Timeline S5 – SPOILER ALERT
After the decision made in the last episode of season four of Fear The Walking Dead, to want to help people on the road, we find the group after a few months on board a plane in failure.
Season of transition between two of the best in the series, it introduces one of the most beloved characters of recent seasons, Grace and acts as a gloomy antechamber of the nuclear catastrophe that will be the dominant element of the seventh.
Below is a calendar of the highlights in the timeline of FTWD Season Five.
PS: the dates are approximate but more or less it all happened in those days.
Complete summary table at the bottom of the page.
March 14th, 2013
The group, now in possession of a small plane, suffers a flight accident in a remote area, leaving Luciana seriously injured in the shoulder. Meanwhile, the survivors discover through radio contact that Daniel is still alive, while Al, during a night patrol, is captured by a mysterious female soldier named Isabelle.
March 15th, 2013
While exploring the surrounding area, the survivors cross paths with Grace. A former environmental engineer desperately monitoring a nearby nuclear power plant at risk of meltdown to contain radioactive walkers, she decides to join the new arrivals.
March 16th, 2013
While scouring the area for spare parts for the plane, John and June encounter Dwight, a man from Virginia who has been wandering alone for months and is still desperately searching for his wife, Sherry. Initially defensive, Dwight lays down his weapons and decides to work with them.
March 19th, 2013
The environmental situation escalates when one of the reactors at the nearby nuclear power plant suffers a massive explosion, releasing a toxic cloud. Morgan and the group manage to get the plane back online just in time for takeoff, escaping the radiation zone before thermal collapse.
April 25th, 2013
Some time has passed, and the survivors have begun helping people along the way, leaving packages with food and other supplies. While traveling along Texas highways to respond to a radio distress call, the group encounters Wes. The boy, a young artist who was initially cynical and injured, is rescued from a walker attack and agrees to join the caravan of survivors.
April 26th, 2013
Seeking a safe haven to reorganize their supplies and escape a horde of the undead, the group gathers inside Jacob’s fortified synagogue. Jacob, a rabbi who lived in isolation defending his place of worship, welcomes the newcomers, offering them protection and forming a close friendship with Charlie.
April 27th, 2013
During the reclamation of a vital oil field, a rival group led by Virginia emerges menacingly. The leader of the Pioneers, a massive, autocratic settlement network, offers a forced alliance that would subjugate the community, but Morgan and his companions refuse, defending their autonomy.
April 30th, 2013
The group decides to reach Humbug’s Gulch, an old western-style amusement park where John had worked before the apocalypse. Once there, but left without resources and besieged by walkers, the group is forced to surrender to Virginia, who separates the survivors and deports them to different communities. Before the forced split, Jacob marries John and June, while Morgan is seriously injured by Virginia and abandoned to his fate.
| Episodes | 16 |
| Days in the Apocalypse | 954-1001 |
| Key Deceased Characters | Logan |
| Key Events in the Saga | Dwight Reappears (from TWD season8) |