The first season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon freshened things up by shipping one its best-loved characters to France and having him meet a whole new found family across the pond. It made for a welcome change of scenery, a "dépaysant" if you will, that saw Daryl wrestle with faith and fatherhood, and step into a more emotional and communicative version of himself. It's such a shame, then, that the second season – subtitled 'The Book of Carol' – pretty much unravels it all.
More action-packed than its predecessor, Daryl Dixon season 2 feels more like old-school The Walking Dead, and not necessarily in a good way. It's unfocused, racing through story arcs as it tries to juggle too many characters, much like the main show's last few seasons – which was arguably the reason why the more streamlined spin-offs were greenlit in the first place.
