Is the Clark family the third wheel of the zombie apocalypse on this week’s Fear The Walking Dead?

ThisFear the Walking Deadreview contains spoilers.

Indeed, this episode has domestic drama to spare, presenting a family rife with dysfunction.

This is great from a storytelling perspectivethe more conflict, the better.

Had this not been the case, this could have easily been a 5-star episode.

The Clarks should be bearing witness to this, rather than being integral to the ranchs continued survival.

Case in point, the mission debriefing.

Jeremiah calls out Troy for being sloppy, for letting his bloodlust get the best of him.

And its fine that Madison is present to vouch for him.

But other than the story demanding she be there, whyisthis newcomer part of this inner-circle/family discussion?

This would have been a more powerful scene had she not been in the room at all.

This is my business to manage, Jeremiah says to Madison.

Nick broached the subject last week with Jeremiah, and now its Madisons turn to do the same.

His assessment of the Black Hat reservation may be blunt, but its also unkind.

He doubles down on his insensitivity by insisting that the reservation was a vice-addled hellhole before the apocalypse.

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All civilizations are born of violence, Jeremiah goes on to say.

But it also goes without saying that civilizations die in violent fashion, too.

It also questions the existence of property borders bound by now-irrelevant laws.

The courts may have held the Black Hat tribe at bay, but no more.

The bad blood between Troy and the Trimbols is immediate.

Jeremiahs offhanded explanation for Vernons sudden change of heart does little to win hearts or minds.

Some men, they have kids, Jeremiah says.

Turns them into women.

If racism can still flourish in the apocalypse, why not old-world sexism, too?

Its Mikes betrayal that hits him the hardest.

And how much stronger might the Trimbols fate had been if their fate been discovered by the Ottos alone?

Somehow its now up to a relative newcomer to save a community she isnt a part of.

Im with NickI understand the reasoning behind this, but I dont like it.

And while on the subject of Nick, I actually liked his scenes with Jeremiah and Troy.

They arent as contrived as Madisons interactions are with the Ottos.

We already know he cared for his drunk of a mother in her last days.

Rating:

3 out of 5