Sizzlin' Summer Streaming 23' - The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season One

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is the fifth spin-off and overall sixth television series in The Walking Dead franchise.

This time we head to France as Norman Reedus reprises his role as Daryl Dixon from the original television series.

Coming along for the TWD travelling roadshow to Europe, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi and Adam Nagaitis playing new characters.

This spin-off was originally set to feature the character of Carol Peletier, but she was written off due to logistical issues involving the actress Melissa McBride, so the focus of the series shifted to Daryl.

But in June, it was reported McBride will appear in the show as her character in some capacity. 

The six episode run commenced mid-September on Stan (in AU) while in July 2023, ahead of the first season's release, the series was renewed for a second season which will be titled The Book of Carol.

So how does redneck Daryl Dixon get to France?

Daryl washes ashore in France (the origin of the zombie virus) and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. 

As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.

SPOILERS BELOW if you are not up to date!

In Coming Home, episode six, after Daryl kills the walker, Daryl and Quinn, chained together, kill several enhanced walkers in the gladiator fight before Fallou kills the guerrier Genet ordered to shoot them. 

In the chaos that follows, the group manages to escape with a bitten Quinn sacrificing himself to buy Daryl time, but he reanimates, forcing Laurent to put his biological father down with Daryl's encouragement. 

After going their separate ways from Fallou and Emile, Daryl's group resumes their journey towards Mont-Saint-Michel, but are attacked by Genet's men. 

Unable to bring himself to kill a child, Codron shoots the other guerriers instead, promising to get his revenge on Daryl at another time. 

Upon his return, Genet deduces Codron's betrayal and has him tortured for information. Daryl's group finally reaches the Nest where they settle in and Daryl becomes conflicted between staying in France and returning to America. 

Losang is able to arrange passage to Newfoundland for Daryl who chooses to leave despite Isabelle comparing his abandoning Laurent to Daryl's abandonment by his own father. 

At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Daryl visits the grave of his grandfather, William T. Dixon, who died on D-Day. 

On Omaha Beach, Daryl prepares to board a boat, but hesitates when Laurent is revealed to have secretly followed him and has a herd of walkers closing in on him. Near Freeport, Maine, Carol Peletier searches for Daryl, finding his motorcycle. After Carol captures the hostile rider, he directs Carol to where he found it.

So ready for season two? AMC have a special approval to keep filming season two, so maybe it won't be a huge wait (like for a number of our other favourite series) for the second run.

This wasn't as good as The Walking Dead: Dead City in NYC, while we will have to wait for 2024 for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Coming next is the final six EVER episodes of Fear the Walking Dead. Man that is a lot of zombies! Until next time. BYYYYEEEEEE