All great stories can be dragged down by fan service. No matter how lofty the concept, regardless of how successfully it launches, the gravitational pull of “giving the people what they want” has a way of loosening the bolts on an otherwise tight fuselage.
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon —The Book of Carol" is not immune to this, although the second leg of Daryl Dixon’s journey isn’t an unpleasant ride-along either. Whatever its shortcomings are minimized by the general amiability of its mission, placing Norman Reedus’ craggy and decidedly atheistic biker inside of a story where the force driving the good guys is spiritual belief.
