Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead season 5 episode 13, I realized that “together we can get from yesterday to tomorrow,” but what happens when that concept of togetherness starts to break off into separate pieces? Sometimes we are forced to stand alone in order to protect what we believe in, but is it truly possible to keep that sense of togetherness going when there is always something or someone threatening its potential? Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch the latest episode yet.
In last night’s episode, “Leave What You Don’t,” we get a glimpse into Logan’s past, while Sarah tries to make things right in the present. Meanwhile, Alicia and Victor attempt to help a girl in need and end up getting some unexpected assistance. My top 5 moments from Fear the Walking Dead season 5 episode 13 are:
5
“Maybe you’ll actually remember what you used to believe.”
In this episode, we learn a little bit more about Logan and take a peek into his past. We witness Logan as “Desert Fox” trying to reach Clayton (Polar Bear) when a young woman asks for help at a truck stop by mile marker 65. Clayton doesn’t respond and Logan does his best to make it there in time, but his truck runs out of gas. Logan goes the rest of the way on foot and tries to keep the woman over the Walkie hopeful, but he is forced to listen to her get torn apart by walkers and is too late.
Logan is devastated and it’s clear that this is the moment that broke his vision about helping others. When Logan tries to take over the oil field in the present, he tells Luciana that he does remember, but that it’s all about survival of the fittest now. I thought this glimpse into Logan’s past was necessary, but we still didn’t get a concrete answer on what his new vision is now, telling Luciana and the others that they wouldn’t be able to handle it and now I’m not sure we’ll ever know…
4
“What’s the point of having gas if we can’t use it to help people?”
A valid point for sure, Alicia, but I have to say that Alicia is getting quite good at painting those trees and I happen to like the phoenix design as well! Alicia and Victor get a call over the radio from a woman trapped in a truck stop. When they try to reach out to some of their friends, it seems like everyone is off doing their own thing, which means we probably have some more filler episodes coming our way to fill in those blanks…except we are getting pretty close to the end of the season.
Either way, Alicia and Victor try to make it in time, but will they be able to save her?
3
“I figured I should pay it forward.”
After Alicia and Victor run out of gas, it looks like the girl at the truck stop is not going to make it, but luckily Wes is there to save the day! Yay! Remember Wes?
Well it looks like Alicia had an impact over him after all, as he hears the call over the radio and tries to do his part. Oh and he likes the phoenix too so it looks like there may be some sparks flying between him and Alicia.
I was really interested in Wes’s character when we first met him and I’m happy that he had a change of heart. I’m looking forward to finding out more about him and it looks like the kindness of the group is spreading, but is it enough?
2
“We help people. They help people. Hard to get bigger than that.”
So I’ve been a fan of Sarah for a while now and she is always the one to break the tension with some humor, but she really showed us a different side in this episode and I thought it was really important for her character development. Logan reminded Sarah that she was the reason why this all happened because she left Clayton to die when she stole his truck and that’s why he never answered Logan on the radio.
Sarah explains that she thinks about that every single day and she truly tries to make amends when she goes back to save Logan when the walkers start crashing the party, literally falling right into the oil fields one by one. While I love Sarah’s humor, I really enjoyed seeing this other side of her and it honestly made me like her that much more.
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“That sounds like a deal to me…”
Everything comes full circle for Logan when he realizes that the girl Alicia is trying to help is also at the truck stop at mile marker 65 and he thinks that the only answer is for her to use the one bullet left in his gun to end it all. When Wes shows up to save her, Logan has a change of heart and I was starting to think that everyone was going to start singing Kumbaya or something. Fear not; however, as we do get a necessary twist.
Logan tells his people to put his guns down, but he gets shot and killed, along with the rest of his followers. We meet a new group, the Pioneers, led by a woman named Virgina…although apparently you can call her Ginny. Logan encountered these ladies on horseback in his past, but they show up with perfect timing to shake things up. Virginia explains that Logan was no longer essential and says that she has been paying attention to what our group has been doing, revealing that she thinks they can help each other.
Before things get too crazy, Luciana volunteers as tribute and offers to stay behind to make the gas for them. So who are the Pioneers?
I’m not really sure what to make of this new group of villains just yet, but it’s about time something happened. What are YOUR theories on this new group? Stay tuned!
I hope you enjoyed the list and feel free to post your own theories and thoughts on Fear the Walking Dead in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
Best,
Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
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