Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon review – finally, the zombie show has a spinoff you can actually care about

Lost in France … Daryl (Norman Reedus) is back in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
Lost in France … Daryl (Norman Reedus) is back in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Photograph: AMC

An exhausted hero alone. A warehouse full of walkers! An injury, a narrow escape. Strangers! Tentative alliance! Treachery! Worse injury, unconsciousness. A silent observer setting up a plotline for later episodes. The hero waking up in a place of sanctuary so we can all catch our breaths for a moment. A true alliance formed. A quest begins.

Does it matter that I could have written this before watching the first episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon just as easily as I did after it? No, it does not. For that is the beauty and the asininity of the Walking Dead franchise. The Dixon spin-off is the latest to arrive on these shores, though it was one of the earlier ones to be produced, thanks to Daryl (Norman Reedus) being such a favourite with the fans, and has been out in the US for more than a year.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.