For some time, "The Walking Dead" was the biggest cable show. It was really a jongger and one who was not expected to become such a widespread hit. When that happened, AMC is in a hurry to use success with spin-off in the form of "fear of dead walking". Debiting the network in 2015, this show took us back to the very beginning of the emergence of zombies in Los Angeles, centering on a new collection of characters.

"Fear from The Walking Dead" ran for eight seasons, making it wildly successful spin-off and paves the way for AMC to build a whole universe that is still going strong today. While some of the characters of these shows lived and were able to resort to different spin-offs, others were not so happy. Such was the case with Nick Clark (Frank Dylan), who was not only an important character, but also the one who met a pretty dark fate in the fourth season of the show.

So what happened to Nick, exactly? Why was he so important in the larger "Walking Dead" universe? Why did Dylan leave the show? Was it his decision or network? We overcome all this and more, because we make a deep diving in Nick's death on "Fear of Dead Walking". Let's dive.

Nick Clark was the first main character we met in the pilot for "fear of dead walking". That's the first thing that makes him emphasize. More importantly, Nick was the first character in any of the performances he once saw zombies, in terms of canon's overall timetable, though The word "zombies" never says in the Dead Dead Universe. Call them pedestrians, call them whatever you want, Nick saw them in front of the world to fall apart.

As for his relationships with the other characters in the show, Nick was the son of Kim Dickens, Madison Clark and Alicia's brother Alicia Debam-Kerry. Nick was also addicted to narcotics who fought strongly with his addiction, even when the world began to fall on zombies around him. The Clark family was at the center of most of the show for their eighth season, next to the bitter end. Unfortunately, Nick would not join his mother and sister in full their journey through the Apocalypse of Undead.

Nick meets his untimely death in the 4th "Fear the Walking Dead" season, specifically the third episode (which is titled "Cell Here"). Nick's death is quite shocking as he comes in the hands of Charlie (Alexa Nisenson), who at the time is not only a young girl, but she was also a friend of the Clark family. Earlier in the show, they tried to protect her from the apocalypse. Unfortunately, it has been found that it is aligned with a brutal group of survivors known as vultures.

Charlie shoots Nick in his chest and he dies surrounded by his family. There are many shocking deaths in the history of "walking dead"And this is definitely one of them. What about why Charlie did what he did? Well, Nick had earlier killed Ennis (Evan Gamble), who was something of Charlie's father. Hence, it was a little revenge.

The audience had a pretty strong response to Nick's death, so much that Nisenson recognized him by accident, with some of the anger aimed at her character. "Many fans were definitely angry, but I got it. And I was really sad. I loved Frank so much and it was really sad to see him going, so I get where everyone is coming from," Nisanson explained in Walker Stalker towards Atlanta in 2019 (through Comicbook.com).

As for Dylan, he was very in peace with Nick's passing, saying he was "appropriate for the show" in an interview with Hollywood reporter In 2018 after the episode broadcast. "This season, moving in it, felt like the show changed again. I really had nothing, "the actor added. Dylan also expressed gratitude for the reaction of the spectators who were sad when they saw Nick him:

"It really warms the loops of my heart. I have always been touched and I moved a lot knowing that Nick had reasoned with people. I just hope I made that justice for the character and that I made justice for someone else who fought with addiction.

Other characters on "Fear from Dead Walking", such as Dwight (Austin Amelio) and Daniel (Ruben Blids)left and later returned to the show. Nick, except for some retrospectives in the later episodes during the season 4, remained dead and no. But why was Nick killed? Was Dylan's decision? Or was it creative? In the same interview with the 2018 Hollywood reporter, Dylan explained that he felt, as an actor, it was time for him to leave the role behind:

"I had no new ideas for Nick. I just felt like time to move on. I wanted to start playing new characters and make a few more movies. But I'm very sad to see Nick died. "

Showerjs Andrew Chamblis and Ian Goldberg, who took the heads of the series during the "fear of" Walking Dead, also discussed Nick's death in an April 2018 interview with Hollywood reporter. Hamblis confirmed that Dylan's decision to become one of the first biggest creative challenges with the death of Nick:

"Frank Dylan asked producers and AMC if he could leave the show because he wanted to perform other opportunities. One of the first things we were tasked with when we came to lead the season 4 was to find a story that would give Nick ready sending.

As mentioned, Dylan never returned to "afraid of the dead walk", but before the final of the show's series was broadcast, he referred to Nick's death in Charlie's hands. In the episode of the 8 "Ironian Tiger", Madison comes face to face with Charlie, who is now 20 years old and was thought to be dead after dealing with radiation poisoning. (She was, in fact, very alive.) Charlie regretted what Nick did and apologized to Madison in the show. Ennis, you see, released the zombies that Madison seemingly killed in the series Before Kim Dickens forced her to return to Season 8. This is why Nick killed Ennis and what then led Charlie to kill Nick.

It has also been found that Charlie helped Nick's girlfriend, Luciana (Danaj Garcia), exhumes Nick's body to give him proper burial. Later, the character Troy Otto (Daniel Charman) took Charlie as hostage in an attempt to get the location of the Padder security zone of Madison. "I won't see another place you built autumn for me," Charlie says before shooting, trying to do good to the sins of her past. In an interview in 2023 with Comicbook.comCo-showner Andrew Hamblis explained the confrontation between the two:

"Thinking about the story of Madison and all the things she would have to deal with this season, we really wanted to gather Charlie and Madison. Charlie served as the final test of Madison about how much she actually changed. Could she forgive the person who killed his son?

"I think from Charlie's point of view, she could not allow Madison (to give up Padder) because Madison could not provide something that would allow Nick and Alicia to live," Chamblis added. "It eventually led to her decision to sacrifice. He felt appropriate for Charlie to leave the show that way. "

Dylan left a stable job working on a big TV show with "Fear of Dead Walking" because, creatively, he wanted to explore other possibilities as an actor. It's a cube, but the one who seems to pay off for him in the years since the departure of the hit-apocalyptic series of AMC. Indeed, the actor has worked steadily both in TV and in the films since leaving Nick Clark behind, even if he was not found in the center of nothing pretty massive.

Dylan's first role after leaving the show was in the 2018 Astral movie. He then continued to act in 2019 "How to build a girl" along with bin Feldstein before appearing as Christoph In the adaptation of Starz TV to Steven Soderberg's "Girl Experience", which was broadcast in 2020. Also in the field of prestige television, Dylan was played by Dr. Luke Garrett in the Apple TV+series "Essex Serped", sharing the screen with Claire Danes and Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston.

Recently, Dylan starred in the Anoan crimes series along with Game of Thrones Alum Sophie Turner. As for this writing, the actor has no other projects listed as an upcoming. However, he was, at one point, the main singer and bass player for the band Tinker Wright, so it is possible for him to take some time to focus on music or other creative efforts.