The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: 01:04: La Dame de Fer

[Dave]

Genet begins a search for Laurent, seeking to eliminate him as he is a symbol of hope to people. As part of this, Genet makes a deal with Quinn who seeks Laurent in order to get Isabelle back. After escaping from a flooded building, and having a dream that a praying Laurent is ignored by a mob of walkers, Daryl encounters Antoine who is killed by guerriers, but he helps the dying man to free his pigeons. Reuniting with Isabelle, Daryl tracks Laurent to the ruins of the Eiffel Tower where the boy nearly falls victim to a herd. During the rescue, Laurent is kidnapped by Quinn's men and taken to Demimonde. With the help of a captive, whom he tortures and later abandons to walkers, Daryl sneaks into the nightclub and rescues Laurent while Fallou and his people create a distraction. Daryl overpowers Quinn while Anna, disgruntled by Quinn's obsession with Isabelle, lets them go. Having fallen in love with Emile, Sylvie decides to stay in Paris with him while Isabelle decides to stay in order to get Quinn to help secure Daryl and Laurent passage out as Genet locks the city down. Daryl and Laurent leave Paris on a boat heading to the Nest, the Union's main base.

Very little of substance happened in the first 2/3 of the episode but then it all changed in the final 1/3. Nice set pieces again, especially under the Eiffel Tower. If that ending was the season end it would be quite sad, but there are two more to go. The series opening credits are also quite a spoiler in this regard.

Isabella never got to tell Daryl about her background, but he has put two and two together anyway, so she doesn't need to. It doesn't matter to him, as he said, people change, and he isn't the same man that he was under his brother. Sylvia is excited about staying in Paris, but Fallou's group can no longer be a place of safety now that they have annoyed Genet.

Laurent may be something special after all. He does seem to have some kind of psionic empathic ability that allows him to read people. It might be just that he has learnt to read people well, but how would he have done that with only a limited number of nuns to learn from?

 

[nixie]

There is something about Laurent, people seem to be drawn to him. Even if he is just an ordinary boy, his birth created a legend and gave people hope. Something that is needed to stop them descending into animals. Another good episode.