Summary
At some point,The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonseason 2 will need to address the outbreak mystery, which remains one of the franchise’s biggest loose ends. Though shows likeFear the Walking Deadhave depicted the early days of the zombie apocalypse inThe Walking Deadtimeline, key questions continue to swirl around how it really started. Over the years, shows inThe Walking Deaduniverse have danced around the situation, with Daryl’s new adventure in France marking what may be the franchise’s easiest path to clearing it up.
Despite taking place far away from the other shows, the spinoff has been uniquely positioned to drop important reveals aboutThe Walking Dead’sworld. Arguably the greatest example of this is the zombie variants fromDaryl Dixonseason 1’s ending. This helped the franchise provide a working explanation for the stronger, faster, and smarter zombies featured inThe Walking Dead: World Beyondseries finale. However, this was onlyone of the answersDaryl Dixonwas expected to give.The World Beyondconfirmed another twist that should be dealt with byDaryl Dixonsooner rather than later.
Daryl Dixon Season 2 Can’t Ignore The Zombie Outbreak’s Connection To France
Daryl Dixon Can’t Forget The Significance Of Its Setting
While the series has yet to delve into it, the setting of the series makes one crucial fact hard to forget:France is where the outbreak first began. This detail stems from theWorld Beyondseason 2 finale’s closing scene, which used a cameo from Dr. Jenner to drop this big reveal. For that reason, the decision tobring Daryl’s story to Francecreated the impression that part of the show’s purpose was to offer the long-awaited exploration of the franchise’s starting point. So far, though, the series has yet to take that route. But, it’s important to note thatDaryl Dixonhas not acted as if it’s oblivious to France’s place in theWalking Deadmythos.
Daryl Dixonacknowledged France as the place where it all started when Genet brought it up, raising an integral detail regarding its origin. During a speech in episode 5, Genet said, “Finally, out of greed and hubris, theyunleashed this plague upon the world…they gave us this disease.“In doing so, Genet collaboratedThe World Beyond’sbig twist, which was that humanity is responsible for the creation of the zombie virus. It also ties into France being at the center of it, since it would make sense that Genet, as someone who lived in France, would be well aware of what caused it.
The references to theorigin of the zombie outbreakcame across as setup for something more, presumably inDaryl Dixonseason 2. Now that the spinoff has exposed this truth about the apocalypse to Daryl,the logical next step is for the mystery to be tackled directly. To do otherwise would undermine the significance of the show’s setting.
Daryl Dixon Season 2’s Villain Can Explain Its Outbreak Mysteries
As for how the show can dive into the origin of the outbreak, this information can come from the source that referenced humanity’s link to it. Since Genet seemed to be expressing an informed opinion when it comes to who deserves the blame for the virus, it’s reasonable to assume that there’s even more she can say on the topic. Given her background and connections,it wouldn’t be implausible for the franchise to suggest that Genet has personal experiences that would shed light on this mystery.
Heading in this direction would enable the series to adequately flesh out her character and motivations. Something she bore witness to when the virus outbreak began could account for some of the disdain she feels for “the weak” that she says put the world in this situation in the first place. This would help the series accomplish two goals at once, which would be developingDaryl Dixon’smain villainand solving the franchise’s oldest mystery.
Elaborating on humanity’s creation of the zombie virus inThe Walking Deadcan lead to a number of major discoveries. AsWorld Beyondrevealed, a group of scientists called the Primrose team had something to do with the outbreak, but was in Ohio when it happened. Exactly where they fit into it needs to be explored in depth inDaryl Dixon. The same goes for the Violet team, whichWorld Beyondalso connected to the incident.
There’s also the matter of the faction that was attacking these scientists inThe World Beyond.It’s been three years, yet the franchise still hasn’t advanced this plotline. It appears that some new group is targeting the people who allegedly caused the outbreak, but who they are and how much they know has not been made clear.The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonseason 2 has an opportunity to change that, and in the process, explain what the scientists were trying to accomplish and how they made the problem “worse” (as stated byWorld Beyond).
