History Recap / FearTheWalkingDeadS02E02WeAllFallDown

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** The episode shares several similarities to the fourth season of [[Series/TheWalkingDead the main series]], including people dispatching walkers through a fence with an ImprovisedWeapon, [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS04E02Infected a child character using something to draw walkers to a fence]], [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS04E14TheGrove a character imploring a child to look at a distraction]] and a character wearing earbuds and being distracted by the reality of a situation.

As the ''Abigail'' nears the island, Madison looks out the window and sees a light turning on and off several times. Realizing that someone is alive on the island and signaling to them, they hurry and a nearby dock. Strand tells the group to go on ahead while he drops the anchor, but Daniel and Ofelia elect to stay behind, as he suspects that Strand isn't being truthful with the group.

Inside, everyone gets acquainted with each other. George shows Travis a map of the coastline and says that [[EverybodysDeadDave the military has either bombed or burned every major city along the coast, including San Diego]]. He also tells him that the Mexican border is permanently shut down, and that at least half of the ranger stations throughout the country are permanently offline. Meanwhile, Madison drinks wine and discusses her experiences with George's wife, Melissa, while Alicia and Nick play with the family's young children, Harry and Willa. George's oldest son, Seth, comes in and expresses surprise with the group before going back out to do chores. Nick discovers that the children are harboring a [[CreepyChild disturbing mentality]] when Harry shows him a set of dolls that all have red market dotted on their foreheads while talking how everyone gets "sick" and goes away.

Afterwards, Travis walks back to the house and finds George, who asks him to help repair a fence on the other side of the island. Travis does so, and George tells him more about his philosophy of survival. Meanwhile, Travis is [[ChekhovsSkill searching the house for drugs]] and discovers a stash of cyanide pills stashed in George's study. Before he has a chance to do anything else, Willa interrupts him and pulls him away to help her draw pictures.

Nick meets with the rest of the family soon after and tells them about the pills he found, noting that [[SpottingTheThread he thinks that George is planning to poison his family and give them a merciful death]]. They reel in shock at the revelation.

* ChekhovsGun: The cyanide pills Nick is forced to leave on the table in George's study when Willa pulls him away are later taken and consumed by her, leading her to die and reanimate then kill her parents.

** Salazar proves to be very adept at lockpicking, as he uses his switchknife to jimmy open the lock on Strand's safe, discovers an [=MP5=] submachine gun and expertly loads it.

* AdultFear: Willa ends up dying by consuming suicide pills left on George's table. Her parents are horrified to learn this, and find her lifeless body on the floor. This can easily translate to any dangerous item a little kid can find in reality, such as guns.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with a vengeance. This marks the first time on either series where see a child not just dead, but reanimate and kill an adult character.

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** Melissa's fate is reminiscent of Helen's in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'', save that Willa, unlike Karen, attacks with teeth instead of a trowel.

* ShoutOut: The episode shares several similarities to the fourth season of [[Series/TheWalkingDead the main series]], including people dispatching walkers through a fence with an ImprovisedWeapon, [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS04E02Infected a child character using something to draw walkers to a fence]], [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS04E14TheGrove a character imploring a child to look at a distraction]] and a character wearing earbuds and being distracted by the reality of a situation.

** Salazar proves to be very adept at lockpicking, as he uses his switchknife to jimmy open the lock on Strand's safe, discovers an MP5 submachine gun and expertly loads it.

* WhatTheHellHero: Travis calls out Nick for swimming into the capsized ship in the previous episode.

* ChekhovsGun: The cyanide pills Nick is forced to leave on the table in George's study when Willa pulls him away are later taken and consumed by her, leading to kill her mother and father.

** Melissa's fact is reminiscent of Helen's in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'', save that Willa, unlike Karen, attacks with teeth instead of a trowel.

** Melissa's fact is reminiscent of Helen's in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'', save that Willa, unlike Karen, attacks teeth instead of trowel.

On a nearby beach, a pair of children are seen walking along when a walker walks out from the shoreline. The two children sit down and start collecting rocks while more walkers emerge and see the pair in the distance. The children carry on obliviously while the walkers get closer and closer, but just when it seems that they'll be attacked, the walkers are impeded by an unseen fence. The children walk up and leave a handful of body parts by the fence before running off and leaving the walkers to snarl in response.

** George tells Travis that the rise of the undead is nature's way of course-correction, leading Travis to realize one of his previous high school speeches is now true - [[Recap/FearTheWalkingDeadS01E01Pilot "Nature always wins."]]

* CreepyChild: Geary's children (especially Harry) exhibit shades of this, as he shows off a number of dolls that have "blood" splattered on their foreheads to Nick. It is revealed later that their father had told them a lot about the state of the world, and this has affected their mentality as a result.

* ShoutOut: The episode shares several similarities to the fourth season of [[Series/TheWalkingDead the main series]], including a person dispatching walkers through a fence with an ImprovisedWeapon, [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS04E14TheGrove a character imploring a child to look at a distraction]], and a character wearing earbuds and being distracted by the reality of a situation.

'''Season 2, Episode 02:'''
!We All Fall Down

The group seeks shelter with a survivalist family eking out a living in a park ranger's station on Catrina Island. While Madison tries to uncover their motives, Salazar tries to uncover Strand's, which does not go unnoticed by him.

The survivalists consist of George, the father; Melissa, his wife; their teenage son, Seth; and their two younger children, Willa and Harry. Melissa is immediately interested in Madison and her personal history not only to determine if Melissa could trust Madison and Travis with Willa and Harry out of fear of George's "all or nothing" survivalist plan, but also because she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and wanted someone to look after the younger kids that could promise them a better future.

Nick gets along well with the kids, but things take a tragic turn after Willa catches him rooting through George's pill collection to find some drugs. Believing that they were "power pills", Willa took one, not knowing that the pills were actually last-ditch suicide pills. The very next morning, Melissa tries to get the kids to hand them over to Madison and Travis, only to find Willa dead. She turns and rips her mother's throat out. Madison tries to get George to come with her, but he is insistent on staying with Melissa.

Madison tries to get Harry to come with her and the others aboard the ''Abigail'', but Seth threatens them at gunpoint, so the crew reluctantly (or not so reluctantly, in Strand's case) allows him to leave with his little brother. Melissa, now a walker, approaches them on the pier, so Seth shoots her with his rifle.

* CrazyPrepared: As a survivalist, George is this, and raised his eldest son to be one as well. In a dark twist, however, George's stash of suicide pills proves to be the family's tragic undoing.
* KillTheCutie: Willa unknowingly takes a suicide pill and turns into a walker.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: George's ultimate fate is not shown, but it seems that it is not good, considering that walker Melissa made it to the pier without him.

Madison tries to get Harry to come with her and the others aboard the ''Abigail'', but Seth threatens them at gunpoint, so the crew reluctantly (or not so reluctantly, in Strand's case) allows him to leave with his little brother. Melissa, now a walker, approaches them on the pier and shoots her with his rifle.

The survivalists consist of George, the father; Melissa, his wife; their teenage son, Seth; and their two younger children, Willa and Harry. Melissa is immediately interested in Madison and her personal history not only to determine if Melissa could trust Madison and Travis with Willa and Harry out of fear of George's "all or nothing" survivalist plan, but also because she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

The group seeks shelter with a survivalist family eking out a living on a park ranger's station on Catrina Island. While Madison tries to uncover their motives, Salazar tries to uncover Strand's, which does not go unnoticed by him.

Madison tries to get Harry to come with her and the others aboard the ''Abigail'', but Seth threatens them at gunpoint, so the crew allows him to leave with his little brother.