Z Nation is dead at Syfy

Although it never quite escaped its low-budget roots, Z-Nation frequently distinguished itself by being weirder and more intense than its more stolid (and especially AMC-based) contemporaries, buoyed by strong performances from the likes of Kellita Smith and Keith Allan. And it was honestly just kind of nice to have a zombie show that was unabashedly playing in the tropes of the genre, rather than trying to constantly subvert them (not that it didn’t do that from time to time, too), or devoting most of its run time to a big long “We are the walking dead”-style mope.

This isn’t the end for the show’s universe, at least; THR confirms that plans still continue apace for Netflix to pick up an 8-episode run of a prequel series, starring Jaime King and titled Black Summer.