Fear the Walking Dead: 3 issues that have to be fixed from Season 5A

2. Fear the Flying Dead

The season literally opened with a plane crash. Somehow, the protagonists have a functional plane. Naturally, since none of them are pilots, they crashed the plane. Even though there was no script assistance from M. Night Shyamalan, there was literally a 100% survival rate on this crash.

No worries, however, because there is someone on the team who would likely call Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates morons in a battle of wits.

The fact that they have a plane is crazy enough. Coincidentally, it’s a rather large, cargo plane. Perfect for all the adults and children they find during the first half of the season. A seat for everyone. How convenient. Back to the crash.

They crash the plane in a random place because—get this—their altruistic mission to help everyone within radio range uncovered a single person of need on the other side of some mountains that are not passable without air travel (ignoring Dwight of course). So what did they do? They loaded up pretty much the entire crew, on nothing more than a whim and risked everything.

This horrible decision resulted in the aforementioned saved kids, a secret helicopter crew, a soon to be American Chernobyl, and a nuclear scientist named Grace who is trying to clean up previous and/or prevent new nuclear fallout. Good times.

The best part? It was all a ruse intended to get them away from their stores, so someone could waltz in and go shopping at the post-apocalyptic dollar store.

All that, and it still doesn’t factor in how outrageously stupid it is to have Strand not only get a hot air balloon afloat without blowing himself and Charlie up, but piloting it and navigating the winds back to where everyone else is at.