If you recall, in this season’s “Bury Her Next to Jasper’s Leg,” Wes was at the oil fields that day, and was nearly killed by shrapnel. Wes wants to believe the best of his brother, even as his doubts continue to mount-and especially even as it becomes clear Derek is responsible for sabotaging Tank Town. And the more he and Al and the rest continue to dig for answers, the more questions are raised in the process. But while his survival makes for an unexpected (and tearful) reunion with his brother, it also raises a lot of questions for Wes. As embodied by Chinaza Uche (whom you may know from Apple TV+’s Dickinson), Derek is all warmth and brotherly love. In a season full of interesting twists and turns, revealing that Derek has actually been alive the whole time is quite a sucker punch. And why wouldn’t he after losing his brother Derek early on in the apocalypse? Rather than be inspired by Team Morgan’s feel-good recruitment videos, he retreated further into his own skepticism. He didn’t need healing, and he didn’t want to be saved. (Until this episode, it never occurred to me that they each lost a sibling.) In Wes’s case, it’s this loss that shapes Alicia’s first encounter with him in season 5’s excellent “You’re Still Here.” As I said at the time, Colby Hollman’s Wes was a welcome breath of fresh air and an antidote to that season’s relentless altruism. Alicia, Luciana, Al, and Wes have each lost someone important to them. Except Alejandro leveraged a would-be miracle to build his walled-in La Colonia.ĭespite their collective cynicism, Riley is still able to reach past their defenses to open up old wounds. After all, everyone is a hero in their own story, as the saying goes. Think about it: whether they’re following Teddy, or following Virginia, or Jeremiah Otto, or Celia Flores-in the end, it’s all the same. Rather, what’s fascinating is that to the indoctrinated, their group is always in the right. What’s interesting about the introduction of yet another zealous faction is not its predictably rotten underbelly. Indeed, their jaded skepticism is actually welcomed! Because once cynics buy into Teddy’s message, it means they’re true converts to his “circle of life” teachings. No, in the cult’s eyes, they’re fresh recruits. Except our band of interlopers aren’t visitors. Outsiders aren’t allowed to bring weapons inside the Holding, either-something new visitors Alicia, Wes, Al, and Luciana learn from cult liaison Riley (Nick Stahl). Seriously, this is the sort of self-sustaining utopia that Morgan aspires to with his own fledgling settlement. Situated in a converted underground parking garage, the group has everything it needs, from electricity to water to an abundance of fresh game and produce. I have to say, as far as post-apocalyptic doomsday cults go, the Holding actually seems like a pretty nice place to ride out the end of the world. But before that fateful encounter, Teddy’s underground paradise will go up in flames, as demanded by a myriad of Walking Dead universe tropes and bylaws. By the end, Alicia will even meet the cult’s enigmatic leader, Teddy. Penned by Channing Powell (who has multiple The Walking Dead writing credits to her name), “The Holding” answers a lot of questions about this mysterious group. Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 11Īfter months of careful buildup that began back in season 5, Fear the Walking Dead finally brings the mysterious THE END IS THE BEGINNING doomsday cult into focus. This Fear the Walking Dead review contains spoilers.
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