In a few days, the dramatic finale of "The Walking Dead" season 6 will run. Then we'll find out how Daryl Dixon will continue and see villain Negan for the first time. I can't wait because Negan is getting awesome. Next to Negan, the governor looks like a schoolboy because he never had the charisma of Negan, who is a charismatic, funny, and downright brutal sociopath. After the shock cliffhanger at the end of episode 15, many fans are wondering, is Daryl dead? Now Norman Reedus spoke in an interview about what would happen if Daryl actually died – and what if he didn't!
The shock is still in the bones of many fans, as the past 15th episode left them with a mega cliffhanger. Did Dwight Actually Shoot Daryl? Is Daryl dying? According to Dwight actor Austin Amelio, "Dwight never intended to kill him. […] He could have chosen the head, but purposely aimed for the shoulder.” So was this "just" a warning shot meant to render Daryl harmless, or did the actor just want to reassure us before we witness the horrible truth in the upcoming finale? Norman Reedus is convinced: The 6th season of "The Walking Dead" is the best season we've ever seen from the zombie series. It's been a long time since we've experienced so much thrill and seen characters grow beyond themselves. Of course, a brilliant season also needs a finale that will blow our minds in the truest sense of the word.
Norman Reedus made it clear in an interview with "Deadline": "I claim that the season 6 finale is the most blatant finale we've ever done," reveals the 47-year-old proudly. "I mean, I saw a very rough, rough, rough cut from the finale back then and I was speechless for at least an hour. So hold on tight because the rest is going to get really crazy." Norman Reedus joins his fellow cast members from The Walking Dead, who reported similar reactions to the final episode. Just reading the script for episode 16 has given longtime cast members like Andrew Lincoln, Lauren Cohan and Melissa McBride nightmares. We can't wait to see what has left even Norman Reedus at a loss for words.
Assuming Daryl survives, what would it be like? There seems to be a fairly romantic atmosphere in Alexandria at the moment, let's think of Rick & Michonne, Carol & Tobin or our parents-to-be Glenn & Maggie. Could Daryl be starting to feel spring fever and thinking about committing? "Oh, I wouldn't mind," Norman Reedus admitted. “I like watching all the people around me mating with each other. In principle, I could imagine both possibilities for Daryl here: that he does the same or that he will never enter into a relationship. » As a committed loner, would Daryl even be able to bond emotionally with someone? "He's getting closer and closer," was Norman Reedus' surprisingly positive answer. "I think up to that point he wasn't really ready, he was just really scared. And he always had almost a tornado-like resistance to such things. But I think he's finally reaching a point where he would be amenable to something like that." Well, isn't that great news?
Norman still had something to add: "Only then will something happen again and he will no longer be available for it." But before we float on pink clouds here, the good Daryl must first survive the current 6th season! Because while Dwight really only gave him a "warning shot" in the shoulder, Negan's arrival awaits us - and we've known for a long time that this first meeting will end in death for at least one of our squad While. "This is the baddest hardcore finale of all time!" Norman Reedus admitted. 'It's rough. It's the most heartbreaking finale yet. And at the same time, it's one of the best - if not THE best - episode I've ever seen of this series. It just blows you away!"
"This is the world we live in! The battle between Daryl and Dwight is a real one - that kind of battle of who you are, who you've become and what you've given up is all very present right now. I think Daryl is trying to visualize all of that right now. He forces himself to face the whole thing." Dwight and Daryl seem to be more alike than it first appears. Similar to Kylo Ren in Star Wars 7, Dwight seems to have been one of the good guys at first - but in the course of his experiences during the zombie apocalypse, or at least since joining the Saviors, he was forced to look at this good side more and more suppress. A fight of good against evil, which we have often seen in our survivors from Alexandria.
For months, actually I've been saying Daryl's time is numbered since Season 5 and not just based on what happened in the 15th episode ... friends, get ready for a hardcore season finale and some fans might need antidepressants afterwards. Even if Daryl survived being hit by a large-caliber bullet from close range in the front of his upper body, which actually contradicts any reality, many fans still have the feeling that Daryl Dixon cannot and will not die. But will Daryl Negan and the Saviors actually survive? I don't think so, I think we'll meet Norman Reedus more in the shower after the show than in season 7. But as you know, hope dies last…. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment ...