"The Good Man" is the sixth episode of the first season of Fear the Walking Dead. It aired on October 4, 2015 on AMC.
Synopsis
"As civil unrest grows, and the dead take over, Travis and Madison try to devise ways to protect their families."
Plot
- Editing - MikeLacey - 5 Oct 2015
The opening scene is an aerial shot of Los Angeles lit only by the moon, there are no lights on in the city. No one is trying to fight the fires which are burning in some parts of the city.
When we finally see a lit building it's the arena Daniel checked at the end of "Cobalt". The stairs and doors are still lit and we can see, even from a distance, that the dead are still throwing themselves at the chained doors. It's only from the top of the stairs that the violence and ferocity of the attack on the doors becomes apparent.
Madison and Travis are packing supplies when Alicia and Chris get back. They tell the kids that the Guard is pulling out and Alicia and Chris tell the adults they've seen the soldiers looting.
Alicia is scared and wants to know why, she says that she thought things were getting better and Chris wants to know what they're going to about Liza, his mom, and how they're going to do it. Travis doesn't have an answer for him straight away.
In the basement of the Tran home Andrew Adams is still tied to a chair with duct tape over his mouth. Daniel is standing over him and talking when Travis and Madison enter. Daniel tells Adams that he's found the arena, it's close to the base and that "We can use it." He's holding a pistol down by his side as he talks and Adams can't stop himself looking at it. Daniel turns to them and says that he thinks Adams has told them all he can. Madison and Travis argue with him, he says that he can't be allowed to escape because he will tell the soldiers before the families can get away. They continue to argue, finding reasons why Adams should not be killed.
Madison pulls off the duct tape so that they can hear what Adams is trying to say. He tells them that even though they know where the compound is they still need him to tell them where their people are inside it. Travis makes a decision - that Adams is coming with them. Daniel walks out without a word. Madison wants Adams in the pickup with Travis and not where the kids will see. When Travis asks if there's something she's ashamed of she tells him that he'd do anything if Chris were in danger. Travis doesn't answer her, but he's deeply troubled.
Daniel goes to find Ofelia, she is packing. He tells her they are going to find her mother, Griselda Salazar, and that he needs her help. She asks about "Andy", Andrew Adams and Daniel tells her that he is coming with them. He doesn't mention that he would have preferred to kill him and that he was moments away from doing just that. She is trying to come to terms with her father being a torturer rather than one of the victims as he and her mother had always told her. He asks her if she would rather that be true? She doesn't answer.
Madison picks up car keys from by the mirror near the front door. She stops to look at the many marks on the wall there, recording the height of her children as they grew. Her own height and that of her husband Stephen Clark is also on the wall and she touches the pencilled marks for a moment before leaving the house.
On the drive she tells Alicia to get in the car and then looks over at a man walking his dog. Ofelia asks "What?" and Madison answers that her neighbours don't know. Ofelia is bitter. "They did nothing when they came for us" she says, and puts her bag in the car. Neither she nor Madison go to speak to the man.
At The Military Hospital Dr Exner is talking to someone on the radio, listing the people she has for evacuation, patients and staff. She is visibly relieved when she gets confirmation that transport is on the way and then also gets an ETA of 0215. She tells her staff that Edwards Air Force Base has room for them and that critical cases will be flying. Liza wants to know what arrangements there are for Chris, and wants Travis as well. No one else though. Dr Exner agrees.
Adams puts pressure on Travis as they walk out to the pickup truck. He says that Travis might as well kill him now as Daniel will do that later. Travis argues but his heart isn't really in it. He doesn't believe that Daniel will want to release Adams after he's tortured him. Eventually Adams says "Please. There's no story here that doesn't end with me dead." and Travis hesitates.
Daniel loads and gets into an SUV and they drive off in a convoy of three vehicles. Madison, Alicia and Chris in Madison's car. Daniel and Ofelia in the SUV and Travis in his pickup, we don't see Adams. As they drive away Madison and her family look in the windows of one of their neighbours. The family are sat around the table and laughing, they look as if they're playing a board game. From above we can see that the families are the only traffic on the road and when they get to the checkpoint it's deserted. Daniel gets out and figures out the controls to open the gate and they all drive out, leaving the gate open behind them.
At The Military Hospital we listen in on two Guardsmen talking at the top of a lookout tower. "So they're saying 'Edwards'", "Who's saying Edwards?". Daniel appears carrying a torch and casually walking towards them. The challenge him to stop and he tells them to save their ammunition, and looks behind him as walks casually past. They follow his gaze and see the large crowd of the Infected he's been leading to them. The soldiers report the breach and open fire. The tens of Infected become many tens and hundreds. From our view point above the sentrys we can see that the hundreds of Infected are followed by thousands.
Deaths
- Williams, after being bitten commits suicide by running head first into a helicopters roter.
- Guardsman #1 and Guardsman #2, killed when the tower collapses due to the infected, quickly devoured.
- Bethany Exner commits suicide using the cattle gun.
- Sgt. Melvin Allen is attacked by an infected when they overrun the facility.
- Liza Ortiz, after being bitten on the torso; killed by with a shot to the head by Travis Manawa at her own request after she'd asked Madison and been refused.
- Helicopter crewman in a crashed helo in the LA River, seen by Madison Clark as they drive past.
Cast
Main Cast
- Kim Dickens as Madison Clark
- Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa
- Frank Dillane as Nick Clark
- Alycia Debnam Carey as Alicia Clark
- Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza Ortiz
- Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar
- Lorenzo James Henrie as Chris Manawa
- Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar
Guest Cast
Co-Cast
- Emy Aneke as Soldier #1
- Ese Atawo as "Internee #2"
- Artine Brown as Lt. Jones
- Megan Danso as "Internee #3"
- Khaira Ledeyo as Nurse Hodges
- Toby Levins as Sgt. Melvin Allen
- Tony Marin as "Young Chris (Boy on the Beach)"
- Jaren Moore as "Internee #1"
- Panou as "Guardsman #1"
- Christian Tessier as "Guardsman #2"
Trivia
- According to Forbes, one of the leaders of the series can die in this episode.[1]