks (beyond just the aesthetic transition from Olsen Twin Emma to Maleficent Emma) in Camelot. And as EW recapper Andrea Towers rightly points out, "Like all good Enchanted Forest stories, it involved a ball." At that very ball, though Regina tries to convince their Camelot cohorts otherwise, it's revealed that her Savior-like qualities are tepid at best. But Arthur says it's cool: much like the current season of Survivor or eHarmony, Camelot is a place of second chances. WHAT HAPPENED: Unfortunately, Robin took a jab from an enchanted sword during the eventful ball and Regina bargains with Emma to use her Dark Magic to save him. As Us Weekly says, this episode "served as a great reminder of just how complex the line between good and evil truly is." Emma saving Robin is her first taste at the power that comes with letting the darkness in and, well, Emma likey. So in addition to dealing with Dark Emma and deleted memories back in Storybrooke-future, Robin's brush with death also brings a Fury to town, ready to drag him to the underworld. Regina's sacrifice of herself in Robin's stead ends up saving the day though... looks like someone is proving pretty Savior-y after all. READ OUR RECAP The Good Wife CBS WHAT HAPPENED: To put it quite simply, as EW recapper Samantha Highfill does, "Seven seasons in, and only The Good Wife could find a way to still make the show's title relevant. The Goodness? Turning down Canning's partner offer because he's "the devil." The Wife-ness? Telling Eli that her husband can officially campaign for Vice President (which seems like an inherently Bad decision for the country, but one titular element at a time). Continuing to be a good wife, Alicia goes through with sitting by Peter's side in a TV interview even though she's indignant to find out that he's replaced Eli with interloper Ruth Eastman -- Margo Martindale! -- on his campaign. But in yet another GOOD move, she takes on Eli as her own Chief of Staff to simultaneously spite Peter/Ruth and... well, get a kickass Chief of Staff (who might be trying to ruin her husband's campaign -- okay, Mostly Good Wife). WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Vulture has title thoughts too! But not the series title; they're getting conspiratorial over the episode name: "Bond." You see, beginning with season 1, The Good Wife's episode titles contained as many words as the current season -- two word titles in season 2, four words in season 4 -- and then beginning in season 5, reversed its order -- three words that season, and back down to two word titles in season 6. So, here we are in season 7 with "Bond." As Vulture says, "While neither CBS nor Robert and Michelle King have confirmed that season seven will be The Good Wife's last ... the single-word title of the season premiere seems like a strong indication that this season will bring the show full circle, and the season finale will air this spring." Will it end in the White House? Or in Alicia's favorite new hangout: bond court? READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... And the Rest: Sunday Premieres Addition HBO and Showtime WHAT HELEN SAW: If you're more into major setting and tonal shifts (Texas and slightly-less-anguish, respectively) than CIA hacks, The Leftovers also premiered on Sunday night. And if you are into the extramarital affair offerings of The Good Wife but prefer a little more full-frontal male nudity, The Affair returned for its second season with a new perspective (Helen's) and quite the sex scene. READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. 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