Daryl and Carol’s odyssey just crossed the sea… and landed in pure fire.

Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon—crossbow cocked, eyes like storm clouds—wakes up shipwrecked on Spain’s rugged shores after Season 2’s French finale. Melissa McBride’s Carol crashes the party soon after, bringing that unbreakable grit and heart we’ve missed. Their chemistry? Still lightning—banter sharp as arrows, quiet moments heavy with everything unsaid.

Spain’s apocalypse is fresh and ferocious: resilient villages under siege by evolved walkers (faster, meaner, almost tactical), clashing factions fighting over scraps of civilization, and a landscape of crumbling castles and sun-baked ruins that feels like a whole new world. Daryl plots escape routes, Carol builds bonds with locals—uncovering how the plague reshaped the Iberian peninsula into something beautifully desperate.

The 7-episode run (premiered September 7, finale October 19) amps the global TWD soul: heart-pounding raids on fortified strongholds, moral gut-punches that hit harder than bites, and that signature survival tension where every choice could be the last. Spanish stars Eduardo Noriega and Óscar Jaenada bring magnetic menace, Alexandra Masangkay and Candela Saitta add fierce fire, and Stephen Merchant? Unexpected brilliance.

Critics are roaring: 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, called “the best Walking Dead spin-off yet” for its fresh locales, emotional depth, and Reedus-McBride magic. Episode 5 “Limbo” drops October 5—brace yourselves.

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