Stephen Clark

Stephen Clark
Personal Details
Status	Dead
Age	Late thirties to early forties
Gender	Male
Actor	N/A
Appearances
Seasons	1
First Seen	Pilot (Mentioned)
Last Seen	Grotesque (Mentioned)
Death Episode	6 years before Season 1
Biography
Date of Death	~2004 or ~2010(see Background)
Family
Madison Clark - widow Alicia Clark - daughter Nick Clark - son

“	Daddy was always The Shoe.	”
	— Alicia as the Clarks start playing Monopoly, The Dog

Stephen Clark is Madison Clark's late husband; he died in an auto wreck (a head on car crash) before the events described in "Pilot".

The Dave Erickson interview referenced above suggests that Stephen Clark's death was about 6 years before the events described in "Pilot". However, in the Season 2 episode "Grotesque" we are shown Nick being told about his father's death by Madison when she visits him in a rehab center. The age of the two characters and the fact that Gloria was also in that rehab center at the same time seems to put the date of Stephen's death much closer to the events in "Pilot" (but still long enough before for Madison to have 'moved on').

Biography

Background

Very little is known about the life of Stephen Clark:

• He died in an auto wreck.
• From the Dave Erickson interview - Stephen died about 6 years before the events depicted in "Pilot", Pilot is set in mid to late 2010 so this puts his death at about 2004. However, this seems to be contradicted by the flashbacks in "Grotesque" which put his death as late as 2010.
• The Clarks play Monopoly as a family, Stephen used to play as "The Shoe"
• Alicia implied, in "The Dog" that waiting for Travis to get back reminded her, uncomfortably, of waiting for her father on the occasion when he didn't get back. This could imply that the auto wreck happened to him while his family was expecting him home.
• It is stated by his wife, Madison, that despite what she told their children, it is likely Stephen committed suicide.

Stephen Clarke's former home during the outbreak