Fear the Walking Dead.

I gave up on The Walking Dead TV series some time ago. I just stopped caring about the characters when it became a chore to sit through their ongoing stupidity.
Ineptitude is a very lazy catalyst for drama.
Unfortunately, while it took a good few seasons for that to set in with the original series, the spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, suffers from it by the second episode. Starting to think picking up the box set was a waste of coin.
The characters might have an easier time dealing with the Zombie Apocalypse if they SPOKE to one another and shared information CLEARLY rather than through vague, cryptic answers.
When someone asks "What's happening?/What's going on?": TELL THEM.
If one of your neighbours is eating another, perhaps you should tell your daughter WHY you can’t go out and help.
If you know your cliché disgruntled-by-divorce son is likely to hang up when they hear your voice, don’t waste time by asking “Where are you?”, just cut straight to “There’s a virus out there are you’re in danger”.
Granted, if you put any of that in your script you’ll have to actually write some original dialogue as characters communicate, rather than just waste screen-time with faux tension, but that will make them INTERESTING, which is kinda the point.
I’m only up to episode 2 and so far the only character I give two sh*ts about is the weighty kid encountered at the school. He’s just a side-character, barely been on screen for 15 minutes, but I’d rather be following HIS story than ANY of the main cast. Not because he was smart enough to start carrying a knife AND to raid the school for supplies while everyone else was looting the stores, but because when he spoke or was asked a question, he relayed useful information that fleshed out the world the narrative was taking place in. Everyone else is just speaking in riddles or standing in silence with a face like a startled goldfish.
I think I’m just gonna stick with the Walking Dead comics from now on. The dialogue may be a bit clunky in places, but at least the characters are articulating!