The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is a daring expansion of the long-running franchise, allowing this fan-favorite his moment in the spotlight.
took the action to Manhattan with interesting results, and it’s clear some of the promise of these spinoffs is showing how the end times has changedWe won’t get into the convoluted oceanic contrivances it takes to actually get Daryl to France, because that’s not really the point. The point is that he’s there, and it’s clear from the opening shot why they opted to set this show in Europe and film it on location. It’s absolutely gorgeous. Stunning.
With Daryl soggily washed ashore on the coast of France, he stumbles upon a convent where he finds himself drafted into helping deliver a special young boy to a safe haven on the other side of the country. As expected there are plenty of threats between here and there, from some new twist on the undead, to a few new human enemies that Daryl makes along the way.
He’s clearly a fish out of water in a country where he doesn’t speak the language , but there are also some clever and creative choices made along the way to give him some connections to the country. This is an interesting situation to drop Daryl into, and it could have gone sideways and been too gimmicky pretty easily, but they mostly manage to pull it off.
The setting and style gives it an almost-timeless feel, from the locations to the costumes and even the weapons . It’s easy to forget European cities have been around a whole lot longer than the cities in the United States we’re used to seeing on.
Beyond just Daryl himself, Clémence Poésy’s Isabelle is a fantastic addition to the franchise, serving as his travel companion and warrior nun helping protect young Laurent . Isabelle’s story and arc is a compelling one, and we even get some glimpses through her eyes at Paris’ downfall when the virus hit. The choice to cap this story at six brisk episodes works just right. You get to dig into the characters, while still keeping the pace moving forward.
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