With help from the enigmatic Mr. Strand, Travis and his family head out to sea in an attempt to escape the undead apocalypse now taking over Los Angeles.
After suffering great loss the Clark take shelter on a remote ranch, where they must negotiate the relationships between Jeremiah Otto, his two sons, and the people who follow him. Strand sets his sights set on harnessing the new world's currency.
The Clark family's past mixes with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, new foes, and new threats. They fight for each other, against each other and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart.
Morgan leads the group with a philosophy rooted in benevolence and community, as each one hopes that helping others will make up for the wrongs of their pasts. But their mission of helping others will be put to the test when they find themselves in uncharted territory and up against a new foe.
Forced to live in Virginia's vision of the new world, the survivors struggle to reunite and regain their freedom. A new group led by a mysterious madman leaves spray-painted messages all over the region.