![]() ![]() This is the first time that Chris has ever done anything exciting on the show, so to all the Chris fans out there: Mea culpa, the kid’s not totally useless!Īhem. For instance: When Chris discovers a human survivor with a broken spine inside the crashed airliner’s fuselage. There are a couple of encounters in “Ouroboros” that thematically link Madison and Strand’s power struggle with Daniel’s search for supplies. Travis’s compromise may have been made in the hopes that Strand would not retaliate, but something had to give, and Alex suffers for it. (Prediction: Whomever he’s trying to contact via walkie-talkie will not be happy to have too many extra mouths to feed.) But for now, his choice to set Alex adrift makes sense, given that Madison and Travis already tried to bring two other sets of survivors aboard. Of course, there are probably other reasons for Strand’s decision. She and Travis - who, like all sitcom-style parents, try to present a united front in all their decision-making - refuse to listen to Strand when he says, “My boat, my rules.” As a result, Strand must retaliate. It’s a wrenching moment that comes out of nowhere, but also makes sense in light of the tension that’s been brewing between Strand and Madison since the season premiere. Strand brutally lashes out, then severs the rope that links Alex’s raft to his ship. Unfortunately, Madison’s best is not good enough. But, as Madison says, “This is the best I can do.” It’s a compromise that Alicia vocally objects to. Travis understandably predicts that Strand won’t take too kindly to Madison’s power play. So, in the moment where the group meets to decide Alex and Jake’s fate, he proposes that they tow the two plane survivors behind the Abigail, and provide them with food and water. She doesn’t just confront Strand after she learns of his plan to steer the Abigail to a safe haven in Baja, Mexico she also exposes his plan to the rest of the group. Thanks to Alex, Madison learns that the difference between knowing and accepting one’s limitations is a matter of realizing how far you’ll go before you’ll compromise your personal beliefs. Madison realizes that she can only push Strand so far before he pushes back. In an environment where resources are perilously scarce, it’s also wildly impractical. Alex’s simple goal is a humane one: Keep Jake alive for as long as possible. The episode’s cold opening features a startling death, one that happens offscreen, and is only later implied to be the death of another one of Alex’s survivors, someone who threatened Jake’s safety for the sake of the greater good. Alex not only takes care of Jake, a burn victim and fellow plane-crash survivor - she also refuses to put Jake out of his misery. “Ouroboros” begins by introducing Alex, a survivor whose compassion proves to be a liability in the eyes of her fellow survivors. How do you treat people who are dying by inches? (It’s probably the second-best, behind last week’s “ We All Fall Down.”) This atmospheric entry concerns itself with personal responsibility, a seemingly straightforward concept that gets murky in light of impossible decisions. Though it doesn’t have much of a plot, “Ouroboros” is among the strongest episodes of Fear the Walking Dead.
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