Fear The Walking Dead Season 7 Is Ignoring Its Best Rival For Strand
By focusing so much on Morgan (Lennie James) and other characters, Fear the Walking Dead season 7 is completely ignoring a much better rival for Strand (Colman Domingo) – Daniel Salazar (Ruben Blades). Throughout the first half of the season, Morgan has been the biggest obstacle to Strand’s goals. Their ideological differences and the bitter rivalry that exists between them have been integral to FTWD season 7’s story.
Morgan and Strand have always been of different viewpoints when it comes to morality. While there was a period where Strand – much like everyone in the group – had seemingly decided to embrace Morgan’s ways, that time has long since passed. As a result of Strand’s actions on the submarine, season 7 kicked off with the two being on bad terms, but their conflict has progressed to a point where each has tried to kill the other. With the way things are going, open warfare between the two characters appears imminent. Morgan’s shocking decision to poison Strand has caused the villain to go from bad to worse.
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Though the conflict brewing between Morgan and Strand has been filled with exciting developments, there’s still a sense that Fear the Walking Dead is missing a huge opportunity with Strand’s story. Thus far, Strand’s original Fear the Walking Dead rival – Daniel – has only appeared in a few scenes and hasn’t had anything meaningful to do in any of the season’s eight released episodes. What makes that so problematic is the history they share. Their dynamic predates Strand’s feud with Morgan by a few years. As the character who has consistently stood up to Strand called him out when he makes mistakes, it would be fitting if Daniel
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