It turns out the French setting for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon was more meaningful than we realized.
Showrunner David Zabel explains.
This article contains spoilers forThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonfinale.
The mystery at the center ofThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixoncan be succinctly summed up aswhy France?
The first seasonsfifth and penultimate episodeanswers that question to a certain extent.
While that explains the literal narrative reasons for Daryls French journey, it doesnt quite capture thethematicreasons.
Well, in the season 1 finale Coming Home we finally get our answer.
The Dixon family has a tragic history in Western Europe that Daryl needs to grapple with.
We looked at some dates and were like oh thats interesting, hes a vet.
And he died in World War II!
It was really chilling to be in the actual place shooting that little piece, Zabel says.
Its notSaving Private Ryanbut its still pretty graphic and evocative.
It was powerful to be there.
Again, its a mirror to the possibilities that William Dixon confronted nearly a century ago himself.
