"All the World’s a Stage (and Everyone’s Wearing a Mask)"

The finale opens with Codron’s (Romain Levi) return—an important character who symbolically ties together all seasons of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Yet he’s reduced to a mute cameo, as silent as a ghost. Why bring Codron back if he’s just set dressing?

“Solaz del Mar” – THE WALKING DEAD DARYL DIXON, Pictured: Greta Fernández as Elena, Gonzalo Bouza as Guillermo. Photo Credit: Jorge Alvarino/AMC @2025 AMC Inc. All Rights Reserved

The episode continues with Daryl and Paz infiltrating El Alcázar under the guise of masked laborers—an unsubtle metaphor for faceless servitude. The Spanish King and his court watch marionette walkers dance, a grotesque spectacle that turns predictably fatal. Daryl cuts the marionette’s strings, unl

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