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Episode Guide
Episode 1 -| Review Score – 4/5
Episode 2 -| Review Score – 3.5/5
Episode 3 -| Review Score – 3.5/5
Episode 4 -| Review Score – 3.5/5
Episode 5 -| Review Score – 3.5/5
Episode 6 -| Review Score – 4/5
The Walking Dead favourites, Daryl and Carol are finally back with a whole season just revolving around them! Yep, years after their exit from the iconic zombie series, Carol will be joining Daryl in the second season of his spin-off show The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2’s ensemble cast includes some familiar names such as Norman Reedus as Daryl, Melissa McBride as Carol, Clemence Poesy as Isabelle and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi as Laurent. Alongside them, the show stars Anna Charrier, Romain Levi, Joel de la Fuente, Eriq Ebouaney, Manish Dayal and Laika Blanc-Francard.
Season 2 aka The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol looks into what Daryl, Laurent and Isabelle have been up to at the Nest while Genet and Codron look for them and the Union of Hope. Daryl still hopes to go back home, but this time he wants to take Isabelle and Laurent with him to USA.
Meanwhile, Carol continues to search for Daryl after losing contact when he is kidnapped from Maine and put on Genet’s ship back in Season 1. She finally finds clues that have her teaming up with Ash, an engineer as she hopes to fly a plane all the way to France and rescue Daryl.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol goes out and gives us all the works expected from a TWD spin-off such as cool action sequences, over-the-top destruction, gore and this time with another new set of walkers, betrayals upon betrayals, angst and bonding moments.
It also explores more of France which is what made this Daryl Dixon spin-off stand out so much. Along with the dilapidated Montmarte, the Catacombs and the broken Eiffel Tower, Season 2 reimagines the Louvre as a shelter, Mont-Saint-Michel as the Union of Hope’s base, the Chunnel, and the abandoned Evry Hippodrome as the plane’s hangar.
The production level continues to surprise us as behind the scenes show us how AMC reworked French locations to also reimagine Maine and Greenland. But our favourite design moment just might be the glowing walkers which is literally made with UV paint. Talk about ingenious!
Sure, there are several style-over-substance shows nowadays. Fortunately for fans, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol is not one of them. The ambitious backdrop gets an equally ambitious plot with fully realised characters playing their parts.
It is always a joy to watch Reedus and McBride as Daryl and Carol respectively, but the spin-off-only characters are also able to hold their own in the face of these 14-year-old characters who have had enough time to feel real.
There is Poesy’s Isabelle who displays a darker side while child actor Louis Puech Scigliuzzi grows with Laurent. However, it is Charrier’s Genet who steals the show when we see just how similar she is to Carol, they are foils to each other while still being able to relate to one another.
It is quite easy to be bored with a sequel when the novelty factor is gone. But when you are waiting for the reunion of the decade, it is anything but boring.
And The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 keeps the momentum going by introducing several high-stakes sub-plots and creating the biggest bait ever – Carol using devious and sinister means to get Daryl back home even if it means manipulating someone’s grief for her own gain. It reminds us of just how cleverly brutal Rick’s group is and how despite all their twisted ideologies, they are still kind, only wishing to be with their loved ones.
In the end, whether you are a fan of Caryl or not, if you love ethical dilemmas, gore, high-octane action and suspense with a pinch of melodrama, then you are in for a ride.
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