Warning: Spoilers Ahead

Even though last week’s premiere got the back half of season 2 off to a slow start, the good news is the pace really picks up in Sunday’s episode, and in my opinion, makes up for being forced to watch Nick (Frank Dillane)  wonder aimlessly in the desert for almost a full hour. Now that we’ve seen Nick’s story, it’s on to Strand (Colman Domingo), Madison (Kim Dickens), Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey), and Ofelia (Mercedes Mason).  Even though they’re not strapped for provisions like Nick was, trust me, they have their own set of problems.

First, as some may have guessed, our merry band decides to head back to the safety of the Abigail. Unfortunately, the Abigail is long gone, likely stolen by the military assholes they encountered earlier in the season. So, with few options, the group makes their way back to a high-rise hotel they saw along the beach. The place is dark, quiet, and just plain creepy, but hey, it’s better than being outside, right? Our survivors think so, but they will soon find out just how wrong they are.

So, with their being low on supplies, Alicia and Ofelia pair off to search the rooms in the tower, while Strand and Madison stay behind to scope out the ground floor. Alicia finds a master key on a maid’s cart, but they quickly discover that a great deal of the rooms are occupied by walkers. Interestingly enough, the rooms with the infected all have “Do Not Disturb” signs on the doors, which means **someone** likely lured the walkers inside to lock them in. Unfortunately, that also implies that whoever corralled them into the rooms could still be at the hotel.

Back downstairs, while Madison and Strand are supposed to be looking for food as well, they stumble on the hotel bar, which just happens to be fully-stocked. So, they decide to have a little party while they wait, tequila shots and all. Here we learn more about Madison’s past, including the fact that she paid her way through college by being a bartender. So, when Strand pretends like he actually knows something about mixing drinks, Madison quickly sits him down on his ass and shows him how it’s done. You go, Maddie! The only downside to this drunken party is if you’re in a zombie apocalypse, it’s probably not a good idea to draw attention by smashing a bunch of shot glasses and playing the piano as loud as you can. That just may draw all of the walkers out of their rooms, off the balcony and boom! Right there at the front door of the hotel lobby.

While the vast majority of the action takes place at Hotel Hell, Tijuana and this new Colony are where the big shockers of the episode will be revealed. While I think most of us are reluctant to trust any leader of any gated community after The Walking Dead and the Governor, the Colony’s leader, Alejandro, does seem like a good man — at least initially. He appears to genuinely care about his people and will do whatever it takes to protect them — including sacrificing Nick to the Wall if he ever endangers the group again like he did while he and Luciana (Danay Garcia)  were out on a supply run. Even so, the man does have some really cuckoo religious beliefs, and that observation alone concerns me.

What’s more, Alejandro also seems to have a very strong hold over the people, and in one scene, it almost feels as if they worship him like a God. At first, I couldn’t understand why because while Alejandro is well-spoken and articulate, he’s not very charismatic. Then, they drop the bomb on us. Yes, everyone, there’s a potential BIG reveal about the Colony’s leader towards the end of the episode, so be sure to sit up and pay attention. Of course, I’m not going to spoil something that big in a Preview, but let’s just say if the hints turn out to be true, it will most definitely be THE biggest twist the series, as well as the mothership, has ever done.

Episode 2.09 of Fear The Walking Dead  is titled “Los Muertos” and airs Sunday at 9/8c on AMC.

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