Fear the Walking Dead Season 8 Episode 10 Review: Keeping Her Alive

Is anybody else starting to get the sense that bringing Kim Dickens again below the identical showrunners who discarded her was a foul concept?

Madison Clark has been a shell of her former self since her return, however Concern the Strolling Useless Season 8 Episode 10 was legitimately one of many worst hours of TV I’ve ever watched as a result of the writing is so off for all of those nice characters.

Clearly, the present would by no means have the ability to recapture the magic of Concern the Strolling Useless Season 3, however I did not suppose the bar might get any decrease than Concern the Strolling Useless Season 5 and Concern the Strolling Useless Season 7.

Madison’s quest to seek out Alica’s corpse wasn’t unhealthy as a result of, as a mum or dad, she needed to make sure her daughter was laid to relaxation. 

Madison holds on to lots of guilt for a lot of of her actions, however she’ll by no means recover from not being round to avoid wasting her kids.

Every time there’s some real development or shades of the Madison that her unique arc was resulting in, it is marred with horrible storytelling, character assassination, and the drained tropes which have plagued the present since Concern the Strolling Useless Season 4.

It is embarrassing that AMC has let it get this far as a result of the broader TWD Universe is prospering creatively.

Madison: We should always depart. We have to work out what to do together with her.
Daniel: We use her to get to Troy and make him pay for what he did to our daughters.
Madison: She is aware of the place PADRE is. If Troy ever will get her again… There’s just one solution to shield the island.
Daniel: You bought the abdomen for that, Madison?
Madison: She simply tried to make use of her personal mom to kill me.

In a way, Concern the Strolling Useless has at all times felt a bit experimental with storylines they’d by no means dream of placing on the extra critical reveals.

However the reality is that Concern the Strolling Useless was a critical present when it launched, and someplace alongside the way in which, AMC believed firing the unique showrunner was a good suggestion.

Now, we’re left with scraps of characters that change allegiances and motivations based mostly on what the writers are feeling that day.

With the state of the collection heading into the two-hour collection finale, it is laborious to think about it ending with something greater than a whimper.

Including Troy Otto’s daughter, Tracy, into the combination as one more child used to disrupt the plot for the great guys is about par for the course at this stage.

The one advantage of the addition of Tracy is that it confirmed how far Madison was prepared to go to guard P.A.D.R.E.

Killing Tracy would have hid P.A.D.R.E.’S location, however for a way lengthy? Troy has confirmed to be this presence, due to his connections.

If something, killing his child would have additional fueled his need to destroy the settlement and everybody inside.

Troy, when you’re listening, we’ve got your daughter. I repeat, we’ve got your daughter. She’s protected. We’re prepared to return her to you if we are able to conform to phrases.

June

The kicker right here is that Daniel Salazar has been one of many extra constantly written characters, so it could have been extra attention-grabbing if he pushed again in opposition to Madison.

He was nonetheless reeling from Charlie’s loss of life, which was all due to Madison, by the way in which.

This battle between Madison and Daniel ought to have pushed a lot of the motion throughout “Maintaining Her Alive.”

In case you watch Concern the Strolling Useless on-line, you understand they’ve had varied dust-ups as a result of they’ve very completely different viewpoints on occasions.

It is made for a few of the present’s finest scenes, however right here, regardless that Daniel was pushed by wanting to assist Madison discover closure for her daughter’s loss of life, it did not work as a result of their relationship wasn’t at that degree.

The one who shocked me essentially the most was Luciana. I might’ve thought that she, greater than anybody, would have allowed Madison’s protected passage to get to the horde of walkers.

I can perceive Luciana was upset about Madison’s actions on Concern the Strolling Useless Season 8 Episode 9, but it surely was ice chilly when you ask me.

The one good is that Luciana modified her stance by the tip and mentioned she’d go together with Madison to the home the place Troy apparently killed Alicia.

June: In order for you us to imagine you’ve got modified, Victor, present us. Assist us repair this. How? The lady’s already right here. We’ll deliver her again to her father.
Strand: You suppose that can fulfill Troy?
June: It would if we give him the person who kidnapped her.

Let’s circle again to Troy and Hint as a result of what sort of father-daughter relationship contains the child studying in regards to the father’s sins within the apocalypse?

The writing for Tracy was wild, with the present giving her lots of materials that was as plausible as Alicia being this messiah who influenced an entire group.

The present’s incapacity to verify Alicia’s destiny on Concern the Strolling Useless Season 7 Episode 15 is why we’re on this state of affairs now.

The creatives wanted one thing to dangle like a carrot in entrance of the viewers, and that is precisely what they’re doing right here.

As a lot because it pains me to say this as a result of I would love a Madison-Alicia reunion, I hope Alycia Debnam-Carey shot down the chance to return for a cameo.

There have been so many horrible issues the creatives have carried out to those characters, and if Dickens and Daniel Sharman’s returns are any indication, they will not get passable send-offs.

Significantly. One of many cheesiest scenes in TV historical past has acquired to be the group telling Madison what an honor it’s to be in her presence after Alicia’s profound impression on their lives.

Had we seen Alicia organising a group or a protected haven throughout her last arc on Concern the Strolling Useless Season 7, it could have been simpler to get on board with this random-as-hell storyline.

There are not any phrases to explain my disappointment in how these last storylines have been dealt with, however the one glimmer of hope is Madison dashing off within the last scene, telling everybody she’ll take down Troy herself to finish what she ought to have ended on the dam 10 years in the past.

June:
Why’d you deliver that lady right here?
Victor: As a result of I knew Troy would not dream of attacking the island if he knew we had his daughter as leverage.
June: Or it is the right motive to assault. He does not know that we’re right here. Now you might have his child, he’ll discover it.
Strand: How? It isn’t like she’s been tagged for migratory functions.
June: Perhaps you’d understand how badly a mum or dad would battle for his or her child when you had been doing greater than enjoying father to Klaus.
Strand: In any case these years, you continue to do not know me.
June: Oh, I do, Victor. I stood by that Tower and I watched you make unhealthy choice after unhealthy choice. Individuals misplaced their lives due to what you probably did. John’s father misplaced his life due to what you probably did. I am not making that very same mistake once more.
Strand: June, many individuals misplaced their lives due to you, as I keep in mind, once we first met.

It appeared like a last goodbye she made to Strand, Luciana, and the folks she seemed like she cared about however solely met a number of scenes earlier.

With a present of this caliber going into its collection finale, there is a extreme lack of stakes as a result of if we observe its typical format, it will make us suppose that folks died, solely to disclose them to have survived earlier than the episode is over.

One other sticking level is that many thought Morgan stole Madison’s present, so how can the writing be worse now?

I feel Morgan teaming up with Madison would have been much more satisfying than what we acquired, however I do not make these selections.

All we are able to do is wait to see how this pans out subsequent week, but it surely’s laborious to think about it will likely be worthwhile.

What are your ideas on that silly wild goose chase to seek out Alicia’s corpse?

Do you suppose it is plausible that, in her deathly state, she managed to flee and affect a gaggle?

How would you like the collection to finish?

Hit the feedback.

Concern the Strolling Useless continues Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC and AMC+.

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