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With Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard. Daryl Dixon's arrival to France sets off a violent chain of events that inadvertently puts a young boy at the heart of a growing religious movement in danger.
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- Drama, Horror
- Daniel Percival
- 2023-09-10
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- Other Cast
- Deaths
- Trivia
"L'âme Perdue" is the first episode of the first season of AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. It is the first episode of the series overall. It premiered on September 10, 2023. It was written by David Zabel and directed by Daniel Percival.
Daryl Dixon's arrival to France sets off a violent chain of events that inadvertently puts a young boy at the heart of a growing religious movement in danger; Daryl agrees to help shepherd the boy to safety in exchange for help returning to America.
An unconscious and injured Daryl Dixon floats tied to an overturned rowboat as it moves towards land. Daryl recalls Judith telling him that Daryl deserves happiness too. Daryl rolls off of the rowboat near land and crawls on shore, collapsing on the beach as his boat is washed away by the waves. After drinking from an abandoned bucket, Daryl limps his way inland and spots a road sign which is in French.
In the nearby village, which lies in ruins, Daryl finds an abandoned motorboat with some empty alcohol bottles, water, medical supplies, a large blanket and a tape recorder. Looking at a picture of the family who owned the boat, Daryl listens to the boat owner's logs and his desperate attempts to find a safe place for his family during the early days of the Trials, spending 19 months at sea and finding Spain to be no good. The man decides to try Marseille next, hoping that the south of France will be good. Looking at a map marking out the man's route, Daryl realizes that he's in France. As night falls, Daryl cooks a fish that he caught and continues to listen as the man talks about losing his wife Sue to a heart attack and having to keep her from reanimating. The man sadly notes that their 10th anniversary would've been in June and their daughter Holly won't stop crying because she wants her mother back, to go home and for things to be the way that they were again. Sadly, holding Holly's stuffed penguin, Daryl looks at his reflection in a cracked mirror nearby.
The next morning, Daryl packs up his belongings, including his wing vest, as well as the supplies that he's gathered from the boat, and traces a route on the boat owner's map from Marselle across to the other side of the country, the side closest to the United States of America. Daryl records a message on the tape recorder as he leaves:
Daryl pulls a boat hook out of a nearby skeleton and sets off on his journey. Daryl's journey takes him across country, over the Pont du Gard and through various ruins until he finds the abandoned Midi-Pyrénées Market. As Daryl explores, he draws the attention of a nearby burner which knocks over a vase of flowers, alerting Daryl to its presence. A small herd of burners rises from various places around the factory and Daryl quickly puts two of them down with his boat hook, the acidic blood of one sizzling as it hits the floor. As the fight continues, one grabs Daryl by the arm, burning his arm before Daryl manages to break free and put the burner down. Standing on a table, Daryl stabs several burners as they surround him, but his boat hook gets stuck when he stabs it through the table into a burner underneath. Daryl breaks off the hook of weapon while trying to free it, but he manages to finish off the last few burners with his knife and the broken end of the boat hook, throwing his knife into the head of the last burner. Retrieving his knife and examining the corpse, Daryl is shocked by the zombie's acidic blood as well as the hand shaped burn on his arm from being grabbed.
As Daryl continues his journey, he stops to treat his burn wound, observed by Isabelle from a nearby hill. In the window of the car that Daryl stops next to is a small sign reading "dieu vous aime". Although Daryl spots his watcher, he chooses to ignore them and continue with his journey, stopping by a sign that shows that Lourdes is 15 kilometers away while two other locations, partially faded away, are 28 and 55 kilometers away respectively, also with a small sign below the town names. Using a French to English dictionary, Daryl translates the sign out loud as "God loves you" and, with a final look at Isabelle, he resumes walking. Isabelle posts another sign and then departs herself.
Daryl reaches a farm where he spots Maribelle working and accidentally trips an alarm as he backs away. Maribelle is joined by the apparently blind Guillaume as she calls out to Daryl in French. After Daryl admits that he doesn't know French, Maribelle recognizes him as American and reveals herself to speak English. Daryl hesitantly approaches the pair as Maribelle introduces Guillaume as her grandfather who only speaks a little English and has an injured ankle. The pair offer to trade an apple or a rabbit for medical supplies and Daryl makes the trade. Daryl explains that he intends to return to America and Maribelle introduces herself and Guillaume, asking to go together, suggesting that they can help each other. Much to Maribelle's amusement, as Guillaume always talks about World War II, her grandfather brings up their countries like friends and fighting together. However, Daryl just packs up the pair's apples and Guillaume accuses him of being no friend to which Daryl retorts that there's no more countries either.
Co-Stars
•Hugo Dillon as Père Jean •Carmen Kassovitz as Maribelle •Bernard Bloch as Guillaume •Paul Deby as Michel Codron •Elias Hauter as Philippe Poulin •Grégory Kristoforoff as Captain •Maxime Lefrançois as Capo
Uncredited
•Cailey Fleming as Judith Grimes •Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier •Andy Deschamps as Martin •Hugo Denisse as Henri •Jeremie Denisse as Jèrèmie •Richard Zannini as Richard •François Girard as François •William Cagnard as William •Ionescu Roberta as Lucci •Unknown as Dell •Unknown as Köping •Unknown as Sue •Unknown as Holly
•Sue •Henri
•Michel Codron •Guillaume
•Jean •Martin •Jèrèmie
•François
•Philippe Poulin
•William
•First appearance (in Daryl Dixon continuity) of Daryl Dixon.
•First appearance (in Daryl Dixon continuity) of Carol Peletier. •First appearance of Isabelle Carriere.
•First appearance of Sylvie.
•First appearance of Laurent Carriere.
•First appearance of Stéphane Codron.
•First appearance of Père Jean. •First appearance of Capo.
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Sep 10, 2023 · Daryl washes ashore in France in the series premiere of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and immediately finds conflict. Read out review!
Sep 10, 2023 · L'ame Perdue. Available on AMC+, Prime Video. S1 E1: Daryl Dixon's arrival to France sets off a violent chain of events that inadvertently puts a young boy at the heart of a growing religious movement in danger.
