Victor Strand finally makes his Fear The Walking Dead return following an extended absence, and the former villain has evidently been busy during his time offscreen. As a Fear The Walking Dead veteran, the smarmy arrogance of Colman Domingo's Victor Strand has been virtually ever-present throughout AMC's zombie apocalypse spinoff. The stench of cheap cologne and lies dissipated after Fear The Walking Dead season 7's ending. Strand was one of the many characters seen boarding a raft out of Texas following the fall of his domain, the Tower, but throughout the entire first half of Fear The Walking Dead season 8, his status remained unknown.

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