"Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2 has made viewers go crazy over Nick Clark's (Frank Dillane) addiction. The disillusioned addict went away from his family in order to find like-minded survivors who don't consider the infected as monsters.
Thankfully, showrunner Dave Erickson dished out some interesting details on Nick's addiction along with certain other points that will gain prominence when the last leg of "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2 returns Sunday, Aug. 21. Nick, one of the survivors of the zombie apocalypse and brother of Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey), was a heroin addict. However, his object of addiction soon turned towards, to utter disbelief of fans, the dead. He became fixated on the walkers and started looking at them not as monsters.
After Nick's family burned down Celia's (Marlene Forté) estate in "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2, episode 7, he went away from his family as Celia was equally fascinated about the walkers. Erickson said he is unsure whether this fascination of Nick is simple craziness or another form of addiction. However, one thing's for sure, Nick has found a replacement for heroin.
Erickson believes Nick gets a physiological reaction when he is walking among the dead. It's not that he has lost his mind but has simply found a new fix. The showrunner also revealed that Nick may find a place in "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2, Episode 8, that will enable him to a certain degree.
Nick's closeness with death could be because of the death of his father and from an emotional standpoint, this closeness is a way for Nick to reconnect with his father. However, from the addiction perspective, Nick gets an adrenaline rush being with the walkers. What could happen in "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2?
It's neither crazy, nor illogical. It's more of junkie logic, "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2 showrunner Erickson tells TVLine. Thus, the belief system Nick finds himself in when he gets to the Tijuana colonia may be extreme but he would probably find peace there than anywhere else.
Erickson did not reveal much about the "extreme belief system" and fans would have to wait till "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 2, episode 9 that premieres on Aug. 28, as per IMDb.
