El Matadero (Fear the Walking Dead)

"El Matadero" (Spanish for The Slaughterhouse), is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series Fear the Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on October 8, 2017.

This episode marks the final appearance of Mercedes Mason (Ofelia Salazar) who died after she was bitten in "This Land Is Your Land".

Plot

Ofelia falls off the water truck and the others in the group see that she has been bitten. Madison promises that she'll see her father, sells half their weapons so she can rest in the bazaar and spends more to keep her comfortable. Strand criticizes her for wasting resources while a grieving Walker finds honor in observing her last wish. Madison and Nick look after Ofelia. Madison manages to reach Daniel, but Ofelia dies just as Daniel arrives. Nick goes on a binge of drugs and drinking, wrangling Troy into joining him, eventually wading through a group of walking dead when Nick confesses that he can't go with Madison. The next morning, Daniel agrees to let Madison's group come to the dam but Nick and Troy decide to stay at the bazaar. Elsewhere, Alicia's scavenging attracts the dead who are killed by Diana. The two women initially threaten each other but decide to share the food Alicia found.

Reception

"El Matadero", received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, "El Matadero" garnered an 80% rating, with an average score of 7.45/10 based on 9 reviews.

Matt Fowler of IGN gave "El Matadero" an 8.2/10.0 rating, stating; "Fear the Walking Dead more solidly found its tone and voice this season by embracing the arid landscape, ramping up the human-on-human conflict, and rallying around Kim Dickens' anti-hero mom, Madison, as the driving character."

Ratings

"El Matadero" was seen by 2.26 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 2.38 million.

References

Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3, Episode 3 - Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 2018-09-22
Fowler, Matt (9 October 2017). "Fear the Walking Dead: "El Matadero" Review". IGN.
Porter, Rick (October 3, 2017). "Sunday cable ratings: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' returns, 'Outlander' ticks up again". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Porter, Rick (October 10, 2017). "Sunday cable ratings: 'Outlander' keeps improving, MLB playoffs on top". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

Fear the Walking Dead

Characters

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "So Close, Yet So Far" "The Dog" "Not Fade Away" "Cobalt" "The Good Man"
Season 2	"Monster" "We All Fall Down" "Ouroboros" "Blood in the Streets" "Captive" "Sicut Cervus" "Shiva" "Grotesque" "Los Muertos" "Do Not Disturb" "Pablo & Jessica" "Pillar of Salt" "Date of Death" "Wrath" "North"
Season 3	"Eye of the Beholder" "The New Frontier" "TEOTWAWKI" "100" "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame" "Red Dirt" "The Unveiling" "Children of Wrath" "Minotaur" "The Diviner" "La Serpiente" "Brother's Keeper" "This Land Is Your Land" "El Matadero" "Things Bad Begun" "Sleigh Ride"
Season 4	"What's Your Story?" "Another Day in the Diamond" "Good Out Here" "Buried" "Laura" "Just in Case" "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" "No One's Gone" "People Like Us" "Close Your Eyes" "The Code" "Weak" "Blackjack" "MM 54" "I Lose People..." "... I Lose Myself"
Season 5	"Here to Help" "The Hurt That Will Happen" "Humbug's Gulch" "Skidmark" "The End of Everything" "The Little Prince" "Still Standing" "Is Anybody Out There?" "Channel 4" "210 Words Per Minute" "You're Still Here" "Ner Tamid" "Leave What You Don't" "Today and Tomorrow" "Channel 5" "End of the Line"
Season 6	"The End Is the Beginning" "Welcome to the Club" "Alaska" "The Key" "Honey" "Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg" "Damage from the Inside" "The Door" "Things Left to Do" "Handle with Care" "The Holding" "In Dreams"
Season 7
Season 8

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