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It seems like those two are really forming a new trust between one another. Madison even admitted in the last episode that she is his friend. Strand and Madison have really grown to trust each other this season. Everybody's got something driving off of the finale. Then, for Ofelia, she lost her mother last season, she's now lost her dad, it's going to turn her story in an interesting way as well. We'll see Madison and Alicia, Ofelia, and Strand head off on their journey. He's laying that on more of a spiritual quest, "You don't understand this world," and really blaming Madison and his family for what's happened at Abigail's compound and, frankly, they do have a certain degree of culpability in what happened. He's going off in his own direction.Ĭlearly Travis has finally gotten to a place where he's seen Chris reach his breaking point, where he knows, "I have my main priority, my main responsibility." It's what he actually said in the premiere to Madison when we started the season: "I have to protect my son." At this moment, his sense is, "I have not done a great job at doing that so far." His attitude is, "I've got to put all of my energy, all of my power into focusing on Chris and seeing if there's a way that I can repair this damage." So we'll pick up with him on one trajectory, Nick on another, and then the search for Abigail is something that we'll get to when we return as well. He does get a certain rush, a certain adrenaline high off of that interaction, so now he's done what he's done many times in the past: abandoned his family. I've talked to Frank Dillane about this earlier in the season. Madison's fear is that as he's delved deeper into the apocalypse, and as he's walked with the dead, literally, he's basically found his new drug and that's not entirely untrue. Nick is very much grappling with his place in the apocalypse and what his purpose is now. So all of the tensions that have been building up, some of which started last season, have finally reached a boiling point. Going into the back half of Season 2, is the direction of the show going to change to follow different storylines for these split-up characters?ĭave Erickson: The short answer is "yes." By the end of the first half, we wanted to see a family fractured. The Mid-Season 2 finale truly separated the core group of survivors. My hope is that we'll be able to organically find a way to bring him back in Season 3. But no, we will not see Daniel Salazar for the rest of this season. They were far more capable than they ever led on, and having lost mom and now dad, that's going to put her on a different path in the back half, so that's important. This is a woman who, for the most part, gave up her own life so she could take care of her parents and then came to realize last season that they really didn't need that much care. It's really important that she thinks her dad is gone. That's really important, especially for Ofelia. The family believes that he burned in the fire and couldn't escape. What's important from a story perspective is that at the end of the episode, the family believes that he's dead. Is there any chance that we could see him in some form moving forward? Would you like to do more with that character?ĭave Erickson: Yes. Even though Daniel (Rubén Blades) was surrounded by flames in the Mid-Season 2 finale, we never did see his body burn. On this show, if you don't see someone die, there is always the possibility that they could still be alive. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today and congratulations on an an amazing first half of Season 2. Thankfully, I had the opportunity to speak with showrunner/executive producer/writer Dave Erickson, who discussed the potential future of a character many might have presumed to be dead, what to expect in the back half of Season 2, whether or not there is a connection between this show and The Whisperers from The Walking Dead comic book series, and much more. The first half of Fear The Walking Dead Season 2 ended on an intriguing and explosive note this week, capping off a stellar seven-episode run and leaving fans with a lot to talk about at the water cooler until the show returns on August 21st.