15. S02E09. Los Muertos

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast.
Show episode S02E09. “Los Muertos.”
Podcast episode 15.
     Stephen Payne and Bruce R. Magee discuss this week’s episode. Nick tries to steal from a gang that is guarding a box store, and Madison and Strand get drunk and loud. What could go wrong? 

     We discuss the nature of the group that Nick has joined. They follow a pharmacist who has become not only their doctor but also their leader. But have they become a cult? Usually groups like this go seriously wrong somewhere. Bruce predicts that they will meet their end by the end of the season.
     We learn more about some of the rest of the group. Madison, Strand, Alicia, and Ofelia are on their own, and are searching for Nick. When they reach a dead end, Alicia becomes angry with Madison for ignoring the child she has with her in favor of the missing one. The group tries to return to the yacht but finds it’s been stolen. They settle on a seemingly empty hotel.  Alicia & Ofelia explore the upper floors while Madison and Strand get drunk and make a lot of noise. One of the frustrating elements of horror is characters acting stupid. Sure enough, zombies start approaching the noise.  Many of them walk off of upper floors and splatter to the ground below. The ones who aren't wounded too badly get up and continue toward the noise. The episode ends with our group under attack: Alicia is hiding upstairs from the infected, Ofelia is  missing, and Madison and Strand are in the bar surrounded by the infected.