Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Who Do You Want To Be?

Fear the Walking Dead season 7 episode 10

We may not be able to be heroes, but do we want to be the alternative?

One of the things we learned about Ali in this week’s episode of Fear TWD was that he had been surviving the apocalypse with his dad until the bomb fell. Ali’s father had contracted radiation poisoning and died a horrible death, made worse by being abandoned by Ali before the end came. It would be a decision that would both haunt and inspire Ali.

On the one hand, it left him feeling guilty for not having the courage to stay with his father until the end and prevent him from turning, while on the other hand, inspiring Ali to not repeat that mistake, leading to him rescuing Charlie from a herd of walkers inside the building they searched for elevator parts.

As I just finished saying in the last entry, not everyone will react well to the crisis that will be the zombie apocalypse. So, to expect everyone to be “heroic” is unrealistic. Of course, there will also be people who would just as soon abandon anyone and everyone in some attempt to be super pragmatic.

I’m not suggesting that people try to act like some kind of action hero in the apocalypse because that kind of thing, especially when not necessary, can get you killed. What I am saying, though, is this: Think about all of the things you would consider unheroic — Abandoning friends or loved ones when they need you, panicking at the first sign of trouble, leaving members of your group to die, doing someone else’s dirty work, etc. — are those things you want to do? Is that the person you want to be?

If the answer is “No,” then, again, while I won’t tell you to be some caricature of a hero, I will tell you not to be those things that you don’t want to be.