Fear the Walking Dead's impending time skip seals Charlie's fate in the series. Ahead of the premiere of the show's eighth and final season, it was confirmed that Fear the Walking Dead is about to leap forward by seven years. Based on details provided in the synopsis, the jump should take place before the second half of the season.

Over the course of a 12-episode season broken into two parts, Fear the Walking Dead will wrap up the stories of its main characters while also pitting them against the mysterious organization known as PADRE. According to the synopsis, the first half will deal with Morgan and Madison's efforts to rescue Mo, whereas the second batch of episodes will involve Morgan's group suffering under the rule of PADRE's leaders seven years later.

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Charlie Can't Be Alive In Fear the Walking Dead Season 8, Part 2

Fear the Walking Dead Charlie

By advanced as far as seven years in the Walking Dead timeline, Fear the Walking Dead has put the final nail in the coffin for one of the show's principal characters. It's been known since season 7 that Charlie is dying of radiation poisoning, but the show has since prolonged the death it promised her. Various members of Morgan's group, like June and Daniel, have continued to care for Alexa Nisenson's Charlie while they wait for the inevitable to come to pass. Since the show's story has a tendency play out over a short timeframe, the series has been able to keep her around. But with such a massive time jump on the horizon, Charlie will have to be dead prior to the final six episodes.

It's hard to imagine Charlie surviving the show and dying after the show ends, especially now. In light of her worsening condition, it wouldn't make sense for Charlie to still be hanging at that point in the timeline, nor can her prognosis be walked back since characters like June have been so adamant that she's dying. Also, bringing Charlie back for season 8's second half would force the show to recast her, given that she's supposed to be 13 years old. All things considered, Fear the Walking Dead should use its next few episodes to bring her story to a close.

How Fear the Walking Dead Can End Charlie's Story

Charlie from Fear the Walking Dead, looking scared, bag over her arm.

Looking at how the show has been building up to Charlie's death for some time now, there's little doubt that the AMC series is planning an emotional sendoff for her character. But however it happens, Fear the Walking Dead is unlikely to let Charlie die without addressing the elephant in the room. The fact that Charlie murdered Nick in season 4 hasn't been relevant to the story in a while, but Madison being back as a main character means it's only a matter of time before his death is discussed at length. Because Charlie is already dying, Madison may not get revenge, but that possibility is still sure to be a plot point if the two cross paths.

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