Fear the Walking Dead/Skidmark

Skidmark
Season 5, Episode 4
Airdate	June 23, 2019
Written by	Samir Mehta
Directed by	Tara Nicole Weyr
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Fear the Walking Dead — Season Five

Skidmark is the fourth episode of the fifth season of Fear the Walking Dead, and the fifty-seventh episode overall.

Starring: Lennie James (Morgan Jones), Alycia Debnam-Carey (Alicia Clark), Maggie Grace (Althea) (credit only), Colman Domingo (Victor Strand), Danay Garcia (Luciana), Garret Dillahunt (John Dorie) (credit only), Austin Amelio (Dwight) (credit only), Alexa Nisenson (Charlie), Karen David (Grace) (credit only), Jenna Elfman (June) (credit only)

and Rubén Blades (Daniel Salazar)

Guest Starring: Daryl Mitchell (Wendell), Mo Collins (Sarah), Cooper Dodson (Dylan), Bailey Gavulic (Annie), Ethan Suess (Max)

Plot Overview

While Morgan and Alicia try to find Max and Annie, Strand's plan to steal the plane from Daniel doesn't go as expected.

Notes

Title sequence

• The plane on the back of the truck as it starts.

Music

• Son House - "Death Letter Blues"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Dwight, Dorie, and June are out looking for Sherry.

• The children are revealed to be part of a larger group of children and the parents of the adults who died from radiation exposure found at the Camp Cackleberry site.

• Strand uses the plane's blades to destroy a herd of walkers, but it winds up destroying the engine beyond repair.

• The children know about the uniformed people. They spot one after learning someone else has been tearing down their blockades. As they take Morgan and Alicia to them, they find them leaving in a helicopter.

Characters

• Daniel say he inherited the warehouse from someone who set traps in the stores that he now goes about disarming.

• It's revealed that Daniel's resentment of Strand wasn't over shooting him, but because he lied about his daughter, denying him the opportunity to tell her "Every day brings a chance to start over." However, after saving his life, Daniel forgives Strand.

• Daniel lets Strand and the others stay in the warehouse while he takes care of something that he says is the reason why he's been alone for this long.

Referbacks

• Morgan recounts to Alicia about how he couldn't put down his wife, which cost him son, Duane's life.