First of all the performances and sound design were seamless and wonderful! I but I want to really highlight here two things about the writing that made this really stand out. One was how they told the same story twice, once in an interview format. And then another in real time, flashbacks and allow the listener to accumulate the subtle differences to understand more about where the story was coming from and going on a sub textual level and a textual level. another thing the writing really achieved was demonstrating some kind of cultural competency and understanding of different cultures and sexuality, gender whatever some people cry about being woke or whatever, but it did it in a way where it was totally part of the story and true to the characters, but it wasn’t THE story so it was very intelligently done. I hate to call attention to it because a bigot could listen to the story without quite noticing how woke it was at first or whatever, I don’t like the word I wouldn’t use it normally. But here I just really think it was a little bit above the normal level for a fiction that deals very well in multicultural understanding. So on both points, the writing was impressive.

The story is great but there’s so many ads. If not for all the ads I would’ve given it 5 stars

I've been a fan of Sarah's since Prison Break and Aftershock keeps the streak alive. Some real heavy hitters lend their vocal talent to bring this story to life.

loved season 1. great job!

The story was ok but it kept distracting me from the commercials.

Randomly stumbled across this podcast because the apple podcast suggested it to me. It was super engaging, the cliffhangers were all stellar, and included moments that really challenged my ideas and values. (I’m someone who thinks that’s a good thing.) I also appreciated the amount of representation and tackling real world issues. I listened to it while isolating with covid so I got thru both seasons in like three days!

The story is really, really good, the voice acting is great, and the sound editing is top notch. I can’t wait for season 3!

Season two was so painful to listen to and I had to skip ahead to avoid the terrible acting. The female lead Cassie was so patronizing and sounded like a know it all. And the two teens sounded like they were small whiny children. The whole storyline derailed and the amount of rambling bizarrely misplaced conversations was annoying.

So glad I found this podcast! I enjoy a good fiction podcast for my long drives to/from work and this makes the time go by so quickly. I am hesitant to listen to the last episode of season 2 because then it’s over …..

Slow and boring for me.

Great show but the amount of ads takes up 85% of time.

When you can find the show through the thick layers of commercials, the story and acting are actually pretty good. The weird part is all the racist characters. I can’t tell if it is character development that just isn’t hitting or if the writers hate white people and want to stereotype other races as hateful in the process. Still a very interesting storyline with some compelling plot points.

It was really good until it became racist. Then on top of that the teenagers started to be in charge. In what world to adults default to teenagers decisions. Then there’s 3-4, 3 minute ad reads. Very annoying.

I stumbled upon this fiction podcast by accident but have been binge listening to this for over a week. One of the characters shares my name (Shasta) and I don’t run across people with my name often. Great cast! I really feel like I’m a part of this and living this event with them.

As you get further into the season, they start to blame white people for everything. The Germans, the Irish, the Italian’s did nothing get your facts straight. It was the British. in fact, you can use Google to find this information. Stop spreading hate absolutely disgusting. James Cook, the British explorer

Cast and soundscape are fantastic really hooks you and keeps you listening as the story unfolds. Ads in season one were a little ridiculous but season 2 was much better, not upset at all that there are ads they have to get paid for their work just got tired of hearing the same ad at the end of one ep and then again at the beginning of the next. Still well worth the listen can’t wait for more!

the show is great. but ads make up at least 50% of each episode’s run time. way too many, way too long.

Great show intense writing but for god sakes with all the commercials. I get it someone’s gotta pay for it but it’s a bit out of hand on this one for my liking.

…the show devolved into a woke white male hatefest. It’s interesting how the female characters constantly talk about how evil white men are, yet 100% of the issues in the story are caused by the lies and foolish decisions made by those female characters. And just as in real life, the white men have to clean up their messes while apologizing for being white men. Disgusting.

Story is pretty good, but literally every 5 minutes the story is interrupted for 3 or more minutes for more and more and more adds.

Great podcast, compelling & suspenseful! Commercials - too many & too long. Necessary I guess to cover cost of such a talented & comprehensive production team 🤷🏽‍♀️

I am SO glad you came back for season 2. I need to know when to look forward to season 3!

Just starting episode 3 and I have no clue what is going on or what the story is really about. Note to fictional podcasters: I have noticed a trend of producing 20 minute episodes where nothing happens and the story does not progress. Please don’t do that.

This reminds me of one of those games that pops up an ad after every level. There aren10 minutes of ads for less than 30 minutes of content. The content is great, but overall the ads are insanely annoying.

Is this a weekly series, or just whenever the heck you feel like putting out an episode, once every ten years! Just pack it in if you can’t live up to the job!

I can't finish season 2. Not sure why Tati decided to change her character's voice to sound like a 12 year old but it is CRINGEY.

I really am enjoying this podcast but the amount of ads is bonkers.

Bruh. I very, very rarely leave reviews. And I really dig the story—writing and acting is good to great, refreshingly so for the genre and surprisingly so for any story remotely involving teenagers. And I know you gotta pay your bills, and I know ads are critical to that. But I’m listening to S02E02 and (at least as of 9/30/23) the first twelve minutes of podcast contains four minutes of podcast. Really, yall? Two minutes of ads, four minutes of story, then SIX MINUTES OF ADS?! Come on.

It’s fun to listen to a show about an earthquake in the city I live in. I was a young kid during the Northridge quake so this is an interesting take on how things could have turned in another dimension. Topanga is no joke! Fun writing style. Great vocal actors.

I absolutely love this pod cast. Very well done. Thank you!

Pretty good story with excellent acting absolutely ruined by the most ads ever crammed into a 30 minute podcast. Only check it out if you’re willing to give your patience and your skipping finger a workout.

Not liking the musical bit and the accents seem over exaggerated. The dialogue is borderline cheesy.

I absolutely love this show but they really didn’t give us much information on the virus. Semi annoyed.

The only thing I don’t like about this show is the fact I have to wait to get the next episode. All of the actors are phenomenal!!!

I wanted to like it. *Spoiler alert* In Episode 2, it’s clearly evident that the female lead character is weak and docile minded. I abhor hearing talk of keeping things peaceful when there clearly isn’t peace to be had in a disaster situation. She’s a dumb ***** for throwing the gun, a necessary survival tool, in the water.

If I had one complaint, very very small spoiler alert in season 2, the kid keeps calling this girl he really likes mommy. Drives me nuts, it’s so weird. Makes me think the kid has mommy issues, weird ones…oh mommy u look so good🤦‍♂️

While the story is good, half of the show is Ads!! Ruining the whole show.

But really. I hate almost everything. But I genuinely really like this show. It’s escapism at its finest bc it’s so well written and acted that you don’t notice the writing and acting 🤯 and there’s shockingly few ads for this kind of thing (relatively speaking) I mean it. You’ll like it. Plus Negan is here! And don’t you just love to hate to listen to that guy talk

So entertaining!! Happy it came back for season 2.

Many shows with two seasons have the second season in a mess. This show? Amazing!!! Yo!! Loved it. Amazing acting. The sounds. Totally happy I listened to this.

If this happened in real life my manager would still expect me to come in the next day lol

Awesome

Decent story with way too many ads

I’ve been waiting 2 years for this to come out. I’m so happy now!😊

I love this show, it made my day that made a second season. Thank you

Brilliant acting, storyline and sound make this the best drama / action story out right now. Well done!

I loved the first season. My fav actor from the walking dead is here.

Binge listened to this entire show. The sound design and acting was incredible! Super immersive. Highly recommend

Dude aftershock really needs a season 2 no joke you can’t just leave it like that, come on just make a new season. Plus, Other people want a new season as well. We all need a true suspenseful ending that makes you want more and more seasons.so please make more seasons.😇😊👍🏽

Are we ever going to get a season 2?