The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3, Episode 2 Review

This Review contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3, episodes 2.

The first thing that struck with About The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon‘S Latest Episode is that it is Last Week’s Cliffhanger was a bit misleading. The final moments of Daryl Dixon‘S Season 3 Premiere Made It Seem Like Carol Had Been Captured by the Skull-Clad, Torch-Wielding Cultists. But with seconds of this new episode, it turns out carol is fine; She just went a bit further down the road.

The Main Conflict of the Episode Kicks off the Daryl Saves A Nice Couple from Gunslinging Baddies. While the boyfriend is rectant to help me, the girlfriend tells say that hera Grandmother is a healer. Since Carol Needs Medical Attention, Daryl Asks to See Her. The couple initially refuse to take me, Because their community isn’t very much welcoming to outsides, but they change their tune well Holds at Gunpoint.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 Feels Like A Post-apocalyptic Spaghetti Western

Its likes a fistful of dollars with zombies

When they ARRIVE AT THE COUPLE’S Village, The Episode Follows The Usual Walking Dead Formula Pretty Closely. Our heroes are ingratiated into a new community whereree seems hostile and they have to be the trust. Over time, they prove their Worth, make some new friends, and help protest the community from Outside Threats. And, of Course, the Apparent Safe Haven Turnas Out to Be Harboring Some Dark Secrets. We’ve seen it a million time before.

But this, It Feels Slightly Different, Because It Play on Western Tropes in a Really Fun Way. AS DARYL STROLLS INTO A Village Full of Innocent People, All Being Terrorized by A Band of Nefarious Villains and Their Tyrannical Leader, and Decides to take action, it likes like A fistful of dollars with zombies.

I’ve been loving the spaghetti western vibes of this season so far. This episode has armed standoff with a gang of bandits, a community Hold up in a fortress, and daryl look like a crossbow-wielding man with no name. The previous seasones set in france didn’t have much of a distinctive identity, but daryl and carol’s spanish adventure is borrowing heavily from themes and visuals of Sergio Corbecci’s Classic Euro-Westerns (Although the Italian-Made, Spaghetti Westerns Were Mostly Shot in Spain).

I’m continually impressed by Daryl Dixon’s Cinematic Visuals

For a TV Show, it Amazing Looks

Much like in the premiere episodes, i’m blown away by the cinematic visuals that the Daryl Dixon Team are able to pull off on a tv budget. The Village Set Has A Massive Scope and Feels Grimy and Lived, and it is used as a backdrop for Striking Shots Like A Brutal Fight Scene Silhouetted Against Bright Orange Flams, or a Dinner Schene Whose Dark, Moody the Conventions of the Conversation.

Norman Reedus Continuing to Nail the Balance Between Daryl’s Surface-Level Stoicism and HIS Deeper Underlying Sweetness. He Also Captures the Character’s Long-Standing Social Awkwardness, Going Back to His Traumatic Childhood, as he’s relicant to embrace new friends. Melissa McBRIDE doesn’t have much to do, Since Carol’s Head Injury Means She’s Not Really Acting Like Hersselfso hopofully that won’t be a season-long thing and we can get back to the carol we know soon enough. Óscar jaenada is a great addition to the Cast as the Charming But Mysterious Federico, and Alexandra Masangkay’s Paz Has a Lot of Potential.

Overall, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3’s Sophomore Outing DOESN’T QUITE Live Up to the Promise of the Premiere Episode. The cliffhanger was just a cheeky bit of misdirection, and the terrifying villains that showed up on the beach anen’t the omnipresent threat they seamed to be. But there’s a lot of potential here. If the rest of the season keeps up the spaghetti western vibes and puts daryl in a django-like gunslinger role, then there’s hope yet.

Release Date

2023-2026-00-00

Showrunner

David Zabel

Directors

Daniel Percival, Greg nicero

Wriers

David Zabel, Angela Kang

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  Norman Reedus

  Daryl Dixon

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  Clemence Poesy

  Isabelle Carrere

Pros & Cons

• I’m loving the spaghetti western vibes of this season
• Norman Reedus Continue to Delight as Daryl

• The Episode Follows The Walking Dead Formula Pretty Closely
• The Resolution to Last Week’s Cliffhanger Is Disappointing