# Fear the Walking Dead: 1.06 "The Good Man" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562 "2015-10-04T23:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/81 "2015-10-06T18:18:42Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This is a great point. As much grief as we’d give normal humans for leaving the gate open to the town, the FtWD idiots get a free pass because they aren’t even smart enough to close the door in their own house. Who gave 'em a free pass? I’ve been saying “these people are idiots” since the beginning of the season. And when they aren’t passing the Idiot Ball back and forth, they’re surprisingly dull. Only in brief bursts have any of them seemed terribly interesting at all. Well, except Salazar. And Salazar is not a good guy at all. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/82 "2015-10-06T18:19:14Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > I’m guessing that the cufflinks were a gift from his wife or child/children. They probably have some sentimental value. On the other hand, he probably has a few dozen watches that are at least as valuable as the one he behind. I think it was just a “fuck you” to the soldier. Strand doesn’t need them, but it was a way for him to show the captain that he was escaping, and that he cared about something stupid like cufflinks more than he cared about the soldier. > [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m calling BS on this because not enough has happened in that time frame to make the character go from being angry and appalled that someone was tortured to arranging a murder… I agree. And the way Travis immediately started getting in position to make a move on Andy showed that he wasn’t going along with some plan he’d hatched with Andy. I think the actor just made that up on Talking Dead without thinking it through. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/83 "2015-10-06T18:27:33Z")
Yeah, I wondered about that myself. Travis makes a deal, and then snaps because the soldier didn’t carry through? That’s a plot point that really should have had some exposition. My take was that he let the soldier go because he still balks at cold blooded murder… and the reason he snapped was because when Ofelia got shot, Travis felt it was HIS fault, for letting the guy go in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/84 "2015-10-06T18:49:32Z")
The “why” doesn’t matter at all. People hoping for that answer are going to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![MegaNazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@MegaNazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaNazz)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/85 "2015-10-06T19:31:42Z")
I think Strand sees Nick as a wise investment because junkies are pretty resourceful and desperate enough to do some crazy shit. I don’t think he had a streamlined plan for Nick, just a general feeling that he’d be of some use to him. I guess it paid off pretty quickly because Nick was the one who stole the keys, right? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/86 "2015-10-06T19:33:06Z")
> [@MegaNazz](#): > > I guess it paid off pretty quickly because Nick was the one who stole the keys, right? From Strand. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/87 "2015-10-06T19:35:20Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > From Strand. Yes, Strand bought the key with his jewelry. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/88 "2015-10-06T21:03:01Z")
I get the impression we’re just going to have to wait until next season to see what Strand wants with Nick. Will Nick choose his family over Strand? Will Strand offer him drugs? Will Strand get tossed off the yacht by his somewhat more realistic employees? Hell, does Strand own the yacht to begin with? And what happens when Strand realizes there will be no laundry services, ever again, in his lifetime? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/89 "2015-10-06T21:05:44Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > I get the impression we’re just going to have to wait until next season to see what Strand wants with Nick. Given there are no more episodes this season, I think this is a safe assumption. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/90 "2015-10-06T21:33:53Z")
…well, I’d rather that than find out next season that Strand took Nick with him for absolutely no reason. Which is still an option. Watching the first season of Walking Dead on AMC recently has kind of hammered it down how good TWD was in its first season… as opposed to how limp FTWD was. The absence of Frank Darabont is duly noted. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/91 "2015-10-06T22:02:19Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I recall that Strand tells drug boy that he needs a person with his particular talents to help in his escape. I’m wondering what he meant by that. A successful heroin addict needs all kinds of skills to get his drugs. He has to be resourceful, sly, cunning, adept at conning people, clever enough to escape from danger, able to get what he needs by any means necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/92 "2015-10-06T22:03:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A successful heroin addict needs all kinds of skills to get his drugs. He has to be resourceful, sly, cunning, adept at conning people, clever enough to escape from danger, able to get what he needs by any means necessary. …and apt to stab you in the back at the first hint of necessity. In other news, I feel bad for whoever had to paint Madison’s living room. All that work to cover up the zombie brains, and now they’ve abandoned the place. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/93 "2015-10-06T22:03:40Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I recall that Strand tells drug boy that he needs a person with his particular talents to help in his escape. I’m wondering what he meant by that. A successful heroin addict needs all kinds of skills to get his drugs. He has to be a master thief and a brilliant scrounger. He has to be resourceful, sly, cunning, adept at conning people, clever enough to escape from danger, able to get what he needs by any means necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/94 "2015-10-06T22:25:56Z")
…if your average junkie was all these things, I question whether or not he’d be a junkie, or one of the Koch brothers. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/95 "2015-10-06T23:58:45Z")
So, who is “The Good Man” of the title? Seems like it has to be Strand, but I doubt he’s really all that “good”. ---
**Author:** ![Dingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/96 "2015-10-07T00:07:11Z")
I don’t think Strand put all that much thought into why he wanted to take Nick with him. He saw Nick as someone just as soulless and selfish as he is, figured maybe he’ll hang on to him a while. Probably more as a pet than anything else, but figuring maybe he could sell his ass to some rapey survivors or something. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/97 "2015-10-07T00:16:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, who is “The Good Man” of the title? Seems like it has to be Strand, but I doubt he’s really all that “good”. I think it goes back to something Daniel said “Good people are the first to die.” Daniel and Travis are still alive after doing some pretty bad stuff. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/98 "2015-10-07T01:12:23Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > Hell, does Strand own the yacht to begin with? Property rights have become rather irrelevant at this point, possession is now 10/10ths of the law. Which is the law of the jungle. I feel bad for the survivors that had a really specialized and now totally irrelevant job, like the best civil rights lawyer in LA or something. As they said in The Day After when arguing about what books to burn for warmth, start with the tax law section. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/99 "2015-10-07T01:39:46Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Property rights have become rather irrelevant at this point, possession is now 10/10ths of the law. Which is the law of the jungle. > > I feel bad for the survivors that had a really specialized and now totally irrelevant job, like the best civil rights lawyer in LA or something. > > As they said in The Day After when arguing about what books to burn for warmth, start with the tax law section. Screw lawyers. The problem is that it used to be legal to shoot guys stealing my boat, now they can shoot me to take away my boat and get rid of me. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562/100 "2015-10-07T02:22:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A successful heroin addict needs all kinds of skills to get his drugs. He has to be resourceful, sly, cunning, adept at conning people, clever enough to escape from danger, able to get what he needs by any means necessary. In this case, all he really needs to be is slightly slower than Strand - the limp takes care of that nicely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562.md?page=6)