Fear the Walking Dead season 6 finale recap: Going out with a bang

Fear the Walking Dead had its big Far Cry 5 moment in season 6 with the introduction of Teddy and his cult followers, and it came to height leading into the finale episode, “The Beginning,” when he launched the submarine missile with its warheads to start that thing he’s been preaching about.

Rachel: It begins with Rachel, who hits a flat tire on the road with her baby when she hears Morgan over the radio and sees the missile flare into the sky.

He claims Riley gave up the goods and will lead them to the bunker where Alicia is being kept, but that’s a lie.

She tells them not to ask questions but offers them safe passage in the chopper just as the missile’s warheads are landing.

As she’s blaming herself for wasting the time they could’ve been spending together rather than dwelling on the past, the family who owns the house accosts them.

Teddy, Dakota, June, John Dorie, Sr.: Teddy drives Dakota up to a hilltop so they can bask in the fruits of their destructive labor, but in comes John Dorie, Sr.

Victor: After totally botching the save-the-world plan and trying to kill Morgan, Victor finds himself at a building where he fights through walkers to make it to the top floors.

Morgan, Grace: Morgan is frantically punching buttons into the sub’s command center, hoping beyond hope that he can somehow reroute or stop the missile.

We don’t get to see what happened to Alicia, but it’s fair to say she survived.

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