If there was one Walking Dead character interesting and intense enough to carry an entire episode on his own, who would it be? Hey, I gave you a hint by saying it was a guy. Give up? Well, to be fair, this is sort of a trick question. The hit series does have plans for a riveting new episode following a character all on his lonesome, but this guy, you probably think he’s been dead for a while. Spoiler Alert: He’s not!
We are talking about Merle Dixon as acted by Michael Rooker. The last time you saw him in the AMC series, he was having to cut his own hand off to escape some frustrating hand cuffs. Now, according to the TV Line zombie-licious exclusive, the season one character is returning, possibly on November 13th for an all new episode entirely dedicated to him.
“It’s pretty much all Daryl on his own, in a hard-core man-versus-world psychological [quest] with inner turmoil and hints of ‘Deliverance,’” said Norman Reedus, who fans know as Merle’s brother, Daryl. Not only will viewers learn quite a bit about Merle’s past history, but we will really discover “where his loyalties lie.” You heard it here! Sound like a great episode or what?
Source: Boomtron
The Walking Dead - Season 2 - Merle-Centric Episode Coming Up?
Oct 19, 2011
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Hmmm, didn't like Merle very much, so that doesn't get me exactly excited. But it could feature some interesting stuff about Daryl which would be great.
ReplyDeleteSweet! Think Merle makes for a good antagonist as does Michael Rooker. I'm interested to see how he's been doing since we last saw him. Plus if we see more of Daryl that's awesome too.
ReplyDeleteUm, it says Daryl is getting the centric episode.
ReplyDelete:) Great, I always wanted to know what happened to him after he cut his hand...I was starting to think he was dead
ReplyDeleteMy feeling is that group dynamics is the key to the success here, so going on centric episodes about lone rangers doesn't sound good to me. Of course I want to know more about Merle's whereabouts and his latest adventures on survival but within a larger prespective of the whole cast.
ReplyDeleteNow, if you tell me more webisodes are coming our way, that's a whole different game. I would like to know the story behind the some interesting zombies such as the little girl killed by Rick in the very first minutes of episode 1 or that one guy with a few dollars and a photo of a girl in his wallet that Rick axed to pieces in Atlanta...
think daryl is a great character, dn't really care about merle...but the could bring him back to die
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