And the news that Charlie ( Alexa Nisenson) - who is now part of the “group” - did it? Yeah, that’s not going to go over well, either.
Given how close she was to him, it’s hard to imagine her taking the news of his passing in stride. And, who knows? Maybe she’d even talk about a certain Officer Grimes, which would certainly interest Rick’s old pal Morgan Jones ( Lennie James).Īside from Madison’s whereabouts, one of the largest questions surrounding her return is whether or not Madison is aware of her son Nick’s ( Frank Dillane) demise and its circumstances. If all paths in this franchise are destined to lead to the Rick movies and the CRM, bringing Madison back as part of the organization would be a neat twist. While there weren’t any telltale helicopter sounds in the background of her “death scene,” it’s not like anyone on Dead saw or heard the helicopter that took Rick, either. We know the CRM was active in the area where the Dell Diamond is located. It’s worth noting that the CRM theory works within the established lore of Fear, too. It’s hard to imagine her being fully devoted to the CRM when the one thing she ever really cared about was outside its walls, unless, like Rick, she was prevented from leaving and has now found a way out. On the other hand, Madison would’ve known her family was still alive and out there. This is a woman who once declared that “sides don’t matter.” If she felt the CRM had a winning hand in the survival game, regardless of if they were “the wrong side,” she wouldn’t have hesitated to support them. On one hand, perhaps better than Padre, the CRM fits the earlier-seasons version of her character the Madison who was cunning, ruthless and did whatever she needed in order to ensure her and her family’s survival. This theory both works and doesn’t entirely work. Much like The Walking Dead‘s former hero Rick ( Andrew Lincoln), she could’ve been airlifted out and saved - and, because she’s definitely a B, she could also have been immediately put into training and risen within the military’s ranks. Was Madison with the Civic Republic Military?įrom the moment Madison “died,” theories sprung up about her potential rescue via the Civil Republic Military.
It’s poetic that Alicia’s desperate search for peace and safety could lead her to her mother… we just hope she doesn’t die in Madison’s arms, or in a near-miss situation like Daniel ( Ruben Blades) and Ofelia (Mercedes Mason) in Season 3. (Imagine her finding some of Alicia’s tree paintings.) There’s also a possibility that Madison is now the leader of Padre, which would be a pretty cool way to bring her back into the fold. If the place is so isolated that it would take a long time to get back to the Diamond, then it’s totally possible she’s been looking, but she’s stayed two or three steps behind her friends and family this whole time. Since we know so little about Padre, it’s logical enough for Madison to be there or for someone from there to have saved her. Padre is rumored to be a perfect utopia that the nuclear apocalypse didn’t touch, and Alicia is determined to find it before she succumbs to a mysterious illness. The big mystery this season has been a safe haven called Padre. If she just climbed the fence and escaped the burning stadium, how did she never run into her family? For that reason, it almost seems more likely that even if she got out on her own, someone took her in or captured her, or she was badly injured and needed time to recover. The next question, though, is trickier to answer. Madison was certainly capable of getting out of there on her own, and there was a fence right behind her that she could’ve climbed. There are two options here: She either slipped past the sizzling walkers by herself, or someone rescued her.
Here are a few theories we have regarding her return, questions to which we’re anxiously awaiting answers, and ideas as to where we think her story might go when she re-joins Victor Strand ( Colman Domingo), Alicia, and their friends. If we know one thing about Madison, it’s that she would’ve started searching for her family the moment she was free. What a relief!īut as thrilling as it is to have her back, we can’t help but wonder what she’s been up to for the past year or two. And co-showrunner Ian Goldberg confirmed she’s alive - we’re not, say, getting a whole season of her daughter Alicia ( Alycia Debnam-Carey) hallucinating her mom as she super-slowly succumbs to the zombie virus.
DAVE ERICKSON SPOKANE SERIES
Dickens is set to return to the zombie drama in Season 7 and star as a series regular in Season 8. On Sunday night’s episode of Dead‘s aftershow Talking Dead, we learned Madison had not, in fact, perished at the Dell Diamond stadium way back in Season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead.