The Walking Dead fans might get a lot more Daryl in season 6, according to series creator Robert Kirkman.
Kirkman recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about some of the changes fans will see in the upcoming season. Kirkman was asked how closely The Walking Dead season 6 will follow the comic books, which he didn’t answer, but the writer did tease information about fan favorite character Daryl Dixon.
“If you’re paying attention, the material around volume 13 or so of the comic series has been getting adapted into the show most recently, but we always reserve the right to stray from the source or even jump back or ahead and do things out of order,” Kirkman told Entertainment Weekly. “All that said, the biggest differences we’ll see revolve around Daryl, who was never in the comic, and Carol, who was long dead and never as cool as the TV version by this point.”
Kirkman added, “In addition to that, we have Lennie James’ Morgan, who is also very different (and cooler) than his comics counterpart. Having Lennie, who was such a huge part of season 1 and amazing every time we had him back, finally a regular part of this show is really going to energize this show for the coming season. And I would argue this show wasn’t really in need of reenergizing, so it’s just going to be that much better.”
So more Carol, more Daryl, more Morgan! Daryl’s fate in the series has most fans extremely nervous for season 6. Daryl has become a mix of different characters from the comic books who are close to Rick, like Tyreese, Glenn and Andrea. Daryl follows Rick blindly even when others question his motives. Since Daryl isn’t in the comics, we don’t really know if he’ll be around until the end of the series.