Warning: This article contains spoilers for Sunday’s episode ofFear the Walking Dead, “USS Pennsylvania.”
What have you done?
Morgan’s approach was to quietly sneak away so he could take all the risk upon himself.
Lennie James and Colman Domingo on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Ryan Green/AMC
But Strand chose a different route.
What drove Strand to be willing to sacrifice Morgan for his own glory?
What’s the deal with those sub zombies?
Lennie James and John Glover on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Ryan Green/AMC
And what should we make of Teddy’s reaction to the voice of the elder John Dorie?
We called upFearshowrunners Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss to get some answers on season 6’s penultimate episode.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First of all, radiation zombies.
I love radiation zombies.
It’s actually a story that we hope to explore more.
Speaking of Teddy, I noticed he looked visibly shaken when he heard John Dorie’s voice.
ANDREW CHAMBLISS:Yeah, I think we definitely get something from him that we haven’t seen before.
It’s when everything kind of flourished for him, he was able to find all these followers.
He was able to actually make headway in bringing about the end.
And it really did kind of pull him back.
There are a lot of angles to this, so let’s just start really broad.
Where does this come from, and what’s the intent when Strand does this?
And in the moment, Strand says, “I’m doing it for everyone.”
Is Morgan right then?
CHAMBLISS:I don’t think it’s that easy to say Morgan’s right.
And I think that’s what makes it so interesting.
Why does that sort of shift him into action?
GOLDBERG:I think it shows how far he’s fallen in Alicia’s eyes.
We’ve seen that relationship with Alicia disintegrate.
We’ve seen Strand go to some really dark places, and that’s the cost of it.
And again, it just backfires spectacularly.
And this goes beyond leaving people behind to put only yourself in danger to get something done.
Victor kicks Morgan into a pack of walkers.
That’s not a situation Morgan is guaranteed to make it out of alive.
What’s Strand’s internal calculation there when he does that?
Because he’s not just leaving him behind, he’s also leaving him in massive peril.
In his mind, that’s completely justified.
I mean, it’s sacrificing Morgan to save everyone else.
You get to go out being the hero."
Why does Morgan ultimately let Teddy and Riley go?
They fired the missile, it’s got the warheads on it, Alicia is still locked up somewhere.
These guys are still dangerous.
Why does he let them go?
There’s no recalling that missile.
There’s no stopping it.
It’s been fired.
So I think there’s just such an element of disbelief and shock that this has happened.
