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This article is about the Fear Character. For other pages with the same name, see: Derek

Our friend who was driving... did not survive. (...) It's not my fault, Brandon. (...) You were the one who said that it was not his party.
―Derek to Madison and Brandon.[src]

Derek is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. He is a member of Brandon's Group and served as one of the two secondary antagonists for the second half of Season 2 (along with Christopher Manawa).

Overview[]

Derek is a reckless, rowdy, and cunning, but spineless and weak willed survivor. He is willing to go along with Brandon killing other survivors and even their own friends. He does seem to show a little remorse after Chris' death but ultimately stays with Brandon. Like Chris and James, it seems he mainly just wants to fit in with the group and doesn't debate the horrible things they do. This comes back to bite him when Brandon kills Chris, enraging Travis. Derek manages to put up more of a fight than Brandon but ends up being killed by Travis.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

San Diego, California[]

Little is known about Derek's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was from San Diego and attended the UCSD together with James, Brandon, and Troy. During the school vacation before the apocalypse, they had traveled down to the Sea of Cortez in Baja California to party.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Mexico[]

During the first stages of the outbreak Derek and his friends: James, Troy, and Brandon camped somewhere before Troy was bitten and later put down. After Troy's death, the group decided to try to make it back the United States plundering whom they're able to while on the way.

Season 2[]

"Do Not Disturb"[]

Derek and his group are looting from a roadside taco stand in Baja California; the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Magaña, recently having been killed and dumped behind the counter. When zombies sneak inside, Derek and his group emerge from the kitchen to see Chris taking down the zombies.

That night, Derek and his group find Chris and Travis camping out on the side of the road and declare that they will be camping there as well. Derek, Brandon, and James open up to Travis and Chris, winning the trust of Chris. They offer to give Travis and Chris a ride since they don't have any gas to spare for their car. Derek and the others befriend Chris and they arrive at an abandoned farm. They find chickens inside the barn and start having fun chasing them. When the farmer enters the barn with a shotgun, Derek draws his firearm and refuses to stand down as Travis attempts to diffuse the situation. He witnesses Chris shoot and kill the farmer after James is shot.

"Date of Death"[]

Chris tackles Travis, pinning him down. Brandon and Derek rush in. Brandon shoots James dead, despite the latter's pleas for mercy. Later, Brandon and Derek load the truck. Travis, who is staying behind, desperately implores Chris to stay with him. Chris says he’s better off without Travis, and says that he has adapted to the new world, whereas Travis hasn't. He leaves the farm with Brandon and Derek.

Several days later, Derek appears at the gates of the Rosarito Beach Hotel with Brandon and a few other refugees, but without Chris.

"Wrath"[]

Derek and the other refugees were admitted to the hotel and brought to the parking garage to be screened by Andrés and the other survivors. As Madison checks-in on the refugees, she is notified of Derek and Brandon's rowdy attitudes. As she introduces herself to the boys, they explain where they came from and how Brandon injured his arm. After realizing the boys are the ones who abandoned Travis at the farm, she quickly devises a plan to take them outside of the hotel and isolate them at a coffee shop to avoid Travis finding out about them. However, Travis witnesses the angry crowd of people following the boys and catches up to them. At the coffee shop, he asks about his son's whereabouts but realizes the boys are lying. After Madison, Andrés, and Oscar leave the shop, Travis locks the door and proceeds to beat the boys to death, despite the hotel survivors' pleas to stop.

"North"[]

After the boys' deaths, Madison proceeds to put down Derek before he could reanimate while killing a newly-reanimated Brandon.

Death[]

Killed By

After Brandon admits to Travis that he killed Chris due to his injuries sustained in the accident, Travis is sent into a blind rage, and begins savagely beating both Brandon and Derek.

Brandon and Derek attempt to fight back, but are overpowered by the enraged Travis, who brutally strangles Derek. After getting strangled by Travis, Derek slowly crawls to the glass door that was in the room but was thrown into it by Travis, ending his life in the process.

Later, Madison stabs Derek in the head to prevent reanimation.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Derek has killed:

Relationships[]

For a more in-depth look at Derek's relationships, read here; Derek (Season 2)/Relationships

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Appears Voice is heard
👁 Appears with no lines Appears in a flashback
Appears as a walker 🖼 Appears in a photograph/video
Appears as a corpse Appears in a hallucination/dream

Trivia[]

  • The casting call for this character used the name Dennis.[1]
    • Derek was described as "A short, shifty, southern California bro who carries himself like a guy who’s been in too many bar fights."
  • He is the only seen member of his group whose last name was not revealed.
    • He's also the only one of his group to not have directly killed someone.

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech Jan Škvor Calvin Jasper
Howard
Frost
French Bruno Méyère N/A
German Roman Wolko N/A
Hungarian N/A N/A
Italian N/A N/A
Japanese N/A N/A
Portuguese N/A N/A
Spanish (Latin America) Israel Nuncio N/A
Spanish (Spain) N/A N/A

References[]

  1. [1] - Spoil the Dead.com (March 29, 2016)

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