Alicia's Fever Fake-Out Is Worse Than Walking Dead's Glenn Controversy
The Walking Dead caused great controversy with its Glenn death fake-out, but Alicia's Fear The Walking Dead fever storyline might've just topped it. Character deaths and controversy are natural bedfellows, and The Walking Dead found itself in a spot of post-apocalyptic bother with season 6's «Thank You.» Steven Yeun's popular Glenn Rhee got caught in the middle of an undead herd, and as the zombies descended upon his prone body, death looked unavoidable. Four episodes later, we learn Glenn was protected by his companion's corpse and managed to slide safely under a dumpster. Reaction to the fake-out was broadly negative, and the scene has been cited as a contributing factor toward The Walking Dead's viewership decline.
Alicia Clark has endured a similarly rough time in Fear The Walking Dead season 7. A bite from the zombified Senator Vasquez forced Alicia into amputating her arm. The trick successfully prevented her turning undead, but left Alicia with a permanent fever she's been stuck with since Fear The Walking Dead season 7 began. As antibiotics prove ineffectual, Alicia becomes convinced her illness is the zombie virus slowly taking hold, and her condition gradually worsens until «Amina,» where she can barely walk without help. Then Fear The Walking Dead takes a plunge in plausibility. Alicia bids farewell, resolving to use her final days helping strangers at the Tower. She waves to her friends, collapses on the beach… then reawakens completely healed with her sweaty «I am not well» make-up replaced by a healthier shade of peach.
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Fear The Walking Dead leaves Alicia's survival frustratingly open to interpretation. «Amina» suggests the fever broke
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