Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol Episode 1.
The Walking Dead suffered many character departures during its 11-season run, but one major death from season 2 was finally mentioned over a decade later in Daryl Dixon. With the spinoff’s second season officially underway, Daryl Dixon Continued the protagonist’s journey in France, with Melissa McBride’s Carol permanently joining the show. After briefly in episode 5 during a radio call, Carol also appeared in Daryl Dixon season 1’s finale, confirming her involvement in the next installment. Now, she looks like she’ll have a pivotal role in the overall plot as she heads to France.
With Carol and Daryl’s reunion looking inevitable in season 2, the story seems like it will center around their eventual meeting along with their journey back to the US. This gives the show plenty of time to reflect on the protagonists’ backstories, as shown in “La gentillesse des étrangers”. The episode mainly focused on Carol and her new ally Ash, and although the audience already knows about her history in The Walking Dead, The Season 2 premiere offered the perfect opportunity to explore one major death from the main show That Carol has failed to address for years.
Daryl Dixon Season 2 is properly dealing with Sofia’s death from The Walking Dead Season 2
The Walking Dead finally forced Carol to confront her daughter’s death
Although It has been nearly 13 years since The Walking Dead revealed Sophia’s shocking deathThe franchise finally appears to explore her death right in Daryl Dixon. After Sofia ran away at the beginning of the main show’s second season, it seemed like she would eventually show up safe and sound. However, the midseason finale surprised everyone as Sophia emerged from the barn as a zombie, which proved to be one of The Walking Deads most haunting deaths. While Carol is naturally devastated about losing her daughter, it looks like she will properly mourn the loss Daryl Dixon.
The original series gave Carol moments to reflect on losing her daughter shortly after it happened, but because she was mostly a supporting character in the early seasons, it was brushed over relatively quickly. Thankfully, her lead role in Daryl’s spinoff looks to give her time to remember her daughter and grieve properly. Daryl Dixon Season 2’s premiere referred to Sofia on several occasionsAnd with Ash losing his son in a similar way to how Carol lost Sofia, it looks like this forgotten character could be a big part of the overall story.
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Sophia’s death was not only a huge shock, but it helped define Carol and Daryl’s walking dead Friendship as it brought the two closer together, making this spinoff the perfect place for Carol to open up about the incident. Considering that Sophia exiting the barn is one of the franchise’s most iconic scenes, I’m glad to see it acknowledged again, and Carol finally reflecting on that moment years later seems fitting, as she’s clearly repressed the memory for a while.
Carol has been avoiding Sophia’s death for a long time
Carol rarely mentions Sofia after The Walking Dead Season 2
Carol addressing Sophia’s death is long overdueAs she had avoided it for a long time. Naturally, this is the kind of incident that is incredibly difficult to talk about, especially because Carol has changed. She’s gotten a lot stronger and is a much better survivor, but that can only add to her guilt about letting Sophia wander off. So it probably felt like the easiest way forward was to try to avoid discussions about her daughter and keep the memory buried, but Ash does the inevitable. Given how similar his son’s death sounds to Sophia’s, Carol is forced to remember.
If Ash eventually finds out the truth, it could lead to a heartbreaking scene where Carol lets all her emotions finally pour out.
Even though she lies to Ash about what really happened by claiming that Sofia is still alive, this only confirms that it’s a topic that won’t go away. If Ash eventually finds out the truth, it could lead to a heartbreaking scene where Carol finally lets all her emotions pour out, giving her the chance to overcome her trauma all these years later. She may have done a great job of moving on from the incident since season 2, however Daryl Dixon has proven that Carol can’t avoid the conversation forever, making her involvement in the spinoff even more interesting.