Why Fear TWD’s Season 7 Abigail Reference Isn’t A Plot Hole
Daniel incorrectly states that he last saw Ofelia on the Abigail, but this is no Fear The Walking Dead plot hole. As Daniel Salazar, Rubén Blades portrays a zombie apocalypse survivor whose mind is tormented by a painful past and immense grief. The Fear The Walking Dead veteran struggles with memory, and experiences increasingly illusory thoughts as his mental health declines. Many of these delusions revolve around the loss of Daniel's daughter, Ofelia, who succumbed to a zombie bite in Fear The Walking Dead season 3. Ofelia passed away before Daniel could reach her, and the specter of that devastating moment has followed him ever since.
In Fear The Walking Dead season 7's «Ofelia,» Daniel comes across a children's picture card of a boat at sea. The image takes his mind back to the Abigail (Victor Strand's yacht from Fear The Walking Dead seasons 1 & 2), and when Daniel later sees Arno's Stalkers using beached boats as accommodation, he becomes convinced Ofelia is held captive aboard one he calls «the Abigail». Explaining his conviction to Luciana, Daniel even says, "The last time I saw her was on a boat." In truth, the Abigail was not where Daniel last saw Ofelia alive. They left the yacht and spent time together on Celia's estate before Daniel burned it down in Fear The Walking Dead season 2. Only after that did the father and daughter go their separate ways.
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Believing he last saw Ofelia on the Abigail and totally forgetting about Celia's compound can likely be attributed Daniel Salazar's harrowing medical condition. On the other hand, maybe Fear The Walking Dead is creating a plot hole by conveniently glossing over Daniel and Ofelia's time on
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