Nos, the 2nd season of FTWD takes place over a small number of days so by my reckoning Rick hasn't even woken up from his coma yet. It's still really early days of the outbreak.
Susan, yes they are connected as they take place in the same world, one in East Coast America (TWD), Atlanta journeying to Washington DC and the other on the West Coast, Los Angeles to Mexico.
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