Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 Finale.The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon The season 2 finale features a scene in which Carol sees herself as a zombie, and the interaction is extremely important to the character’s secondary story. Having gone to France at the start of the season, Carol became a regular part of the Daryl Dixonappearing in all six episodes of season 2. In addition to becoming her own ally, Carol reunited with Daryl and began helping him in his mission to save Laurent, but she was secretly dealing with her own battles throughout the series, which she was forced to face. in the final episode.
Carol also lied about Sophia’s death so Ash would take her to France during the Season 2 premiere, and while this seemed inconsequential at first, she constantly encountered visions of her deceased daughter throughout the show. His visions were a result of not dealing with the pain of losing Sophia over 10 years ago.but that doesn’t explain why she sees herself in the form of a zombie. As a result, some viewers may have been confused by this unexpected hallucination and what it represents, but the spinoff subtly explains the reason behind it.
Carol’s zombie self is a representation of the “feeling” she told Daryl
The zombie symbolizes the negative emotions Carol was feeling in the community without Daryl.
Near the final stages of Daryl Dixon In season 2, the central characters travel through a tunnel towards England, where Carol imagines a zombie that looks like her. Seeing herself as a walker seems to represent the trapped and isolated feelings she had in the Commonwealth, which she talked about with Daryl. Carol’s”it returned“mystery of Daryl Dixon The first season left viewers curious about who this return was referring to, but Carol eventually revealed that she wasn’t talking about one person. Instead, she mentioned feeling restless at home.
With these emotions returning before she went to France, it’s clear Carol didn’t feel very satisfied in the Community and didn’t fully overcome her personal problems, despite finding Daryl. So the zombie version of Carol symbolizes that empty feeling she had while Daryl was away, and confronting that side of her personality could mean she’s finally ready to come home. Although she never expressed a desire to remain in France, part of the reason she went to find Daryl was her lack of fulfillment in the Commonwealth without her closest ally.
So whether it’s having Daryl back in her life or simply dealing with her past trauma, Carol overcoming her undead counterpart suggests that she has once again found some kind of peace and can fully focus on returning to America.
Making peace with Sophia’s death allows Carol to move on
Carol Leaving Sophia Completed Her Season 2 Arc
In addition to facing her uncertain feelings at the end of Season 2, Carol was able to make peace with Sophia’s death, giving her the perfect chance to move on with her life. Sophia’s death was an important part of Carol’s life Daryl Dixon story throughout the second installment, but finally facing the loss of her daughter was the best possible ending to her arc. After dealing with her zombie doppelganger Carol continued her hallucinations by imagining a familiar face and after sharing a hug with her imaginary daughter she finally expressed years-long emotions before seeing Sophia walk away in a heartbreaking scene.
While it was undoubtedly a huge challenge to say goodbye to your daughter, the scene looks like it will hopefully give Carol the clarity she needs to continue her journey home alongside Daryl.
Even though Sophia has been dead for about a decade, the vision gave Carol some much-needed closure on the matter, as she had spent a long time avoiding these feelings. Your story in Undead gave her many distractions, as she faced countless obstacles just to survive, but her lie to Ash seemed to force Carol to deal with these brutal memories. While it was undoubtedly a huge challenge to say goodbye to your daughter, the scene looks like it will hopefully give Carol the clarity she needs to continue her journey home alongside Daryl.
What really made Carol hallucinate her zombie form and Sophia
Daryl Dixon’s Season 2 Dangerous Tunnel to England Caused All the Central Characters to Hallucinate
While Carol’s earlier visions of Sophia were triggered by scenes that reminded the character of her daughter’s death, the hallucinations at the end were caused by something entirely different. Carol, Daryl, Codron, Angus, and Fiona traveled to England in the finale, where the group came across some dead guards who seemed to kill each other. Fiona stated that the guano inside the tunnel can cause people to become paranoid and start hallucinating, which is exactly what happened to Carol and the rest of the survivors. Each of them imagined something personal, hence Carol seeing Sophia and her zombie form.
Although Fiona believed that guano could cause people to hallucinate, science does not confirm this. However, it is possible Daryl DixonThe bioluminescent zombies played an important role as they were also involved in the scene. Without knowing what these variants could do, the possibility remains that they caused the hallucinations, or potentially combined with the guano to make the group delirious. When Daryl and Carol finally got their hands on some gas masks, it seemed to negate the effects, suggesting that whatever the characters were breathing in was the main culprit for their visions at the end.