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Amy West

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon EP explains how one of the original show's most heartbreaking storylines inspired season 3: "It was four episodes of him out on his own, looking for this little girl"

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Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon and Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 was partly inspired by one of the original show's most heartbreaking subplots, says executive producer Greg Nicotero.

With the central duo having fled an infected-filled France via the Channel Tunnel, the spin-off's latest chapter kicks off with them arriving in England – only for them to hitch a ride on a sailboat with Stephen Merchant's lonely survivor and crash land in Spain. There, Carol (Melissa McBride) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) stumble across a curious community, Solaz del Mar, and forge their own relationships (and storylines) with certain characters.

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