It brings a sense of peace & stability in an otherwise insane world, as temporary as it may be. Add to that a little thing we like to call a "nuclear landscape" and having to live a Groundhog Day-like life in an underground bunker six feet underground, and it's easy to understand why June would want to stay where they're at. First, it's not like June's had a ton of time to truly process losing Garret Dillahunt's John Dorie, Jr. But while Dorie's fear is based on old ghosts from his past, June's fear is of the future & the unknown- and who can blame her. You can literally hear and see Elfman transition June from a facade of knowing confidence to someone who's also paralyzed by their fear. Go back and watch the moment when June finally confesses to making up the numbers when it came to how long they're supposed to stay underground. Fear the Walking Dead _ Season 7, Episode 3 – Photo Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/AMCīut for June, it's a completely different kind of fear, one introduced with an unexpected twist that demonstrated Elfman's impressive ability to shift emotional perspectives in the blink of an eye. So to bring some closure to what happened to Cindy Hawkins (thus, the episode title) was the last thing left that Dorie could hold on to as a way of bringing some speck of decency & closure to a horrific situation that still leaves so many other questions unanswered. Essentially, the guy wearing "The Black Hat" drew faster and won their shootout. We heard him reference it at the end of last season but this time around we get a deeper appreciation for the guilt Dorie feels over (as he sees it) Teddy getting pretty much everything he wanted. But what I appreciated about Dorie's obsession is that we're made to understand where it comes from even if we don't necessarily agree with some of the decisions he made. Fear the Walking Dead _ Season 7, Episode 3 – Photo Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/AMCįor Dorie, it's the fear that he won't be able to keep the final promise he made to find Teddy's last victim- fear of failing the past that keeps him from moving forward.
No, this was a story about fear and how much deadlier that can be than any walker. Supported by a strong script, an amazing apocalyptic look that made June & Dorie's world seem both epically large & intimately small, and the kind of knockout performances we've come to expect from Elfman & Carradine, viewers were presented with a story that was much more bone-chilling than what a horror story could deliver. Plus, there are walkers? Hello? But while "Cindy Hawkins" more than did its job bringing the creeps, this is Fear TWD that we're talking about. The combination of Halloween weekend and a new episode of Fear TWD that previewed what appeared to be a unique twist on a haunted house story would appear to be the perfect combination for an hour of some fun, guilt-free horror.
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