Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Know Your Enemy

4) The Enemy Of Your Enemy Can Be Your Friend.

While the big revelation of this week’s episode of Fear was June meeting John Sr. and learning what he knows about Teddy, the action of this episode was driven by June’s desire to catch up to Ranger Hill, Virginia’s right-hand man. Hill was hiding out in John’s fishing cabin, hoping to learn what he knew about The Beginners from he and Virginia’s investigations into the cult.

To be honest, Hill wasn’t that helpful, in fact, he spent the majority of his time on screen trying to kill John. Even if that was the case, Hill did reveal to John that The Beginners are indeed planning some kind of major attack, most likely using whatever the key goes to in order to do it. It might not seem like much, but this is important information, as, up until this point, no one had any idea what they intended to use the key for. For all they knew, The Beginners needed it for a cruise ship they were going to use to ride things out on the coast where walkers couldn’t get at them. With Hill’s intel, however, now they know an attack is imminent, and time is of the essence.

Now, had June not killed Virginia, it’s possible that despised though she was by everyone in his community, Virginia would have aided Morgan in dealing with The Beginners.

Why? Because she (And, by extension, Hill) saw The Beginners as a threat far bigger than the one Morgan posed.

It’s not uncommon for people, in the face of a larger common enemy, to put aside their differences to deal with this shared problem, knowing that one of them alone would not be enough. If you find in the zombie apocalypse that you and the group you have problems with do have a common enemy (Maybe even something as simple as a massive herd of zombies), maybe you should try to reach out to them to see if you can put aside your differences to eliminate the threat before it swallows you both. I can’t guarantee they’ll go for it, or even that they’re going to be especially trustworthy, but, if they’re smart, you can appeal to their sense of self-preservation, and remind them, that, without you, they probably will not have the means, the strength, or the sheer numbers necessary to stop their own destruction, and that, only by working together do you have a chance.

And that’s your Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week!  Hopefully, you’ve learned the value of knowing your enemy in a zombie apocalypse, whether they’re living or dead, and how to go about doing it. If you like this and want something else to help you survive the zombie apocalypse, why not pick up a copy of my book, The Rules: A Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse! You can also get it at Amazon here, on iTunes here!