Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2, Episode 2!The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Showrunner David Zabel explained Carol’s strange detour in season 2, episode 2, revealing where the idea came from and why. During Daryl Dixon Season 2, episode 2, Carol (Melissa McBride) and Ash (Manish Dayal) land in Greenland on their way to France, doing so to repair the plane after a fuel line started leaking. While there, they meet survivors Eun (Minami Bages) and Hanna (Maria Erwolter), who try to kill Carol and get Ash to impregnate them. Both newcomers end up dead, with Hanna killing Eun and Ash killing her before they leave.
Talk to The Hollywood ReporterZabel explained He accepted the idea for Carol and Ash’s Greenland detour in Daryl DixonWant to have the plane stop somewhere to make the journey to France more realistic. This results in brainstorming zombies hiding in marshlands, along with the survivors and their own efforts. The showrunners’ only complaint is not having more time spent with Eun and Hanna to better flesh out their characters and storyline. Check out what Zabel had to say below:
It started with me. We didn’t want to just have Carol Pop in France and make things too easy. And we knew that the plane really couldn’t go direct. It was gonna have to make a stop somewhere. So we started talking about Greenland and who would be in Greece? If we find someone still in Greenland, would they be? What would the walkers like? We talked a lot about the vagrants, the vagrants, and then we talked about who would be there and how they would do it. An interesting story?
We had the idea that two scientists could survive alone in their station. After the apocalypse, they managed to continue living there. We managed to spin a good story out of that. I really like that one. In another world, we would have spent even more in Greenland, but we only had six episodes.
What Carol & Ash’s Greenland Detour Says About Daryl Dixon Season 2
Unexpected adventures and threats may arrive in the future
Carol and Ash’s adventure in Greece survived because of how disconnected it was from the rest of history. Both Eun and Hanna wind up dead not long after meeting them, making it clear that Daryl DixonThe characters will have a lot of unexpected events during the season 2. Although the detour does not seem like it will have lasting implications on the overall storyline, the life-threatening situation allowed for the traveling duo to grow more trust. from one another, and what they will do to protect each other.
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However, this trust may only be temporary, as Carol lies about Sofia being alive in order to get Ash to take her halfway around the world. While he is now waiting for you at his plane, Meaning he won’t learn about Daryl (Norman Reedus) for quite some timeThe truth coming out will likely drive a rift between them despite their harrowing Greenland adventure together. Although the investigation of the other country allowed a new perspective on the Apocalypse and their relationship, it also hints how evaporation of trust will lead to their friendship doing the same.
Our take on Carol and Ash’s adventure in Greenland
A strange but understandable pit stop
Although Carol and Ash’s stop in Greenland feels out of place when considering the scope of Daryl DixonIt also made sense for them to stop somewhere as they traveled to France. The short time mentioned The Walking Deads bonus episodes from season 10Although a shorter version with less of a long-term impact for the characters. Even though their short pit stop is unlikely to be remembered much again, it still offered a stronger connection between the pair because of the circumstances they had to deal with.
New episodes of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 airs Sundays on AMC and AMC+.
Source: THR