Love was in the air in Sunday’s The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon . Unfortunately, so was the stench of corruption and rotting flesh. Care to hold your nose and discuss? Let’s give it a shot.
As “La Ofrenda” began, Carol spied young sweethearts Roberto and Justina from afar. (That wasn’t children Carol heard last week; it was these two.) Before Daryl could rob them, they were set upon by bandoleros. Daryl saved the lovers, then forced them to lead the way back to Solaz — the last place that they wanted to go — so that Carol could heal up.
The village looked nice enough, but we soon learned why the kids had been trying to escape. Every year, El Alcazar — said to be the last gasp of the Spanish monarchy — passed through and traded its “protection” for an offering of a young woman who was n