From Super Walkers to Spaghetti Western

If Season 3 was supposed to be Daryl and Carol's epic voyage home, “La Ofrenda” tacks hard into genre cosplay, abandoning the emotional ballast of homecoming for the spectacle of a stylized detour. The transatlantic intrigue that once connected France to America via Madam Genet’s super-walker experiments and CDC callbacks has been buried with Genet herself. In its place? A dusty village, suspicious locals, and Carol and Daryl playing cowboy in a Spaghetti Western pastiche. Cue the tumbleweeds and narrative whiplash.

“La Ofrenda” – THE WALKING DEAD DARYL DIXON, Pictured: Óscar Jaenada as Fede. Photo Credit: Manuel Fernandez-Valdes/AMC @2025 AMC Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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