?Fear the Walking Dead Answers Another Huge Question About the Apocalypse
Things pick up soon after last week's episode, when Madison (Kim Dickens) turned on the light of the Rosarita Beach Hotel in order to summon her errant son Nick (Frank Dillane) home.
[...] most importantly, even after all this, we find out that Travis still has his irrational hope that everything is gonna turn out just fine.
Or at least - and this is the most crucial turning point for the character since he was left sobbing in the sand at the end of last season - his hope is morphing into something far more spiritual.
The more complicated, in-show answer is the one that Travis throws out to Madison towards the end of the episode: "What are the chances?" he wonders aloud back at the hotel, referring to the odds of losing Chris, looking over the horizon, and immediately seeing Madison's hotel lit up.
[...] there's also Madison almost crossing paths with Nick, and then the Bros showing up at the end of the episode, stunned looks on their dirty faces and sans Chris.
Take the other thread that pops up late in the episode, with Madison confessing to her daughter Alicia (Alycis Debnam-Carey) how her father really died.
In a meta-textual way, the writers of Fear are commenting on our unrelenting need for the prequel (remember, this show is set in 2010! I forgot!) to answer the source of the zombie apocalypse, our need for an understanding of a greater plan in place.