We have a big storm
coming with flying zombies. I’m pretty sure that Z Nation did the whole
Zomnado thing first.
But the main point of
this episode was to recap where everyone is currently mentally and emotionally
by having Morgan visit them all
So basically I can
recap the whole episode with “everyone is super super sad”. Except John because
I don’t think he even understands the concept of sad.
Luciana has fallen
into a deep depression. She doesn’t think anything matters any more and she
spends all day listening to terrible music she’s found in a mansion Victor’s
set up in. This is pretty dangerous since she listens to the music and even
ignores when zombies are sneaking up on her. This is not a good survival
tactic.
Victor is equally
broken only he’s working through this by emptying the very very very extensive
wine cellar. Again, not a great survival method.
John is still
recovering from his wound and June is nursing him. He has a hope - he wants to
go back to his cabin with Charlotte and June and they can live happily ever
after
Until a herd arrives
or some guys with guns. It’s not exactly the best thought out tactic for long
term survival. June also has her own doubts. Sure she and John spent some happy
times together - but that was when June wasn’t June, she’d ignored her past and
was living a kind of persona. She doesn’t know if John will like her now she’s
being her. Althea has some great advice for letting the past go and moving on.
And Alicia? Well
she’s not doing so well. Morgan finds her out on her own collecting notes from
zombies - someone is putting notes asking for help on the zombies and sending
them out like very morbid carrier pigeons.
Personally I rather
think the whole effort involved in pinning messages to zombies, not being eaten
by said zombies then hiding from said zombies long enough for them to forget
you and go wandering off means you probably have the skills and resources to
help yourself…
Morgan goes with
Alicia and they find they’re too late - and all of Alicia’s grief spills out
Obviously she’s doing
this to distract herself. But it’s also a kind of redemption - just as Madison
become the ruthless do-what-you-need-to-survive then changed and embrace hope
and created the stadium, Alicia sees herself as going the other way. Since
Madison’s death, hunting the vultures, she became the ruthless one. What I
think is interesting is how Fear the Walking Dead recognises or presents
it as an UNHEALTHY redemption attempt. This isn’t an attempt to be better or
find hope, it’s self flagellation and really broken and well presented.
Morgan makes
relatively brief attempts to get everyone to come with him to Alexandria but
everyone says no - he plans to leave with Althea driving but is derailed by the
storm when helping Alicia find her note maker
Everyone else is
looking for Charlie. She managed to escape a close encounter with a zombie and
then ran off - John went looking for her and recruited Victor because John is
still injured (and Victor too drunk). Luciana got pulled in as she drove
Charlie out of the mansion into the storm when she saw her - since Charlie shot
Nick, Luciana is not a fan of the murder child - but then she saw the kid left
behind the book Nick gave her… and the guilts hit
Althea and June were
busy checking out weird stuff happening upriver - evidenced by the large number
of zombies floating down the river.
So the whole team is
now split up - during the zombnado.
Ok, Morgan wanting to
back to Alexandria.
Part of me is annoyed by this - and I second Renee’s opinion that this is because Rick is going to disappear this coming season and Morgan, as witness/cautionary tale for all of Rick’s issues, needs to be there. I’m also irritated that he’s phrasing it as basically him wanting to go back to Rick to tell him he was right. Oh Morgan, of course he’s right. He’s always right. He knows this. Don’t for one second think Rick has ever entertained the idea he’s wrong!
But I do think
everyone SHOULD go to Alexandria. It is a plan. And it’s very very clear none
of them have a plan. Luciana and Victor have both fallen into self-destructive
depressions and if that doesn’t kill them, lack of supplies or some wandering
group seeing the big house and wine cellar or simple cirrhosis of the liver
will kill them. John has a plan but it’s clearly more
Alexandria is a
stable community, a safe community - insofar as anywhere is safe any more -
with proven ability to defend itself and a clear willingness to take in new
people especially with Morgan vouching for them. Going there is sensible anyway
- and doubly so as a salve for the obvious ongoing issues Luciana, Victor and
Alicia have giving them hope, something to live for and a sense of purpose.
What i wonder is is
whether they’ll do that (oh I don’t think they’re ARRIVE as that would
necessitate merging Fear the Walking Dead with Walking Dead, but they could
leave) and if they don’t, how long Morgan will try to convince them. Because
this whole “I have to go tomorrow” schtick doesn’t make sense. There’s no time
limit. He has an injured leg and John, Victor, Luciana and Alicia are all
hurting in various ways and his apparent infinite compassion would argue for
some delay to at least try to convince them.
At the same time I’m
not exactly thrilled with Morgan being the Magical Guide to just about
everyone.
