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| “ | You guys want to go back to living out there? You wanna give all this up because of what? His -- his instincts? The same ones that lost us the baby? (…) The safety of the moat? That told him to bring Alicia in here? No. No, we can't trust your instincts, Strand, not anymore. (…) You wanna turn that light off... you gotta go through us. It's over. For the both of you.
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Wes is a main character and later an antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. He was a member of Morgan's group until the caravan was forcibly split up and resettled into Virginia's various settlements where he served as a fuel producer at Tank Town. After nuclear bombs changed much of the Texas landscape, Wes reunited with members of Morgan's group before defecting and joining Strand's Tower. Wes later betrays Strand and takes control of the Tower in a failed attempt to protect his own survival, but he was defeated by Strand, Alicia and Daniel, leading to Wes' demise. He served as one of the two tertiary antagonists of Season 7 (along with Arnold).
Overview[]
Wes is a pragmatic, friendly, and artistic individual. He is shown to enjoy spray-painting which is something his brother, Derek, also enjoyed. However, below his seemingly optimistic interior, Wes has a somewhat negative and nihilistic look on the world. He believes people to be inherently selfish and violent. His sulking demeanor is punctuated by violent outbursts of anger, such as killing the man who took his book, only to leave it with him because in his own words, "he died for it".
Upon meeting, Alicia tries to instill in him a more altruistic way of seeing things, which he begrudgingly accepts, and he tries to atone for his mistakes. Later, after seeing Luciana manipulate Daniel into believing his daughter is alive, he is shown to be disgusted by her actions. Slipping back into his nihilistic view of people, he decides to betray the group and join Strand's Tower, and eventually becoming Strand's right-hand man, stating that while he is insane and evil, he is at the very least completely honest about it. With his focus shifted entirely to survival instead of altruism, he makes a last ditch effort to keep order in the Tower with a short-lived coup against Strand, intending to kill both him and Alicia. As Alicia temporarily makes him reconsider his stance on the issue, Victor pierces him with a sword, and Wes dies as he was at the beginning.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Nothing is known about Wes' life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he had a brother named Derek.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Texas[]
Wes survived the initial stages of the outbreak with his brother, Derek. At some point, Derek was presumably killed by walkers.
Season 5[]
"Channel 4"[]
Wes finishes watching Morgan's group tape inside an old gas station store. He considers reaching out on his walkie but decides against it. He packs his things before pressing his ear to a locked door. He then stares at a "Take what you need" box before leaving.
Outside, Wes gases up a motorcycle as Logan and his crew arrive. Wes tells them he doesn't want any trouble but Logan tells his people to take his gas and demands to know where the oil fields are. Wes insists that he doesn't know and he isn't with the people on the tape, claiming he stole the gas.
Logan admits that he likes him but has his people shoot up Wes' motorcycle so he can't follow them. Logan tosses him a radio and orders him to call Morgan's group for help with escaping an approaching herd and to tell them that they are making more enemies than friends out there, while his crew has more bullets than they know what to do with.
Wes is then left behind as Logan's crew drive away.
"You're Still Here"[]
Wes radios Morgan's group and asks for help, saying he has seen the tapes. Alicia and Strand quickly locate him and load his motorcycle on their truck. Wes explains he had encountered a hostile group and Strand quickly deduces it's Logan. Wes tells them he needs to get back to his brother and they decide to help him.
On the road, Wes tells Alicia she's probably wasting her time searching for the painted trees. She says she wants to meet the person responsible, but Wes is dubious. As walkers eat a dead bull, Alicia and Strand drop Wes off at the police station he's staying at and promise to load him up on gas. Suddenly, gunshots ring out from inside and an injured man sprints out, steals their truck, and drives away. Wes shoots at him and quickly runs out of ammo, which attracts nearby walkers.
They grab weapons from the police car and quickly realize they only shoot rubber bullets. Strand accidentally shoots tear gas at a walker, forcing everyone to flee inside. Alicia pours water on Strand's eyes and gives him a wet towel when his eyesight doesn't improve. She confronts Wes about the stranger, and he explains his brother is dead and he was just trying to retrieve what the man had stolen from him. Alicia warns him killing doesn't always solve things.
Wes mocks Alicia's mantra to help people, saying he doesn't need some inspired speech. "The guy was an asshole, plain and simple. I just want what he took from me," he says. Wes then tells her his brother got attacked by a walker during a milk run and that he inherited his motorcycle. He explains shooting and killing is the way of the world now, but Alicia is still determined to help the man he shot.
Alicia decides to find the man and Wes agrees to go with her. Outside, he uses the police guns to shoot the walkers blocking the entrance and lure the others away. Wes then kills the rest of walkers as Alicia finds the keys to a cruiser and the group leaves. Later, they find the truck crashed into a fence and the man limping down the road, presumably reanimated.
Wes approaches the man to get his bag and he turns around, still alive. He tosses Wes the bag and tackles him to the ground, trying to choke him. Wes grabs his knife and plunges it into the man's side. He asks the man where his manuscript is and he tells him in the bag. "It's really good stuff," the man says before dying. Wes puts him down and retrieves his manuscript. She questions his decision to kill over a book. Wes tells her "people are people" and the man should keep the manuscript. "He died for it. He can keep it", Wes says sarcastically before walking away.
Sometime later, Wes walks by the road and finds the first tree he wrote the message on. He looks down and cries.
"Leave What You Don't"[]
Wes somehow hears a distress call from a trapped survivor and, having being inspired by his encounter with Alicia and Strand, decides to go rescue Janis. At night, as she is about to commit suicide to avoid being killed by walkers, Wes arrives in time and helps her kill them. He then explains over the radio that he felt he should pay it forward.
The next morning, Wes and Janis reunite with Alicia and Strand when they arrive at the station. Alicia is proud of Wes' change of view on people after he says she inspired him. Wes also confesses he likes Alicia's paintings on the trees. The woman then warns them they have to leave before the people she ran away from find her. Alicia assures her she's safe with them now.
"Channel 5"[]
Wes and the rest of the caravan keep traveling in search of a permanent home. At night, a walker from a Humbug's Gulch theme park 15 miles away wanders into camp. Dwight kills it and John suggests to head to Humbug's Gulch in search of a home. The next day, the caravan come across a bridge in danger of collapsing.
After several tense moments with Virginia and an oncoming herd, Wes and the others are forced to abandon the rest of their vehicles and flee across the bridge. He and the others watch in horror as Tom is killed when the bridge finally does collapse. Later, Wes and the others rest on the side of the road before Morgan tells the group they should continue and Janis says it's what Tom would have wanted. They ditch their trucks and make the journey on foot.
On their walk, Wes promises Alicia he'll paint with her when they reach the settlement, prompting her to smile. Sometime later, the group arrives at the gulch but see that it is completely overrun with walkers. The group debates their next move. Wes and the others then hear as Morgan radios Virginia for help.
"End of the Line"[]
Wes and the rest of the caravan survivors rest along the outskirts of Humbug's Gulch as Morgan contacts with Virginia for help. After the theme park is cleared of walkers, Wes and Alicia paint the church as the group prepares the wedding. He then attends John and June's wedding in the chapel, sitting next to Alicia during the ceremony.
That night, Wes and the caravan survivors are split up by Virginia into different groups as they are taken for re-settlement among her communities.
Season 6[]
"Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg"[]
Wes is found injured in Tank Town by June. Seeing that there is shrapnel in his stomach, June asks for Luciana's help to get him to safety but is stopped by Virginia. Virginia demands to question Wes now, under suspicion that he is part of a mysterious group responsible for spray painting messages around the settlements. Virginia reveals multiple cans of spray paint found in Wes' bunk. Wes claims he has them because he likes to paint, yet Virginia refuses to believe him. Virginia begins to inflict pain on Wes' wound, causing him to scream in agony. She is stopped when June gives Wes a sedative, much to Virginia's dismay.
He is later seen having his wound treated.
"The Door"[]
Wes, Grace, Sarah, Luciana, June, and Daniel were rounded up by the rangers and held in the Lawton town jail as bargaining chips for Virginia as she attempts to get her sister back.
"Things Left to Do"[]
Wes is left behind in the Lawton jail as he is still recovering from his injuries while his fellow survivors are lined up outside set for execution. The next day, Wes is among the caravan survivors brought to live at the dam community, arriving on horseback with Luciana.
"Handle With Care"[]
Wes is seen when Daniel calls a group meeting so that everyone can share what they know about the enemy. Dakota runs up and says she recalls Virginia saying that the enemy went underground. She describes the last location that Virginia sent scouts to look for the enemy which Dwight realizes is Dallas where he and Al first encountered Nora's group and where he was reunited with Sherry. Luciana volunteers to scout the area with Wes, Alicia, and Althea.
"The Holding"[]
Wes, Althea, Alicia and Luciana infiltrate a subterranean settlement called "The Holding", where workers turn walkers into soil to garden and grow food. Riley welcomes them to the Holding. Al quietly confirms with Wes that this is the place they were looking for. "The End is the Beginning," reads a message spray-painted on the wall. Riley interrogates Wes's group and records their conversations for his leader, Teddy.
Wes tells Riley that his group comes from a place that they plan never to return to. Riley takes each member of Alicia's group to the displayed walker and asks what they see. Luciana says that Riley's question feels like a trick. Riley says that his group likes skeptics. Al asks Riley if everyone in the Holding must answer his question. Wes tells Riley he just sees a walker, then asks who painted the murals on the wall. He mentions that he used to be a painter, like his brother.
Riley questions everyone about their siblings. Wes asks Riley why he's interested in his family. Riley says Teddy believes survival depends on family. Shortly after the group's arrival, a team of cultists return led by Derek, Wes' believed-dead brother. While Wes catches up with his brother, the women attempt to discover more about the cult and their plans leading to Al and Wes sneaking into Derek's bunk while he is gone. The two find hidden maps of several other communities, including some maps belonging to CRM and discover that the cult has been targeting and destroying various communities, including Tank Town.
Wes confronts Derek and demands to know why his group is attacking settlements. Derek explains that the only way they can start over is by destroying everything and everyone above ground. Wes says that he nearly died during the attack on Tank Town. Derek insists he didn't know that Wes was at Tank Town. Wes invites Derek to join Morgan's community. Derek recognizes Morgan's name and asks what happened to Virginia. Wes says that Morgan helped bring her down.
Alicia's group escapes in the elevator with Derek. Alicia suspects that Derek is hiding something and refuses to take him back to their community. Riley captures Alicia's group as they exit the elevator. Riley brings Alicia's group to an embalming room and threatens to kill and embalm them. He offers to spare their lives if they reveal Morgan's whereabouts. Wes realizes Derek betrayed them. Derek gets Riley's permission to try and show Wes the truth.
Derek brings Wes to the displayed walker and asks what he sees. Wes realizes that Derek knew he was at Tank Town during the attack. He tries to grab Derek's gun. A struggle ensues. Wes overpowers Derek and slams him into the walker. The walker mauls Derek, killing him. Wes shoots Derek in the head.
Riley and his crew hear the gunshot. Wes returns and holds Riley at gunpoint. His group escapes into a room filled with embalmed walkers suspended from the ceiling. Al spots a walker in black uniform and peeks under the helmet to make sure it's not Isabelle. The walker snaps at Al. Alicia kills the walker and slashes its throat to release embalming fluid. She orders her group to flee then lights the embalming fluid with a match, setting the room and the rest of the Holding on fire. At the dam settlement, Wes, Althea and Luciana tell Morgan, Dwight, Rachel, and Dakota that Teddy's community is planning something big. Morgan says they must help Alicia before they bring Teddy down.
"USS Pennsylvania"[]
Wes joins the rest of Morgan's group in traveling to the beached sub near Galveston, Texas in order to stop the Doomsday Cult's plans to launch the Pennsylvania's compliment of nuclear missiles. Wes remains outside with most of Morgan's friends and watches in horror as the cult manages to get a nuclear missile with ten warheads off before Morgan and Strand can stop them.
"The Beginning"[]
Wes arrives at the Trahere Medical Center with Rollie and a captive Riley who Rollie reveals will lead them to the cult's hidden bunker. Although Daniel reveals that he has learned the coordinates to a safe location from a mysterious voice on the radio, the group decides to go to the bunker instead.
On the road, Rollie hits a walker, damaging the SWAT van's breaks. With a small herd approaching, Wes joins Rollie, Jacob and Luciana in putting down the walkers and keeping them off of Sarah while she conducts repairs. Wes is shocked when Daniel suddenly kills Rollie and reveals the other man to be a spy for the cult. After Riley is shot by Charlie and confirms that Daniel was right about Rollie, the group instead sets out for the location given by the coordinates.
Upon arrival, the group finds nothing and Daniel angrily yanks the taunting Riley out of the SWAT van. Wes stops Daniel and checks Riley's pulse, discovering that the man has died of his wounds. A CRM helicopter sent by Al suddenly arrives to rescue them. As the others focus on the helicopter, Wes spray paints the message "This Isn't The End" on the road, writing the word "End" on Riley's back. Wes then boards the helicopter and departs as the area is hit by nuclear weapons.
Season 7[]
"Breathe With Me"[]
Wes is among the survivors evacuated to the Fort San Vicente safe house thanks to Althea and Isabelle.
"Reclamation"[]
Along with the rest of Morgan's Group, Wes has been moved from Fort San Vicente to the sub by Morgan and Sarah. Morgan finds a video tape of Al interviewing each member of the group including Wes during their trek from the fort to the sub.
"Follow Me"[]
In Alicia's hallucination, Wes appears on a road with his fellow survivors as they stare at Alicia while a young girl emerges from behind them.
"Ofelia"[]
In the sub's Mess Hall, Luciana and Daniel use a set of cards to test Daniel's memory with Daniel successfully picking out the matching Boat card. Although Luciana is pleased, Daniel accuses her of letting him win which Luciana dies. Luciana notices Daniel staring intently at the Boat card, and he explains that he's seen it before. Luciana points out that they've played this game about ten times, but Daniel is certain that that's not it. Watching from nearby as he packs a bag, Wes warns Luciana that the others are going to leave without them. Luciana orders Daniel to keep at it until she gets back as she can see a difference and that's it's helping him. Unconvinced, Daniel tells Luciana that he should be the one helping her, but he calls Luciana by his dead daughter's name, Ofelia. Noticing Daniel's slip-up, Luciana reminds him of who she actually is and that Ofelia is no longer here. Daniel recalls that Ofelia left and instructs Luciana to be careful outside too. As Luciana leaves, Daniel continues to stare intently at the Boat card.
As Luciana argues with Morgan about joining the mission to a weapons cache that Dwight has found, their argument is interrupted by Wes with the news that Daniel has disappeared. Luciana guesses that Daniel has wandered into the Sonar Room again, but Sarah tells her that she welded the door shut after the last radiation leaks. However, Wes tells the group that Daniel is not on the sub anymore as Wes found the front hatch open and a protective suit gone. Luciana orders the others to go after the weapons while she goes after Daniel. Morgan wants them all to go instead, but Sherry objects that if they don't leave now, they won't get to Dwight before dark. Wes refuses to let Luciana go alone and Morgan orders them both to go after Daniel and to send up a mayday if there's any trouble while Morgan, Sarah and Sherry go to help Dwight recover the weapons cache that he found.
Daniel wanders an abandoned playground, calling out for Ofelia. Investigating a moving spinning wheel, Daniel only finds a badly burned walker trapped on top of it. Daniel is attacked by another burned walker, losing his protective mask before he manages to put it down. Daniel switches to calling for his daughter over the radio before Luciana and Wes emerge from the fog looking for him. In his confused state, Daniel fails to recognize his friends for a moment, ordering them to take their masks off and firing off a warning shot before calming down. Wes determines that the air is clean anyway so it's safe to go without their masks and Luciana demands to know what Daniel's doing out here.
Showing Luciana the Boat card, Daniel explains that Ofelia needs him. The last time that Daniel remembers seeing his daughter, he was on a boat, and he's now convinced that Ofelia is sending him a message. Daniel is out there both because of the card and because Luciana had told him on the sub that "Ofelia isn't here" which Daniel has taken to mean that she's outside on the boat. Luciana tries to tell Daniel that his daughter's dead, that Ofelia had died in Mexico years ago, but Daniel's insistent that Ofelia is still alive and that he saw her the day before, refusing to accept the truth. Wes and Luciana insist that Daniel's confused and while he's doing better, Daniel is wrong about Ofelia. Daniel continues to deny that Ofelia's dead and states that while he cares a lot about Luciana, Ofelia is his daughter, and he cares about her more than anything. Luciana's continuing attempts to convince the increasingly irrational Daniel that Ofelia's gone only cause him to accuse Luciana of trying to take Ofelia's place in his life, telling her that "I'm sorry that you're alone, but you will never replace my daughter, Ofelia," and that he means it, leaving Luciana visibly hurt by Daniel's words.
Luciana refuses to translate the Spanish for Wes and instead decides to just go back to the sub. However, hearing a noise, Wes spots what he believes to be walkers closing in and Luciana guesses that Daniel's gunshot must've drawn them. Daniel refuses to leave without Ofelia, but Wes realizes that it's not walkers but rather the Stalkers. Armed, the Stalkers surround the group and Arno sarcastically greets Luciana. Another Stalker spray-paints over their masks as the Stalkers prepare to take the group with them.
The Stalkers bring Daniel, Luciana and Wes to their base at an old salvage yard where Daniel accuses Luciana of causing their predicament by stopping his search for Ofelia, but Wes sarcastically points out that they wouldn't be here if Daniel had just stayed in the sub. In Spanish, Daniel suggests that they can take the Stalkers, but Luciana points out that there's three times more Stalkers than them. Stating that he's a soldier trained by the CIA who's done things before and after, Daniel is not afraid of Arno's people, "what's scary is what I'm gonna have to do to them." Daniel simply laughs at his companions' looks of shock and Wes concludes that they're screwed. Arno orders the group to remove and hang up their gear, allowing them to test for themselves that it's safe. Arno explains that the Stalkers are lucky as the wind hasn't brought anything nasty their way and they want to keep it that way. Daniel insists that they can take them, but Luciana recognizes Sabrina amongst the Stalkers and asks if Wes recognizes these people too. Wes explains that they're Teddy's people from the Holding and Luciana knows that that won't help them make friends.
Outside, Arno, who now has an amputated left hand due to being shot by Paul, Sabrina, Sage and several other Stalkers show Daniel, Luciana and Wes around the Stalkers' base on the interconnected vessels of the salvage yard while a herd growls up at them from the ground. Arno blames Alicia for the Stalkers being forced to abandon their previous two homes and live here and Wes recalls that he and Luciana were there the first time, but Arno already knows who they are. Daniel asks why the Stalkers don't use the walls to keep the dead out, but Arno explains that although they tried, the walls didn't hold. Letting the walkers roam the ground keeps the living away at least with Arno noting that Strand at least got one thing right at the Tower.
Arno decides to question them each one on one, but Daniel is only interested in finding Ofelia against Luciana's objections. Luciana suggests that Arno let them go and that they can help the Stalkers with whatever they need, but Arno finds it to be unlikely. Noticing Arno's gun, Daniel grabs it and turns it on Arno, while Sage and Sabrina hold back Luciana at gunpoint. Daniel demands to be allowed to go look for his daughter while Sage aggressively orders Luciana to back away from Daniel, but Arno orders him to stand down. Arno challenges Daniel to kill him, but when Daniel pulls the trigger, the gun is revealed to be empty. Another Stalker restrains a laughing Daniel while Wes realizes that the Stalkers are actually out of bullets and had only been bluffing them with the guns. Daniel tells Luciana that he was right that they could've taken the Stalkers while Arno explains that bullets are hard to come by these days and that while empty clips work on people, the dead aren't scared that easily and it won't help the Stalkers get the Tower.
Arno reveals that they heard radio chatter from the sub, and he suggests that they stop broadcasting their plans. As a result, the Stalkers know that they've found a weapons cache, but they don't know the coordinates. Luciana refuses to tell them where to find it, but Arno warns her that they'll end up with the dead below if they don't. Staring at a nearby boat, Daniel mistakes it for Strand's destroyed yacht, The Abigail, despite the very obvious differences between the two boats, and he believes that Ofelia is on board. Arno orders his men to save Daniel for last and that Wes will go first and the Stalkers shove Daniel and Luciana into a cell on one of the boats.
Arno locks Wes in a large cage over a pit of walkers and demands to know where the weapons are, threatening to lower Wes into the walkers when he refuses to answer. Wes refuses to betray his people, so Arno brings up Wes' brother Derek, reminding Wes that he had betrayed Derek and revealing that it was Derek who had found Arno and brought him into the Doomsday Cult. Arno is angry that Wes had killed his friend, but Wes tells him that Derek was his brother and Wes loved him, but Derek killed a lot of his friends, and he was going to kill a lot more. Arno states that Wes would've been alive if he'd joined the cult, but he obviously chose wrong. Reiterating his demand to know where the weapons are, Arno partially lowers Wes into the pit, but he continues to refuse to betray his friends.
Arno admits that he would've done this anyways and goes to lower Wes all the way in, but he is stopped by the arrival of Sage, Sabrina and another Stalker with Daniel and Luciana. Sage reveals that Daniel wants to make a deal and Arno raises Wes back out of the pit, although he refuses to release Wes from the cage as leverage. Daniel mockingly tells Arno that he knows how to make people talk and Arno's tactics aren't going to work. Arno states that it's worked so far and Daniel guesses that Arno probably kills everyone that gets in there, which he silently acknowledges, but if he kills Daniel and the others, he has nothing. Conceding the point, Arno asks if Daniel really knows where to find the weapons which he confirms over Luciana's objections in Spanish. In return, Daniel asks for his daughter Ofelia and points to the boat that Daniel thinks is The Abigail. Arno correctly tells Daniel that he has no idea what Daniel's talking about, but Daniel angrily grabs him and demands his daughter back as Sage and another Stalker try to restrain him.
Looking at the boat, Arno orders his men to let Daniel go. Arno lies that the Stalkers do have Ofelia, but Luciana tries to convince Arno not to go through with it, telling Arno that Daniel not only doesn't know where the weapons are, but he's having problems remembering what's real and what isn't. Luciana pleads with Daniel in Spanish to think of their people who are searching for the weapons and not to trust Arno who is only using him. In fluent Spanish, Arno tells them that it's not true and asks if they thought that they could fool him by speaking Spanish, but Luciana insists that they weren't trying to trick him, that speaking his native language grounds Daniel. Daniel reassures Luciana that he knows what he's doing, and Arno lies that Daniel is right and the Stalkers have his daughter on that boat. Daniel is ecstatic to have been proven right and he warns Arno that he'd better not have harmed Ofelia and asks to see her. Arno asks for the weapons first and Luciana chides him for using Daniel in such a way. However, Arno is unrepentant, as he's unwilling to be consigned to a life like this. Wes states that he's seen a hell of a lot worse places than this.
"You do know what's coming, don't you? Alicia and Morgan -- they're gonna get you all killed," Arno warns ominously. Luciana asks what's coming, but Arno refuses to elaborate and instead asks Daniel where the weapons are again. Luciana asks if knows Arno what's going to happen when Daniel finds out that he's lying, but Arno reiterates that he's protecting his people, the same ones that Alicia couldn't. Arno promises that if Daniel gives him the coordinates and they're correct, Daniel will get his daughter. Luciana tries a final time to convince her friend that Arno can't give him back his daughter, but Daniel doesn't think that he has any other choice, and he writes the coordinates down on the back of the Boat card. Satisfied, Arno orders Sage to send a patrol to check it out and he warns Daniel that if Daniel is lying to him, all of Daniel's group will end up with the walkers and he finally releases Wes.
Returned to their cell, Wes reassures his friends that he's alright and that he hasn't been bitten and he would die before giving Arno what he wanted. Daniel calls Wes a fool in Spanish, elaborating in English that Wes would've been a fool if he'd died at Arno's hands. Wes tells Daniel off for using his problems to keep hurting people, but Daniel states that he's always done what he's needed to do and no one's gonna get hurt. Luciana angrily tells Daniel that their people can get killed if the Stalkers get to the weapons cache first. Daniel reveals that he gave Arno the wrong coordinates causing Arno to send half of his people 20 miles in the wrong direction. Wes worries that they'll just be killed when the Stalkers return, but Daniel insists that they won't be here when they get back: Arno sent half of his patrol to the site, and it takes around 24 hours just to get there and back. Wes realizes that they're facing half as many guards now and Daniel draws a knife, stating that without weapons, the Stalkers can't stop them. Daniel explains that he stole the knife off of the Stalker that had shoved him up against the wall, noting that the Stalkers are very badly trained. "I know my memory isn't improving. But when I think about rescuing Ofelia... everything becomes clear. The problem with my memory is because I didn't tell her the truth about my past. When she found out the truth, I didn't give her an explanation or apologize for all the lies I told. For my mind to be clear... I need to find her and talk to her. That's why I'm looking for her," Daniel explains in Spanish. Daniel refuses to accept that it won't happen and promises Luciana that he and Ofelia will thank her and she'll be welcomed into their family. Now prepared, Daniel tells the others that it's time to get the hell off of this boat.
As Daniel lays on the floor, apparently unconscious, Wes and Luciana yell for help, drawing Sage's attention. The two tell Sage that Daniel collapsed and isn't breathing, reminding the young man that Luciana had warned the Stalkers that Daniel wasn't doing well. After Luciana tells Sage that it'll be on him if Daniel turns, he finally enters the cell to check on him. Daniel effortlessly overpowers Sage and orders the frightened young man at knifepoint to take them to the boat. Sage admits that Ofelia isn't there and he doesn't know where she is, but Daniel refuses to believe him. Wes wants to leave, but Daniel refuses to go anywhere without Ofelia. Luciana orders Sage to take them to the boat, explaining to Wes that Daniel won't leave unless he sees the truth, believing that it's the only way that Daniel will understand so that they can leave.
Heading to the other boat, Luciana questions Sage about Arno's warning and he reveals that the dead are gathering in one of the blast craters. There's bad stuff in the crater and the walkers are more dangerous now, but Sage doesn't know why Arno's so scared of them when they're stuck in the crater. Finding the boat empty, Daniel demands to know where Ofelia is, but Sage reiterates his earlier statement that Ofelia isn't here. Daniel holds Sage over the edge of the boat as the walkers below reach up towards him and Sage admits that Arno had lied about Ofelia being there because he wants to know where the weapons are. Daniel insists that everyone is wrong and are liars and that the card was a message from Ofelia who is on the boat. Sage and Luciana both insist that she's not while Wes warns them that they haven't been very quiet so their actions will be noticed soon.
Luciana pushes Daniel to accept the truth that Daniel had told her, that Ofelia had died in Mexico and that he'd buried her himself. Daniel sadly tells Luciana that he was looking for Ofelia to tell her who he is and apologize for his lies. Luciana knows that that's what Daniel wants so much that his mind is telling him that he can, but he can't. In a moment of clarity, Daniel realizes that this is why he's so confused. Sage swears that it wasn't his idea to lie to Daniel and that he didn't know what Arno was doing. However, Daniel is furious that Sage still went along with it, telling him that the mind is very fragile, easy to break and very hard to put back together. Sage pleads with Wes that he knew Wes' brother and Wes tries to ask him if Derek knew that he was at Tank Town when the cult destroyed it. Daniel slits Sage's throat before he can answer, killing Sage, and telling Wes that he's better off not knowing the answer as the truth about people is always disappointing. After crossing the connecting plank to the bridges throughout the salvage yard, Daniel tosses it into the walker pit, leaving Luciana and Wes stranded. Daniel refuses to leave before dealing with Arno, stating that while he's upset, he's not confused. Daniel intends to make Arno pay for what he did, and he doesn't want Luciana and Wes to stop him from doing it. Daniel knows that Luciana doesn't want anything bad to happen to him, he feels the same way about her and promises to be back before walking off, ignoring Luciana's protests.
Wes stands on the boat looking down at the herd below and Luciana joins him and admits that she didn't find anything that would hold. Luciana apologizes, knowing what Wes was hoping that Sage would tell him. Wes reveals that he had actually hoped that Derek knew that he was at Tank Town and launched the attack anyways. Wes killed his brother, and he can only live with that fact and not be haunted by it for the rest of his life is to know that Derek deserved it. However, Luciana doubts that that would make Wes feel any better, but because of Daniel, they'll never know either way. Wes begins searching for another way off of the boat with Luciana.
Left alone, Arno is ambushed from behind by Daniel at knifepoint who mocks Arno's earlier greeting when the Stalkers had ambushed his group. Daniel locks Arno in the cage over his protests that Daniel is making a mistake, but Daniel states that Arno's mistake was lying to him. Arno desperately protests that Daniel would do anything to his daughter and Arno was doing the same thing to protect his people. However, Daniel states that they are not Arno's family and lowers Arno into the pit full of walkers as he had done to Wes earlier. Arno pleads with Daniel in Spanish, but Daniel only compliments his Spanish. As the cage reaches the ground, Arno furiously yells that, whoever Daniel's daughter is, she's better off without him. The walkers grab at Arno through the cage, finally pulling his legs through the bars and they begin devouring him as Daniel watches.
Luciana and Wes run up and see what's happening to Arno in horror. Daniel yells that Arno made him do this as Wes lifts the cage holding the leader of the Stalkers out of the pit. Arno emerges from the pit barely alive and with his legs badly chewed up. Arno tells Luciana that there's no beginning and the people Alicia was supposed to take care of are all going to die because of them, the people that Arno had promised to protect. As Arno begins to lose consciousness Luciana yells at him to wake him back up and she promises Arno that she will make sure his people are okay, but Arno needs to tell her what's coming so that she can help them. With the last of his strength, Arno reveals that "the dead in the Pit, they're -- they're escaping. Someone -- someone's letting them out. You can't touch them. You can't even go near them. You -- You -- You have to -- have to get everybody to the Tower. There's -- There's nowhere else -- There's... nowhere else... nowhere else." Arno dies of his injuries and Wes stabs him in the head with the boat hook to prevent Arno from reanimating.
Daniel defends his actions as being because of Arno's lies about Ofelia being alive. Luciana expresses understanding over his actions while Wes tells Daniel that he wouldn't lose sleep over Arno's death since Arno had tried to do the same thing to him. Daniel tells Luciana that this is the second time that he's almost gotten her killed and Luciana should leave him here. Luciana refuses, telling Daniel that she understands why he did what he did, but Arno manipulated him which is why Daniel still needs her help. Daniel states that no one knows his real background, the part of his life that Ofelia never knew and that he couldn't explain to her. However, Luciana does, she's seen it and she's still here and Daniel wants to know why. Luciana tells Daniel that we all make mistakes, and an emotional Daniel proclaims that "even though we're not blood relatives, as of today, we're family," which an equally emotional Luciana thanks him for. Wes asks Luciana what they're going to do about the Stalkers and the radioactive walkers, a few more of which are in the pit, reminding her that Arno had said that they can't touch or go near those walkers. Luciana proclaims that everyone needs to leave immediately.
Luciana addresses the remaining Stalkers, acknowledging that they've been enemies in the past and that they've each hurt people that the other has cared about. However, they all need each other now more than ever to escape this land and the dead. They need to fight Strand and take his Tower and only then will they have a new life and a new beginning together. After a moment's hesitation, Sabrina agrees that it's what Teddy would've wanted, and the Stalkers begin packing up to join Morgan's group, the conflict between the two groups finally at an end. Wes wonders if they can really trust the Stalkers as they killed the group's leader, but Luciana reminds her friend that these are the people that Alicia had wanted to join them. While Alicia couldn't convince Arno, Arno's dead now and the rest are more agreeable to the idea.
However, a more pessimistic Daniel tells Luciana that none of it will matter when the Stalkers realize that Luciana can't deliver what she had just promised them. Luciana denies this, sure that they can take the Tower with the Stalkers' help. Daniel points out that the Stalkers couldn't get it when they had a nuclear warhead, but Luciana tells Daniel that they have something that the Stalkers didn't: Daniel, someone who knows what Strand is thinking before Strand does. Daniel is dubious as he can't even get simple things straight, revealing that he lost Skidmark before this mess began and he almost got them killed when he left the sub. Luciana points out that Daniel freed them from that prison and made it to the boat and she asks how Daniel did that then. Daniel states that it was his need to get to Ofelia that made everything become clear and gave him focus.
Realizing what Luciana is thinking, Wes pulls her aside and Luciana tells him that all of these people and everyone else back at the sub are depending on them to make it to the Tower. Against Wes' objections, Luciana insists that this is the only way as Strand has outsmarted everyone else so far and Daniel will get himself killed if he's out there any longer. Wes refuses to have any part of it and he leaves. Reluctantly, Luciana lies to Daniel that Arno had told her before he died that Ofelia's alive and where she was. Daniel reminds Luciana that she had told him that Ofelia is dead, but Luciana claims that that was what she had thought, and Arno knew where she is: the Tower. Luciana claims that she didn't tell Daniel before because she was afraid that Daniel would go to the Tower alone and get himself killed trying to get in. Luciana is only telling him now because of what Daniel did here and if knowing that Ofelia is alive gives him clarity, then Daniel can lead everyone and take the Tower from Strand. "I want to believe this, but my mind is not clear. You must be certain, Luciana. Because if you're wrong, if this is not true, if this is another lie... it could break me--for good. Are you sure?" asks Daniel. Despite the potential consequences of her actions, Luciana lies to Daniel that she's telling him the truth. Daniel promises that they will get into the Tower and Daniel, Luciana and Ofelia will be together always. While Daniel is excited by this, Luciana is visibly haunted by her deception and manipulation of her friend.
Outside, Wes informs Luciana that the Stalkers are ready to go. Wes recalls his and Derek's saying that people are people which means that people suck. Strand and Alicia had tried to make Wes see things differently they found him and they succeeded for a little while, but they are now at each other's throats while Morgan hasn't done much better. While what Luciana was doing for Daniel had made Wes want to question his beliefs and that he might've been wrong and that there might still be some kind of hope left for everyone, her actions just now proved that they are no better than everyone else. Wes hands Luciana his Geiger counter so that she can get everyone to the sub, and he reveals that he's not coming back with them. Wes wishes Luciana luck, admitting that he doesn't know where he's going to go. Wes just knows that he can't be around someone who is pretending to be something that they're not. While Daniel is confused and not right, he can't help it, but Luciana knew exactly what she was doing. Wes leaves and Luciana decides not to go after him, knowing that they're unlikely to change his mind.
Wes walks onto the platform outside of the Tower and makes contact with one of the Rangers inside. Wes asks to talk to Strand and offers to make a deal with Strand "because I can help save his tower," betraying the rest of his friends.
"Sonny Boy"[]
Wes is questioned by John Dorie Sr. as a suspect in baby Mo's disappearance. John points out that the baby had vanished soon after Wes' arrival.
Later, Wes finds an unconscious Victor Strand and warns him about John fleeing with the baby. Wes is confident that they can find John before he can escape as the tunnels are still flooded and there's no way out, but Strand realizes that John intends to use Howard's collection to traverse the walker moat. Watching from the rooftop, Strand has Wes get a transmitter antenna out of storage so that Strand can make a broadcast threatening Morgan and inviting any other survivors to join the Tower. Strand notes that he had thought that he'd found a replacement partner in John and he accepts Wes' offer to be Strand's new partner in running the Tower.
"The Raft"[]
Riding past a dead horse, Dwight thinks that they've lost the Rangers. A masked figure stands in their way with a gun and Dwight demands that the man move out of the way, but he believes that the Dark Horses won't kill him as they've got a code. Sherry pulls her gun on the man, demanding to know what he knows about their code, and the man unmasks himself to reveal their former friend Wes. Sherry threatens to shoot nonetheless, but Wes warns them that the Rangers will be upon them if they do. Dwight questions if Wes really cares about protecting Strand, but Wes states that he cares about surviving and the Tower is the only way that he does it. Dwight offers that if Wes comes with them and help them to take down the Tower, they'll pretend like he never even left. Wes simply demands Mo, but Dwight tells him that he was just like Wes once, "trying to be someone's right-hand man, doing what you needed to do to protect your own. Look, I get it." Wes asks if Dwight thinks that he's doing this because he's on a power trip, before clarifying that he's doing this because Morgan's group had made Wes believe in something better to the point that he had killed his brother because of it, but it turns out that they don't even believe in what they preach. Wes regrets not going along with Derek when he found him since Derek was at least honest about what he was doing. Sherry gives Wes his last warning before shooting at the ground next to Wes' horse, causing the horse to buck him off and run away. Taking Wes' gun, Sherry tells him that "if you really thought building something better was bullshit, you would've shot us." Dwight tells Wes to think about what he said while Wes is sitting there waiting for his cavalry to come. The Dark Horses ride off, leaving an injured Wes behind.
At the Blue Diamond Car Wash, Wes, backed up by two Rangers, interrupts Dwight and Sherry's argument, telling the couple that what's bullshit is them thinking that they could stay ahead of the Rangers. Wes warns them that, if they're thinking about running, half a dozen more Rangers are on their way. Wes demands that they hand Mo over and Dwight asks what they'll get in return, telling Sherry that if she really thinks that this is how they're gonna end up, they might as well get something out of it. Dwight asks if they can still take Wes up on Strand's deal if they hand Mo over, but Wes tells him that it's not his call to make, but he's sure that it will help their case. Dwight claims that he's not going to try and be a better person if Sherry doesn't even think that he can and he orders Sherry to pick the baby up. As Sherry goes to get Mo, Dwight approaches the Rangers non-threateningly and one comes up to disarm him. Dwight suddenly grabs the man and uses him as a human shield against the man's partner, resulting in the other Ranger accidentally shooting the man to death before Dwight kills him. Dwight orders Sherry to go as he struggles with Wes. Dwight eventually manages to escape from Wes after managing to slow him down from chasing them.
In the bunker's drainage pipe, Dwight works on clearing the blockage from the nuclear detonations while Sherry notices a nearby fire sprinkler. Sherry wonders how loud the fire alarm is in a place like this and the two speculate that it might be loud enough to be heard above ground. If Morgan and Alicia are heading back, then they'll be leading the herd right over the bunker. Striking a match, Sherry orders Dwight to get digging. In the infirmary, Wes and his Rangers search for Dwight and Sherry. One man reports that since their horses were right outside, they have to be in the bunker. The fire alarm suddenly goes off and Wes, realizing that Dwight and Sherry are responsible for it, angrily orders one of his men to find it and turn it off.
Outside, Morgan and Alicia hear an alarm going off and Alicia realizes that it's the bunker's fire alarm and that they're right on top of it. Seeing the entrance nearby, Alicia deduces that Dwight and Sherry must've tripped the alarms. Alicia decides to get the herd into the bunker, but Morgan is dubious as Dwight and Sherry are down there with Mo. Alicia is sure that the couple will get Mo out and she asks Morgan to trust her, telling him that she has a plan. Dwight, Sherry and Mo move through the unstable drainage pipe and Dwight realizes that the shaking is because the walkers are above them. Standing on top of the entrance structure, Morgan and Alicia draw the walkers in, but Morgan can't raise Dwight and Sherry because the signal won't reach the bunker. Alicia tells Morgan that they'll get the herd inside and then they'll go to where the pipe lets out and they continue making noise as the walkers enter the bunker, drawn by Morgan, Alicia and the fire alarm.
Inside, two Rangers desperately try to turn the alarm off before the herd falls upon them from both sides. Heavily outnumbered, both men are devoured by the walkers. Suddenly, part of the drainage pipe collapses in front of Dwight, Sherry and Mo. Desperately trying to flee, the other four Rangers are devoured by the herd, but Wes manages to put down a walker and escape, stopping to listen for a moment in visible emotional turmoil as his men die horribly in the bunker.
After his narrow escape, Wes returns to the Tower, leaving Morgan, Alicia, Dwight, Sherry and Mo alone as the latter three make it out of the bunker through the drainage pipe and join Morgan and Alicia.
"Divine Providence"[]
In the Tower, Strand shaves his beard off as music plays in the background. The Lead Ranger brings the news that Alicia is here for him, which a pleased Strand calls divine providence. On the roof, an excited Strand tells Wes that today is one of those days where one must wipe the slate clean, and Wes warns him that Alicia didn't come alone. Through binoculars, Strand sees Morgan's Group - now including both Alicia's Followers and the former Stalkers - surrounding the platform with Alicia, Daniel, Luciana, Sarah, Jacob Kessner, Dwight, Sherry and several others gathered on the platform itself.
Strand contacts Alicia, noting that although she brought company, Morgan isn't amongst them. Alicia reveals that Morgan is somewhere safe where Strand won't find him with Mo and Strand accuses Morgan of being a coward who ran for the hills. Strand tells Alicia that it's auspicious of her to show up like this as Strand was already going to call Alicia to talk. Strand invites Alicia in to have a drink with him and she asks if this is him waving the white flag. Strand simply states that they'll talk about that on the inside and he again invites Alicia in for a drink, just the two of them. With a look at her friends, Alicia accepts Strand's offer, and they hang up. Wes questions what Strand is doing, but Strand simply claims that he has it covered. Wes looks doubtful, and reminds Strand that he drove Alicia away for a reason and Strand could lose everything that he built by letting her inside of the Tower. Strand promises Wes that he won't, and he orders Wes to retrieve a bottle of wine for them from cold storage. As Wes leaves, Strand orders one of his guards to be ready when the sun goes down.
Strand greets Alicia and a struggling Daniel in the lobby, noting that Daniel wasn't invited. The Lead Ranger explains that Daniel pushed through the barrier and nearly broke Stern's neck. Alicia reassures Strand that she didn't ask Daniel to come while Daniel demands to see Ofelia. Strand is confused and Alicia admits that Daniel isn't doing well. Strand orders Daniel taken to the basement, reassuring Alicia that he won't harm Daniel because "that's what the roof is for. We're just gonna put him on a little time out." Alicia explains that Luciana had lied to Daniel and told him that Ofelia was in the Tower, but Wes reveals that he had already told Strand. Pouring them a drink, Wes tells Alicia that she can pretend to be outraged all she wants about his betrayal, but at the end of the day, Alicia, Luciana and Morgan are just like Strand, but at least Strand owns what he does. Alicia reminds her former friend that Wes wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for her, but Strand points out that he saved Wes too, causing Wes to ask which one of them he owes his life to as a result. While Strand is pleased that they're reunited at last, Wes is furious as Alicia and her friends left him to die in the Franklin Hotel bunker.
Strand dismisses Wes and offers Alicia the grand tour and to share their drinks in the comfort of his penthouse, but Alicia refuses. Strand offers a toast to new beginnings, but Alicia guesses that they have very different ideas about what that means. Strand notices that Alicia is wearing the St. Christopher medal that he gave her and Alicia explains that she took it off of Will's body when she buried him following Strand's murder of her friend. Strand notes that it still means something to Alicia regardless and Alicia reminds Strand of what he said when Strand gave it back to her at Lawton: "you said you needed to forget who you were. For you, for me, for all of us. Was it worth it?" Strand claims that it was absolutely worth it, although Strand argues that he didn't forget who he was, he embraced it.
While Strand knows what Alicia must think of him, he states that their story isn't over, but Alicia tells Strand that, in one way or another, he won't be running the Tower after today. However, Strand tells Alicia that this isn't about today, but rather tomorrow and that everything that he's done since that last night in Lawton was in hopes that it would lead them here. "To what? Me and an army of people who you pissed off, shit on and left to die?" questions an incredulous Alicia adding that they're ready to kick Strand's ass. Strand suddenly orders his men to "do it," and to cut the phone on the platform as he doesn't want anyone warning Alicia's people. While Alicia has her army, Strand has one of his own. "There's a herd of walkers trapped in one of the craters from the blast, soaking up some nasty stuff for months. I just told my Rangers to lead them here." The generator starts to power Strand's lighthouse beacon and draw the dead and kill Alicia's army. Alicia tries to escape, but she is almost instantly recaptured. Strand is sure that Alicia will come around eventually, stating that when he first lit the beacon, it was to keep Alicia out. Now, the beacon's purpose is to keep her trapped in the Tower. On the roof, one of the Rangers turns on the beacon, and another scans the horizon as the sound of walkers can be heard in the distance.
Alicia desperately bangs on the doors, calling for her people to fall back and get inside, but Strand informs Alicia that they can't hear her. Alicia demands that Strand turn off the light as he's going to kill them, but Strand refuses as the others were never a part of his vision for the Tower. Strand believes that once they build the Tower into what it can be, Alicia will understand. Strand orders Wes to take Alicia downstairs until this is all over and to take Daniel to the roof to make an example out of him. Wes is sorry that he ever doubted Strand, but Alicia removes the glove on her prosthetic arm, attacks the two Rangers guarding her, slices Wes and holds the blade on her arm to Strand before grabbing his gun. Holding Strand hostage, Alicia demands that Wes turn off the light, but Strand warns him that Alicia's army will wipe them out if he does and everything that Strand has built will be gone. Wes refuses to budge, so Alicia decides to do it herself despite Strand's warnings that he has 50 Rangers between the lobby and the light ready to do what he says to protect the Tower. However, Alicia doesn't believe that they will while she has a gun to Strand's head and she forces Strand into the elevator with her, leaving Wes and the other two Rangers behind.
In the elevator, Strand tries to convince Alicia that she's only delaying the inevitable, but she refuses to relent. The elevator stops on the third floor, having been shut down by the Rangers and Strand refuses to override it even when Alicia threatens to kill him, confident that she can't stop what's coming. Alicia questions if Strand would rather die than give the Tower up, but Strand believes that she won't kill him. Wes bangs on the doors of the elevator and Alicia hits the emergency stop button to keep him from getting in. Strand insists that he's doing this for Alicia's own good, but Alicia accuses Strand of only doing this for himself. "You're doing what Teddy did -- locking me up, while you destroy the things I care about. And I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told him. I'm not making the world the way you want it to be."
Alicia tries to escape through the celling panel, but she becomes dizzy and collapses, allowing Strand to disarm her and pull his sword on Alicia. Strand knows that Alicia feels this way right now, but he believes that they have a long future ahead of them. Alicia tells him that they don't, sarcastically asking Strand if it looks like she has a lot of time left. Strand assumes that she just has a fever, and he tells Alicia that the Tower has a fully stocked infirmary with antibiotics and other medicine. However, Alicia already knows that it won't work because she's tried everything and her illness is just getting worse. Strand desperately suggests that June will be able to figure something out, but Alicia knows that no one survives what she's been through. Alicia isn't afraid to die, but she refuses to let it end like this for everyone else. As Wes continues banging on the doors and calling out to Strand, Alicia pleads with him to turn off the light, promising that she will call off her army if he does. Looking at the medal that he gave her, a hesitant Strand states that her word isn't good enough, and Alicia questions what will be. Strand asks Alicia to spend what little time she has left in the Tower with him so that Strand can show Alicia that she's wrong about him, and Alicia allows Strand to help her to her feet, accepting the deal.
The doors open to Wes and four Rangers, but Strand orders them to stand down. Wes prepares to take Alicia downstairs, but Strand reveals that he has made a deal with Alicia: Strand will turn off the light in exchange for a ceasefire. Wes is shocked, accusing Alicia of playing Strand and telling him that Alicia's forces have them surrounded and, the second they turn off the light, they're done. However, Strand believes that Wes is wrong since Alicia has also agreed to live in the Tower with him. Wes is incredulous that Strand believes that Alicia will just accept that after all that he's done, but Strand's instincts tell him that he's right. Strand points out that listening to his instincts has made the Tower what it is and Strand won't stop listening to them now.
Pulling a gun on Strand, Wes refuses to let him do this, calling Alicia Strand's blind spot. Wes is insistent that someone has to protect what Strand has built and he will do it if Strand won't. Strand points out that Wes is outnumbered, and Wes asks the Rangers with them if they want to give all of this up and go back to living outside because of Strand's instincts, the same instincts that lost them the baby and the safety of the walker moat and told Strand to bring Alicia inside. The Rangers turn their guns on Strand and Alicia, betraying Strand in favor of Wes. "No. No, we can't trust your instincts, Strand. Not anymore. You wanna turn that light off... you gotta go through us. It's over. For the both of you."
Stating that he never should've let Wes in, Strand lowers his gun, seemingly in surrender. However, as the Rangers move to grab Strand and Alicia, Strand suddenly opens fire on Wes and a Fire Extinguisher, killing one of the Rangers and creating a smokescreen that allows Strand and Alicia to escape into a stairwell as the Rangers shoot at them and miss. Alicia tells Strand that they need to warn the others, but Strand knows that the Rangers will be guarding the doors like hawks as well as the tunnel. Alicia points out that they can't make it to the roof on their own, but Strand suggests that they may have one ally left and he leads Alicia downstairs.
Over the comms, Wes orders the Lead Ranger to kill Daniel, telling the confused man that Strand's not in charge anymore. The Ranger questions what's going on up above, but Wes states that he's got it handled and that they can't take any chances, so the man needs to take Daniel out. However, Daniel sneaks up behind the Ranger and begins strangling him with the chain of his handcuffs, ultimately killing the man and joining forces with Strand and Alicia to stop Wes.
Later, Strand emerges from the stairwell, where he is confronted by Wes and five Rangers who comments on Strand's use of tear gas against the Rangers. Wes recalls how on the day they first met there was tear gas involved too, but a great deal has changed since then, including the two of them and Alicia. Wes knows that Strand wants to believe the best in Alicia, admitting that he did too, but we are who we are. Wes tells Strand that he's come so far, and he urges Strand to finish what he started and protect what he's built at the Tower. "It's honest. It's real. It -- it doesn't try to be something that's not possible. Do not throw it all away for her," urges Wes. Stating that he's not, Strand rushes back into the stairwell which Alicia has yet to emerge from, much to Wes' frustration.
Inside, Strand finds a weak Alicia sitting on the stairs because the adrenaline is starting to wear off. Alicia admits that she's surprised that Strand came back for her, and Strand tells her of course he would and about how the last time he was in a fog like this, he was with Will. While Strand gave Will plenty of reasons to leave him out there, he didn't because Will knew that Strand was trying to find her. On the landing above them, Wes tells Strand and Alicia that he can't let them do this and they open fire, forcing Strand and Alicia to flee.
Strand and Alicia barricade themselves in a room, knowing that they don't have enough ammo to defeat the Rangers. The two take cover as Wes and his men shoot through the door at them, and Wes calls for them to come out. Strand apologizes to Alicia, telling her that he had just wanted to have a clean slate and for them to rebuild together, but Strand thought that they had more time to heal and mend. As Wes begins to break through the door, an emotional Strand admits that "Will made me realize something that I should've told you a long time ago. That I love you, Alicia. You're the closest thing to family that I have left. That's what this is about. That's what it was always about. I just wanted to... prove something to you. I hoped that this place would show you the -- the man that I am. Everything I've done, everything that it's cost me... that it was worth it... because if it didn't... then it was for nothing."
Wes and two Rangers break in and Strand and Alicia, with no other choice, surrender. Alicia pleads with Wes not to do this as the people outside don't deserve to die, but an unmoved Wes tells her that the people in the Tower don't deserve to die either and that while Alicia might want to save everyone, she can't. Strand tells Wes that Alicia will call off her army if they turn off the light, leaving Wes incredulous that Strand honestly still believes that. Wes remembers how he'd told Strand and Alicia on the day they met that "people are people", admitting that he'd thought that they were the exception to that rule. However, Wes now knows that no one is, and he thought that Strand understood that and that it was the reason that he had kept Alicia far away from the Tower. Strand now believes that that was a mistake and that the Tower won't be weaker if they help people outside, it will make it stronger instead.
Wes produces a transmitter that he found in Alicia's bag as proof that Strand is wrong, shocking him. Wes questions why Alicia brought that in out of all of the things that she could've brought, and Alicia admits that she brought it from the bunker to broadcast a message from the roof. There are people out there that need help, help that they thought that they could find with PADRE. Alicia is convinced that there is no PADRE out there so she thought that she could use the transmitter so that she could build PADRE at the Tower. "I told you I'm not afraid to die. But this place... will live long after I'm gone." However, Wes insists that Alicia is just lying to Strand like Luciana lied to Daniel and that the transmitter is the real reason that Alicia wants to go to the roof. Wes thinks that Alicia is just telling Strand what she needs to so that she can get what she wants. If Alicia sends that message, she will draw more people to the Tower, and they won't stand a chance. Wes prepares to have his men execute Strand and Alicia to protect the Tower against Strand's objections.
Suddenly, Daniel appears and shoots the two Rangers dead before Wes shoots Daniel in the left shoulder, causing Daniel to drop his gun, giving Alicia the chance to grab one of the Rangers' machine guns and enter into a standoff with Wes. Daniel reassures Alicia that he's fine and she tells him he has to warn the others with Strand directing Daniel to where June, Grace and Wendell are locked in an apartment on the 6th floor. Alicia orders Daniel to free their friends and then to warn the others to get away from the herd. Moving closer, Wes threatens to kill Alicia if he does it, unwilling to let Alicia stop the herd. An emotional Alicia reminds Wes that she and Strand had saved his life once before and he'd used to believe in them, and Alicia asks Wes to believe in them again. Suddenly, Strand stabs Wes through the chest with his sword, killing Wes. A shocked Alicia asks why Strand would do that and Strand tells her that it was "the same reason I built the Tower the way I did. So you wouldn't have to. He wasn't gonna stand down, and we're running out of time. Let's go turn that light off." Strand runs off and, after a last look at Wes' body, Alicia follows him, leaving Daniel behind to warn the others.
Wes' death proves to be the last straw for Alicia who believes that Strand didn't have to kill him. While Strand helping her could've been enough before, his killing Wes, despite Strand's insistence that he had no other choice, proves to Alicia that Strand always makes the wrong choices in a situation, only wanting to save his own life and not caring who Strand has to kill to do it.
Season 8[]
"Anton"[]
Strand has a flashback to killing Wes alongside everyone else that he had killed while ruling the Tower. Strand later admits to Madison that he's remorseful for the things that he did while ruling the Tower, including betraying his friends like Wes.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Victor Strand
- Daniel Salazar (Possibly, Before Reanimation)
Convinced that Wes can't be talked down, Strand stabs him through the chest with his sword, killing Wes. Given that his brain was not destroyed, it is possible that Wes was put down before he could reanimate by Daniel who was left alone with Wes' body.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Wes has killed:
- Bleeding Man
- Derek (Caused; Before Reanimation)
- Sage (Before Reanimation)
- Arnold (Before Reanimation)
- Lead Ranger (Indirectly Caused)
- Numerous counts of zombies
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Gallery[]
- For more images of Wes, please visit Wes (Fear)/Gallery.
Trivia[]
- Wes is the fifth main character who later becomes an antagonist, with the first being Christopher Manawa, the second being Jeremiah Otto, the third being Dakota, and the fourth being Victor Strand.
- Wes is the fifth main character to be killed by another main character, the first being Elizabeth Ortiz, the second being Jeremiah Otto, the third being Nicholas Clark, the fourth being John Dorie, and the sixth being Troy Otto.
- Wes' killing of his brother Derek in "The Holding" in self-defense is an example of fratricide, and is one of the instances of someone killing a living family member in Fear the Walking Dead, along with Theodore Maddox committing matricide by murdering his mother (mentioned in "Mother").
International Dubbers[]
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| Czech | Václav Rašilov | N/A |
| French | Mike Fedée | N/A |
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| Hungarian | N/A | N/A |
| Italian | N/A | N/A |
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| Spanish (Latin America) | Nacho Rodríguez | N/A |
| Spanish (Spain) | José Luis Mediavilla | N/A |