The plan, fortunately, worked - resulting to a peace pact between the two conflicting groups. Otto, Sr.'s head was offered to Walker’s Native American clan on the facade that the rancher killed himself for the greater good.

Despite the fact that it was Nick (Frank Dillane) who actually did the dirty deed, it was his mother who really pushed for it. In the nail-biting two-parter midseason finale, Madison has fully asserted her position in the Broke Jaw Ranch by executing the murder of Jeremiah Otto, Sr. So there is that, but yeah, it opened up more story.' And she becomes hell-bent on ensuring that it stays that way. But it really forced her hand and made her embrace this place as a home.

On the Ottos, even though there's a lot of ugliness and violence that goes with Troy and as the season progresses, also goes with Jeremiah. From a story perspective, the loss of Travis forced her to double down on the ranch and on this family. Kim is number one on the call sheet, and she's always been, in my mind, she's always been our lead and our anchor. I think one of the positives, and there's certain pros and cons, regardless, but what it forced us to do is really have Madison arrive. 'I think there was a version of the story in which we didn't lose Travis until later. However, in a new interview with Comic Book, Erickson has emphasized that Madison was always going to be the central figure in Fear the Walking Dead regardless of Travis' longevity in the series: Given that, Madison was thrust into the leader plate, not just for her family but potentially for all the survivors currently in Broke Jaw Ranch. In a sudden turn of events, the the family's pseudo-patriarch decided to sacrifice himself for the greater good of everyone that he will be leaving. Despite the expanding worlds and new characters introduced with old characters getting their own narrative trajectory, the showrunner reiterates that the AMC production has always been about the Clark matriarch's story.Īt the start of the show's third season, we were met with a death shocker with the sudden demise of Travis (Cliff Curtis). Fear the Walking Dead is Madison's (Kim Dickens) show according to series boss Dave Erickson.

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