I think there was something weighing him down so he couldn’t float. You see the walker underwater, he’s submerged and is trying to get up. The Governor (David Morrissey on The Walking Dead) killed somebody and tossed him into the lake.
So…Pirates! And zombies on a boat! Zombies in the water? How does all that work? “My understanding is that walkers can’t swim. But it’s going to be an interesting dynamic.” There will be quite a bit of action on the seas - and we’ll split it between land and water. So when you get to the question of what’s worse, walker or human, we’ll continue that theme. It’s something that you can survive on for a good period of time and that’s something others might covet. If you look at Strand’s yacht, it’s a pretty handsome vessel. You’ll see a lot of people trying to survive. So a lot of people will stock up the boats and try to get to the water and avoid land as much as humanly possible. But there’s thousands of boats through L.A. Some people have not been quarantined or driven north or south. What’s the plan for season 2? Will the Clarks, Manawas, and Salazars be the only group at sea? “We end on one boat and the ocean beyond - but what we’ll come to realize and this will be part of what the military is doing - you’ll see that land is no longer safe. He definitely has a plan and will be figuring things out as we move deeper into season two.
He’s not going to offer kindness unless he feels he can benefit by it. He sees something in Nick he’s responding to and we’ll find out more about what that is, but there’s something enigmatic about Strand. What is going to have value in this new world? His boat has value because it’s something that can allow people to survive and gives him a degree of power. While he immediately honed in on Nick’s usefulness in this new landscape, what would provoke Strand to bring along Nick’s whole crew? Erickson gives a little insight: “Strand is able to look at any situation and determine the currency. Strand’s “embracing the madness” comment indicates adaptability, and unlike most of the Fear gang, he has a plan. Thankfully, Erickson has taken the time to clarify some of the finer points about next season’s adventures, and though I’ve been a little hard on the series, I’m still curious - at the very least about Nick and newcomer, Victor Strand. All kidding aside, the idea of the main characters being isolated on a boat for any length of time does create concern about maintaining any level of tension after all, if you’re safe on a boat all season, who cares about the zombie apocalypse? Sure, you’d need food and water, but anyone can fish, and a quick supply run to an island 7/11 would solve most problems it all sounded a little too vacation-ish to me…unless of course, you’re talking swimming, climbing (that’s a big yacht!), clever zombies, which TWD hasn’t really introduced.
SHOWRUNNER DAVE ERICKSON SERIES
After Sunday night’s “ The Good Man,” Fear the Walking Dead showrunner, Dave Erickson appeared on Talking Dead and confirmed that the series second season would take place on a boat (which led to Dustin’s joke that the gang already had their Captain Jack Sparrow in Frank Dillane’s Nick Clark - who bears great resemblance to a young Johnny Depp).