The post-apocalyptic France of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon appears stuck in time in one meaningful way.
This article contains spoilers forThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonepisode 1.
Watching a zombie series likeThe Walking Deadalways requires some suspension of disbelief.
As if the existence of reanimated corpses (which are hot now!)
Weve heard them all before questions like: Would people really get that violent?
(Apparently not).
Doesnt gasoline go bad eventually?
Would we forget about Shakespeare?
(Station Elevensays nay.)
How do so many of the French folks who Daryl encounters speak such pristine English?
(That may have just beenLouisayelling at me).
When Daryl bumps into a father and daughter, the father doesnt speak English but the daughter does.
But the 2022 of our world and the 2022 ofThe Walking Deads world are very different beasts.
In fact, Isabelle makes mention of things starting 12 years ago.
Every day is a struggle for survival and no one has time for Duolingo.
For what its worth,Daryl Dixondoesnt fall into the typical storytelling trap of havingeveryonespeak and understand English.
