Fear the Walking Dead Season 5: 5 big questions after End of the Line

The zombie apocalypse of Fear the Walking Dead has shown that weakness leads to death. The protagonists are flirting with their own extinction.

You know that idiot at every wedding who uses their phone to get photos while they block the professional photographer? Fear the Walking Dead proves that even in the zombie apocalypse, there will be an irritating person filming with sub-par equipment and no concept of artistry.

On to the five questions prompted by the “End of the Line” episode.

Why are they all so stupid?

So they get to the miraculous Humbug Gulch, where yet again John Dorie knows a place that has a bunch of convenient supplies left undisturbed, and the entire compound is overrun by zombies. What’s the best approach? Obviously it’s to open the gate, lead them away with one or two people, and sneak in the back gate. The pied pipers circle around, rejoin the group, lock the doors, and pick off the zombies as they lean against the gate. One by one, easy pickings.

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Instead, Morgan calls Virginia, and virtually the entire group of vagabonds think it’s a bad idea. Because it is. Finally getting the same idea post-horse miracle is just not good enough.

Why take Grace on the horse ride?

Speaking of horrible plans, or lack thereof, who is the last person you take on a several mile horse ride while leading a couple hundred zombies away from your new home? That’s right, Grace. So what does this group of Mensa members do? They bring Grace, who is just about ready to faint after a mile or so.

Did Whisperers start as horse wranglers?

John, June, Morgan, and Dwight manage to control a massive herd of zombies by walking their Deus ex machina horses in semi-circles. Other than wearing other peoples’ skin like Hannibal Lecter, it’s pretty much the same thing. There’s even the link to cannibalism.

What makes sense moments before inevitable?

What makes sense just before an inevitable evil overtakes your group, your family, and potentially splits you up into multiple, disposable groups like lambs to a slaughter? For anyone with a brain, it’s fortify the camp, set up rotating guard shifts, find food and water, etc. For this group, they paint a mural, have a wedding, and come up with the worst surrender plan possible.

Yet another poor decision from the group.

Is Morgan dead?

The entire group splits. Several cars and trucks take everyone away like prisoners. Even John and June are split like the Prima nocta couple in Braveheart. Then Virginia fatally shoots Morgan for being insufferably moral and turning some really complex characters like Victor and Daniel into milquetoast doormats.

I don’t even care about Morgan dying, which is a shame considering how great of a character he was initially. In fact, the worst part about his death is that the finale wasn’t an extra ten minutes of decayed incisors making his viscera visible.  If next season isn’t an all-out war against Virginia’s cowpokes, and an end to Al’s stupidly incessant filming, the show probably needs to be cancelled.

Fear the Walking Dead airs Sunday nights on AMC.