"The Hurt That Will Happen" is the second episode of the
fifth season of the
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Fear the Walking Dead'', which aired on
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on June 9, 2019 in the United States. The episode was written by Alex Delyle, and directed by Jessica Lowrey.
Plot
After encountering another high warning
radiation obstacle while searching for the missing Al, Morgan encounters a woman named Grace while sending two walkers into a trap. Grace explains that due to a
power plant
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collapse the previous year, there are over sixty radioactive walkers in the area.
Simply getting close to walkers risks the survivors becoming contaminated, causing Morgan to permanently lose his contaminated battle staff. As a former operations manager for the plant, Grace blames herself for the deaths of her friends and is on a mission to find and eliminate the radioactive walkers, herself terminally ill with
radiation sickness.
John and June locate the camp that Max and his siblings possibly came from only to discover that the residents succumbed to radiation sickness after battling a pack of radioactive walkers. Grace goes out on her own to hunt down the rest, promising to keep in touch. At the same time, Víctor locates
Daniel Salazar
Daniel Salazar is a fictional character in the television series '' Fear the Walking Dead'', portrayed by Panamanian actor Rubén Blades. The character was created by Robert Kirkman, showrunner Dave Erickson and screenwriter Marco Ramirez.
Charac ...
who helps him make contact with Luciana. Although convinced of the problem, Daniel refuses to lend his plane to Victor, who believes that it will only make things worse based on his past experiences.
After fainting after being attacked by a walker, Luciana wakes up to find that someone has cut off the heads of her walkers and hung them from a billboard at the truck stop.
Reception
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"The Hurt That Will Happen" received mixed reviews from critics. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the episode garnered a 62% rating, with an average score of 7.38/10 based on 13 reviews. The sites critical consensus reads; "'The Hurt That Will Happen' introduces a promising new innovation to The Walking Dead lore—radioactive zombies! -- but this instalment's pacing is as lethargic as a walker."
Writing for Tell-Tale TV, Nick Hogan gave it a rating of 2.5/5 and said: "Ultimately, the Strand–Daniel scenes and the other, expository scenes are two sides of the same coin. Fear the Walking Dead is a much better show when digging in with characters it has developed, rather than trying overdo the plot."
C.H. Newell who writes for Father Son Holy Gore praised the episode and said: "A great episode. Love to see the radiation in there, making the zombies even nastier than usual. It's a great little twist." Alexander Zalben from Decider praised the development of Morgan Jones (played by Lennie James) during the episode and wrote: "
organs told to take off his clothing... Including his wedding ring. That's the point of the scene, by the way, to show how much Morgan has grown".
Ratings
The episode was seen by 1.69 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, far below the
previous episodes.
References
External links
"The Hurt That Will Happen"at AMC.com
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2019 American television episodes
Fear the Walking Dead episodes