'Fear the Walking Dead' season 2 news, spoilers: Chris dies; Travis snaps
A major character was killed off at the end of "Fear the Walking Dead" season 2.
In the first half of the two-part season 2 capper, the mystery of the missing Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie) at the end of the previous episode was answered when it was revealed that Brandon (Kelly Blatz) had killed the troubled young man. This occurred after Chris abandoned his father Travis (Cliff Curtis) in favor of his new buddies.
As fans recall, Travis had opted to separate from Madison (Kim Dickens) and the rest of the group in the midseason finale in a bid to keep the increasingly dangerous Chris away from everyone else.
Since then, Chris' poor father had been losing the battle to get the young man back on track. Their relationship took a turn for the worse in the previous episode, when Chris restrained his father as his buddies murdered an ailing member of their group. Chris then left his father and went off with Brandon and Derek (Kenny Wormald). However, at the end of that episode, the two showed up at Madison's hotel without Chris.
In "Wrath," viewers learned that the three boys had figured in an auto accident after Chris fell asleep at the wheel. The truck they were in flipped and Chris was launched out the window.
With his leg broken, Chris crawled back to the vehicle. However, Brandon, not wanting Chris to slow them down, shot and killed the poor guy.
At the hotel, the two initially told Travis that Chris died in the crash, but Travis figured out what actually happened and beat the two to death. Oscar (Andres Londoño), who tried to intervene, was seriously injured and later died.
ComicBook.com notes that Chris' death wasn't exactly surprising given that Henrie recently joined the cast of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
While Henrie has bid the series goodbye, the season 2 finale introduced a new character played by "Sons Of Anarchy" alum Dayton Callie.
Callie's character, who comes upon Ofelia (Mercedes Mason) in the desert, is expected to play a major role in the show's upcoming season 3.
"Fear the Walking Dead" will return for its third season on AMC in 2017.