Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) Gone (2022) User Reviews

Partial redemption

[dwarol · 7/10 · 31 May 2022]

After the mess of Alicia Clark's exit without a reunion with her mother, this episode at least explains why it couldn't happen (then again, if Alicia can forgive Strand, she certainly could forgive her mother).

The action moved along, with just enough of an explanation about what happened to Madison. But again too much happens off-stage such as how the group of parents got ambushed by PADRE at the dock and how their walker bodies just happened to show up later on the shore where Madison is buried.

It is interesting that nobody in this universe has figured out how you can be bit by a walker and yet not die. We were told at the end of the first season by an army doctor that there is a virus that everybody is infected with that turns you into a walker after you die, and a separate bacteria that if you get infected with it, you will certainly die and thus turn while spreading the bacteria with every bite. Yet nobody seems to have figured out that while most people in this universe have died because of a walker bite, some people have not. They could have been shot, died from an accident, etc. And never come in contact with a walker. Thus when they die they turn, but because they don't have the bacteria in their system if they bite somebody they can't infect them with the bacteria. It's just a nasty bite. The odds of this are very low, but it could happen.

This series has become sloppy. Character motivation is often implausible, and the writers go for cheap thrills. You have to wonder how Madison's need for redemption is any different than Strand's, and why do we have to go through this story arc again after spending all of season 7 on it. But it was a decent cliffhanger, I do want to know what PADRE is about.

It doesn't matter

[FilmBrat105 · 7/10 · 31 May 2022]

It doesn't matter if they somehow flipped the writing completely and gave everyone what they want, the ratings will never change because of the sour reviewers that are upset over a poor quality S7. Nothing ever satisfies. This was the most entertaining episode of the season simply because Madison was present. What more could you all possibly want? But I digress, because again, it doesn't matter.

A super exciting return.... if it wasn't for the show's current state.

[frankiesilver-91836 · 5/10 · 31 August 2022]

Madison is finally back and this is something I had been asking for as a fan for years now. I always felt like she had one of the dumbest "deaths" in TWDU. She was never my favorite in the original seasons, but she was a big part of the core cast. And so, there was a part of me that hoped her return would rejuvenate the show's original feel. However, I couldn't help but think they waited too long to bring her back. Especially because it is clear they didn't originally plan to.

Well, after the atrocious previous episode and this being the finale of an awful season, so far I think this return is too little too late. A big part of this comes from the fact that Alicia was written off in the last episode. Considering this, it truly makes me question if there was any real point for her mom's return other than baiting fans to keep watching.

The entire point of Madison's character is being a mother who will do ANYTHING to protect her children whether they approve or not and yet she has returned to a show where both her kids are gone. I had all these worries and thoughts going into this episode, and watching it did little to change my stance.

Madison stealing babies for Padre so that they wouldn't go after her kids is illogical. She wasn't being watched. She could just leave. They would never find her and they have no idea where Nick and Alicia are. I simply cannot believe any version of her character where she is taking others' kids and has no interest in finding her own.

I kinda get what the writers were trying to do, but this isn't how you bring back the former protagonist after over three seasons of absence.

No one wanted to see this. It's like they kinda made her a villain because that was the original showrunner's plan for the end, but like many things relating to the character, this doesn't work without Nick and Alicia.

Madison and Morgan surprisingly never met in Season 4, which always seemed like a waste because of how their personalities would've clashed. This makes finally seeing them together here pretty cool, although Madison isn't much like how she was pre-reboot so it isn't nearly as special.

Morgan revealing the fate of Madison's children is something I wasn't expecting. It's an emotional scene and Kim Dickens tries her best with the little she's given. Her not originally being there to have a live reaction to Nick's death still feels incredibly wrong.

More than anything this makes me upset when thinking about what could've been if they didn't ruin the Clarks.

It just baffles me that the writers have dug the show into a hole so deep that something this exciting really isn't special. It reminds me of Daniel's return in Season 5.

Other stuff like comedic sledgehammer physics, burying Madison in the sand, and yet another character dying in the episode they're introduced in just makes the episode seem silly.

Ultimately, aside from a somewhat interesting villain concept, this doesn't feel like a finale at all.

Not bad

[bigg218 · 6/10 · 6 June 2022]

I expected more for a season finale but it's good to have Madison back and her meeting Morgan for the first time is cool. The episode went fast and I couldn't believe it was over. That usually means it's a good episode.

Welcome back, Madison, you have been missed.

[fredschaefer-406-623204 · 7/10 · 6 June 2022]

I have been a big Walking Dead Universe fan, and for that reason have stuck with FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, even after they did a soft reboot in Season 4 that all but threw out everything that had come before. Having Lonnie James' Morgan take a lead role was a definite plus even if I didn't like the way they dumped characters with whom I'd become invested. But this series has, in recent seasons, been plagued with problems that no reboot could fix-namely inferior, or just plain lazy writing. More to the point, bad and inconsistent writing when it comes to character arcs, and an over reliance on series tropes. To me, Season 7 was just more of the same. One thing that didn't work was the elevation of Alicia to a Furiosa like leader, complete with an artificial arm. Nothing against Alycia Debnam-Cary, who is a good actress, but there was little or nothing in her character's previous development to justify this direction, or that she would become the leader in a war with Strand over his tower. The season began with most of the series regulars scattered about the countryside in different pairings and holed up trying to find safety in the wake of nuclear detonations in Season 6's finale. They spent a good chunk of this season wandering around the irradiated countryside trying to avoid contaminated Walkers, with most ending up at the USS Pennsylvania with Morgan, while some accepted the sanctuary of Strand (who was set up the be the season's Big Bad), and a war to take Strand's tower was talked about for a good number of episodes, but nothing much came of it. In the end the tower burned down like so many refuges in the past, leaving the cast to simply move on. Promising newcomers, like Will in the opening in episode, "The Beacon," Charlie's love interest, Ali, in "Mourning Cloak," and Ava in "Gone," were introduced and then killed off. Victor Strand is a cold blooded, murdering, sadistic tyrant throughout much of the season, but Alicia risks her life to save him in "Amina," and everybody is okay with that in the end. "Amina" is also the episode where Alicia wonders around with a high fever and passes out repeatedly while following a character that turns out to be a hallucination, a twist the audience could deduce in the first five minutes. I thought one of the better episodes was "Ofelia," which centered on Ruben Blades' Daniel Salazar.

Hanging over this season was the imminent return of Kim Dickens' Madison Clark, a character who was jettisoned in Season 4. Her return, after supposedly perishing in the fire at the baseball diamond, did not occur until the final episode, "Gone." Turns out Madison has gone to work as a child snatcher for the mysterious PADRE, yet another secretive community with an agenda, part of which is raising a new generation without family connections and free of parents. Considering what happened to Carl Grimes, Chris Manawa, and Sophia Peletier, PADRE might be on to something. Nevertheless, the raft carrying Morgan and baby Mo washes up somewhere in Louisiana, and is taken by Madison, who is still quite the tough lady. Determined to get her back, Morgan is quickly in hot pursuit, only to find he is too late, Mo has been taken away in a boat by hooded figures working for PADRE. Once he learns that Madison is Alcia and Nick's mother, Morgan than leverages what he knows about the fates of her children to get her to help him infiltrate PADRE. The strength of this episode is watching Morgan and Madison go from adversaries to allies of convenience to fellow combatants on a mission. Though the plotting may be clunky, it is overcome by having Dickens and James together at last, two very skilled actors playing tough characters. That Madison, a former educator, would stoop so low as to take children from parents does not seem in keeping with the earlier incarnation of Madison, along with not wanting to be reunited with her own children, but that is sort of the way FTWD rolls. I thought Dickens and James were so good when finally brought together that it reminded me of the opportunities squandered when producers had her exit the show so early. How great would it have been to have seen Madison and Morgan fighting side by side, or even on opposing sides, for the past three seasons-it would have been way more compelling than Virginia and her Rangers. Anyway, I'm up for Season 8, when what is left to the old gang reunites and takes on PADRE. Hopefully, somewhere down the road, all the various WALKING DEAD story lines, from FEAR to WORLD BEYOND to the original, will intersect. There has been a real sense of drift in all these shows in the past few seasons, too much meandering around like a Walker, and it would be nice if it all actually was going somewhere.

Madison from 7x16

[grimeifyy · 7/10 · 12 June 2022]

When I first watch this episode and Madison appeared I was so excited and beyond Shocked. The way she changed to much is incredibly stunning and her being manipulated I love how you brought her back like this it's very creative with short amount of time you guys had. Her appearance of Meeting Morgan and him finding out that she was Alicia and Nicks mother was such a great concept they definitely had a lot of chemistry. It was so powerful and the way Madison owned her screen time with killing those walkers with a 360 Spin was so epic. She's turned into this badass Woman with very strong capabilities. It was very emotional some parts of the episode when she found out Nick was shot and Alicia assumingly died, that was a sad moment to watch and to see Kim's acting in the episode was extraordinary she definitely deserves an award. What a great episode to end the season, can't wait for Season 8 because Madison Clark will blow our minds and hopefully Reunite with Alicia some point of the story.

Still can't believe she's back #MadisonIsback thanks to Bring Back Madison community. Still feels unreal to me. Glad the queen of fear is back to save it and have the show to be hers in the next season.

The disappointment I have is that Alicia and Madison never got to see eachother because that was the thing was most excited about her coming back is a scene where Alicia sees her mother but we'll never see that. Next time they could of Asked Kim to come back when alycia was filming her episode.

Terrible

[HelloSnake · 3/10 · 6 July 2022]

They ruined Madison, this show is trash. Nothing made sense, everyone was acting out of character. All season has been bad, and with Alicia gone I'm quitting.

Good episode but not a strong finale

[justdan2023 · 8/10 · 31 May 2022]

I was so thrilled to see Madison back. But just like the title said, it was not a strong finale. Though the indirect introduction to Padre was quite interesting.

However, I think season 8 would go either become worse like season 5 or maybe even worse or go make a huge comeback like season 6.

Or they could bring back Erickson so that season 8 would be amazing like the first 3 seasons of fear. Well, can't wait for next season ig.

S7.E16 - I Liked it [7.5/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 7/10 · 15 October 2023]

(S7. E16) My Reaction / Review for Fear The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 16 ''Gone'': Episode 15 was awful and I gave it a rating of 4/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. These people think that Morgan stole their kids? What the hell? Madison is back? What? Madison took Mo? Why? So Madison's new hobby is stealing kids? Damn. Madison has a problem breathing? I don't think she had that before. Padre sounds like a nightmare. And the survivors think that this could be their new home? Wow, Madison stole so many kids, she is lost. Not even Madison knows where Padre is, interesting. Ok, this episode was pretty decent, my rating is 7.5/10.

Embarrassing

[vam-vm · 3/10 · 6 June 2022]

Writer one: We need something to give the viewers a spark that will get a buzz going. That whole tower war was kinda lame and turning Strand into a power mad Bond villain was, to put it mildly, stupid.

Writer two: We wouldn't want to do anything that smacks of desperation, you know, like bringing back a character thought to be long dead.

Writer one;; That's exactly what we're going to do. I'm thinking Madison.

Writer Two;; Are you serious? Do you think the fans will accept something so totally unoriginal?

Writer One;; This shows fans? Hell yeah, they'll eat it up.

Writer Two;:How will we explain how she survived that unserviceable explosion ?

One:; we don't need to. Our audience won't care.

Two;; We could make her look scarred or disfigured from the explosIon she survived. Right?

One:: Hell no, she's going to look better than she did back then. She will even be wearing makeup and her hair will not look apocalyptical at all. And she will kill people that she's stealing kids from.

Two;; GET THE F OUTTA HERE!!

Madison is back!! with Morgan.

[diego_expendable · 9/10 · 31 May 2022]

Good season finale. Madison and Morgan make a good team together. Imagine the whole original group together again.( Madison, Daniel, Strand and Lucy). Hope season 8 is better done than this one. Alicia, please come Back.

Madison Returns

[ZegMaarJus · 7/10 · 13 April 2023]

This Episode begins with Morgan, he wakes up with his boat hanging in a tree. Morgan meets Ava. Morgan got smashed on his head by a masked man. Morgan gets pushed in a hole. Madison killed all the masked man. Madison is alive, she didn't die in the stadium. Morgan discovered that the blonde woman is Madison Clark. Morgan found out that Madison works for Padre. Madison discovered that Ava isn't pregnant. Now Morgan can't get Mo back. Morgan tells to Madison that Alicia still can be alive. Madison got digged in a pit at the beach. Madison saved Morgan from the death. Madison tells to Morgan that she doesn't know where Padre is. Solid Final Episode of Fear the Walking Dead Season 7, so nice to see that Madison is back. She is teaming up with Morgan to get Mo back!

No no no no no

[googoodoll-34493 · 1/10 · 22 June 2022]

Can't believe how much this show has gone down the toilet since 4. Had just given up halfway through this abysmal season and saw Madison on a still so jumped to end and wish I hadn't bothered. What a way to ruin her send off in the stadium. Throw all the writers in a pit with the walkers!

Good show but needs a new twist!

[ohmap-977-664810 · 7/10 · 19 June 2022]

I think the show still has lots of potential to make great television, but they need some new blood and new direction. I personally liked the interaction between Morgan and John Dorie in season six (they were friends and John had that midnight cowboy kind of look in his cowboy hat). I also liked John and June and their love... in other words, it gave me a reason to watch. The show has some great actors, but the improvement has to come from the storyline. I never really understood the animus between Morgan and Victor, and why Victor wanted to keep the tower to himself. I liked Victor's character better in season 6 when he risked his life to get a bottle of booze in a wrecked car along a flooded riverbank. Those were fun episodes and they helped to keep the viewers engaged. What to do? I would do a COMPLETE revamp of the series. I would have some of the characters continue the show in a nomadic type sitting. When the writers settle down in an area, the plots dry up. In this case, have Morgan decide he wants to go back to where he came from to look for Rick, or maybe Michonne, or anybody else they want. If the group is wandering, that means they are going to wander into new circumstances and dangers each week (as was seen on the Walking Dead). The trouble with the show is that it seems too hard for the writers to come up with new things to write about each week. Good luck to the show!

"Gone" is totally out of the ordinary when it comes to the seventh year, a giant catch-up race that they will have to fill from Madison's departure to her return here

[fernandoschiavi · 6/10 · 2 May 2024]

Morgan washes ashore in Louisiana, and is rescued from a posse by Madison Clark, who kidnaps Mo and turns her over to PADRE. Having survived the stadium fire with lung damage that requires her to use an oxygen tank, Madison was recruited by PADRE to kidnap children with the promise of helping her find Nick and Alicia in return; she eventually decided to forget them due to the acts she committed. After realizing who Madison is, Morgan lies that he can take her to her children if she leads him to Mo. Needing another baby to trade for Mo, Morgan and Madison convince Ava, a pregnant survivor, to take PADRE's offer of safety.

Morgan admits the truth about Nick and Alicia's fates to Madison, while it's revealed that Ava faked her pregnancy in order to get into PADRE and find her missing daughter. Morgan is forced to surrender Madison to the posse, who bury her in the sand to drown at high tide. Morgan rescues Madison before they discover that the posse has been killed by PADRE. Madison agrees to help Morgan rescue Mo. Posing as another Collector, Morgan offers the location of his group to PADRE, and he and Madison are blindfolded and taken to a ship for transport to PADRE.

"Gone" is totally out of the ordinary when it comes to the seventh year, no selective radiation in the air, nor saturated photography, nor taking off and putting on masks. It is actually a giant catch-up race that they will have to fill from Madison's departure to her return here.

Because to my surprise, Morgan and Madison work as a duo, even if it is necessary to accept the blatant change in the zen ninja's personality (yes, he has changed a lot when it comes to Strand, but putting a "pregnant" woman at risk is not like him), which would have been much more interesting to have seen back at the time of the crossover that stole the series' protagonism. But let's leave the past aside as Chambliss and Goldberg do in the script, which does not make much effort to justify Madison's survival (thankfully) other than flashbacks that are so confusing in their temporality, already showing the bias status of a baby-stealing villainess whose connection is with PADRE, just to say that nothing was so thoughtless during all this time.

For truth be told, there were fifteen episodes of pure endless dragging and stagnation that had no purpose other than to discard the huge cast in the most haphazard way possible (it's even funny to remember that in the middle of a radioactive apocalypse there was room for the CRM to appear) so that finally the reward is the return of an old character, taking away all the glamour from No One's Gone (yes, this is my exaggeration. So what?), holding back those who intended to flee the series.

And they succeed in a certain way, despite fostering the mystery about the season's MacGuffin for the next one, the mother kidnapper conflict works in terms of the acceptable margin that is written by the showrunners, corroborating Madison's "reckoning" with her past and in partnership with Morgan. So yes, there's some potential in this little scheme. Whether it will succeed is another story.

If Madison's return was rewarding, I say it was not. Just satisfactory compared to what came before, which was so horrible that it made me consider jumping ship numerous times whenever I heard the word PADRE, more than in the gruesome moments witnessed in the past. There is no hope for this series, dear sadomasochistic friends. That's why I'll continue. Confusing, isn't it?

A simple story, but less of a mess

[oscargiebels · 6/10 · 12 November 2023]

It is a good descision to make a reappearence for maddison, which is an interesting character. This episode was okay compared to previous episodes, there was a simple but logical sense of timeline and storytelling. No more confusion, but there is still a lack of a good explanation of why maddison does all of those horrible things to collect kids for padre.. why would she do that for absolutely nothing in return.. and it is bot like they are killing her if she stops getting kids. Unfortunately there is no more characters introduced, at least long lasting ones because they got all killed of.

Also, why is morgan lost when at the end of the episode they all had contact with eachother?

Losing Faith in this Show

[smp1227 · 3/10 · 7 June 2022]

These plots are becoming seriously ridiculous. The characters are becoming irritating. I honestly don't know that I can watch another season of this nonsense.

good enough

[fountasalexander · 8/10 · 31 May 2022]

I've turned off my brain for this episode, Madisons return was great, however, could've been handled better, like a lot better.

Madison steals children? Never thought I'd say that

These ridiculous plot lines are from the clowns themselves, Ian & Andrew.

Season 7 sucked.

This episode was good enough.

I liked the cliffhanger.

Am I excited for season 8?

No.

See you all next season.

Jumping The Shark Every Episode Now

[buddybradley-22665 · 3/10 · 7 June 2022]

The characters don't make sense. The plots twist and turn with little rationality. And then they talk about simple things way too long for enjoyment. This episode drags along like all of season 7. It's a zombie show now. Sucking the last hope out of the viewers bit by bit. Remember when the Walking Dead shows were great? They could of had a legacy of greatness but I suppose that they wanted the money more. Now they will be remembered for this.

Solid finale

[patriots567 · 8/10 · 6 June 2022]

The return of Madison proved to be interesting. This episode was entertaining and intense. I'm looking forward to see where they go with the PADRE storyline. On to season 8!

Gone is right

[redinnevada · 1/10 · 25 June 2022]

This show is a goner. It's BEEN a goner for 3 yrs now but I kept trying.

This was absolutely the most PATHETIC attempt at a big-reveal-revitalization episode I've ever seen on a tv show. On the level of Dallas's "Dream episode" where they tried to redirect the entire story by having them say everything before then was a dream.

More like nightmare. Then for Dallas and now for FTWD.

They (the writers, producers and yes, even the actors) don't give two sh!ts if they are providing a half-decent tv show to enjoy. All they care about is pumping out ridiculously stupid episode after episode to generate ad revenue to get a paycheck. And we're lame-ass zombies mindlessly tuning in week after week after week.

Welp, no more. I refuse to even finish watching this episode. This episode went beyond incoherent or even half-ass entertaining except in it's mind-boggling incredulous story-line we're expected to buy into. Maddie shoulda stayed dead and Alicia is the ONLY one who shows any smarts by leaving this series finally.

Turn it off. It's not just radioactive drivel, it's brain cell zombifying insulting drivel.

Sanity and reason gone, yet predictable

[lostjedi · 2/10 · 6 June 2022]

The whole state of the series can be seen in two scenes.

Predictability: There is a new character. The seemlingly pregnant woman. Of course, she will die.

Scene: Everyone, for some reason, goes comitting suicide at the dock. Morgan makes one half-hearted attempt to stop the women, who says she must go, because she promised.

There are about five hundred million arguments why committing suicide won't help anyone, in particular not her daugther. Morgan has normally discussed people into bleeding ears, so they followed him just so it stops. Yet here, he nods and lets her go to die and turn. Ooooookeeeeey.

Purpose: So, she really dies and Morgan can have a breakdown again to be saved by Maddie (who, by the way, would have deserved this kind of death). The story has been written because they wanted that scene, and although it makes no sense, the whole plot is written such that this scene happens, regardless of any common sense.

I could say more, but I think these words summarize the problems quite well.

Disappointing

[jjenk911 · 1/10 · 11 June 2022]

This episode was hot garbage. In one episode, the showrunners character assassinated Madison Clark. What was I watching, an episode from season 1? Hopefully season 8's opener is better than this trash.

Trying to put Humpty Dumpty together again

[rmmil · 2/10 · 1 June 2022]

So we finally find out the real reason "baby Mo" was so important all season, it was because he was being used to bring Madison back into the show.

See, because Madison has become a "baby collector", for some dumb nonsense reason.

When exactly did "babies" become THE most valuable commodity in FTWD?

Up until this season, babies were always a huge liability in The Walking Dead universe. Lots of noise, vulnerable, eats all the time. Nobody would be collecting babies. It's ridiculous.

But all this is just jury rigged piecemeal attempts to continue a story that should have ended long ago.

Episode 15 was "the end" of this show, as far as I'm concerned, I care not about the happy-go-lucky continuing adventures of Morgan and Madison.

Alicia is gone, the Clark's are broken, this series is over. I'm done.

Omg!

[kathylill · 1/10 · 8 June 2022]

What a horrible episode they bring back Madison who originally was a good person and turned her into someone who takes people's kids. The writing is so bad. And why was Madison being referred to as a man when they were in the crypt? The character Ava kept saying to Morgan "tell him were his kids are" meaning Madison.