This episode focuses on June as we find out what has happened to her in the past 7 years. We find out at the start that she is hiding from Padre as she escaped after being captured by them on the rafts. She is knocking Padre soldiers out and chopping their fingers off. At first this seemed really odd and weird but as the episode progressed and we find out why it was actually for a very heartbreaking reason.
We find out June thought Alicia was the key to a cure for a bite as she knows she lasted months after being bit as she was exposed due to radiation. This leads to Padre forcing her to do experiments on people who have been bit to see if there is a cure. This could be very vital to the walking dead universe as a whole as we know that Alicia did in fact survive the bite and she is out there somewhere, which could leads to Alicia being the cure for the apocalypse.
The reason June was chopping off Padres soldiers fingers was because she never wanted anyone else’s finger on the trigger to threaten anyone she cared about again. It was very clear that June had been through hell these past 7 years and Jenna Elfman gave a fantastic performance and really made you feel everything she was feeling.
We also got to see Dwight and Sherry this episode as June accidentally shoots them as she didn’t realise who it was. We find out that they have been walking with Padre for the past 7 years so that they can keep an eye on their son, who they are escorting for a surgery. We find out that they haven’t seen much of each other as Padre has kept them separated for these Severn years, but finally come to the realisation that they have a chance to escape now with their son.
However as it is fear noting is that easy. In one of the mist emotional and dark scenes of fear i have ever seen, Padre force June to continue the experiments on Dwight and Sherry’s son as they force him to get bit by a walker. I genuinely thought we would see Madison and Morgan come to the rescue just before the kid got bit but hat didn’t happen and they actually went through with it.
The episode ended with Madison helping Morgan escape while she got left behind with Padre. One of the things I’m loving this season is that we get to see multiple characters in an episode again instead of waiting half a season to see our favourites.
This season feels like it’s building to a grand finale and so far I’ve been enjoying what season 8 has to offer. I have a feeling as the season progresses these episodes are going to become more and more tense as we reach the endgame.
What did you think of this episode and how are you feeling about Fear overall?
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