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Frank is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. He is a resident of Emissary Suites. Frank is also the husband of Victor Strand and father of Klaus.
Overview[]
Frank is shown to care deeply for his husband, Anton, as well as his son, Klaus. However, he becomes skeptical when "Anton" is slowly revealed to be actually Victor Strand. Still, he does try to convince Strand that he will still love him even if he reveals who he really is. He is also brave and ready to fight to protect his people.
After Strand tells Frank the truth, he keeps his word and continues to love and support him. Frank later reveals that Strand told him everything after admitting the truth about his identity and Frank remains completely supportive of his husband and defends his actions to the others.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Germany[]
Before the outbreak, Frank lived in Germany with his wife Mia and their son Klaus. However, Frank was secretly gay and living a lie by being with Mia. Frank eventually revealed the truth to Mia, leading to their divorce, but he later tells Victor Strand that Mia forgave him for his lie.
Just before the outbreak began, Frank took his son on a vacation to Georgia.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Savannah, Georgia[]
At the start of the outbreak, Frank and his son, Klaus, were on vacation in Georgia with a group of German tourists. Being unable to return to Germany due to the outbreak, the tourists set up a community in an abandoned hotel where they lived for the next several years, building the hotel into a place where people could have a second chance and a thriving community.
Years later, Frank met Victor Strand who was going by the name of "Anton". After sometime, Frank married Anton, with the latter adopting Klaus as his own son.
Season 8[]
"Anton"[]
At the Emissary Suites hotel, the residents go about their daily lives with a soccer game. Klaus manages to score against his father Frank and win the game for his team. On the balcony of Frank and Klaus' room, Victor Strand, now going by the name Anton, speaking only in German, and the husband of Frank and Klaus' adopted father, tends to Klaus' pet bird, explaining that he was checking on the bird who is getting stronger every day thanks to Klaus. Klaus excitedly tells Strand that he scored the winning goal with Frank adding that Klaus was the star of the game. Strand congratulates his son, teasing his husband that the other team had a weak goalie. The two men kiss, and the family prepares to sit down to dinner together. Hildy interrupts with the news that they have a new arrival, pleasing Strand.
In the Marsh Light Tours bus outside, an elderly man looks through old tour brochures and curiously checks out the walkers caught in a spike trap outside. Strand, Frank and Klaus join him, and Strand has his family switch to English when the man reveals that he doesn't speak German. The man explains that he thinks that his arm injury is infected, but he can't find any antibiotics for it. Strand tells the man that he's come to the right place, calling the hotel "an oasis for the dispossessed, the desperate, the weary" where they help people. As Strand's family shows the elderly man around, Frank explains that they were tourists when the world changed, and the bus was their tour bus. Unable to make it home, the German tourists decided to make their own home at the hotel. They got a second chance, and this place is about making sure other people get one too, a vast difference from Strand's last community. Strand adds that everyone deserves a second chance and leads the elderly man to the kitchen, which is fully functional, to eat.
Some time later, the man sits down to eat and reports to Strand that his infection is starting to clear up as Klaus arrives with the news that there's a new guest. The woman was scared and couldn't breathe, and she was found half-conscious by Hildy while he was on a supply run. However, Klaus thinks that she's okay and he put her in his room. Leaving the elderly man to eat, Klaus tells his father that Frank is getting oxygen and the first aid kit from the infirmary.
In Klaus' room, Madison Clark sits on Klaus' bed, and she and Strand are visibly shocked to see each other again for the first time since Madison's apparent death years before. Klaus is confused as to why Madison is calling his father Victor, but Strand simply instructs him to get Frank. Klaus corrects Madison that Strand's name is Anton, but Strand insistently tells his son to go which he reluctantly does. A confused Madison asks what her old friend is doing here, why Klaus was calling him Anton and why he is speaking German. Strand experiences a flashback to when he was the tyrannical leader of the Tower before silently and tearfully pulling Madison into a hug which she immediately returns, telling her old friend that she thought that she'd lost him.
Frank and Klaus arrive with oxygen for Madison, and Madison reveals to Strand's family that his real name is Victor Strand, not Anton. However, Strand denies this, claiming to have never even heard of Victor Strand. Madison insists that Strand is lying about who he is, but passes out due to her breathing issues and Frank and Klaus quickly begin tending to her while Strand just stands by in shock.
At the hotel's council meeting, Hildy and Marietta question Strand about where Madison came from and why she thinks that his name is Victor Strand. Strand insists that he doesn't know, while Klaus calls Madison confused and scared. Klaus pulls out a radio that Madison was carrying in her bag, and when he turns it on, Daniel Salazar is on the other end frantically trying to contact Madison, mentioning that he's trying to track down some people that are after her and asking where she is so that Daniel can get to her first. Strand orders his son to put it down as the man could be dangerous, but Frank, suspicious of his husband's increasingly odd behavior, answers Daniel and feeds him Madison's description. Frank introduces himself as someone who wants to help Madison, but Strand snatches the radio and shuts it off before Frank can tell Daniel where to look for her. Strand and Frank argue about Daniel, with Frank believing that Daniel could help them while Strand insists that he's protecting them by keeping him away. Strand wants Madison to go, but Frank wants her to stay, reminding Strand that they don't give up on anyone here. The other council members all side with Frank and he instructs Klaus to get Madison some soup and to make her feel at home. Strand doesn't want Klaus alone with Madison, but he refuses to explain what he's so afraid of, causing Frank to order Klaus to proceed.
Madison wakes up with her hands tied up and wearing an oxygen mask. Seeing Klaus tending to his bird, Madison gets his attention, but Klaus is reluctant to release her as Strand had said that it isn't safe. Klaus helps Madison to eat and asks why she thinks that his father is Victor Strand, telling Madison that he knows his father and "Anton" wouldn't lie. Madison tells Klaus that he doesn't know Strand, but she doesn't know why he would pretend to be someone that he's not which is really pissing her off. Seeing Madison's tattoos of Nick and Alicia's names, Klaus asks about them, and Madison reveals that they were her kids. Realizing that Nick and Alicia are dead, Klaus offers his condolences to her.
Madison fondly recalls Nick and Alicia rescuing a bird once too when they were about Klaus' age or maybe a little younger. Klaus explains that the birds get confused and fly into the hotel windows sometimes and he always helps them as everyone deserves a second chance, something that Strand had taught him. Looking at an old family picture on Klaus' bedside table, Madison asks about his mother, and Klaus reveals that his mother and father had split up when he was little. Frank brought Klaus to America on a holiday just before the world changed, but Klaus' poster board of maps, postcards, and brochures is the closest that he's gotten to seeing beyond this hotel. They got stuck at the hotel and have been here ever since and Klaus never saw his mother again. Madison is sure that Klaus' mother would be extremely proud of him, and Klaus admits that Madison seems to be cool too.
Madison doesn't think that everyone would agree with Klaus, revealing that she came to the hotel because of the people that had attacked her. However, Madison is unsure of why they're after her as the people hit them out of nowhere and stole their boats. Strand interrupts their discussion and Madison admits that she's impressed with what he's built here, even if it is all a lie. Madison asks Strand why he's hiding like this, but Strand receives a radio message that they have new unwelcome guests.
On the bus, Russell explains that he and his men are looking for a woman named Madison who they heard was hiding out in the area. However, he refuses to explain what they want with her, and Frank tells Russell that they can't help. Russell reveals that Madison used to be one of PADRE's top Collectors and has been broadcasting how she's trying to rebuild PADRE. While Frank thinks that that sounds like a good thing, Russell insists that it isn't, and that Madison doesn't change. "The people I'm with, the head of this little outfit? He knows her for who she really is." Daniel comes over the radio trying to contact Russell's people, knowing that they were monitoring the channel, but Russell turns off the radio without responding to him. Frank once again insists that Madison isn't here, but Russell is sure that she is which means that this can go one of two ways: they let Russell and his people in and hand Madison over and they walk away, or Daniel will come after Madison and he's not alone and seems to be pretty determined. Russell and his people will fight Daniel if they have to to get to Madison which is a fight that will happen at the hotel if they don't turn Madison over. Strand recalls the people that he killed at the Tower, including Wes and Will and, much to Frank's shock, admits that Madison is at the hotel.
In Klaus' room, Strand finds Madison's bonds cut and his son and old friend both missing. Russell accuses Madison of taking Klaus while Strand reminds his husband that he'd told Frank that Madison had seemed to be dangerous. Strand notices the map is torn off of the brochure for the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library and realizes that they're going to the library rather than to PADRE. At the dock, they find one of Russell's boats missing and realize that Madison must've stolen the other one. Russell demands Strand and Frank's weapons before they leave, promising to return them once they arrive at their destination. Strand turns over his gun belt, but Daniel calls for Madison again on the radio, and Russell tells him that PADRE will be better off without Madison. Daniel warns Russell that hurting Madison would be a grave mistake, but Russell states that what happens to Madison isn't up to him and things will go a lot better for Madison and Daniel if he backs off. However, it's too late for that as Daniel is approaching with two armed men in a boat of his own. Russell frantically tells Strand and Frank to get in the boat as they can still lose Daniel if they leave now, but Strand recalls Daniel trying to kill him and runs off, followed by Frank. Unwilling to get caught by Daniel, Russell and his men leave on their boat.
In the woods, Strand insists that it's not their fight and that they'll find another way to help Klaus. Although Russell and his men took the only boat, Strand knows where they can find a raft. Frank takes out a walker that they encounter that has vines and mushrooms growing out of it, and questions his husband in English why Madison has Strand so upset. Although Strand points out that Madison has their son, Frank knows that Madison got under Strand's skin from the minute that she showed up. Frank asks if he really is Victor Strand, admitting that he's always known that Strand hasn't been fully honest with him. Frank points out that he knows what it's like to live a lie, reminding his husband of all the years that he spent living with Mia and Klaus and hiding his homosexuality from them. Frank insists that Strand can tell him the truth about whatever's going on, but Strand doesn't answer him.
Strand finds the raft that he had left Texas on, admitting that he'd used it years ago before Strand and Frank found each other. Frank notes that the raft isn't in good shape and that they're going to have to walk the rest of the way, but Strand wants his husband to go back to the hotel, insisting upon doing this alone. As a small herd approaches, Frank begins putting down the walkers while Strand returns to the raft and rifling through it. After dealing with the walkers, Frank demands to know what his husband is hiding, and if he's really Victor Strand. A walker attacks a distracted Frank from behind, taking him to the ground where Frank is unable to reach his knife. As Frank struggles with the walker, Strand suddenly stabs it through the head from behind with his old sword, shocking Frank who was unaware that his husband owned such a weapon. As more walkers approach, Strand reveals that his sword was what he was looking for in the raft. Strand helps Frank up and the two men quickly leave before the herd can reach them.
At night, Strand uses his sword to dispatch a wandering walker as Strand and Frank continue to make their way towards the library. Frank tells Strand that there was nothing that they could've said that would've made Klaus stay because Madison reminds Klaus of his mother. Klaus wasn't there for his mother when the world changed as he was in America instead and Frank suggests that Madison might've made Klaus feel like he had a second chance at helping her. Strand asks Frank what happened after he told his ex-wife Mia his truth, and Frank admits that while Mia was angry and confused, in the end, the truth set them free. Frank regrets not coming clean to her sooner. Mia forgave Frank "of course", just like he would Strand about whatever secret Strand is keeping from him. If he really is Victor Strand, Frank is sure that whatever he did is forgivable. However, Strand insists that he's not that man.
Strand and Frank find the library from the tour map and the boat that Madison and Klaus had stolen. Nearby are some more rafts similar to Strand's while inside, Klaus tends to an unconscious Madison. Klaus explains to his two fathers that Madison had run out of oxygen on the boat ride over and he hasn't been able to find more for her. Klaus pleads with Strand to help her, because Madison will die if they don't. Frank points out that finding oxygen for Madison here is going to be difficult, but Strand has an idea. Searching a cooler in the wrecked raft, Strand finds an oxygen tank, claiming that he didn't know it was there, but had guessed that with this many rafts, whoever came with it must've carried a lot of supplies with them. However, Frank doesn't buy it, pointing out that it's just like how Strand happened to find a sword on the other raft.
Klaus insists that they don't have time to argue as they have to get the oxygen to Madison, but the three spot Russell's boat approaching them in the distance. Strand insists that they need to go and that there isn't time to help Madison, but Klaus refuses to abandon her even if he has to stay behind. Klaus furiously confronts his father, telling Strand that he'd defended him to Madison and told her that Strand would never abandon her to those people like that. However, maybe Strand isn't who his son thought that he was. Strand declares that he is and that he's going to prove it to him. Strand orders Frank to bring Klaus home while Strand will be right behind them after he helps Madison. Klaus accepts, but Frank is more reluctant, stating that Strand can't do this on his own. Strand emotionally tells his husband that Frank and Klaus both took a chance on him when they first met, that they saw the man that he could be. Strand asks for the chance to prove to them that he can still be that man. Accepting Strand's request, Frank kisses him goodbye and reminds Strand to be careful before leaving on the boat with Klaus.
While trapped inside of the library by a herd, Strand tries to call Frank and Klaus for help, but he gets no response. Eventually, Klaus suddenly contacts his father with the news that the soldiers are now at the hotel and there are more of them who got inside. As the herd closes in on Madison and Strand, Russell and his men enter the library and one of them shoots all of the walkers from behind with a machine gun. As Klaus frantically calls for his father to get back to the hotel, Russell retrieves Strand's sword from where it was stuck and knocks him out with the butt of it, promising to take Strand to his people.
Klaus suddenly contacts his father with the news that the soldiers are now at the hotel and there are more of them who got inside. As the herd closes in on Madison and Strand, Russell and his men enter the library and one of them shoots all of the walkers from behind with a machine gun. As Klaus frantically calls for his father to get back to the hotel, Russell retrieves Strand's sword from where it was stuck and knocks him out with the butt of it, promising to take Strand to his people.
Strand awakens tied to a chair at the hotel and finds his people bound sitting on the floor. Russell threatens Strand with his sword when Strand kicks out at him, stating that this could've all been avoided if Strand had just handed Madison over to them. Russell reminds Madison and Strand that what happens next isn't up to him and decides to let his boss tell them himself. Russell's leader enters and Madison and Strand stare at him in shock as the man drops a duffle bag on the floor. "Hey there, Madison. Been a while. Yeah, see, I'm as surprised as you are. I mean, I knew I'd find you when I heard your radio broadcast but uh ... I didn't think you'd still be keeping the same company from Mexico," greets Troy Otto.
Frank insists that Troy is making a mistake, and that Strand isn't who Troy thinks, but Troy knows that it's Victor Strand. Troy acknowledges that his eyesight isn't what it once was, but Frank is the one who is confused about Strand and certainly about Madison. Troy decides to show everyone the truth about who Madison is and removes his sunglasses, revealing that Troy is now blind in his left eye which is visibly messed up. Troy explains that it can happen from something like a bad hit to the head from a hammer like what Madison did to him before leaving Troy for dead in Mexico. Madison flashes back to when she had bashed Troy twice in the head with a hammer at the Gonzalez Dam, apparently killing him, before dropping the hammer on the ground next to him. Troy blames the loss of his brother, his father and his family's ranch on Madison even though Troy himself was responsible for the destruction of the ranch and the death of his brother with Troy adding that Strand helped.
Troy explains that he wants the same thing that he's wanted since the day that Madison took it from him, the same thing that he's been helping all of his people find ever since Troy pulled himself out of the dam's rubble in Mexico: a home. Since Madison took Troy's home from him, he intends to take Madison's home from her. Pulling out the hammer that Madison had hit him with, Troy threatens to do to Strand what Madison did to him if Madison doesn't reveal where PADRE is to him. Troy grabs Strand from behind and raises the hammer, but Strand orders Madison not to give in and to hold onto PADRE as it's what Alicia would've wanted. Frank pleads with Madison to tell Troy what he wants to know, and Troy threatens to not stop with Strand if she doesn't. Looking at Frank, Strand finally admits that his name is Victor Strand and he'd lied to Frank about so much, but what he felt for Frank was real. Strand reaffirms his love for his husband and his son in German, prepared to meet his fate at Troy's hands.
Before Troy can swing the hammer, Daniel comes in using one of Troy's men as a human shield, ordering Troy to drop the hammer. June, Sherry and several others enter from another doorway with June reiterating Daniel's order. Troy complies and Daniel knocks out his hostage and Daniel cuts Madison and Strand loose. Strand thanks Daniel, greeting him as an old friend, but Daniel tells Strand that they're not friends. Troy comments that he'd hate to do to Daniel what he did to Daniel's daughter and Daniel finally recognizes Troy, promising to make sure that Troy really dies the next time that they meet. Troy asks if Daniel really thinks that what he's doing right now is going to stop them, pointing out that they know where the hotel is now, and they'll just keep coming back. However, Madison announces that if Troy does that, there won't be anyone left there for him to hurt. PADRE is about to expand with Madison offering to take in the hotel residents since they had helped her when Madison needed help. Troy asks how they can be sure that Madison won't do the same thing to them that she did to him, and Madison admits that she's done some things that she regrets, but the place that Madison is building is not about her, but rather about keeping something bigger alive. Troy asks what that is while Daniel warns Madison that they don't know how many people Troy has, and they have to get out. Madison tells Troy that she's going to build PADRE into what it should've always been for her kids, for Alicia.
As the group prepares to move out, Troy tells Madison that she can do that, but she's making a mistake "'cause that's the same thinking that got her killed in the first place." Madison angrily demands to know how Troy would know that and Troy claims to have been the one to kill Alicia. As proof, Troy kicks his duffel bag to Madison who opens the bag while ignoring Daniel's orders to leave and not listen to Troy, finding Alicia's Prosthetic Arm inside. Although Madison doesn't recognize it, Strand, June and Sherry are visibly devastated as they realize the implications of Troy having it. Troy reveals that it belongs to Alicia, claiming that he took it off of Alicia's corpse after Troy killed her. In grief and rage, Madison grabs the fallen hammer and charges at Troy, but Strand holds her back telling Madison not to let Troy get into her head. Troy states that he would've put Alicia down, but after all of the wandering around that Troy did in Mexico, he thought that it was only right that Alicia should do the same. Troy suggests that maybe one day Alicia will find Madison or vice versa and finish the job. Cradling the duffel bag while Strand carries the hammer, Madison and her allies back out of the room. "You want a fight, Madison? We'll give you that. Oh, we'll give you a fight. My question for you is... what are you even fighting for?"
"Keeping Her Alive"[]
Amidst regular daily life on PADRE, Klaus, who is helping a younger boy with his math, notices the return of June, Dwight, Sherry and Odessa to the island. Panicking, Klaus warns Hildy and Marietta, who are guarding the door to the cell area, in German that the group is back and orders them to stall the others while he tells his father.
The two refuse to allow the group inside under Strand's orders before Strand rejoins them with Frank and Klaus. June demands to know where Tracy is, revealing that they'd had someone keep an eye on Strand while the group was gone, not trusting him alone due to Strand's past. Strand suggests discussing the situation in a more civilized manner and greets Dwight whom he hasn't seen in a long time. Strand instructs Frank in German to bring Klaus to their room, but Frank refuses to leave his husband so Hildy takes the boy instead.
Strand explains that he had brought Tracy to PADRE because he knew that Troy wouldn't dream of attacking the island while they had his daughter as leverage, but Dwight points out that it's also the perfect reason to attack. Strand points out that Troy doesn't know where they are, but Sherry is sure that, because they have his kid, Troy will find them. Strand sarcastically wonders how since Tracy hasn't been tagged for migratory purposes, but June angrily tells Strand that maybe he'd know how badly a parent would fight for their kid if Strand was doing more than just playing father to Klaus, forcing Strand to hold back an enraged Frank. Strand claims that June still doesn't know him after all of these years, but June states that she does and she had stood by at the Tower as Strand had made one bad decision after another, causing people to lose their lives because of his actions, including John Dorie Sr., and June won't make the same mistake again. Strand reminds June that many people lost their lives because of June when they first met and that they've all done things to build and survive and none of them are ones to throw stones. Tracy went missing while June was gone, Strand saw an opportunity, and someone had to make the call. June argues that none of them had asked him to do that while Odessa points out that there are plenty of Prefects who could've held down the fort in their absence, but Strand calls the Prefects and Odessa children. Strand insists that he's not the man that he used to be, and that June knows that because she's not the woman that she used to be either, calling June by her old alias of Naomi. Frank reveals to the group that Strand told him everything and introduces himself as Strand's husband.
June challenges Strand to prove that he's changed by returning Tracy to her father. While that might not be enough to satisfy Troy, giving him the man who kidnapped her too might. Dwight orders Strand to start walking, but he objects that it's not gonna work and they don't know Troy the way that he does. They've already lost the hotel and this island is the last chance that Strand has to do good on what he had promised to Alicia. Dwight admits that he wishes that he could believe that, while June challenges Strand to take this chance to prove that he really has changed. Strand reluctantly agrees and Sherry and Odessa go to get Tracy. Frank objects while Strand insists that he'll figure something out. Having seen what Troy did at the hotel, Frank knows that Troy is likely to kill him if Strand hands himself over, but Strand thinks that the others will kill him if he doesn't, and Strand doesn't want his husband to be caught in the crossfire. Strand asks Frank to wait for him, promising to come back to his family, and Frank reluctantly agrees.
At Lowcountry Landing, Luciana and the Gearheads confront Troy, Russell and the rest of his people and Troy recognizes Luciana from the ranch as Nick's girlfriend, asking her in Spanish "shame about Nick, isn't it?" Luciana tells Troy that they don't want any trouble, but Troy states that it's too late for that as his daughter's already in some. Luciana is willing to let Troy use their roads to get to Tracy as long as none of her people get hurt. Troy asks if Luciana is going to help him even though Nick chose the ranch instead of her, but Luciana's people are more important to her than her pride. Troy warns Luciana to stand down if she really cares about her people as the Gearheads are outnumbered and outgunned and Troy orders his men to fan out and to take anything worth taking.
Luciana warns Troy not to as this won't end well from him. A large number of PADRE residents emerge from hiding and surround Troy's group, amongst them June, Dwight, Sherry, Odessa, Frank, Hildy and Marietta. Surprised but impressed, Troy realizes that he's fallen into a trap and Luciana admits that she had just needed him to get close, ordering Troy to stand down. Troy warns Luciana that he had trained every one of his men and that they will take out more of Luciana's people and the PADRE residents than they will of Troy's people if it comes down to a fight, but Dwight is happy to test out that theory while Frank quips that they want to make some room in their hotel again. Troy expresses concern about his daughter being in danger while they delay, and Luciana and June try to convince Troy to stand down and negotiate a ceasefire for his daughter's sake. Russell looks to Troy for directions, but he orders Russell not to act. Grabbing his radio, causing a moment of tension as everyone thinks that Troy is going for his gun instead, Troy contacts Strand and tells him that he's been held up, meaning that Strand is the only person that can help him. Strand promises to make sure that Tracy is okay, and Troy tells him where to find Madison, Daniel and Tracy.
Madison, Daniel, Strand, Ada, Della and Sara arrive at Lowcountry Landing which has been destroyed by a gunfight that has left most of both sides dead and more wounded. Tending to a wounded woman, Luciana explains to Daniel that they had Troy and his men surrounded, but it was like they didn't care whether they lived or died. Daniel reassures Luciana that Strand and Madison had no part in this and June runs over with a medical kit to tend to the woman as one of the PADRE fighters dispatches a member of Troy's group who reanimates. Strand finds Frank desperately tending to a dying Hildy who has been shot in the chest and is bleeding out fast. Frank begs his husband to get more dressings, but Hildy dies, and Strand sadly informs Frank that it's too late. Frank refuses to give up on Hildy, but he quickly reanimates, so Strand grabs Hildy's knife and stabs his friend in the head with it. The devastated Frank declares that they need to stop the man who did this to all of their friends and Strand promises his husband that they will.
Sherry dispatches another of Troy's men who had reanimated and tells Madison that Troy isn't here. Luciana explains that someone had stolen one of the Gearheads' trucks after the shooting broke out, and Madison knows that Troy is going to find his kid and PADRE. Luciana points out that Troy lost most of his men in the gunfight, wondering what it matters that Troy knows where to look, but Madison has realized that Troy isn't going to use his men to take it: Troy's going to do the exact same thing that he did at Broke Jaw Ranch 12 years before. "The dead. That's what they were for. They are his army," explains Daniel. Dwight doesn't know how many people they have left, and he and Sherry set out to do a headcount. Madison asks Luciana how far her roads are cleared, but Luciana doesn't want to get involved any further, having lost too many people already by getting involved. However, Madison is more interested in using the Gearheads' roads to reach the mansion near Fort Worth where Tracy had told her that Alicia was killed, and Luciana promises to take Madison there after this is all over.
Madison notices the awe with which Ada, Della and Sara look at her, and Ada tells Madison that she has no idea what it for them to be standing across from them right now. Della adds that until they had heard Madison's message on the repeater network, they had all thought that she was dead. Madison is confused by the fact that they know her, and Sara explains that they had watched Madison's interview with Al so many times that the tape had eventually worn out. However, Madison declares that neither Nick or Alicia are here and that nothing that she said on that tape means anything. Strand insists that it does and that she needs to hear it. When Strand came to Madison at the library, it was because he had thought that he needed Madison to face what was coming, but Strand doesn't. Instead, Strand needs Madison, pointing out that Madison had nearly killed Tracy. Madison angrily insists that it was to protect and that, unlike Strand, she doesn't have anyone left to disappoint, meaning that Madison can get her hands dirty. "Madison, I pushed Alicia away so she wouldn't get her hands dirty. That medallion, I gave it to her so she'd remember who she was because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to. I thought I was protecting her, but I was wrong, Madison. It wasn't about protecting her. It was about giving myself an excuse not to be the better man. I don't want that to happen to you. I won't let that happen to you," states Strand. Undeterred, Madison begins climbing into the back of the SWAT van, pulling a gun on Strand and stating that someone has to stop Troy. Madison refuses Strand and Daniel's requests to come with her, but Madison is worried that they'll just end up dead like everyone else. Madison declares that she can help them by finishing what she had started at the dam and, watched by Strand, Daniel, Luciana, Frank, Ada, Della and Sara, Madison drives off alone in the SWAT van to confront Troy.
"Fighting Like You"[]
Frank will appear in this episode.
"The Road Ahead"[]
Tracy gives Madison the St. Christopher's medallion, attempting to use it as a distraction to steal her gun to threaten her to leave, though Madison shows it has no ammunition. The commotion helps the group locate Luciana and Madison, with Daniel threatening Madison to stop putting the life of his loved ones at risk. Victor begs Tracy to join them at the island, deeming it safer. Enraged, Madison shoots at the sky several times and yells at Victor to get away. The noise draws in the dead, forcing the group to take shelter in the auto-shop following a brief attempt to stop them by Ada and Della.
Inside, Victor is contacted by Frank via walkie, revealing that the surviving members of Troy's group managed to capture the herd again and will release it onto the island.
Concerned about his family, Victor wants to take on the walkers outside and go help but Daniel disagrees, wanting to wait them out to negate any risk for themselves. Victor contacts Frank again who says that Russell wants to talk to Madison, offering to not release the herd if she hands Tracy over. "She's all I have left, Russell," Madison somberly says.
Victor finds a bluebonnet in his truck. Frank and Klaus join him inside and the former promises they will look around for Tracy some more. However, Alicia, Madison, and Tracy appear in the rearview mirror for Victor. He takes a sigh of relief and asks Klaus to point on a map for where they go from here, now ready to depart with peace of mind.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Frank has killed:
- Many unnamed members of Troy's Group (Alongside PADRE residents and the Gearheads)
- Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people
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Trivia[]
- Frank is the sixth LGBT character in Fear the Walking Dead, the others being his husband Victor Strand, Thomas Abigail, Cole, Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki and Isabelle.
- Frank and Victor are the fifth LGBT married couple in The Walking Dead franchise, following Aaron and Eric Raleigh in the TV series, Felix Carlucci and Will Campbell in The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Tim and his husband in Clementine series, and Magna and Yumiko Okumura in the TV series.