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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon 1x03 Full Reaction

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Yes, there is something great about in addition to hope and faith, there was also the focus on holding onto the finer things such as art and music. Such as the Frenchman in the theatre. Like I said during Dead City, that’s my apocalypse dream, setting up my headquarters/home base in the Rialto downtown. Ergo, Jess, I’m with you on living for the set-up. Your reactions to the aforementioned Frenchman in the theatre were great. When he asked our heroes if they like Ravel, I was a touch nonplussed, said, “...Yeah?” I had a thought similar to what you said of disturbing and mad though the guy’s set-up was, it was quite creative. My own comment was, “All right, the cheese has slid off your cracker, but hey, you get to live your delusional theatre world life, love that for you, sir.” Likewise, we see the club with the art, and like Isabelle said, at least something survived. Another group we have encountered that seems nice, three for three on that. I liked the sequence of going back to Isabelle’s apartment, complete with her line, “Broken until the world ended.” That is probably accurate, though I’m in no rush to test the theory. Seeing the little girl was a bit of a gut-punch, your reaction to her being great by the way. You say you’re not judging too harshly this Quinn, who was Isabelle’s erstwhile... acquaintance. I am, the bits and pieces of information we have indicate he’s quite hateful. Half rolled my eyes at him slicing the one guy’s nose, and I quipped, “Ok, sure, very nice there, Polanski.” As you said, Isabelle gets hit with a lot. Not only does she learn he’s not dead, she also finds out he’s Laurent’s father. His saying that the boy should know, and he calls her out for keeping that from him rings quite hollow, considering he wanted to leave her sister behind whilst carrying his kid, something you pointed out yourself. I like how Daryl stepped in when, at least, as I read the scene, Quinn was about to take a page from Puccini to have his way with Isabelle in exchange for helping Daryl. I share how you said you sided with both parties in that, yeah, Isabelle is making her own choice, doesn’t need a hero, by the same token, Daryl recognizes how uncomfortable she was and stopped the situation from progressing to likely most unpleasant places. When I heard Isabelle say she doesn’t need a hero, much though I respect her saying that, I don’t disagree, it does lead me to say, “There’s a difference you know between not needing a hero, and not needing, under ANY circumstances, to reacquaint oneself in the biblical sense with that piece of shit jag-off and his shortcomings.” I like that you like both sides had the points they raised, likewise, I like how you assessed the matter of how Isabelle has lied and/or sheltered Laurent. She does have her reasons. That line, “God chooses our burdens.” which, yeah, he does. Do kind of wish he’d ease up on one or two of them, and Isabelle is trying to spare him from some of it. Yet like Daryl says, lying to him as she has is going to be harmful. And you posit the kid would appreciate the honesty. I also like the thought Daryl raised of maybe the fact that Laurent is a kid who got lucky and lived being the miracle. I too thought for a moment that Daryl would succeed in choking the life out of his Javert, Codron, I believe his name is. Another line that stood out was the line about France surviving many apocalypses. Leading me to note that I would argue that surviving many an apocalypse would apply to the world at large, though I do concede that in the course of human history, America has gotten off relatively light, apocalypse-wise. All in all, again, a solid episode, followed by yet another wonderful reaction of yours with lovely analysis. All of it, just so great, Jess. Thank you.