They have raised one daughter in America. The next day, the convoy stops their truck because they realize its too heavy to make it across a bridge. She asks about Ofelia. Morgan invites everyone to join his community. She tells J.C. to do his own job, while she does hers. Upon seeing Luis, he aims him and orders to drop his gun though Nick tells him that he's a friend of Strand. Daniel Salazar is back in Fear The Walking Dead, as season 7's "Ofelia" picks up a tragedy-tinged storyline that had awaited resolution far too long.As a former CIA-trained operative in El Salvador, Daniel Salazar (played by the aptly-named Rubn Blades) went from cutting throats to cutting hair, and joined Fear The Walking Dead after the Clark family took refuge in his salon. Strand and Sherry's groups hand their weapons to Daniel at the weapons depot. In the present, Daniel sits in the cell. Daniel ultimately accepts Strand's offer and departs with him. As the group escapes from the mess hall, Daniel and Ofelia stop Liza to find out where Griselda is. Daniel spots a small herd of zombies approaching him over the sand dune and pulls out his M9 and shoots a few of the zombies. On the road, Charlie asks if Daniel set up the traps in the stores and he says he hasn't, so she asks why he's been disarming them. Madison assures Walker, Daniel will help them. Dante questions who is helping Efran. Despite his murderous past, Daniel has demonstrated that he cares about his family more than anything else and is a loving husband and father who vowed to give his daughter the best life possible in the United States. When she makes it to her office atop the dam, she finds Efran's bloody corpse behind her desk. An Infected attacks Daniel, and he is nearly overpowered, but he is saved when a bolt of lightning strikes the Infected. Daniel tells his interrogator that he needed to find the weapons. Daniel treats the wound that Reed sustained from the crowbar. [Warning: This story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Fear the Walking Dead, "VIP."]. Al tells the group that she would have come herself, but they're low on fuel. When the group returns with Charlie, she attempts to play some music for him. Daniel was shown to be devastated by the loss of his beloved wife, the anchor that kept him stable. He asks if Madison was with her when she died and if she said anything. That night, Daniel hears Skidmark meowing at a hiding Charlie, send by Strand to steal his plane, and investigates. Daniel reassures Alicia that he's fine and she orders him to warn the others with Strand giving Daniel directions to where he can find June, Grace and Wendell. After meeting Dante and hearing his accent, Dante realizes that Daniel is from El Salvador. He is thinking about Ofelia but she tells him the world is gone in every direction. He instructs her to hide out at a nearby fishing shack. She manages to take Grace hostage and Hill grabs Daniel hostage and the pair back their way to a station wagon where Hill is ordered to take the captives to a rendezvous. Lola insists the people will eventually appreciate what she is doing, but Daniel fears he lacks the guns to protect her from those who are disgruntled. Daniel slowly rises up with a bullet hole in his cheek, spitting blood and teeth from his mouth. Daniel quickly realizes that Chris is missing and goes to search for him inland. Earlier, he says he believes he's killed 96 people. Strand reiterates that Ofelia had died in Mexico and that Luciana had lied to Daniel for the same reason that Strand did: so Daniel had something to fight for. Daniel is later seen with Ofelia, noticing that her wound is infected and expresses concern for her. Daniel later finds Dante interrogating Efran. After being held at gunpoint and seeing Daniel get shot, she was able to walk away with Daniel to safety. He searches the premises of Celia's home and discovers she keeps walkers in her basement as she believes they are still alive but changed. Daniel was greatly saddened with the passing of his wife but maintains composure as they attempt to escape the facility. Daniel unlocks the weapons depot and discovers that someone took all the weapons during the explosion. Daniel orders them to leave, but is persuaded by his wife Griselda to keep them inside due to the riot outside. Daniel tells his interrogator that he wanted to make Valley Town the kind of home that he had wanted for Ofelia in Los Angeles. He tells his enforcer he was picking a fight with a killer. She applies pressure to Daniels gunshot wound and she insists he should be dead. After they're taken by Virginia, Daniel pretends to lose his memory and Charlie tries playing music he taught to help him remember and was sad to see it has no response. Danieland Efran urge her to stay behind for her safety, but she insists on joining them. After learning of her death, Daniel is visibly distressed and later expresses his condolences to Alicia. Alicia asks Daniel if he's going to be ok and Daniel tells her that he will be there for Charlie at the end like he couldn't be for Ofelia. Later, after reuniting with Victor, he appears to be somewhat saddened to learn of Nick's death. He tells Madison to get away from them or he'll kill her. Daniel walks away singing "down with the water queen" in Spanish. Madison agrees to provide them with the required armaments in exchange for 10,000 gallons of water a week until the rains come. They hide as a vehicle of armed men drive by. Their relationship is shown even stronger in Sleigh Ride when Lola strokes Daniel's cheek to comfort him. The character was created by Robert Kirkman , showrunner Dave Erickson and screenwriter Marco Ramirez. After 3 unknown survivors, 2 men and a woman, board the ship, Daniel, Travis and Madison rush upstairs to interrogate the strangers. I want to believe this, but my mind is not clear. Efran and Daniel eat dinner at Efran's hideout. Later, Daniel and the group camp as Dwight kills a walker from one of the original western towns and John suggests that could be the settlement they've been searching for. . Luciana is surprised Riley would divulge this information, but Rollie nonchalantly comments that it's easy to get a true believer to talk when you separate them from their leader. Tess asks Daniel if the coast is clear. Finally, Daniel lowers his gun and agrees. Later, Victor betrays Daniel and the dam to the Proctors and shoots him in under the chin, and the bullet passes through his right cheek. When the two reunite once more, Daniel appears to despise Victor, refusing to give him the plane that he needs in order to help Alicia, Al, and the rest of the group, as he believes every time Victor helps people, it only makes things worse. Daniel runs outside with Ofelia. "You'd say anything to save your life," Daniel said. Strand insists he doesn't know. He screams in pain as Lola scrapes off the charred skin with a blade. Then, Daniel informs Madison that Nick has arrived at the dam. "Nothing breaks me, Lola," he tells her. She tells Daniel their conversation and he says she only saw the real man for a moment. Strand confronts Daniel, who tells him he won't shoot him after all, apparently forgiving Strand or at least accepting that he really has changed. He insists that he was protecting her. There's just something about . He says he will, but they're bringing a herd of walkers with them. Dwight asks Daniel how far away they are, but Daniel isn't sure, he just knows that Strand and Alicia are turning the light off as they speak. Daniel feels the baby kicking in Grace's belly. It's the usual suspects when Daniel Salazar (Rubn Blades) gets to the bottom of a walker whodunit in Sunday's Fear the Walking Dead. Madison asks him to bring her group. Later on the Abigail, Daniel remains silent, as a sign of respect at Liza's funeral. He runs away on his own. He is portrayed by Colby Hollman. The abductors of Daniel are the members of. She notes that they ran out of antibiotics and Daniel sternly tells her not to tell Madison insisting that they have to care for one another. Daniel suggests they post guards at the dam's entryways and use the explosives as a bargaining chip, threatening to blow up the dam if the Proctors don't negotiate with them. He gets upset because the last time these things happened, he set a house on fire. He wakes up to the sound of a gunshot. Daniel and Lola rush to the pump room to determine why the dam water is flowing the wrong way. Daniel corners Nick and demands to know how the horde found the ranch. Daniel is confident the group will survive just fine and that Strand's interference will only make the situation worse for them based on their past history with each other. When searching for supplies in the crash site of Flight 462, he shows Daniel what to grab in order to treat Ofelia's gunshot wound, which he appreciates. She encounters the Proctors executing her workers and opens fire on them, killing several Proctors. In "Divine Providence", Strand uses Daniel's care for Charlie to help snap him out of his delusions. Daniel asks Strand why he left the hotel. Lola wants to continue providing water to the people but Daniel wants to be more careful. He is also revealed to be the lookout for the caravan alongside Dwight, whom he has formed a close bond and spends time playing chess. The only thing that he didn't tell her was which man he was in the tale. Lola nevertheless lashes out at him for betraying Efran. Just as he is about to say the bad news, he falls asleep. Liza reunites with the group, trying and succeeding to unlock the doors with her key card. In a flashback, a young Daniel Salazar stands beside a pond full of dead bodies in the Salvadoran jungle. "I don't have anything to confess," Efran said. Instead of seeing the infected, he hallucinates all of the people he has killed when Griselda emerges from the crowd and smiles. Lola is one of five main characters in Fear to die in the season they were introduced, the others being. However, Strand is escorted off of his property. Daniel works with his cat, Skidmark, to lure the dead away from a store. When she hesitates, he asks if she thinks the traitors in Tank Town should die. Daniel himself reveals that he killed around 96 people in El Salvador and still suffers the trauma of his actions. He gives him instructions about returning but Sarah says she broke their fence down to free the plane. While searching a trailer, Morgan finds a letter from Daniel alongside Grace's jumper. Charlie stands guard outside Valley Town and tells Daniel that the visitors have arrived. At the dam, Daniel and Lola discusses their plans now that Dante is dead. Morgan radios Daniel and says that Grace isn't at the fish shack. Daniel's past activities in El Salvador are brought up, and he claims that he did what was necessary to survive and that he kept Ofelia in the dark to protect her. Daniel arrives at a large trading post at a stadium to meet with Madison and Ofelia, who died from her wound before he arrives. That night, the group gets separated and driven away. And so are you." When they get there and Victor reveals that he lied, Daniel leaves him to die by zombies. The next day, Daniel helps split up the water. His name may be a homage to Miguel Salazar, a soldier who suffered from an emotional and mental breakdown in George Romero's Day of the Dead (1985). An explosion goes off in Valley Town. Lola questions whether or not he is going to go back with Madison to see Ofelia, Daniel vows to fulfill his promise to Lola by staying at the dam, he believes Ofelia is better off without him. That night, they finish setting the lights on the tarmac as the plane gets closer. When Nick refuses to talk, Daniel warns him to not force his hand, hinting that he is willing to torture Nick for answers. He is the husband of Griselda and the father of Ofelia. Daniel steals his gun and shoots him, quickly tossing him over the edge. Cause of Death They meet again later and are very wary of each other. Daniel, Madison and Strand are the only Season 1 characters confirmed to be alive. Madison says she wanted him to know she loved him, and that she was looking forward to getting to know him. "Sleigh Ride" As the group prepares to leave, Rollie comments that they will get out of this yet, "like a phoenix." Madison watches as he leans against a pole and tells her that he was walking all night. During their stay, Daniel is shown to think of Travis as weak and soft. After a while, Dwight arrives with some horses and explains if they're alive then there must be water nearby. Dr. Bethany Exner examines Griselda and decides that she needs surgery in a military medical facility outside in order to save her foot. Daniel and Madison catch up. He snaps out of his daze when Ofelia arrives, and together they escort Reed out of the room to deliver to Connor's Pirates to save Alicia and Travis. Dismayed, Daniel leaves Efran's home in the middle of the night and forges out into a rain storm. Their discussion is interrupted by Rangers opening fire on the group from the roof, forcing them to take cover, while the herd closes in from the other side. Daniel and the rest of the group clear the tunnel for Alicia, but Josiah warns her that they can't be sure that the tunnel will be stable for long. She needs him and is worried his hope will only lead to heartbreak. Then the group evaluates Daniel, with a woman named Lola ruling he is going to lose his leg. She introduces him to Dwight, who Daniel says needs a haircut. After discovering the corpse of Efran Morales, an enraged and heartbroken Lola goes out on the dam and shoots several of the Proctors before she is shot through the back and the head by Proctor John. At the dam,Lolamobilizes her group to distribute water on the street. They then manage to find shelter inside an abandoned restaurant. Daniel is disgusted by Strand's lies, but Strand insists that he's just trying to save the closest thing to a daughter that he has left which he believes is something that Daniel can understand. At the last moment, however, Daniel is denied leave and the soldiers take Nicholas instead. Alicia goes downstairs and recognizes one of the men's voices as Jack from the radio she was talking to. A short time later, Daniel sits at Ofelia's bedside as Strand treats Alicia, thanking her for saving him by appealing to Daniel's better angels. Status: on hiatus. Daniel covers him with a blanket and leaves on the rainy night. Female Daniel rushes Lola to the truck as the crowd turns on them and attacks. Daniel eventually attacks him and they fight for the gun. She insists that they will die fighting Virginia, but Alicia wants to fight back. Later that evening, he hears a whistle and tells a guard that he left something. Daniel invents an excuse for her. Strand insists Lola has it taken care of. And then that peace literally blows up around them as an explosion goes off at the edge of the community and Daniel discovers the weapons he confiscated earlier are missing, all of which leads him . Daniel is shown to take a liking to Chris during his stay at the Clark home, teaching him about guns and how different ammo so he will be prepared to use one if he has to. Strand admits that he no longer has control over the Rangers and they need his help to get past the Rangers to the roof. Daniel tells his interrogator that anyone could have been a traitor. Lola is informed by Nick and Troy as they relay what they learned at the Bazar, The Proctors are planning to raid the dam. Daniel and Chris have a stable relationship. She was portrayed by Lisandra Tena. She is going to trade water for guns and ammo and asks Daniel how many guns and munitions they will need to protect the dam. Two dam workers, Pablito and Everardo, discover Daniel while cleaning out litter from a sewage pipe. Daniel questions Chris on how he learned how to fish with him explaining he used to do it when he was younger. He takes out some shaves, which Adams immediately recognizes as a torture attempt and discloses her location in an attempt to avoid being tortured. With a smile, Daniel suggests that he still might not be, causing Sarah to laugh. Charlie runs after him, wondering why hes leaving. Efrain takes his wounded friend to a woman named Lola, who uses a razor to slice off the burnt, infected skin from Daniel's leg and bandages him together with a crutch. Daniel admits he let some walkers inside to force the weapons thief to use one of the guns. Daniel and Pablito drag dead Infected out of a sewer. Madison ignores his advice. Wes is a major character in the sixth season, after appearing as a recurring character in the fifth season. Strand shoots Daniel in the chin in front of Lola. Strand guns them down. "It was Jake," Nick said. Madison opens a door to find Ofelia and Daniel, who have kidnapped Andrew Adams, a soldier with whom Ofelia previously flirted. She has been running water to them from the dam. As a result, Daniel doesn't grab the wrong drugs and Nick is able to find Ofelia needs for him. "I'm waiting for you," Griselda tells Daniel. However, no one listens to Virginia and she orders her people to shoot their guns in the air so a nearby herd finds them. You must be certain, Luciana. Lola Guerrero He punches Efran repeatedly and commands him to confess. Lola and Victor didn't interact very much while he stayed at the dam with Madison. Madison then asks if they got the information they needed, possibly surprising him as he thought of her as "weak". "Take the gun, Daniel," a man tells him. Daniel attacks and kills him and escapes. Telling Daniel in Spanish that she owes him one, Luciana agrees to go as well with everyone else joining in one by one. 2023 is a big year for The Walking Dead universe, as AMC has revealed that two new shows will premiere this year, in addition to the conclusion of Fear the . He carried Ofelia away and buried her. Daniel catches a eel and explains that they will have it for dinner Travis later walks over to Daniel and asks what him and Chris talked about. In the headquarters of the dam, Lola and Daniel debate plans for preparing for attacks. He hears people running in the hall. Andrew reappears and threatens Daniel with a gun. Sarah radios Daniel next and he advises her to stay away from Strand. Lola and Efran distribute water to a crowd. This is the last time Daniel is seen for the rest of the second season. Daniel thinks hes too dangerous to stay with them. Daniel and J.C. patrol the streets in search of the water thief. Daniel joins the rest of Morgan's group in traveling to the beached sub near Galveston, Texas in order to stop the Doomsday Cult's plans to launch the Pennsylvania's compliment of nuclear missiles. In a flashback, young Daniel looks at the pool of dead bodies and notices one of the men is still alive. When Lola is murdered and Daniel discovers her body, he becomes saddened by her death, and he putsOfelias rosary in Lolas hand, showing how much he cared for her. Daniel sees all the people lined up outside the dam exchanging goods for water. Daniel tells Lola that he led J.C. to Efran's hideout because J.C. was about to discover the fountain. Daniel is not intimidated and again orders him to drive him to the hotel. On the road, Daniel and Strand leave to find water while the rest continue to lead the walkers down the road. Daniel makes it to the life raft and they make it back to the Abigail. "This is the price," he says in Spanish. She later tries to get revenge by killing the Proctors, only to fail and be killed by Proctor John. Later on, Daniel notices more infected have gotten in. Travis suggests to go to another hospital, but Daniel declines and asks him to go to his house, as the other hospitals would most likely be overrun also. Daniel asks why she didn't go to the fish shack. J.C. tells him someone is robbing them. Strand asks if he could borrow his plane to find his friends. Daniel finds Ofelia and hugs her fiercely. After hearing Alicia's SOS, Daniel joins Sarah, Dwight, Luciana, June and Josiah LaRoux in going to her rescue. He subsequently came unhinged for a time and nearly killed himself. However, Luciana soon after manipulates him, telling Daniel that Ofelia is in Strand's Tower because they need his help to take down Strand even though Daniel warns her that it could break him for good if she's wrong. Lola is hit in the head with a rock by the angry mob. Daniel explains it was about Liza and Griselda to which Daniel expresses sympathy to Travis stating what he did for Liza was merciful and that one day Chris will understand why he shot her. Daniel sends off Madison and Strand in a water tanker provided by Lola. Daniel distracts J.C. from the fountain by directing him to Efran's hideout. Sarah estimates it will take at least one day for June to arrive and says they need a fetal monitor. The group enters the two remaining vehicles and heads east, Daniel in the back of the truck with Liza and Ofelia. After a walker is killed by one of Daniel's traps, he confronts Strand at gunpoint with Strand immediately trying to talk Daniel out of shooting him given their last encounter. Daniel orders him to turn around slowly. Together they sing the chorus of "End of the Line". Rollie catches her snooping around. Dante obliges, but implores Daniel to stay here, promising to take care of him. Inside the infected-filled wine cellar, Daniel pours gasoline lights it on fire. Daniel watches Strand's increasing stress to get the filtration system up and running. Daniel then is radioed back by Strand, who begs him to bring the instruments back. After Madison escapes the Safe Zone for a brief venture out into the Dead Zone, she openly confides in Daniel what she saw. On the day after Ofelia's death, Daniel seems to have mostly forgiven Madison. She promises to read more about his condition and return. Daniel reveals to Luciana that Strand had tried to convince him that Charlie is Ofelia and continue what Luciana had started. Daniel places a hood over Reed's head, devising a plan to use the undead Reed. The Season 6 finale of Fear the Walking Dead promised absolute annihilation thanks to the nuclear warhead released by Teddy's (John Glover) in Episode 15. On the road, Daniel tells Grace that for a while, Skidmark was all he had. Liza, where is my wife?Daniel to Liza about Griselda's whereabouts. It's where Daniel got his water from Efran. Daniel then prioritizes June checking Charlie out over her treating his own injuries. She realizes the entrance in unprotected. Reed tells Daniel that his brother, Connor, has a dozen men and five boats and will come looking for him. Dante pleads that Daniel cannot kill him as Daniel owes Dante for letting him into the group and pulling him off the streets. in "Divine Providence", Strand at first attempts to manipulate Daniel and then, when that fails, to genuinely help him. Later on, they arrive at the gulch but see that it is completely overrun with walkers. Reluctantly, they all agree to leave. This means she doesn't know as much about her parents background before moving from El Salvador. Continuing his interrogation, Daniel wonders why Riley would stay alive if destruction is the whole point, to which the latter replies that it's only to see their faces when everything turns to ash. A humble man who keeps to himself and shelters his family. As they fly away in Isabelle's helicopter, Daniel thanks Luciana for believing in him and she promises Daniel that he just needs a little help and that they will be fine as long as they stick together. Daniel rules she is the new leader of Gonzalez Dam and is the new "Dante" now. from episodes released early on AMC+ may not be added to the wiki until the episode officially airs at 9pm EST on the Sunday it is scheduled for. Alicia orders the rest of the group to go back to the rafts and wait for her to radio them if she finds out where PADRE is, listing the various reasons that her friends can't risk their lives on this mission. Strand is visibly surprised to see Daniel still alive after the destruction of the dam. FanSided.com; Our 300 . Daniel kills another Ranger, but Alicia nearly collapses from her illness and Strand insists upon getting her to the infirmary for treatment rather than continuing up. She is ready to fight against that. "Daniel is still very much suffering from the memory loss that he's been experiencing due to the post-traumatic stress of everything that's gone on with him in the . Morgan announces that he wants the killing to stop, despite Sherry's demand that they hand Virginia over. Daniel is extremely cautious around those he does not trust, such as Victor Strand and appears to be highly skilled at identifying a potential threat from body language and social cues. Nick flips the switch and detonates the explosives. Daniel's Memory Loss Explained. Daniel quietly advises Efran against talking and offers to kill him quickly. Mexican So fans and other FTWD characters wondered what happened to Daniel in Season 6's "Welcome to the Club" when it seemed like Rubn Blades' character had lost his memory.