Nick Clark died in Fear the Walking Dead season 4, but it wasn't a creative decision to push the plot forward. Frank Dillane portrayed the troubled character since the spinoff's debut in 2015. Nick, who was the eldest child of Madison (Kim Dickens) and the brother to Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey), served as a central character for three years, leading up to his shocking death. Despite the loss of Nick, as well as other major figures in the series, the spinoff is still going strong, with season 6 releasing in October 2020.
When Nick was introduced in Fear the Walking Dead, he was suffering from a heroin addiction that greatly affected his entire family. To make matters worse, he was dealing with severe withdrawal symptoms during the onset of The Walking Dead's zombie apocalypse. The Clark family, in addition to the Manawas and the Salazars, searched for a safe haven before ending up at Victor Strand's (Colman Domingo) oceanside mansion. And then they spent some time out at sea before some members wind up at a ranch near the U.S.-Mexico border.
When Fear the Walking Dead season 4 picked up, two years had passed but different timelines were presented. Nick spent time with his family with a community living at a baseball stadium. While there, he took a liking to a young girl named Charlie (Alexa Nisenson). Unfortunately, she wound up being a spy for the Vultures, a group of antagonists who wanted to steal supplies from Nick's community. Upon chasing down the Vultures, Nick was shot and killed by Charlie during the third episode of the season. The decision to kill Nick did not come from the showrunners or writers, but instead, it was a request made by Dillane.
Fear the Walking Dead season 4 marked a turning point for the series. Not only did Maggie Grace, Garret Dillahunt, and Jenna Elfman join the cast as vital figures, but Lennie James' Morgan crossed over from The Walking Dead. In addition, Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss joined as showrunners. Due to the array of changes, Dillane asked to leave the series ahead of the fourth season. The actor explained his reasoning in an interview with EW:
I had been doing it for three or four years, the show has undergone many changes in terms of different people in charge, all of this stuff, and I just felt like the beginning of this season kind of felt like the end of an era with this show.
Aside from the show's transformation, Dillane added the rigorous schedule required for working on a TV show. As a European native, Dillane was getting a bit homesick. Once he realized that he achieved what he wanted with Nick's arc and the series as a whole, Dillane figured it was time to move on to something else. Despite not being their own creative decision, Goldberg and Chambliss fulfilled Dillane's request.
Despite his death in the season's third episode, Dillane still appeared throughout season 4 since Nick was present in the second storyline set in the past. As the season continued, it was revealed that Nick wasn't the only member of the Clark family to get killed off. The midseason finale unearthed the fact that Madison sacrificed herself when the baseball stadium community was overrun with the undead. As revealed by flashbacks, she gave her kids and fellow survivors a chance to escape in an event that took place prior to season 4. Madison's demise made Nick's death even more tragic when thinking about the effect on Alicia, the lone Clark left in Fear the Walking Dead.
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