Fear the Walking Deadmay not have reached the heights ofThe Walking Dead,but one character deserves to return in a future spin-off. Pitched as aWalking Deadprequel detailing the earliest days of the zombie apocalypse,Fear the Walking Deadinitially followed Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her blended family in Los Angeles. However, as the series continued and introduced new characters, it became less about the Clark family and more about a rotating cast of eclectic survivors.
Fear the Walking Deadreinvented itself for its fourth season, when Morgan Jones (Lennie James) made thecrossover fromThe Walking Dead.By this point, most of the Clark family had been killed off,leaving Alicia Clark (Alycia Debnam-Carey) as the only family member who appeared in every season of the show.Fear the Walking Deadcertainly had its moments, but it never quite reached the heights ofThe Walking Deadat its best. Still,Fear the Walking Deadintroduced some great characters, chief among them Alicia Clark, who absolutely deserves her own spinoff.
Before the apocalypse, Alicia was a normal teenager who spent time with her high school boyfriend as she prepared to head off to college.Alicia adapted quickly once the zombie infection began spreading,but she never lost her sense of compassion. She cared deeply about her family and easily developed bonds with other survivors she encountered throughout her journey. AsFear the Walking Deadprogressed, Alicia had one of the show’s best character journeys, taking on leadership roles and becoming a skilled fighter.
InFear the Walking Deadseason 4, Alicia picked up a barrel shroud from an abandoned machine gun, and this became her unique weapon of choice. Throughout the series,Alicia killed enough walkers to rival many ofThe Walking Deadcharacters,and she wasn’t afraid to take out living humans, as well, if they threatened the people she cared about. After being bitten by a walker, Alicia even amputated her own arm, eventually fashioning a prosthetic hand that doubled as a brutal weapon out of her own arm bones.
Alicia’s story ended inFear the Walking Dead’sfinal episode, as she reunited with her mother and began the journey back to Los Angeles. This leaves the door open for the character to return, and Alycia Debnam-Carey is more than capable of leading her own spin-off.Debnam-Carey was consistently one of the strongest actors onFear the Walking Dead,and Alicia remains one of the show’s most interesting characters. Having her own spin-off would allow Alicia to take center stage, and it would be so much fun to see her interact with other characters fromThe Walking Deaduniverse.
Alicia Should Have Become The Show’s Main Character
Whether or not Alicia ever gets her own spin-off series, she should absolutely make an appearance on another series inThe Walking Deaduniverse. Despite being a great character portrayed by a great actor, Alicia was often sidelined onFear the Walking Deador given weak and inconsistent storylines.Fear the Walking Deadshould have centered on Alicia’s journey,but it rarely did, instead falling into repetitive storylines with less interesting characters and plotlines that often strained credulity.Alicia even leftFear the Walking Deadbefore the show’s final season, only returning for the finale.
In addition to Alicia,Fear the Walking Deadintroduced several interesting characters toThe Walking DeadUniverse, including Colman Domingo’s Victor Strand and Garret Dillahunt’s John Dorie.
As the only member of the Clark family left standing (until Madison’s surprise return, anyway), Alicia should have been the protagonist ofFear the Walking Dead. The episodes centering on Alicia were often the show’s best, butFearconsistently brought in too many new characters and chose to focus on them instead. An Alicia-centered spin-off would give Alycia Debnam-Carey the chance to show off her full range as an actress, and hopefully tell the Alicia story she wants to tell.Fear the Walking Deadmissed its chance to make Alicia the main character, and she definitely deserves her own spin-off.
