‘Fear the Walking Dead’: Alycia Debnam-Carey Leaving as Alicia

The following post contains spoilers for Fear the Walking Dead‘s May 29 installment.

Sunday’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was indeed the last for Alycia Debnam-Carey, who has confirmed her exit from the series after seven seasons.

“To my dearest @feartwd family, tonight marks the end of an extraordinary and life changing journey of playing Alicia Clark,” Debnam-Carey wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday night. “I will never be able to fully express the kind of journey I have had working on @feartwd for so long. It has gifted me so much.”

The actress’ character, Alicia — who she’s played since Fear the Walking Dead debuted in 2015 — appeared to die during the May 29 installment (read recap), an Alicia-centric hour that found her interacting with a hallucination of her younger self. And though Fear has brought back deceased characters before — hello, Kim Dickens’ Madison! — Debnam-Carey’s farewell message seems to be quite final.

“I was 21 when we began this crazy journey but now at 28, after 7 years and 100 episodes, I decided it was time for me to move on as an actor and as a person,” she continued. “As is the nature of our jobs I needed to seek out new challenges, new opportunities and carve out a new chapter for myself. I have been so lucky to be a part of something so awesome for so long but I hope you can understand and respect my choice to further expand and grow. I wouldn’t be here without you all and I am so grateful… I think we found a fitting way to conclude Alicia’s story. It is beautiful, hopeful and elusive.”

After thanking the zombie drama’s cast and crew, Debnam-Carey concluded, “It is bittersweet, but it is time. Thank you for everything. My love to you all.”

Fear the Walking Dead‘s current seventh season ends on Sunday, June 5 at 9/8c; it was previously renewed for Season 8.

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