‘Fear the Walking Dead’ recap: Flight 462’s gory aftermath revealed

Viewers of the “Flight 462” 16-part web series know that a commercial airliner crashed in Southern California after zombies ran amok in the cabin.

Sailors aboard the “Abigail” don’t know about the doomed jet, however, or that they’ve entered its debris field on “Ouroboros,” Episode 203 of AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead.”

Floating on a life raft is crash survivor Charlie (Michelle Ang), who does her best to care for Jake (Brendan Meyer), a teenage boy she befriended on the plane.

Another survivor threatens to put Jake out of his misery since he’s horribly burned and suffering intense pain.

To protect Jake, Charlie apparently murders the other life raft occupant. His corpse later clogs a seawater intake pipe of the “Abigail,” causing the motor yacht’s engine to stall.

While Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) tackles the disgusting chore of cleaning out the pipes, Alicia Clark (Alycia Debnam-Carey) spots luggage from Flight 462 strewn along a beach.

“We need supplies,” Alicia emphasizes to her skeptical mother, Madison (Kim Dickens), who fears a zombie attack.

“I’ve been watching,” Alicia adds. “There’s no one there, no infected. All that stuff is just lying there.”

Volunteering to lead a shore excursion is Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades). He hopes to find some antibiotics for his daughter Ofelia (Mercedes Mason), whose shoulder became infected from a gunshot wound.

“OK, let’s be quick,” Daniel orders Alicia, her brother Nick (Frank Dillane) and Travis’ son Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie) once they hit the beach. “Everyone where I can see you. Fill your bags, come back.”

Alicia finds a pilot’s shirt and tosses it to Nick. Formerly a directionless heroin addict, Nick possesses street-savvy instincts well suited for a post-apocalyptic world.

“All these years never knowing where you were, what you were doing,” Alicia says to Nick, admiring his resourcefulness. “Now here you are!”

Chris, meanwhile, wanders off by himself and comes across a section of Flight 462’s fuselage containing zombified passengers strapped in their seats. Having acquired a perverse pleasure in whacking “walkers,” Chris targets one wearing an oxygen mask.

“Look at you,” Chris taunts. “Bet you can’t bite me through that mask, can you?”

Dispatching the undead is one thing. But killing a living human being is quite another, as Chris realizes when a badly injured man begs to die. Chris resists at first, then squeezes his eyes shut and crushes the man’s skull.

As for Charlie, she makes it to shore and collects supplies to help Jake. When dozens of Flight 462 zombies approach, she sprints toward the Pacific.

“They’re coming,” Charlie yells at Daniel. “Run!”

“Where’s Nick?” Alicia screams, as Charlie and the “Abigail” crew battle walkers while trapped on a cliff edge.

Nick’s fine, actually, for he’s covered in pungent zombie gore that lets him move unmolested among the undead.

When everyone reaches “Abigail,” including Charlie and Jake in their raft, skipper Victor Strand (Colman Domingo) refuses to let the newcomers onboard.

“There’s not room,” Strand angrily says. “Not where we’re going!”

Their destination? A mysterious house in Baja, Mexico, equipped with food, fresh water and reinforced concrete walls.

Now Travis offers a compromise: The yacht could tow Charlie and Jake south to San Diego.

“They don’t come on the boat,” says Travis, worried that the dying boy will “turn” soon. “We’re safe. They get a chance!”

“It’ll never hurt worse than right now,” Charlie says, trying to console Jake. “And every day will be a little better.”

Sadly, her optimism is misplaced, for Strand severs the tow rope and sets the raft adrift.

It’s a cruel and selfish act that leaves Charlie and Jake with scant hope for survival.