[Warning: The following content contains the main spoilers for AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 7, Episode 8 "Father". ]

No one left until they were gone, and as a result Madison Clark (King Dickens) did not go.

In an episode of the Dead post-drama Talking Dead on Sunday night, we learned that Madison was not actually killed in the Dell Diamond Stadium in Season 4 of the Fear of the Walking Dead. Dickens will return to the zombie show in season 7 and will be a frequent guest of the series in season 8. Co-host Ian Goldberg confirmed that she is alive-for example, we won’t get her daughter Alycia Debnam's entire season-Carey) to hallucinate her mother because she is super slow Infected with zombie virus. Finally freed!

But while it is exciting to get her back, we can't help but wonder what she has been doing in the past year or two. If we know one thing about Madison, it is that she will start looking for her family whenever she is free. Why didn't she find them sooner?

Here are some theories about her return, the questions we are anxiously waiting for answers, and when she rejoins Victor Strand (Coleman Domingo), Alicia and their friends, we think Thoughts on where her story might go.

There are two options here: Either she slips away from the hot walker alone, or someone saves her. Of course Madison was able to get out of there by herself, and there was a fence behind her that she could have climbed on. However, the next question is more difficult to answer. If she just climbed the fence and escaped from the burning stadium, how could she never meet her family? Therefore, even if she goes out on her own, it is almost more likely that someone will take her in or catch her, or that she has been seriously injured and needs time to recover.

The biggest mystery of the season is a safe haven called Padre. According to legend, the priest is a perfect utopia, the nuclear doomsday has not been touched, Alicia is determined to find it before she dies of a mysterious disease.

Since we don't know much about Padre, it's logical that Madison was there or someone there saved her. If this place is too remote and it takes a long time to get back to Diamond, it is entirely possible that she has been looking for it, but she has been two or three steps behind her friends and family. (Imagine she found some of Alicia's tree paintings.) Madison may now become Padre's leader, and this will be a very cool way to get her back. It is poetic that Alicia’s desperate search for peace and security may bring her to her mother... We only hope that she will not die in Madison’s arms, or like Daniel (Ruben Blaze (Played) and Ophelia (played by Mercedes Mason) almost died 3.

From the moment Madison "died", theories about her being rescued by the army of the Republic of China continued to emerge. Like the former hero of The Walking Dead, Rick (played by Andrew Lincoln), she could have been airlifted out and rescued—and, because she was definitely a B, she could also be immediately trained and promoted in the army.

This theory is both valid and not completely valid. On the one hand, perhaps better than Padre, CRM is suitable for an early version of her role; the cunning and ruthless Madison, in order to ensure the survival of her and her family, she will do whatever it takes. This is a woman who once declared that "the parties are irrelevant." If she feels that CRM has the upper hand in the survival game, she will support them without hesitation whether they are on the "wrong side" or not. On the other hand, Madison will know that her family is still alive and there. It is hard to imagine that when one thing she really cares about is not in CRM, she will devote herself to CRM unless, like Rick, she was prevented from leaving and now she has found a way out.

It is worth noting that CRM theory also applies to established fear theories. We know that CRM is very active in the area where Dell Diamond is located. Although there was no obvious helicopter sound in the background of her "death scene," none of the dead saw or heard the helicopter that took Rick away. If all paths in the series are destined to lead to Rick movies and CRM, then making Madison a part of the organization will be a clever turn. And, who knows? Maybe she would even talk about a certain Grimes officer, which would definitely interest Rick's old friend Morgan Jones (Lenny James).

In addition to Madison's whereabouts, one of the biggest questions surrounding her return is whether Madison is aware of the death and circumstances of her son Nick (Frank Dylan). Given that her relationship with him is so close, it is hard to imagine that she would calmly accept the news of his death. There is also news that Charlie (Alexa Nisenson)-now a member of the "group"-did it? Yes, this will not go smoothly.

However, there is the potential for good storytelling. Madison was enraged because Charlie shot Nick, which would put her in direct conflict with Alicia, who half-adopted her as a little sister, and Daniel also established contact with her. It is speculated that Madison may be reluctant to forgive Charlie's dark behavior, and they may even lie to protect Charlie, which will only make things worse when the truth is inevitably revealed. Will Madison kill her for killing her son? It's hard to say, but she hit people's heads with less money. However, Charlie is still very young, so Madison's anger may not be fatal (even for this show, it will be dark). But we think that if she says sorry, she will not nod, smile and hug Charlie.

It is also possible that it will develop in a very, very different direction, depending on whether Alicia can survive this season. If Alicia didn't make it through Season 7, Madison might finally forgive Charlie because she knew how close she and Alicia were. It's hard to imagine Madison completely letting the past become the past, when it comes to the person who shot her son in the chest. But Alicia did forgive her, so Madison might do the same to commemorate her daughter.

Currently, Madison's daughter and her best friend are fighting each other. Depending on when she returns in Season 7B, she may try to stop the fight or be forced to choose one side. It’s hard to imagine that she would choose anyone over her child, but this is what Charlie can consider: if she feels betrayed by Alicia, allow her to stay in the team, or strongly believe that the tower is the best for them to survive Choice, she might be on Strand's side. More likely, she will be shocked by what her former drinker did and how he hurt her daughter.

However, we probably won't see Madison play an important role in the Strand-Alicia conflict. Madison's return seems destined to happen at the end of the season or the end of the film. Then, she can think more about any upcoming threats in Season 8. Oops, maybe she is the upcoming threat of season 8-the original host Dave Erickson thought of her that she would become a Negan villain, so maybe we'll get a version . No matter if she is back—hero or villain, priest leader or CRM official, or none of the above—we will be happy to see her on our screen again in the second half of season 7.

Season 7 of The Walking Dead will return on Sunday, April 17, AMC

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