TV REVIEW: Fear the Walking Dead “Cobalt”

Unleash Your Inner Rick Grimes

Salazar takes matters into his own hands, displaying his inner Rick Grimes as he takes Private Adams hostage. Madison walks in on Adams tied up in a chair guarded by Ofelia and Salazar. Madison protests that their plan is grossly flawed, but Salazar is extremely confident and cool, breaking down his plan to Madison. She seems to warm to his way of thinking.

After Ofelia and Madison leave, Salazar wastes no time in stating his intention to completely contradict everything he promised Ofelia. Adams’ pleads with Sweeney Salazar the Demon Barber of L.A, who is now happily prepping his tools of the trade, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Salazar deftly carves into Adams’ arm, searching for the answers he craves. The talking is over for Salazar, all his cheeky little comments about the other survivors being weak and inexperienced are being reinforced with action. It’s clear who is willing to go the furthest for survival.

We join Liza in the facility and despite my initial doubts it proves to be an actual medical facility, a truth completely undermined by the fact everyone is getting exterminated anyway. Liza, still undercover as a nurse under the direction of Exner, tries to reach out to her co-survivors and family but her inquiries are brushed aside by Exner as she insists the two have a lot of work to do. We see that Liza had good intentions when she decides to go with Exner and the other patients, potentially seeing it as the only opportunity for them all to escape. However, things take a turn for the worse as Liza finally finds Griselda on her soon to be death bed. From what we know about Salazar and his merciless crusade to save Griselda, he is not going to take the news well.

If Liza finds herself in his cross-hairs she had better hope he decides makes it quick.

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